Archives for June 2006
June 9th, 2006
Waiting lists for solar panels due to the rising demand for sustainable energy The law demands that all new buildings after 2007 must have solar panels installed Distributors say that demand has doubled and that most new clients are young people. The sunshine most of us have come to ...
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June 8th, 2006
IN a swoop on what police are describing as a ‘massive’ timeshare scam, eight people have been arrested in various parts of Andalucia, four South Africans and four British men. Belgian and Norwegian nationals are also believed to have been detained.The early estimates are that as many as 15,000 members ...
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June 7th, 2006
70 per cent of Homes on the Costa foreign ownedAbc reported that 70 per cent of the demand for tourist homes on the Costa del Sol stems from foreigners and the remaining 30 per cent is made up from national demand, according to the latest study conducted by Aguirre Newman ...
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June 6th, 2006
The latest survey carried out by the INE (National Institute of Statistics) regarding the Salary Structure interviewed over 215,000 salary earners and 22,000 work centres. This study provides us with reliable data concerning how salaries are distributed in Spain. As in all job markets, age, education and training, gender, type ...
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June 6th, 2006
An estimated 5.3 million Spaniards have short term contracts. That represents about a third of all Spain’s salaried workers, more than double the rate for the EU as a whole.Unions say Spain has more workers on temporary contracts than Britain, Italy and Belgium put together.The new employment law offers companies ...
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June 5th, 2006
THERE are two main reasons we head for southern Europe - climate and lifestyle. On a relaxing holiday, however, the idea of doing business there would never cross our minds. Obviously business does get done, it’s just that the cultures of countries like Spain and Italy tend to hide it ...
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June 2nd, 2006
We’ve expanded and updated the Kyero.com Spanish Property Price Guides. There’s now more of them (24 in total) and they’re even easier to get hold of and keep updated. Check out the Price Guide download page now.Every price guide is updated on the first business day of each ...
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June 1st, 2006
From Bordeaux to Barcelona and Budapest to Bulgaria, British holidaymakers in their thousands are falling for foreign second homes.Buying abroad has gained momentum in recent years, as homeowners dream of retiring in the sun or investing in countries with profit potential. Some 250,000 Britons own a property outside the UK.But ...
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