UK doctors urge shorter gap between vaccine doses
The UK currently allows up to 12 weeks between the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, twice as long as the gap recommended by its producers and the World Health Organization...
Government allocates 400 million euros of aid to sectors most affected by the pandemic
This money will be used to grant direct aid and for tax deferrals for hospitality, shops, and gyms…
Canary Islands to announce "important aid" for hospitality and tourism businesses
Help for bars, restaurants and tourist businesses will be announced today... The aim is for the aid packages reach small businesses as soon as possible, as they are the ones suffering the most during the pandemic...
Tenerife is the second most searched holiday destination in the UK
A TravelSupermarket report shows that the desire to travel is still there, and holiday prices are currently cheaper than the last two years…
An Easy Guide to Becoming a Prepper
Prepping can range from here to full-on doomsday or disaster scenario preparation… Let’s take a look at how you can ensure you are prepared with our easy guide to becoming a prepper…
Iberia buys Air Europa for a cut-price 500 million euros
The deal was renegotiated during the pandemic from a billion euro sale price, and the fact that Air Europa received Government aid...
The CEOE union approves the extension of the ERTE
The latest government proposal includes the extension of all ERTEs without the need for new administrative authorization or application, which will save management and bureaucratic costs…
Canary Islands hotels expect to be closed until at least June
They don’t see reactivation of the tourism sector until at least the second half of the year... some are hoping for support from residents over the next three months with offers on the way...
Government set to extend mortgage and consumer loan moratoriums
The Government implemented mortgage and consumer credit moratoriums at the beginning of the pandemic which ended in September... they are about to reintroduce them until the end of March...
Benefits for the self-employed are close to being extended until May
There are a couple of points that need final agreement, mainly the lowering of the threshold of losses to 50% to qualify for it, and that you don’t need to have received it before to apply for it now...
The Government is preparing aid for the hospitality industry, SMEs and the self-employed
The new package of measures will enter into force in this first quarter of the year...
Tenerife’s population growth is five times that of Gran Canaria
European and South American immigration is the main reason for the population growth on the island… Italians, British, and Germans lead the list of the most new residents…
Banco Santander to close 221 branches 19 of them in the Canary Islands
In all of Spain they are initially closing 221 branches in February and March which is first stage of closing more than a thousand branches in total, costing 3,572 jobs...
The ERTE will be automatically extended until May 31st without re-applying
No-one will have to re-apply for it again to ensure a smooth transition and so that SEPE doesn’t collapse again under the pressure…
Jet2 cancels all flights and holidays until March 25th
All flights and holidays from the UK to all destinations are cancelled…
German tourists are already thinking of the Canary Islands for Easter
The president of the German Federation of Tourism Associations is optimistic about Easter and summer holidays in Spain and the Canary Islands...
