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52,000 new jobs expected in next two years with full recovery by end of 2022
52,000 new jobs expected in next two years with full recovery by end of 2022

The Canary Islands will create 52,000 jobs between this year and next, and will recover to pre-Covid levels in 2022...

Latest updates for TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 as UK restrictions ramp up
Latest updates for TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and Jet2 as UK restrictions ramp up

Airlines have been forced to cancel and amend itineraries in recent weeks amid increased travel restrictions... here are the latest updates for Ryanair, TUI, easyJet and Jet2...

Canarian Carolina Darias is confirmed as new Minister of Health for Spain
Canarian Carolina Darias is confirmed as new Minister of Health for Spain

As expected Carolina Darias has officially been confirmed as the new Minister of Health for Spain replacing Salvador Illa, who has stepped down to run in the Catalan elections…

OFFICIAL: ERTE is extended until May 31st
OFFICIAL: ERTE is extended until May 31st

The central government has given the green light to the extension of the ERTE until May 31st…The new rule simplifies the procedure to extend them, so that no new application is needed…

The Canary Islands were the leading destination for tourists in December
The Canary Islands were the leading destination for tourists in December

The Canary Islands were the leading tourist destination in Spain in December, despite hotel stays being down by 82.8% compared to 2019...

UK doctors urge shorter gap between vaccine doses
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Jet2 cancels all flights and holidays until March 25th

All flights and holidays from the UK to all destinations are cancelled…