Recently, a successful artist friend of mine was sat in a popular Portuguese restaurant near Praça das Flores in Lisbon with five American friends, all of whom had successfully relocated to [...]
Figures from Portugal’s national statistics institute (INE) reveal that the number of overnight stays by Irish visitors in Portugal has increased by 97.8% in 10 years, from 1,104,749 in 2013 to [...]
Twenty-five British and Portuguese companies were distinguished at the 14th edition of the UK-Portugal Business Awards on Friday organised by the Department for Business and Trade and the British [...]
The success of the ´Living in Portugal roadshow’ event in the United Sates last week has proven once again that an increasing number of US property buyers are interested in relocating to [...]
The Portuguese are buying more sex toys with vibrators being the biggest sellers according to a study from KuantoKusta. Demand for sex toys and other “bedroom” products grew by around 27% between [...]
In the aftermath of the 2023 European Year of Skills, with the backdrop of Coimbra’s rich academic heritage, the Irish-Portuguese Business Network (IPBN) has arranged its first conference [...]
Investment funds in Portugal enjoyed a positive year in 2023, recovering part of the losses suffered in 2022. Assets under management exceeded €18.6Bn at the end of December, up €1.485Bn on 2022 [...]
The IMI property tax on builders and developers for urban construction will remain set at €665/m2 in 2024. Under the terms of decree No16/2024 published today (Friday, Jan, 26) the average [...]
The Portuguese Association of Banks (APB) has changes its statutes to allow a new member to join – Portugal’s development bank, Banco Português de Fomento. In September, the APB led by [...]
There has been a lot of talk in the overseas press recently that Portugal’s Golden Visa is dead; that is far from the truth. In 2023 many investors simply shifted from the property route which [...]
