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Business & economic news from Barcelona and Catalonia
Catalan economy back to pre-crisis GDP but with 438,000 fewer jobs
Economy and treasury minister admits concern over unemployment but insists rate will drop to under 11% by end of 2018
Better link between Barcelona and Madrid
Iberia and Vueling airlines offer new shuttle flights every 15-30 minutes during rush hour
Two Catalan companies get over €2.5m in EU funding
SMALLE Technologies and Carinsa selected with 64 other small and medium-sized companies from all around Europe
Tech sector employment up record 26.3%
More than 13,700 technology firms in Catalonia now employ over 103,000 employees, with men still outnumbering women more than two-to-one
Catalan SMEs gain ground over large companies
Pimec study shows Catalonia’s small and medium-sized firms with greater share of GDP for the first time since crisis began
Europe hits Spain with €3m fine for delay in deregulating stowage sector
A fortnight after dockworkers call off industrial action, EU Court of Justice calls Spanish government’s failure to liberalize ports ‘serious’
Barcelona city council to levy tourist tax on day-trippers
Initiative proposed by conservative Democrats group to charge tour operators for bringing one-day visitors into the city to become effective in 2018
Hard Rock to spend €2 billion on leisure and gambling park in Catalonia
The firm presented the details of the project to enthusiastic responses from local officials involved but also some criticism
Catalan company creates new formula to reduce chemical additives in vegetarian and vegan food
The innovation of the BDF Ingredients company consists of adding an enzyme which reduces the amount of chemical additives to the products
First Catalan financial cluster to be created next year
Sector handles almost a trillion euros and makes up 3.6% of overall GDP
Prizes reward sustainability, innovation and initiative in wine tourism sector
La Vinyeta winery, Mas Llagostera country house and Wine Road Association the winners of Wine Tourism 2017
Barcelona launches new direct flights to Hong Kong for the summer season
Cathay Pacific will operate the route four times a week until October 27, but the Catalan government would like it to run year round.
Hard Rock to build huge leisure and gambling complex on south Catalan coast
The planned project near PortAventura to include a casino, hotels, entertainment areas, theaters, shops and a convention centre
Flights between Girona and Saint Petersburg to take wing next year
Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda Airlines also looking at raising number of connections between the Catalan city and Moscow to four a week
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