It’s the “paradox of effort.” This is how Marta Alcega, a member of the Associació Professional de Tècnics Tributaris de Catalunya i Balears (APttCB), summarizes it. In the income tax return, a self-employed person with an annual income of 10,000 euros faces a tax bill of 558 euros in the personal income tax settlement, while an employee with the same income pays nothing.
Nissan announced this Monday to the unions its intention to initiate an ERE (employment regulation file) that will affect its three centers in Catalonia: the technical center in Barcelona’s Zona Franca, the spare parts center in El Prat, and the flexible areas center – such as human resources or prevention – also in El Prat. The exact impact will be known in the coming weeks as negotiations progress, but the impact is greater than what the unions feared a few days ago, which pointed mainly to the spare parts center. In total, 569 people work in these centers. With this measure, Nissan deepens its industrial exit from Catalonia, where it closed its car assembly plant in 2021. Today the plant is occupied by Ebro.
Alfonso Gómez, until now responsible for Telefónica Hispanoamérica’s businesses, will be the new CEO of Movistar+ replacing Daniel Domenjó, who was one of Marc Murtra’s first hires at the company.
CaixaBank’s CEO, Gonzalo Gortázar, is aware of the enormous uncertainty generated by the war in Iran and the consequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, but he is confident in the “resilience” of the Spanish economy to overcome the blow.
Volkswagen Group España Distribución (VGED), responsible for distributing vehicles, parts and spare parts of several brands of the German giant in the country, is experiencing a sweet moment. Despite the challenges of the European automotive sector, it closed 2025 with record revenue figures. The Barcelona-based company achieved a turnover of 5,045 million euros, after growing 23% over last year, and breaks the 5,000 million mark for the first time.
Nestlé announced this Tuesday an ERE in Spain that will affect up to 301 workers in its offices, sales teams, distribution centers and six factories, as reported in a statement. It represents 7% of the workforce.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to claim its first victims in the stock market. And they are not companies nostalgic for the past. On the contrary. For months, global leaders in the software, cybersecurity, and consulting industries have been experiencing an unprecedented debacle in years. The most alarmist have dubbed the situation “SaaS-pocalypse,” something akin to a software apocalypse.