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3rd May 2012
AICEP - Portugal Global Magazine (March 2012 issue) in Portuguese
The March 2012 issue of AICEP's monthly magazine (in Portuguese) carried a section report on the UK market, with a two page article by Robert Miller (Chairman of the Portuguese Chamber) about the work of the Chamber. UK Market report (p. 24)and Robert Miller article about the work of the chamber (p.30) Follow the link: http://www.revista.portugalglobal.pt/AICEP/PortugalGlobal/Revista43/
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26th November 2010
Charities benefit from business fundraising at the PCC gala dinner
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From left: Christina Hippisley from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, Alison Blair of Madrugada, Peter Geer from the Wolf Valley Charity Fund, Wanda Crawford of ACCA and Katya Bauval from the Vila Vita Parc. Photo: SUPPLIED.
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Leading business executives from Portugal and the UK attended the event in the resort’s ballroom and their generosity will jointly benefit the Wolf Valley Charity Fund, which provides support to numerous needy causes in the Loulé area, Madrugada, which raises funds for people with life-limiting illnesses and provides palliative care in homes throughout the Algarve, and ACCA, which supports underprivileged children and their families in the region.
The raffle was hosted by Christina Hippisley, London-based General Manager of the PCC, which promotes trading and business relations between Portugal and the UK, with prizes donated by a variety of Algarve companies.
The main prize was a tour of Vila Vita Parc’s vineyard in the Alentejo, Herdade dos Grous. Other prizes included rounds of golf at Vale do Lobo and a Christmas Collection of flower arrangements from Suzannah’s Flowers in Lagoa.
Source: Algarve Resident
Direct link: http://www.algarveresident.com/story.asp?XID=39094
13th November 2010
Portuguese ‘OK’ with life in general
A new report by the United Nations (UN) has revealed that while the majority of Portuguese are satisfied with their jobs and personal health, more than half of the population are not happy with their daily routines.
Overall, it was concluded that the Portuguese are ‘more or less OK with life in general.’
This year the UN evaluated 169 countries based on the well-being of populations.
Nine out of ten Portuguese say they are satisfied with their jobs, but more than half of the population do not like their routines, the report claims.
Portugal ranked 40th, having dropped six places in comparison to last year but still being amongst the countries where human development is “very high”. The country’s population showed it was “more or less OK with life in general”, having achieved a result of 5.7 on a scale of one to ten in that category.
Regarding indicators of happiness, 92 percent of the Portuguese respondents say they have goals in life and 93 percent feel they are treated with respect.
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B2B5566C0-2349-4158-B47A-0C8867FA2E33%7D
Source: The Portugal News
13th November 2010
Doing business’ gets easier in Portugal
Doing business in Portugal is becoming increasingly easier according to an annual global report, which compares the business practices and procedures of around 183 countries across the world.
The Doing Business 2011 report, which was published online earlier this month shows that Portugal has improved overall by 17 positions, having moved up from being ranked at 48 to a position of 31 out of 183 countries.
Portugal came top out of all the countries included in the report in the real estate industry, for the speed of registering a property. Along with countries such as Georgia, Sweden, Norway and the United Arab Emirates, Portugal has the fewest number of procedures required for registering a property. It is also the fastest country in the world in which to register a property, requiring only one day.
This has been achieved by the establishment of a ‘one-stop-shop’ for property registration.
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B3DF669FD-19C3-4245-93C0-4F70D6C0F5B3%7D
Source: The Portugal News
12th November 2010
Exposição e Sessões de Formação sobre "Corporate Training and Business English"
The British Embassy in Lisbon is hosting exhibition and training sessions about “Corporate Training and Business English,” in conjunction with Barclays Premier.
The event will take place on the 23rd November at the Landmark Barclays Premier, Sotto Mayor in Lisbon.
Its main objective will be the sharing of experience and strategies developed in the UK with the aim of producing collaborations between companies and organisations from both countries. All sessions and demonstrations that take place will be held in English.
Professionals that work in Human Resources and Corporate Training are invited to participate in this initiative.
Take a look at the brochura which includes more detailed information about the British companies that are going to be present.
For more information contact: Manuela Rocha – British Embassy -manuela.rocha@fco.gov.uk -Tel: (00351) 21 3924056
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B29E54879-90B4-4E50-8870-3E9F38DB5916%7D
Source: UK Embassy in Portugal
10th November 2010
Portuguese Chamber co-hosts conference on investing in Angola, Brazil and Portugal
In London on Nov 1st, 2010, in partnership with Portugal's prestigious Diario Economico daily financial newspaper, the Portuguese Chamber presented "Business in Portuguese", a conference discussing the realities of doing business in Angola, Brazil and Portugal. Keynote speakers included Aguinaldo Jaime, the head of Angola's National Agency for Private Investment and Portugal's Luis Mira Amaral, formerly a government minister and now head of the European branch of BIC, Angola's loading bank. For more details see http://allafrica.com/stories/201011031218.html and http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B88F9821D-A152-4DA9-A100-048D7AB61819%7D
25th October 2010
Critical Links Partners with ITU (UN Agency) and the Portuguese Government for the eSchool International Initiative
More than 20 countries will benefit from the “connect a school, connect a community” public-private initiative by leveraging Critical Links’ expertise in deploying nation-wide school ICT infrastructure in Portugal.
