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The property consultants CBRE have rented the building which used to house Liberty Seguros and which will now become the new home of Iberian law firm Cuatrecasas. In the deal CBRE acted as the [...]

Portugal’s State Budget 2020 will levy a massive taxation increase on revenues from ‘Local Accommodation’ — the private holiday lettings sector that the Government has been keen to encourage over [...]

Electricity giant EDP has completed the sale of six active hydroelectric power stations to a consortium led by the French power company Engie. The consortium also includes Crédit Agricole and [...]

Dan Runde, a former director of the Global Development Alliance and currently Senior Vice President at the Centre of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a major influencer in Washington [...]

In April 2019 a relatively obscure lawyer and academic in international circles, André Ventura, formed the ‘Chega!’ Party. He defines it as economically liberal, culturally nationalist and [...]

The Government estimates that the recapitalisation of Novo Banco by the Resolution Fund will cost €600 million in 2020. With the sale of 75% of Novo Banco to the US fund Lone Star in 2017, the [...]

The burden of taxes and social security contributions on taxpayers will increase to 35% of GDP according to Portugal’s State Budget for 2020. Tax revenues will rise from 25% of GDP this year to [...]

Portugal is in the best economic state since the 1990s says its current Minister of Finances, Mário Centeno. The Portuguese economy has grown for 22 consecutive quarters and over the last two [...]

Between January and November 2019 Lisbon’s office market had a total of 171,884 m2 let – down 10% on 2018. According to a market analysis by Savills, in November 11,783 m2 of office space [...]

Portugal’s creditworthiness with the financial money lending markets and ratings agencies will be back on top within two years according to the president of Portugal’s Treasury and Debt [...]