The construction sector resists the onslaught of the crisis caused by the coronavirus health pandemic and faces the second wave of infections with more workers and the same number of companies. The latest data from the Construction Labor Foundation Observatory show that the number of Social Security affiliates in the construction sector has grown […]
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Tourism and hospitality demand direct aid as in Germany to avoid definitive closures in the pandemic
The tourism and hospitality sector of the province of Castellón this Wednesday launched a clear and forceful message to the administrations focused on alleviating their complicated situation in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. The vice-president of the Provincial Association of entrepreneurs in the tourism and hospitality sector of Castellón, Ashotur, Luis MartÃ, in the […]
APIs warn: limiting the rental price will encourage the black market
Real estate agents warn that limiting the rental price will incentivize the black market and it will cause a totally different objective than the one intended with the measure: Make the market more expensive. This is stated by the president of the Official Association of Real Estate Agents of Castellón (COAPI), Francisco Nomdedu, who explains […]
The province’s economy shows a greater setback than in the 2008 crisis
The Institute of Economic Studies of the Province of Alicante (Ineca) has presented this morning the new Socioeconomic Situation Report of the province of Alicante corresponding to the second quarter of 2020. Its vice president, Antonio Fernandez, explained that the damage suffered in the business and social fabric is evident. This decline in the province […]
UBE stabilizes results and fights the virus with an investment of 49 million euros
The Japanese chemical company UBE Corporation Europe, based in Castellón, look optimistically to the future despite the pandemic global coronavirus health. The president of UBE, Bruno de BiÚvre, stated on Tuesday that the company maintains intact its investment plan, which includes a 60 million euros for the 2019-2020 triennium of those that remain to be […]
Santi Gimeno: “Technology is essential to lead and be an active actor in the economy”
Santi Gimeno (Burriana, 1978) is managing partner of Cuatroochenta, the Castellón technology company that despite its youth (it was established in 2011) is on everyone’s lips even more if possible after achieving its latest milestone: the ringing of the bell on the Madrid Stock Exchange. With a degree in Journalism from the Ramon Llull […]
Nougat makers expect a slight decrease in orders this Christmas
An interview with the Ef Agencye, the general secretary of the Regulatory Council of Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs) Jijona and Turrón de Alicante, Federico Moncunill, has stated that the campaign is presented with “some uncertainties” despite the fact that they are aware that they belong to a sector, the agri-food industry, that “is not being […]
The startup that helps to go from home to work is reconverted for the era of the coronavirus
The idea of creating Journify it occurred to Ignacio Zaballos out of necessity. “I live on the outskirts of Valencia and taking my car every day involved quite significant economic costs in gasoline at the end of the month, “he says. So, inspired in part by the success of BlaBlaCar, he devised a mobile […]
The other drama of the hotels closed due to the pandemic: the cost of electricity that they pay and do not consume
Few would have dared to predict a few months ago a scenario in which only one in ten hotels would be open in one of the quintessential Spanish tourist capitals. Benidorm is just one example of the impact of occupation crash, which is still not bottoming out (now due to new mobility restrictions). However, […]
From false to true self-employed: the ‘riders’ become independent of the platforms
The Supreme Court ruling condemning Glovo for having employed as false self-employed has given rise to the Government to open the debate on a future regulation of the so-called riders. The courts have ended up giving the reason to the distributors of digital platforms, who have taken the fight against their job insecurity to its […]