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Portugal Economy

This website aggregates useful information about economic questions regarding Portugal

www.peprobe.com

British Embassy – Lisbon

Address: Rua de São Bernardo 33 1249-082, Lisboa

Tel: +351 213924000 Fax +351 213924153

General E-mail: ppa.lisbon@fco.gov.uk
E-mail for inquiries related to Trade & Investment: uktradeinvest@fco.gov.uk

www.gov.uk

Opening Hours:
Monday – Friday: 09.00 – 13.00 and 14.30 – 17.30

 

Consular Section, British Embassy - Lisbon

Address: Rua de São Bernardo 33, 1249-082, Lisboa

Tel +351 213924000
Fax +351 213924153

Email: portugal.consulate@fco.gov.uk

Website: www.gov.uk

British Consul: Kirsty Hayes

Opening Hours
Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.30 to 14.00
Consular phone lines from 9.00 to 17.00

British Vice Consulate - Portimão

Apartado 609
Edificio A Fabrica
Avenida Guanaré
8501-915 Portimão

Tel +351 282490750
Fax +351 282414054
E-mail: portugal.consulate@fco.gov.uk

Website: www.gov.uk

Opening Hours
Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.30 to 14.00
Consular phone lines are open from 9.00 to 17.00

Honorary Consulates
Faro, Oporto, Funchal (Madeira) and Ponta Delgada (Azores)

Association for Foreign Residents and Property Owners in Portugal (AFPOP)

AFPOP specialises in providing a comprehensive range of information services and support to foreign residents and visitors to Portugal. They can assist in keeping you up-to-date with new and existing legislation, along with social events for all of their members.

Website: www.afpop.com

Portuguese Government / Governo de Portugal

The official portal of the Portuguese Government includes information about the government cabinet, political program, activities, organisation, previous government cabinets, a search engine and links to all government departments and public services.

Website: www.portugal.gov.pt

AICEP Portugal Global - Portuguese Investment Agency

This trade & Investment Agency is a government business entity focused in encouraging the best foreign companies to invest in Portugal and contribute to the success of Portuguese companies abroad in their internationalization processes or export activities.

Website: www.portugalglobal.pt

Other useful links in the portal:

Search companies

Portuguese Fiscal System

Labour Guide

Portugal Exporta (In this page you can learn how Aicep can help your company to export through a tailor-made action plan)

AICEP supports your company for export through a tailor-made action plan.

ANACOM - National Communications Authority

Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) is the national regulatory authority (NRA) in Portugal for communications, for the purposes of the law of the European Union (EU) and national legislation.

Website: www.anacom.pt

 

Bank of Portugal

Website: www.bportugal.pt

Instituto Camões

The Instituto Camões or the Camões Institute is an institution created in 1992 for the worldwide promotion of the Portuguese language and culture.

Website: www.instituto-camoes.pt

Espaço Empresa - Entrepeneur's desk

The Espaço Empresa network is a single desk aimed at the entrepreneurs who want to carry out services and/or obtain information inherent to performing an economic activity and to the life cycle of their companies.

Website: www.eportugal.gov.pt

 

 

CMVM - Portuguese Securities Market Commission

The CMBM supervises and regulates securities and other financial instruments and activities of all those who operate within said markets.

Website: www.cmvm.pt

The Portuguese Parliament

Website: www.parlamento.pt/

 

The Presidency of the Portuguese Republic

Website: http://www.presidencia.pt/?idl=2

 

 

 

The Freight Forwarders Association of Portugal (APAT)

National association for PT-registered and licensed companies engaged in international freight forwarding activity – understood as the planning and organization of operations for the international transport of goods by all modes of transport (air, road, rail and sea), along with complementary logistics operations and distribution activities.

Website: www.apat.pt

 

SOLVIT – Resolution of international problems in EU

SOLVIT helps people who encounter difficulties in another country when public authorities do not apply EU legislation correctly.

Website: www.ec.europa.eu/solvit

THe World Bank
Economic Country profile - Portugal

The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the sub-national and regional level. To find out more about Portugal follow the link below.

