Day: November 14, 2011

Estepona wants to legalise 2000 homes to help city budget

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Estepona has been the first to come out and say it: Fine them, pocket the cash, legalise the homes and charge ’em IBI. We need the cash. The townhall has opened a new office, and assigned a team to legalise as many of the homes as possible before the end of the year. The reason, according to the mayor, is that “the more homes we legalise, the more income for the town, and the faster, Continue reading Estepona wants to legalise 2000 homes to help city budget→

Andalucian health service finds the cash to pay medicine bill for September (rest of year in doubt)

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Here’s a news story you may not have seen in the English press, despite its grave importance. The Andalucian Health Service (known as the SAS), has managed to come up with 160 million euros to pay for all the medicines prescribed during September, despite having earlier told the guilds of pharmacists that they wouldn’t be able to meet the bill, as Andalucia had run out of cash to pay its medicine bill for the last Continue reading Andalucian health service finds the cash to pay medicine bill for September (rest of year in doubt)→

Minister of Employment suggests 9 billion euros to help offset cost of hiring staff

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Valeriano Gómez, the Minister of Employment (at least until Sunday!) has suggested that he would like to triple the amount the government gives companies to offset the cost of hiring people. The aids, on which the social security office spends around 3 billion a year at present, go towards a number of special interest schemes, such as offsetting social security costs for hiring older people, first time employees, disabled members of staff, etc. It strikes Continue reading Minister of Employment suggests 9 billion euros to help offset cost of hiring staff→