Informação: Government of the Azores opens applications to the incentive scheme COMPETIR+
The Vice-President of the Government of the Azores revealed that the applications to the new incentive scheme COMPETIR+ open Monday, February 9. Speaking at a press conference, Sérgio Ávila stated that the investment projects eligible for this measure may be submitted under the subsystems for Qualification and Innovation, Promotion of Exports, Qualified and Creative Entrepreneurship, L... Mais >>

Informação: New edition of the Azores Entrepreneurship programme to start on February 9
The new edition of the training course under the Azores Entrepreneurship programme will start in Ponta Delgada on February 9. Under this programme, participants will acquire a body of knowledge on the business sector that will allow them to seize the economic potential of the endogenous resources of the Azores. This initiative will be extended to all islands of the archipelago. It is targeted at... Mais >>

Informação: Employment Stabilisation Programme assures 400 jobs and injects 1.6 million Euros into Azorean companies
The Vice-President of the Government revealed that the Employment Stabilisation Programme "already approved 40 applications and ensured the maintenance of 400 jobs," which will allow the Government to inject "1.6 million Euros into Azorean companies over the next two years." "The result is not only a further evidence of the driving force that guides the Azorean business sector, so that it may suc... Mais >>

Informação: "Azores Brand" at the service of companies to promote regional products and services, says Vasco Cordeiro
The President of the Government stated that the "Azores Brand," publicly presented today, is an opportunity to Azorean companies insofar as it will boost their competitiveness and promote regional products and services. "In fact, this is an opportunity for companies that will be put at the service of the economic sector and its agents. It is an important lever that will contribute to the diffe... Mais >>

Informação: Azorean companies support applications to the measures under the new Community framework, says Sérgio Ávila
The Vice-President of the Government said today that the Government welcomes "with satisfaction" the membership of Azorean companies to the measures provided under the new Community Support Framework. "At this time, over 92 percent of the applications to the incentive schemes SIDER and Youth Entrepreneurship in 2014 were already submitted under the new Community Support Framework." "This will al... Mais >>

Informação: Government of the Azores creates Business Incubators Network
The resolution of the Council of the Regional Government approving the Regulation on the Azores Business Incubator Network was published in the Official Journal today. This network aims to intensify the strategies developed by the Regional Government for the promotion of entrepreneurship, business innovation, business competitiveness and the support to regional economic development. The creatio... Mais >>

Informação: Private initiative submitted investment projects amounting to 188 million Euros under incentive schemes in the first half of this year, reveals Sérgio Ávila
The Vice-President of the Government stressed today the "sign given" by the investments made by Insco and Grupo Bensaúde in the Continente Hypermarket in Angra do Heroísmo, which demonstrate the "confidence in economic recovery that we are beginning to feel in the Azores." Speaking at the ceremony that marked the 18th anniversary of that commercial establishment and the opening of a new... Mais >>

Informação: Azores want to attract marine biotechnology companies for exploitation of deep-sea resources
The Regional Secretariat for the Sea, Science and Technology participated today at the BioMarine Conference, an international investment platform focused on marine biological resources, where he announced the Azores' intention "of becoming a marine biotechnology hub of the North Atlantic and the deep-sea." Speaking at the opening session of the international event, where he represented Portugal, ... Mais >>

Informação: "Living in Azores" platform also available in Mandarin and Russian
The online platform "Living in the Azores," which was initially provided in Portuguese and English, will be now available in Mandarin and Russian in order to enhance the promotion of the regional real estate sector in the Chinese and Russian markets. The platform is available at the electronic address http://www.investinazores.com/livinginazores/. Promoted by the Government of the Azores in part... Mais >>

Informação: Sérgio Ávila announces creation of regional network of business incubators
The Vice-President of the Government of the Azores announced today in Nordeste the "creation of an Azorean Network of Business Incubators, a true Corporate Nest." Speaking at the first of a series actions intended to Promote Endogenous Products and Resources, Sérgio Ávila revealed that this regional network of business incubators will start in the municipality of Nordeste and will later... Mais >>