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Two smartphone apps have been launched in the Algarve – transportation service Bolt (formerly known as Taxify) and restaurant reservation service Zomato. Both apps were only available in Lisbon [...]

The British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (BPCC) is holding its 7th Annual Summer Party Business Cocktail & Dinner on Thursday, June 13 at Vila Vita’s Praia Dourada Beach Restaurant & [...]

‘Bolas de Berlim’ are one of Portugal’s favourite cakes, a kind of cream-filled sugary doughnut that can be found in pastry shops all over the country but are also sold by vendors on the beach [...]

The Overseas Supermarkets group opened two new British supermarkets in Galé and Almancil on Tuesday morning (May 28). Bringing the group’s number of stores in the Algarve up to four, the new [...]

Malo Clinic will officially inaugurate a new clinic offering dental care and many other medical specialties in Vilamoura on Saturday, May 25 – its fourth in the Algarve. The event will begin at [...]

The growing trend for smart sustainable tourism projects is the subject of a conference organised by the Ireland Portugal Business Network (IPBN) on Thursday, May 30. Entitled ‘The Future of the [...]

A business breakfast organised by the British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (BPCC) will see lawyer Cláudia Vaz Póvoa present a talk entitled ‘Work and new technologies – friends or enemies?’ on [...]

Hotel group Hyatt is to invest €70 million in a new luxury hotel for Lisbon. The project, which marks the group’s entry into the Portuguese market with UIP – United Investments Portugal, [...]

A Toys “R” Us store will open at the Algarve Shopping mall in Guia on Saturday, May 25 at 10am. The opening of the store, the first in the Algarve by Toys R Us Espanha e Portugal, will represent [...]

Friday, May 17 was another red-letter day for the HPA health group which runs private hospitals and clinics throughout the Algarve. Late in the afternoon, the new Hospital Particular da Madeira [...]