The man widely credited for having created the concept of luxury golf tourism in Europe, André Jordan, has been created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). André Jordan received [...]

Fernando Medina has been Lisbon’s mayor for six years and is about to stand for a second term. In that six years he has achieved ambitious plans, greening the city, attracting international [...]

Portugal is attracting exactly the kind of affluent residents and investors that reflect the country’s low-profile and refined charms according to one of the country’s most successful and [...]

It is with great sadness that Essential Business has to announce the passing of Joaquim Pereira de Almeida this week. Joaquim Pereira de Almeida was an instantly recognisable face and a grand, [...]

President Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today, hoping to mark an end to four years of turbulence and announcing a new era, on the very grounds where two [...]

Three famous UK TV celebrities lost millions of euros in an Algarve property investment that went horribly wrong. Ant and Dec paid €3 million each to purchase property in the Algarve’s The Keys [...]

Portugal’s property fair opened its doors to investors, developers and professionals on Thursday and the signs coming from sector leaders are that the property market is showing signs of [...]

The International Club of Portugal is more than a networking club for business leaders. It is the place where investors, the media and diplomats gauge the business mood of the country and look [...]

The Portuguese banker António Horta Osório has been named one of the world’s top 50 business leaders and influencers by the magazine Fortune. Osório, who heads the UK’s Lloyd’s bank group, was [...]

The Association of Foreign Press in Portugal (AIEP) has elected Portugal’s finance minister Mário Centeno as ‘Personality of the Year’. “The foreign correspondents have awarded the award to the [...]