A new 25,000m2 office complex in Lisbon, under the World Trade Centre brand, will be ready to receive its first companies next year. The company behind it, Foz Vintage, has invested €120 million [...]

Second quarter and first half financial results are out and Essential Business gives a roundup of some of the Portuguese companies that have announced them. Things are looking up! SONAE Sonae [...]

The Ministry of Finances has revealed that the Portuguese accumulated €21.2 million in June through its IVAucher scheme. The scheme provides benefits and incentives sponsored by the Portuguese [...]

YouTube has announced the appointment of Pedro Pina as the company’s vice-president, heading the company’s business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA region). Pina joined Google in 2013 [...]

The Portuguese banker and new President of Credit Suisse Group AG, António Horta-Osório is faced with the challenge of deep cleaning around €5.5Bn in debts from the troubled Swiss bank. The debts [...]

A major anti-corruption drive was one of the main policy goals at the start of João Lourenço’s presidential term (2017). Beyond the anti-corruption rhetoric since the drive began, the [...]

The Tejo Region Wine Commission (CVR) is carrying out targeted marketing campaigns in Poland and Russia. “Tejo wines have been marketing and building a presence in overseas markets through [...]

Benfica has managed to meet its financial needs by raising the €35 million it needed from a bond issue aimed at small savers, many of them club members and fans. It sold 1,887 bonds despite the [...]

Benfica has managed to meet its financial needs by raising the €35 million it needed from a bond issue aimed at small savers, many of them club members and fans. It sold 1,887 bonds despite the [...]

EDP Brasil has posted profits of €840 million Reais (€137M) for the first half of 2021. The amount was an increase of 65.3% like-for-like on 2020 (BRL508 million or €83.2million). The first half [...]