“We are going to disappear”With this direct message, the president of the Leisure, Tourism, Gambling and Recreational Activities Federation (Fotur) has diagnosed the future of nightlife in the Valencian Community. Vector rez has urgently called for “a rescue plan to protect the 2,500 companies and more than 20,000 workers in the leisure sector” Faced with […]
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The Balearic Islands have 32,700 more unemployed than a year ago and reached 87,000
 The Active Population Survey (EPA) counts about 87,000 unemployed in the third quarter in the Balearic Islands, which represents 9.45% less than in the previous quarter, with 9,200 fewer unemployed, but a rise of 59.2% compared to a year before, with 32,700 bad stops. The Balearic Islands thus lead the year-on-year increase in unemployment […]
Tax freeze in Catalan municipalities due to the coronavirus crisis
 The health emergency situation due to the coronavirus has forced Catalan municipalities to take drastic measures. In general, the local administration bets on Catalua for freezing rates and taxes in 2021. The Barcelona’s town hall It plans to freeze all municipal taxes next year with the exception of the terrace tax, which will maintain the […]
More than 40,000 workers in ERTE after the closure of restaurants and bars in Catalonia due to the coronavirus
The closure of bars and restaurants and restrictions on other businesses to combat the second wave of the Covid pandemic in Catalua has triggered again the Temporary Employment Regulation Files (ERTE), which, in just one week, rise to 4,871 and affect a total of 41,054 workers. According to the latest data from Department of […]
The hoteliers of Valencia calculate that the curfew will cost them one million euros a day
The imminent curfew from 0 to 6 hours announced yesterday by the president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, to stop the advance of the coronavirus in the Valencian Community has not been well received by some associations in the hospitality sector. Despite the fact that the social agents (the unions and the employers) gave […]
The Catalan Pyrenees finalizes the opening of a ski season marked by the coronavirus
After closing suddenly in mid-March due to the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the ski resorts of the Catalan Pyrenees, most of them in the hands of the Generalitat, are finalizing their set-up for the first conditional ski season by the Covid, whose second hello causes new uncertainties. The objective is to open our […]
The Generalitat will force to reduce up to 50% the rent of premises closed by the measures against the coronavirus
The Generalitat de Catalunya has approved a decree by which it may force the rental of premises affected by the restrictions applied by the coronavirus pandemic to be reduced to 50%. At a telematics press conference, The Presidency Adviser and Govern spokesperson Meritxell Budó explainedthat the decree empowers business owners to negotiate with local […]
The TSJC maintains the closure of bars and restaurants but studies the resources of the employers
Catalonia will continue to have bars and restaurants closed until, at least, next week. The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) rejected the very precautionary measures requested by several employers to revoke the resolution of the Generalitat last Friday that ordered the closure of bars and restaurants for 15 days to contain the coronavirus. […]
Hospitality is stirring in Catalonia against the grievance of the Generalitat in the coronavirus crisis
The outrage has stirred the hospitality in Catalonia by the hill that the Generalitat imposes for 15 days, which could be more if the contagions by coronavirus remain unremitted. Owners and employees of bars and restaurants have taken to the streets to show that they feel aggrieved for being the only sector to which the […]
TSJC endorses The Generalitat’s measures to stop the spread of coronavirus
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has endorsed the measures presented by the Generalitat to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Although most, such as the closure of bars and nightclubs, had been in force since last morning, the Government had put three on hold, waiting for the court to rule on […]