Critical Links, a pioneer in delivering Information & Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure solutions for School 2.0 - the next-generation of schools, announced that it is partnering with ITU (International Telecommunication Union, the UN agency for information and communication technologies) and the Government of Portugal to assist participating countries design and implement state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure for their public schools.
Critical Links’ Education Appliance is the world’s first fully integrated and comprehensive solution for schools and combines learning, networking and administration capabilities on a single server platform. The Critical Links Education Appliance has been deployed at over 1200 schools in the world’s largest school modernization program and has been recognized with numerous industry awards.
More information on the Critical Links education portfolio and Critical Links’ education initiatives can be found at the new School 2.0 portal: http://education.critical-links.com/PR.
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B4E1CAADE-2E58-4269-BDDA-1D1DAA3660B6%7D
Source: aicep Portugal Global
25th October 2010
Gulbenkian ranked 8th in world research
Efforts by government’s Foundation for Science and Technology have made a concerted effort to attract post doctoral talent in a bid to improve Portugal’s scientific competitiveness with the rest of Europe.
The foundation has, with promises of state-of-the-art research facilities and public funding of some 1,000 post doctoral fellowships a year, focused on persuading those who went abroad to study to return.
Leading the initiative is one of Portugal’s most competitive research centres – the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), 8th ranked among top international institutions in 2010. The research centre geared to biology, biomedicine and genetics, is located at Oeiras west of Lisbon and hosts 56 post doctoral researchers, mostly Portuguese scientists who left the country to pursue PhDs.
“There was a big effort in the 1990s to send scientists abroad,” says one of the scientists Tiago Carneiro. “Now they are returning with a desire to continue high-quality research,” he said.
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B93671B42-CF05-45FE-BD94-F2F567D98DB4%7D
Source: portugaloffer.com
25th October 2010
Implementation of Train Staff Scheduling (TSS) software system at London Underground Limited’s (LUL) operations
TSS, a system based on the awarded staff planning software CREWS, addresses the duty schedules of about 3.000 LUL’s drivers, across all lines, allowing for something that has always been created manually, to now be automated and optimised.
Alongside with very efficient and robust duty schedules, LUL is now able to save precious time and highly skilled professionals become available to carry out refinement and research and development tasks leading to a better understanding of customer needs and improved duty schedules.
In pursuit of even more efficiency, the two companies are now engaged in a new project relating to short-term planning, an evolution of the long-term planning TSS system, in preparation for a high responsibility event - the London 2012 Olympics.
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B81A54CCF-A39D-47D2-9FC6-D71EBA3D84EF%7D
Source: Aicep Global
23rd October 2010
Fly London Uses RFID to Manage Inventory, and Take Customers Around the World
At a retail store in Lisbon, Portugal, the company is avoiding out-of-stocks and sending shoppers on a virtual trip to London, New York and Tokyo, with the help of EPC RFID tags and readers.
When customers shop at Fly London, an upscale shoe and accessory store on Avenida da Liberdade, in Lisbon, Portugal, they can do more than just try on a pair of shoes. Here, thanks to radio frequency identification, customers can try a pair of shoes on and look at themselves in an image taken from a camera aimed in her direction.
The image, however, will not show them standing in the store itself, but rather in front of busy street scenes in Tokyo, London or New York, depending on the line of shoe they’re trying on.
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7BA54AF0A3-FEF5-4879-84B2-AF0A7853E716%7D
Source: Claire Swedberg, RFID
18th October 2010
Portuguese Chamber featured in A Place in the Sun Live Oct 2010
For an interview with Christina Hippisley, General Manager of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK, see
http://www.aplaceinthesun.com/news/feature/tabid/131/EntryId/430/Interview-with-Christina-Hippisley-from-the-UK-Portuguese-Chamber-of-Commerce.aspx
12th October 2010
Portugal Elected to UN Security Council
Portugal received 150 votes to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2011/12 term.
Portugal was selected during the third round of voting after Canada, who was also running for one of the two places in the 'Western Europe and others' grouping, pulled out.
Germany, the other country in this grouping, was voted in during the first round.
Voting took place in the UN General Assembly on the 12th October 2010.
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7B02DA30C7-9F4F-431A-A9AF-642A8D4C5779%7D
Source: Oje/Lusa
11th October 2010
Portugal to receive €20 million from EU for 18 sports infrastructures
Contracts were signed today that guarantee funding for the construction of 18 basic sports structures in 18 municipalities throughout Portugal. In total Portugal is going to receive more than €20 million of community support to fund the developments.
