People in the UK are spending twice as much time on the internet now than they did ten years ago, thanks in part to the availability of smart phones and tablets.
Unsurprisingly, young people aged from 16 to 24 are the heaviest users, investing an average the equivalent of more than a day a week (27.5 hours) on the internet, according to Ofcom. This has rocketed from 10.5 hours per week in 2005.
The government has been alerted to 'irregularities' at the Alisuper chain of convenience stores as management struggles with cash flow, rent and suppliers.
As part of an old wage arrears agreement, which the Nogueira Group agreed to shoulder when buying the chain in 2012 for €26 million, quarterly payments must be paid to staff both present and past.
The government has received three bids for the purchase of 61% of Portugal’s state airline TAP.
Just minutes before today’s 5pm deadline, bids were received from David Neeleman and Germán Efromovich as expected but also from Portuguese 'golden boy' businessman Pais do Amaral.
The Environment Minister said today that Dona Ana beach in Lagos 'has not been affected' by recent works.
Jorge Moreira da Silva visited what once was named as ‘Portugal’s finest beach’ and said that the recent alterations had been "decisive and sensible."
The Portuguese public paid nearly €60 billion in taxes last year, up 2% with income and property taxes leading the rise.
According to the National Institute of Statistics, direct taxes declined, but indirect taxes and social security payments increased.
Portimão council is to pay off the smaller of its long-suffering creditors as Isilda Gomes pledges to clear a swathe of small debts.
The most indebted council in the Algarve and one of the worst in the country, Portimão has lined up 479 of its smaller creditors for a surprise result.
The President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, has addressed a conference for Portugal’s remaining youth: "It is essential to create conditions to attract back those who have chosen to settle abroad."
The President asks Portugal not to waste the human capital that it has amassed in recent years and should try to attract back those who went to live abroad.
The reopening of a controversial mine in Andalusia which caused a massive ecological disaster has been put on hold by a judge due to allegations of corruption.
The Los Frailes mine, outside of Aznacollar and west of Seville, was closed 17 years ago after a residue dam burst in April 1998. Acidic sludge with dangerous levels of heavy metals poured into the River Guadiamar, which is the main water source for the Doñana National Park.
