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Braga's Casais and Spain's ACR Launch CREE Iberia, a 50/50 Venture in Industrialised Construction

Grupo Casais of Braga and Spain's ACR have created CREE Iberia, a 50/50 company to build with prefabricated timber-and-concrete systems across the Iberian Peninsula. It targets hotels, student and senior housing and 'flex living', betting factory-made construction can beat the building site.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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Sonae's Musti Acquires ICA's Three Gaston Pet Stores in Sweden and Folds Them Into Arken Zoo

Sonae's Finnish pet-care arm Musti has agreed to buy three Gaston pet stores from ICA, Sweden's largest retailer, folding them into its Arken Zoo chain. The deal ends ICA's short-lived pet pilot and extends a pan-European buying spree that already includes Portugal's ZU.

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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Portugal Floats Six Large Business Zones to Anchor Multinationals, With Sines as the Template

Portugal's economy minister, Manuel Castro Almeida, says the government wants to build six large 'business reception areas' of 300 to 800 hectares each — two in the North, two in the Centre, one near Lisbon and one in the interior Alentejo — to stop losing multinationals for lack of ready-to-build l

The Portugal Brief 11 Jul 2026

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A €468 Million Logistics Park in Grândola Passes Public Consultation After a Four-Year Wait

Swiss-backed Qantara Capital's EUR468 million industrial and logistics park in Grandola has cleared public consultation, four years after it was announced and classified a Project of Potential National Interest. The promoter blames a frozen master plan and electoral cycles, and wants to break ground

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

An aerial view of the industrial port of Sines in Portugal, with cargo terminals, oil tanks and ships berthed along the breakwaters beside the blue Atlantic

Portuguese Exports Slipped 1.5% in May as Imports Fell Faster and the Trade Gap Narrowed

Portuguese goods exports slipped 1.5% year on year in May while imports fell 3.4%, INE data show, narrowing the trade deficit to €2.234 billion. Sales to Spain and France dropped, and part of the decline reflected falling prices rather than lower volumes.

The Portugal Brief 10 Jul 2026

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Portuguese Guests Outpaced Foreign Visitors in May as Tourism Growth Eased to 2.8%

Portugal logged 3.3 million guests and 8.0 million overnight stays in May, both May records, INE data show. But growth eased to 2.8%, and resident stays rose 7.6% against just 1.1% for foreign visitors — Portuguese travellers are now driving the sector.

The Portugal Brief 09 Jul 2026

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Ibersol Retires Nearly 900,000 Shares and Trims Its Capital to €40 Million

Ibersol has cut its share capital to €40 million from €40.9 million, cancelling 899,126 treasury shares on 8 July to 'liberate excess capital'. The operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Burger King franchises in Portugal is midway through a buyback running to late 2026.

The Portugal Brief 09 Jul 2026

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