New Year financial predictions
By RAOUL RUIZ MARTINEZ features@algarveresident.com Raoul Ruiz Martinez is a consultant for Finesco Financial Services Ltd., Glasgow and regulated to advise on capital investments in both the UK and throughout
First green shoots of fiscal recovery may have appeared
By BILL BLEVINS features@algarveresident.com Bill Blevins is the Managing Director of Blevins Franks. He has specialised in expatriate investment and tax planning for over 35 years. He has written books
Investor confidence in bonds on the increase
By BILL BLEVINS features@algarveresident.com Bill Blevins is the Managing Director of Blevins Franks. He has specialised in expatriate investment and tax planning for over 35 years. He has written books
Pilates for the older adult
By CAROLYN EVAN-WATKINS features@algarveresident.com Carolyn Evan-Watkins is a sports, fitness and Pilates instructor with more than 15 years experience. She is a lecturer, teaching and assessing instructors in health and
The geological wonders of Iceland – Part 1
By Nigel Wright features@algarveresident.com Nigel Wright and his wife Sue moved to Portugal five years ago and live in the countryside near Paderne with their three dogs. They lived and
The Turkish delight of Istanbul
By CHRIS GRAEME features@algarveresident.com
Stuff for the memory store
By JENNY GRAINER features@algarveresident.com Jenny Grainer arrived in the Algarve to live, work and raise a family in 1968. She is a freelance writer and her book ‘Portugal and the
What a load of bull
An irate artist from Brazil has launched his own protest against the travelling Cow Parade exhibition currently on display in São Paulo by including his own randy bulls in the
Changes in company tax for 2009
By PEDRO SIMÕES features@algarveresident.com Pedro Simões is licensed in fiscal law and management, and is the Managing Director of ACOQ Consultancy Lda, based in Lisbon. The news, each day, tells of
Releasing capital from your pension fund
By STEPHEN WARD features@algarveresident.com Stephen Ward BA (Econ), ACII, APMI, AIFP, APFS, Managing Director of Premier Financial Solutions (UK) Limited, has more than 30 years experience in the UK pensions