Spain’s Dia supermarkets hook up with Just Eat for home grocery deliveries

7 February 2023

Spain’s Dia supermarkets hook up with Just Eat for home grocery deliveries

SPAIN’S Dia supermarket chain has gone into partnership with Just Eat to deliver its grocery and convenience goods to homes. The initiative will initially see products dispatched from 50 outlets in the Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid,...

19 January 2023

First digital euro token to be tested under watchful eye of Bank of Spain

THE Bank of Spain will allow a digital euro token to be tested by Malaga-based payment gateway firm Monei. It will be the first use of a digital euro in Europe. The EURM token will...

15 January 2023

Barcelona City Hall to ban ‘phantom’ supermarkets and kitchens that are ‘overtaking public spaces’

BARCELONA City Hall is banning supermarkets and kitchens whose products are only available for home delivery. The measure will target popular businesses such as Glovo and Getir, which will have to either close or convert...

9 November 2022

EU money seals deal for Spain’s first electric car battery factory in Valencia

CAR maker SEAT has confirmed that it will site Spain’s first electric car battery plant in the Valencia area. SEAT President, Wayne Griffiths reaffirmed the new Sagunto plant will be part of the company’s €10...

4 November 2022

Spain will get two green fuel plants in massive deal with shipping company Maersk

DANISH shipping company Maersk will build two major green hydrogen production centres in Spain as it looks to decarbonise its fleet. The freight transporter has signed a deal with the Spanish government for large-scale green...

17 October 2022

Spain launches probe into online portal Booking.com over exploiting hotels

SPAIN’S competition regulator, the CNMC, has launched a probe into whether internet portal, Booking.com, has exploited hotels in the country. The CNMC will investigate complaints from the Spanish Association of Hotel Managers and the Regional Hotel...

28 July 2022

Spain announces details of new windfall tax on banks and fuel companies

SPAIN’S government has announced details of its new windfall tax on banks and fuel companies which aims to bring in €7 billion into state coffers over the next two years. The bank tax will raise...

21 July 2022

Richest man in Spain gets even wealthier as real estate assets sore

The investment arm of Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, founder and main shareholder of fashion group Inditex, has seen its real estate assets’ market value rise by over €1 billion to €15.2 billion in 2021. Pontegadea...

19 June 2022

Marbella waiter turns entrepreneur with ‘at-table’ mobile phone charger device

A waiter serving diners in fashionable Marbella has invented a system to charge mobile phones at tables. Esteban Romero, 36, has spent the last ten years waiting tables at prestigious restaurants on Spain’s Costa del...

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