https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In the latest installment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Morgan Howie, an American surf enthusiast and graphic designer who traded land-locked Columbus, Ohio for windswept Cantabria. https://www.thelocal.es/20150420/if-the-surfs-up-ill-skip-work-and-head-to-the-beach Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:05:22 +0200 if-the-surfs-up-ill-skip-work-and-head-to-the-beach Spain has made excellent progress towards slashing red tape and making it easier to do business in the country, a new World Bank report reveals, although there is still work to be done in areas including tax and contract enforcement. https://www.thelocal.es/20141029/world-bank-praises-spains-business-reforms Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:45:00 +0100 world-bank-praises-spains-business-reforms He has been involved in 25 web start-ups in Spain and recently set up Bewa7er, an innovative stock market for cash-starved non-listed companies. Meet Madrid-based Belgian entrepreneur extraordinaire François Derbaix. https://www.thelocal.es/20140825/this-is-a-great-time-for-entrepreneurs-in-spain Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:57:00 +0200 this-is-a-great-time-for-entrepreneurs-in-spain Almost a quarter of a million expats accounted for 20 per cent of the newly registered 'autonomo' self-employed workers in Spain in the last 12 months, some 6.2 per cent more than in the year before. https://www.thelocal.es/20140625/a-fifth-of-spains-new-freelancers-are-foreigners Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:23:00 +0200 a-fifth-of-spains-new-freelancers-are-foreigners Spain Startup Map, an online startup and investor community, has created an infographic showing that of 1568 fast-growing Spanish companies in their early stages 435 are in Catalonia and 399 are in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20140207/catalonia-is-spains-most-entrepreneurial-region Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:53:00 +0100 catalonia-is-spains-most-entrepreneurial-region A growing number of expat entrepreneurs are making the most of new Spanish laws designed to breathe life into small businesses and promote foreign investment. Here, Andrea Maltman speaks to Spain's new crop of expat self-starters. https://www.thelocal.es/20131113/spain-eases-path-for-expat-entrepreneurs Wed, 13 Nov 2013 15:08:00 +0100 spain-eases-path-for-expat-entrepreneurs There are around a million 'hidden' jobs in Spain, a key study into the country's black economy argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20130909/black-economy-hides-one-million-workers-report Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:30:00 +0200 black-economy-hides-one-million-workers-report In The Local's latest JobTalk feature we talk with Simon Gifford, a business consultant and lecturer at Madrid's prestigious IE Business School, about the current state of play for entrepreneurs in Spain and how a new online coaching platform can help start-ups. https://www.thelocal.es/20130813/spain-is-a-hotbed-of-creativity-and-design Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:16:00 +0200 spain-is-a-hotbed-of-creativity-and-design