Following a recent meeting at the council headquarters in Malaga, an agreement has been made to create a quick communication channel to inform foreign residents on the Costa del Sol in the case of an emergency. Diplomatic representatives from 16 different countries, including the United Kingdom, attended the meeting and will use the new channel […]
New communication channel for foreign residents Read More »
With any community or urbanization there will always be practical problems which arise. Traditionally these are brought up at the yearly AGM to be discussed and if possible resolved.
Bringing your AGM to order Read More »
It seems the economic situation is still having a devastating effect on property owners in Spain, with many struggling to pay their mortgages and community fees. The value of unpaid community fees is expected to reach €1.6 million by the end of this year, and is having direct consequences on communities.
Minimizing Community Costs Read More »
The Urbytus team had a productive week last week as they attended the Franquishop exhibition in Seville to promote their reseller programme to entrepreneurs. It was a great opportunity for us to show the benefits of becoming an Urbytus reseller and the concept sparked lots of interest.
Franquishop Exhibition a great success Read More »
There was much talk and hype about Facebook’s valuation and equally the downfall of the share prices after its IPO. Personally, I thought it was over valued at US$100bn, but that’s a very personal opinion and not based on any facts, but the fact remains that all of this is on the long term expectation
How can Facebook make money? 3 key features that might have been ignored. Read More »
Economical crisis always brings changes and one of the most recent changes that has come about in Spain is that of flat sharing. While flat sharing is extremely popular in major capital cities and many other countries, in Spain it has only been popular among the
Flat sharing becomes more popular in Spain. Read More »
Last week I had a meeting with Marius and Paul of Viajeuro.com a Canadian Startup Company that has decided to launch its products initially in Spain the Spanish market. Spain continues to provide a great market opportunity for foreign IT companies and investors. When we started in 2008 the idea of entrepreneurship and startups was
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Over the past year we have seen a growing number of feral (wild) cats in our urbanization. To begin with, it was only one and a few neighbours fed it. Soon it was pregnant and had three kittens, and now this year the kittens have had kittens. All of a sudden we are dealing with
Wild Cats taking over our urbanization Read More »
A couple of months ago, I wrote in one of my blogs a fairly detailed article about why the Spanish economy is failing and several suggestions as to how it can be improved. While the Spanish government is trying to push entrepreneurs and self employment it is failing to pave the way for them. Most
The way forward for the Spanish economy Read More »
Dear All, You will have noticed that in the past couple of months we have made a fair few upgrades to our website. As we have not had the chance to let you know about each update at each stage, here is a quick summary. 1. User Management ________________________________________ You will have already noticed some
OCM updates and new modules. Read More »