The total sum of the investment is €37 million, of which 20.4 million will be financed by the QREN, leaving €16.6 million the responsibility of the local municipalities involved.
Despite current problems with the budget, Laurentino Dias, guarantees that the municipalities have financial viability to go ahead with the investment, and suggesting that should they not have viability, "then they will not be candidates for the programme."
http://www.portugalglobal.pt/PT/PortugalNews/Paginas/NewDetail.aspx?newId=%7BC940F4A8-5AC8-4863-A540-18376AF7B6C2%7D
Source: Oje/Lusa
9th September 2010
Residential tourism and the economic recovery discussed in the Algarve.
A seminar entitled “Economic Recovery through Residential Tourism”, organised by the Association of Professional Real Estate Agents of Portugal (APEMIP), will focus on the role that residential tourism plays in the economic recovery of the Algarve region.
Source: Lusa
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22nd August 2010
Portuguese bank’s Execution deal stagnates
Banco Espírito Santo has yet to follow through on its agreement to acquire a 50.1 per cent stake in Execution Noble, raising questions over why the deal has taken more than six months to complete.
Source: Financial Times
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19th August 2010
Bird watching in the Algarve promoted in the UK
The Algarve Tourism Board (ERTA) has announced that it will begin promoting the Algarve region as a destination of interest for birdwatchers.
Source: Oje/Lusa
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14th August 2010
Évora to create software for high finance
Portuguese computer consultants Closer have set up a base in the Alentejo where it will develop a banking risk management programme for Lloyds Bank. The Portuguese consultancy’s idea of using the laws of quantum physics to analyse banking risks appealed to the mammoth British bank, and if all goes to plan Lloyds banking headquarters in London will be using the risk management software within one or two years.
Source: João Ramos, Expresso
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12th August 2010
Portuguese tourists “save” the Algarve with July peak.
Data from the Association of Hotels and Tourism in the Algarve indicates that the number of visitors during July 2010 was higher than for the same period of 2009.
Source: Oje/ Lusa
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5th August 2010
TAP’s inflight magazine launches Apple app.
TAP’S in-flight magazine UP has just launched a specific version for the Apple IPAD, where the central theme is the Algarve. UP is the first Portuguese publication to create an iPAD format.
Source: aicep Portugal Global
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27th July 2010
Ryanair has established an operational hub at Faro Airport
Ryanair (low cost, Ireland) has established an operational hub at Faro Airport, Algarve and simultaneously opened 14 new routes.
Source: aicep Portugal Global
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27th July 2010
APCOR, the Portuguese Cork Association, has launched a campaign to save the oak forests in Portugal that produce the bark from which cork is processed.
Key to the UK-based campaign is the ilovenaturalcork.co.uk website. It calls on people to choose cork closures rather than “artificial wine stoppers” and support natural cork by signing a pledge.
Source: aicep Portugal Global
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14th July 2010
Ameal Wines among Michelin stars in UK
Pedro Araújo’s Ameal wines have been included on the wine list in several Michelin-starred restaurants in England and Scotland.
Source : aicep Portugal Global
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14th July 2010
Portuguese companies create 272 jobs in the UK.
The UK attracted eight Portuguese foreign investment projects during the 2009/2010 financial year which created a total of 272 jobs, principally in the information technology and energy sectors.
Source: Lusa
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13th July 2010
GMV to participate in the Farnborough Air Show, one of the world’s leading aviation events
Aiming to showcase the most recent advances in the areas of aeronautics, space and defence, Portugal-based GMV, along with 36 other Portuguese aeronautical companies, will be on the AICEP-sponsored Portugal stand at the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow, from the 19th to the 25th July in Farnborough, UK.
Source: aicep Portugal Global
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9th July 2010
London Hospital chooses Portuguese software company ALERT.
On the 30th July 2010, ALERT signed a contract for the installation of ALERT solutions at the Bupa Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, London, UK.
Source: aicep Portugal Global
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5th July 2010
Lisbon emerges as one of Europe’s top meetings and incentives destination
Lisbon is emerging as one of Europe’s top MICE destinations, due to its convenient location for both European and North American companies and its modern, architecturally stunning venues.
Source: aicep Portugal Global
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14th April 2010
Healthy demand for Portuguese properties at London’s leading overseas property show
The Portuguese Chamber’s Portugal Pavilion at A Place in the Sun Live at London’s Earl’s Court became a focus for companies offering properties in Portugal – with hundreds of buyers visiting the stand and attending the seminar programme.
Source: Daily Express
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26th March 2010
Portuguese Chamber’s Property Conference ignites debate on hotel price discounting
Carlos Leal, managing director of Pine Cliffs resort in the Algarve, recently spoke out against the industry’s drastic discounting in hotel room prices: this summer for example, 5 star hotels in the Algarve are selling rooms at the same price as 3 or 4 star hotels.
Source: Lusa.pt
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