Business

17.06.2013 - 09.11 pm The Union for the Mediterranean launches a project to train logistic sector workers in Northern Africa The €6.6 million project will last for 6 years and will start in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. It aims to strengthen the training of logistics sector...	13.06.2013 - 10.26 pm Catalonia paves the road for 'BCN World' $6 billion resort by issuing the urban project and reducing casino taxes On Thursday, the Catalan Government published the new legal project for the area where ‘BCN World’ will be built, in order to modify the existing...	13.06.2013 - 09.15 pm Clothing company Desigual unveils its new world headquarters on Barcelona’s seafront The new facilities are the second longest building in the Catalan capital, as it is 186 metres long. Desigual’s new headquarters are located on prime...	07.06.2013 - 09.43 pm Canadian payment systems company Transax to set up business in Barcelona's 22@ technological district The company working on creating mobile applications and payment systems will arrive in the Catalan capital in July. It will start by creating 75...
07.06.2013 - 08.17 pm Barcelona-based CaixaBank to sell 10.1% of Carlos Slim's Grupo Financiero Inbursa The Catalan company, which is the main bank operating in the Spanish market, will sell half of its shares in the Mexican GFI, the financial group...	05.06.2013 - 09.18 pm Retail company Mango to invest €27 million to enlarge its world headquarters, based in Greater Barcelona The investment is to be added to the €360 million plan to build a new logistic park for the Catalan multinational within the next 10 years....	04.06.2013 - 10.34 pm "Despite the crisis in Spain, Barcelona is a city that scores positively in international markets" Mateu Hernández is the General Director of Barcelona Global, an independent private association that is trying to make Barcelona one of the best...	31.05.2013 - 09.50 pm Export container transport in Barcelona up by 13% The port of Barcelona dealt with 174,711 TEU export containers between January and April. Most of the containers go to countries such as Russia,...
29.05.2013 - 07.15 pm 'BCN World', a project with many questions The Catalan Government announced last September the ‘BCN World’ project, a mega-resort that will be built on the Costa Daurada, near Tarragona and...	22.05.2013 - 10.33 pm CaixaBank and Barcelona's Chamber of Commerce to offer €3 billion in loans for member companies In a situation of difficult access to credit by Catalan and Spanish companies, Barcelona’s Chamber of Commerce and the main Spanish bank – which is...	22.05.2013 - 09.17 pm The Barcelona International Motor Show 2013: positive sales results and more than 700,000 visitors Car dealers are satisfied with this year’s Motor Show as several brands posted solid sales balances. However, some visitors were disappointed as...	21.05.2013 - 09.07 pm Barcelona among the world’s top 15 cities regarding foreign investment, global competitiveness and scientific production In addition, in 2012, the Catalan capital was the world’s 5th best ranked city in the area of life quality and urban prosperity, after Tokyo,...
17.05.2013 - 07.07 pm Year’s record number of cruise ships in Barcelona with 17 boats and 64,000 passengers in a single weekend Between this Friday and Sunday, 17 cruisers will pass through the Port of Barcelona, which is the largest number of boats arriving at the Catalan...	14.05.2013 - 08.15 pm Cisco Systems to set up an innovation lab in an old factory of Barcelona's 22@ technological district The Mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, emphasised that Cisco’s new centre will put the Catalan capital “in the forefront” of smart city projects....	13.05.2013 - 09.42 pm In March Catalonia registered the lowest level of housing sales since 2007 In March, 2,750 flats and houses were sold in Catalonia, 13.9% less than a year ago in the same month. 32.5% were newly built homes and 67.5% were...	10.05.2013 - 08.27 pm Catalan economy contraction slows down and drops by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2013 Catalonia’s GDP decreased by 0.3% between January and March 2013, while the Spanish economy dropped by 0.7% in the same period. The Catalan figure...