Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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GUEST POST BY REBEKAH THOMPSON
As most of you will already be aware, last Saturday was Noche de San Juan, a 400-year-old tradition involving beach bonfires, fireworks, casual nudity and all-night partying. The ritual ...
Posted in art, Business, Sport | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
If you live in or near Huelva, in the far western part of Andalucia, or in eastern Portugal, especially the Algarve, you'll be interested to hear about a huge new shopping and leisure complex in the area.
Carrefour Property, the French-owned megalyth billed as "Europe's leading commercial real estate company", is ...
Posted in Business, Living in Andalucia, Shopping | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
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GUEST POST: CHRIS CHAPLOW
In these challenging economic times it is difficult to imagine anybody being brave enough to ...
Posted in Business, Fashion, Shopping, Technology | No Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2012
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A few weeks ago I went to an event called a "Jelly". No, it wasn't anything to do with food, or kids, or indeed kids' food - it was a get-together of self-employed people to introduce a new workspace ...
Posted in Business, Employment, Events, Living in Andalucia, Media, Social Media, Technology | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
On the blog this time last year, I mentioned a new initiative to help web-based companies develop and grow their businesses, supported by local talent and expertise: Nuevos Talentos Andalucia. Now the second edition of this is open - but only until 7 May.
It is often during challenging economic times ...
Posted in Business, Economy, Education, Employment | No Comments »
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
GUEST POST: CHRIS CHAPLOW
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This Sunday elections for the Junta de Andalucia (Andalucian Parliament) will take place. A president will be chosen, who will then form a government responsible for an annual budget ...
Posted in Business, Current affairs, Economy, Employment, Living in Andalucia, Politics | 6 Comments »
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
If you live here in Spain, you'll be used to seeing Chinese shops in every town. They are stacked high with ridiculously cheap goods, from clothes to toys to garden furniture and household crockery. Much of it is poor quality - I call it "CCC" - cheap crap from China. ...
Posted in Business, Food, gastronomy | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
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Amidst all the uncertainty of this post-election week, with everyone waiting for the new Prime Minister-elect, Mariano Rajoy, to make his pronouncement on how he's planning to ...
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment | No Comments »
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Yes, it's May and that means that by the end of next month, you have to submit your tax return to the Spanish authorities. If you're like me, you will want to make sure that you have got all your paperwork sorted out in plenty of time.
With this in mind, ...
Posted in Business, Economy | 3 Comments »
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Do you have an idea for an internet-based business? Do you live in Andalucia? Enter a new competition and you could win a first-year package to set up your own company. The prize includes the following free for one year: your own office, domain name, Linux server, and banner ad ...
Posted in Business, Current affairs | No Comments »
