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Real estate brokers and estate agents are coming in for heavy criticism over 5% commission rates How do developers in Portugal communicate their brands and projects and how are these methods [...]

Pedro Leitão, the Chief Digital Officer of Banco Atlântico Europa is the man tipped to be the executive president of Banco Montepio. According to ECO Online Leitão’s name has been suggested to [...]

The Portuguese Government has announced a spending pledge of €2Bn for massive industrial projects that promise to power Portugal into a money-spinning future. In a visit to the port of Sines, [...]

The Portuguese government’s venture capital initiative through Turismo de Portugal has invested €800,000 in three startups in the Azores. Azores Touch, Cereal Games and Yara Pets were the new [...]

The rating agency Fitch has decided to maintain Portugal’s rating at BBB with a positive outlook. The agency highlights the strong points in the Portuguese economy compared to other world [...]

Proptechs in Portugal – how can they support property development and investment? There is no doubt that new technology, particularly blockchain, is now starting to influence and shakeup [...]

The Portuguese Government programme VIP.PT which supports tourism development and marketing projects and campaigns is to provide a €350 million credit line to SMEs in the sector. The money will [...]

Portugal’s total economic debt grew in September reaching €725,000 million according to the Bank of Portugal. However, in the third quarter, debt measured as a percentage of GDP shrank to 348.3%. [...]

Portugal’s public-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) has commissioned a study from business school Nova SBE into ruinous loans made to the Algarve’s Vale do Lobo luxury resort a decade [...]

The director of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Álvaro Santos Pereira says that Portugal must continue on the path to structural reform in order to grow and enjoy [...]