EU REPORT
Durão Barroso’s EU Commission has finally taken office amid a new row over one of its members, the French transport commissioner, Jacques Barrot, who failed to reveal a conviction for
Pensions in the spotlight
PART 1 The recent headlines about the UK pensions time bomb brought pensions firmly back into the spotlight. This issue was about people failing to save enough for their retirement
Fiscal deduction for individual tax for 2004… and a few note
The year is drawing to a close and one of the main concerns for anyone who works and has income is how to pay the minimum amount of fiscal tax.
The 2005 budget steps up anti-abuse measures
How will the 2005 budget affect you? Resident reporter Chris Graeme spoke to two partners at Deloitte to see what the various changes imply for individuals and companies. Portuguese
The simple route to investment success
The severe downturn in world markets from 1990 to 1993 was not only a potentially catastrophic time for investors, but for their advisers as well. Imagine trying to sell investments
Fute (Factory Utilities Tube Limited)
Fute is a Portuguese ‘David’, competing with great success against several international ‘Goliaths’. Much smaller than worldwide giants, such as Brabantia, Leifheit and Hailo, Fute has increased its sales 10
Area, age and usage
At the heart of the Property Tax Reform is the new ‘VPT’ Evaluation System (Valor Patrimonial Tributário). Comprised of five basic components, this calculation is based on factors relating to
Buttiglione goes to appease the Left
A new European Commission was expected to be in place by November 1. But last month in Strasbourg, the threat that a majority of MEPs would veto the proposed line-up
A change of paradigm
Until recently, Portuguese exports benefited from offering the lowest price in the market, the so-called ‘first price’. There were four advantages to this. Firstly, the distribution channel was obvious: large
Investment News
UK equity share prices were fairly muted during the first half of the year. The FTSE 100 index vacillated between 4,300 and 4,600 for much of the time, struggling particularly