Catalan plant to make 34 commuter trains for Luxembourg
Alstom's factory in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda will start delivery of the high-tech rolling stock in December 2021
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MSC Magnifica sets out from Barcelona on world cruise
First 'MSC World Cruise' to and from the Catalan capital will visit 32 countries in six continents over 119 days
French tech company Papernest to create 120 jobs in Barcelona
The hub in the Catalan capital will be the first outside of Paris for the company which helps with administrative moving tasks
Catalonia boasts 1,300 start-ups employing over 13,000 people
New figures show that most emerging firms are related to technology with a quarter of all employees coming from abroad
Spanish Supreme Court U-turn: citizens must pay mortgage tax, not banks
Judges reverse earlier decision favoring clients following negative impact on markets and prospects of big reimbursements costs
Unemployment up in Catalonia after summer holiday
General trend still positive as jobless number falls compared to same period last year
Barcelona launches new digital currency
City council will pay a proportion of social benefits to underprivileged people in the electronic money
Rental of logistic space in Catalonia shoots up 53% in 2018
Some 45% of properties rented by firms were in the Barcelona area, and include Amazon and Mercadona
Catalan exports increase by 4.2% in July
Country sold goods abroad to the value of 6 billion euros during seventh month of year, bucking downward trend seen in May
Foreign investment falls by 40% in first half of year
Total of 992.6 million euros of overseas expenditure lowest figure for this period since 2014
Catalan Book Week makes turnover of €500,000
More than 28,000 people took part in the 265 events on the fair's program
Newsagents and bakeries struggle in modern times
Changing consumer habits play key role in dying out of high street classics
Green clothes company aims to combat textile waste
Future Humans creates fashion from recycled materials going against grain of second most polluting industry on planet
‘Sustainable’ supermarket doubles sales in less than year
Yes Future only sells ecological products, most of which sourced from close proximity
GDP to grow 2.9% this year says government
Catalan economy weathers storm of 2017 political tensions with positive growth forecast to continue in 2019