Volume of services up 3.7% in 2025
The Volume of Services Business Index rose 3.7% in 2025 while in December the index posted a like-for-like nominal variation of 3.4%, representing an increase of 1.8% on November, 2025. For the [...]
January posts largest services trade surplus ever
Portugal’s economy kicked off 2025 with the largest surplus in services trade ever recorded, posting over €2Bn. It means that never before since statistics on such figures have been published [...]
Portugal was the country that most removed barriers to services in 2024 says OECD
Portugal was the country in the OECD that carried out the most reforms in 2024 to remove barriers to the entry of professional service providers, with a positive knock-on effect on international [...]
Technology hub for Gondomar
Dutch consultancy firm Metyis which develops proprietary, commercial and open-source technology platforms is setting up a technology hub in the Portuguese town of Gondomar. Based in Amsterdam, [...]
Portugal’s wedding day blues
The Coronavirus pandemic with its constraints, social distance and numbers restrictions and cancelled flights has left Portugal’s wedding sector in tatters with fears many companies may not [...]
Restaurant sector battles to survive
Portugal’s restaurant sector is facing a titanic battle to survive as eateries try and return back to their former business models. According to Expresso, PRO.VAR, the national association [...]
