Business in Portugal Blog

Portugal is famous for being the home of Port wine, but of late there has been a massive increase in demand from craft distilleries to get hold of the used wooden barrels that the Port wine is aged in, because of the sweet fruity flavour that they can add to a whisky....

In 2014 a widely supported plan was put in place to increase the minimum monthly wage gradually from its then level of €485 net, both to reduce poverty levels and in an effort to increase domestic consumer spending. Now in 2018, the minimum wage has increased to €580...

We are based in the north of Portugal - getting here is easy thanks to fantastic airport connections out of Porto airport, but how should you go about selling your products here? At PortugalWorks we are able to offer assistance to foreign firms looking to break into...

Over the last couple of years, the performance of the Portuguese economy has been somewhat better than expected given the slightly shambolic nature of the coalition currently in charge (it is blend of centre-left, left-left and communists). Predictably enough the...

The evolution of Portugal’s tourism sector over the last 10 years is quite extraordinary – 10 years ago, Portugal had little more to offer than package holidays in the Algarve, but since then there has been a revolution. Lead by low-cost flights to Lisbon and Porto...

If you are looking for some help to find the right distributor for your products in Portugal, then the team at PortugalWorks can help you to find the right partner to allow you to penetrate the Portuguese market. With our partners at the Infeira business consultancy,...

Portugal has had its fair share of problems over the last 50 years or so, not least of which has been overcoming the legacy of a brutal dictatorship from the revolution in 1974 when democracy was established. So the current day Portuguese economy. So the current

Portugal has been gaining a deserved reputation as an attractive location for multinationals to open up IT development offices, particularly in Porto and the north of the country, but also Lisbon. Mercedes-Benz has just announced that is will be building its global...

There is a fair amount of head-scratching in Portugal about why domestic businesses which produce a decent quality product at an attractive price do not export more. The general answer given is that they are missing the magic export sauce: a mixture of sly branding,...

The tourism sector has been one of the shining lights for the Portuguese economy in 2016, with an increase of around 10% in the number of tourists visiting the country and the hotel sector increasing turnover by more than 16%. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that...