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Portugal’s Industrial Production suffered a fall of 5.5% after having seen a 1.5% increase in February according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Excluding the energy [...]

AstraZeneca, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with operations in Portugal since 1999, is to invest €600 million in a new competencies hub in Lisbon. The new hub, located [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photo: Fernando Bento (ICPT) Low productivity is one of the main stumbling blocks to economic growth in Portugal according to Portugal’s Minister of Finances, Joaquim Miranda [...]

Portugal’s National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPEC) say that they still don’t know the cause of the blackout”, and that its investigation is still ongoing. The [...]

The amount of investment in commercial real estate in Portugal hit €640 million in the first quarter of 2025. It was an increase of 156% like-for-like on the same period in 2024 according to a [...]

Profits posted by Portuguese textile company Riopele were up 15.7% to €5 million for 2024 compared to 2023 with consolidated sales increasing 1% to €98.5 million according to the news agency [...]

The US company Equinix, a digital infrastructure company enabling digital leaders to harness a platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructures, has invested €50 million [...]

A lack of a homegrown legal regulatory framework in Portugal governing cryptoassets in line with European Regulations on the Crypto Assets Market (MiCA) is not only deterring new companies in [...]

Portugal’s Sonae Capital Industrials has changed its name to Prismore Capital and has acquired two Spanish companies – Madrid-based Waste Plastic Iberia (WPI) and 33% of the capital of the [...]

Text: Chris Graeme Photos: Joaquim Morgado The stunning River Tagus location of SUD Lisboa Hall provided the backdrop to the 15th edition of the UK-Portugal Business Awards organised by the [...]