Chris Lawrence

In times of high consumption due to Christmas purchases, many users withdraw large amounts of money to be able to pay cash their expenses. For this reason, it is advisable to take more into account one of the advice of the Bank of Spain, where the limit for purchases in cash is remembered, which, if … Read more

22/12/2021 – 19:44 Updated: 21:32 – 12/22/21 The employers and the unions, members of the social dialogue table on labor reform, have convened their executive bodies for this Thursday before the imminent agreement on the reform, which is not ruled out that it will be reached in the next few hours. CCOO has summoned its … Read more

Spanish banking was one of the first sectors to recover one of the characteristic customs of the Ibex 35 companies: the distribution of dividends. Looking ahead to 2022, the sector will register an increase 25%. With the lifting by the European Central Bank of the recommendation not to distribute profits among shareholders – a measure … Read more

Property taxes take Spain to the highest level of property tax of all developed countries. Spain already reaches the Italian level, traditionally the country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with the highest tax burden on property. The tax reforms of the last year sink the Spanish tax system another three places … Read more

Envy is a bad counselor says the Spanish proverb. Well, this simple phrase seems to be true, at least in economic terms. The Bank of Norway has shown that if your neighbor wins the lottery, your debts and those of the rest of the closest neighbors will increase on average in an attempt to ‘appear’ … Read more

Spain has suffered for decades from low productivity and mediocre growth in real wages (discounting inflation). Politicians, media or analysts try to find quick solutions (minimum wage, Rider Law …) to a complex problem whose permanent solution may require years of costly transformation and investment. The problem of productivity has to do, above all, with … Read more

New large corporate operation in the fiber optic market. The private equity British Cinven has signed an agreement to reinvest in Ufinet Latam, Gas Natural Fenosa’s former international fiber optic business, through its seventh fund, called Cinven Fund VII, to continue taking advantage of the group’s growth potential. The complex operation, which includes several parallel … Read more

The Finnish electricity company Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) has launched its new Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor on Tuesday, which is a step prior to the completion of a project that accumulates not only 13 years of delay but multimillion-dollar cost overruns. OL3, built by a consortium formed by the French group Areva and the … Read more

With the conceived idea that in most professions retirement comes with a certain age set by law, in 2021 at 66 years, however there are certain formulas by which to anticipate this retirement. Very marked from the previous four yearsTo be able to ‘hang up the boots’ at 62 years of age, a series of … Read more

The United Kingdom Government has presented an additional assistance plan endowed with 1,000 million pounds (1,177 million euros) in support of the hospitality and leisure sector in the face of the impact of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced this package of measures at the beginning of an ‘unofficial … Read more