Website: www.doingbusiness.org

 

 

European Commission
Guide to setting up a business in Portugal

All the relevant information to start a new company or expand your business in another EU country, including the rules that apply and the relevant national contact point to set up a company in that specific country.

Website: www.ec.europa.eu/youreurope

Link to Starting a business – Portugal: www.europa.eu/youreurope/business/running-business/start-ups/starting-business/portugal

Summaries of EU Legislation

The Summaries of EU legislation inform on the main aspects of the European legislation, policies and activities in a clear, easy-to-read and concise way.

Website: www.europa.eu/legislation_summaries

 

 

FCO - Portugal Travel & Living Abroad

Travel Advice: www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/portugal

Living in portugal: www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-portugal

Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency

The Agência de Gestão da Tesouraria e da Dívida Pública – IGCP, is the public entity responsible for the integrated management of cash, funding and the direct debt management, which includes, under the applicable law, the debt of public corporations whose financing is ensured through the state Budget.

Website: www.igcp.pt

 

 

Fundo Social Europeu

Website: www.ec.europa.eu

National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC)

LNEC s a public institute of Science and Technology (S&T), with the status of State Laboratory that carries out research in all fields of civil engineering, giving it a unique multidisciplinary perspective.

Website www.lnec.pt

 

INE - National Institute of Statistics

Statistics Portugal produces and disseminates, in an effective, efficient and independent manner, high-quality official statistical information relevant for the whole society.

Website: www.ine.pt

Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property (INPI)

Portuguese public organization that protects and promotes industrial property.

Website: www.inpi.justica.gov.pt

Tourism of Portugal

Website: https://www.turismodeportugal.pt/pt/Paginas/homepage.aspx

Other useful websites linked to Turismo de Portugal:

Promotes Portugal as a destination – www.visitportugal.com

Development and support for companies – http://www.business.turismodeportugal.pt

 

National Laboratory of Energy and Geology (LNEG)

An R&D institution oriented to meet the needs of society and business. LNEG aim at a sustainable research in a sustainability frame through the generation of knowledge of the territory.

Website: www.lneg.pt

NYSE - Euronext Lisbon

Euronext is the first pan-European stock exchange, spanning Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and the UK.

Website: www.euronext.com

 

 

Portuguese Ombudsman

Website: www.provedor-jus.pt

On the Spot Company / Empresa na hora

This initiative aims to help businesses to open a company in just one office (one-stop office) in a single day (36m).

Website: www.empresanahora.pt

Portugal Economy - PE Probe

Portugal Economy Probe is a content aggregation website containing economic and financial information about Portugal. Aims to provide all the existing reliable economic and financial information about Portugal, in a factual, independent and user-friendly manner.

 

Website: www.peprobe.com

Department Of International Trade Portugal

DIT in Portugal helps companies in Britain increase their competitiveness through overseas trade in Portugal. We also offer professional, authoritative and personalised assistance to help companies in Portugal locate and expand in the UK.

Address:
British Embassy
Rua de São Bernardo, 33
1249-082 Lisboa
Portugal

Email: DIT.Portugal@fco.gov.uk

Investment Email: investuk.lisbon@fco.gov.uk 

General Enquiries: 00351 213 924 000

Website: www.gov.uk

Buy From Portugal
Portuguese Suppliers Directory

Through this website you can discover the skills of Portuguese industries and search for local products and services

Website: www.buyfromportugal.com

General Direction of Economic Activities
Information about Brexit

This website in Portuguese aims to help you assess the impacts of Brexit scenarios on your activity; identify the risks and opportunities inherent in each and define a plan of action that minimizes these risks and maximizes these opportunities.

Website: www.dgae.gov.pt/brexit

Portugal Health Passport
A package of healthcare services is available for urgent care for British tourists as part of a special offer for the Brelcome campaign.

Healthcare services for patients travelling from abroad are most commonly provided in the most reputable private hospitals in Portugal.

Website: Portugal Health Passport

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