Development

The importance of finding strategies that can optimise the potential of urban spaces is key to the successful development of Portugal’s towns and cities. This is according to the President of the [...]

Investment in innovation in Portugal achieved a historic high of 1.4% of GDP in 2019 thanks to companies. Total expenditure on research and development (R&D) increased 8% in 2019 to €2.9Bn [...]

A Portuguese startup Bioprospectrum has identified two substances in frogs that can neutralise the structural parts of the coronavirus. The discovery comes as scores of laboratories around the [...]

In a highly unusual year, many properties have been turned into schools, offices and gyms. 2020 will stick in the collective memory as a year in which properties built for housing changed use and [...]

Pressure is mounting on the Portuguese Government to clarify the tax situation on urban rehabilitation projects in Portugal. In a webinar organised by consultants EY called ‘VAT for Urban [...]

The co-founder and CEO of Beta-i Brazil, Renata Ramalhosa, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen of England on the recommendation of Her Majesty’s Government. Renata runs [...]

Ambition and vision are needed to transform cities like Lisbon into population centres that emotionally and psychologically engage with its inhabitants on all levels: culturally, socially, [...]

The Wyndham Grand has purchased the Monte da Quinta Resort and turned it into the Wyndham Grand Algarve Residences. The Quinta do Lago development has 132 apartments and a spa, two pools and [...]

The Portuguese Government launched a new development bank on Thursday. The Banco Português de Fomento has resulted from a merger between the Financial Institution of Development (Instituição [...]

Quinta do Lago’s South Course is to be given a modern makeover as part of a new €7m golf course investment programme taking place at the luxury Portuguese resort this summer. The upgrade of the [...]