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Portugal’s Banco Comercial Português (BCP) has closed the sale of Banque Privée BCP in Switzerland. It was sold to the Union Bancaire Privée (UPB) which acquired the entire capital share. The [...]

EuroBic closed 2020 with a €5 million loss because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Luanda Leaks also affected the business with the bank setting aside €5 million to deal with cases linked to the [...]

Despite the pandemic prices in Portugal’s residential rental market have risen 5.5% overall. According to the Portuguese national statistics institute (INE) in data published on Tuesday, if the [...]

As part of its goal to consolidate relationships with further education institutions, the Ireland Portugal Business Network (IPBN) has signed a protocol with the University of Algarve in Faro [...]

The Portuguese businessman, investor and speculator who amassed the world-famous modern art collection ‘The Berardo Collection’ housed in Lisbon, has been arrested by police on fraud charges. The [...]

William Murray ‘Trip’ Hawkins III is a genius. He has been behind some of the most pioneering developments in computer games in history. A colleague and contemporary of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, [...]

Around 300 gyms closed their doors in 2020, 5,000 lost their jobs and 200,000 members cancelled their membership. This was the bleak reality for Portugal’s exercise and fitness sector last year [...]

The glut of liquidity floating around the international markets, continued low interest rates and competitive yields offered by the Portuguese market will continue to be important positive [...]

The latest anti-Covid-19 restrictions on opening hours announced by the government are having a huge and damaging impact on companies running restaurants and guest houses. This is according to [...]

The US multinational online retail sales platform Amazon says it is close to making a “long term commitment” in Portugal. Amazon does not yet have an on-line shop in Portugal, but has translated [...]