The U.K.’s divorce with Europe could cost the country up to €20 billion, according to the Financial Times. Their analysis indicates that the shared budget with the European bloc could be one of the biggest political obstacles to reach an agreement on Brexit.
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Europeans spend an average of 42 minutes commuting to work, according to a Page Group study that surveyed 12,000 workers. Portugal is the country with the shortest average commute, with 34 minutes, while Turkey has the longest average commute, with 48 minutes.
Digital transformation directly affects Spanish companies’ results. In fact, as a result of digital transformation, revenue from new business sources has increased by an average of 37% and 74% have seen an improvement in customer experience, according to the study Keeping Score: "Why Digital Transformation Matters”.
The vapor from electronic cigarettes is 95% less toxic than smoke from tobacco, according to a new study by the tobacco company, British American Tobacco, published in "Chemical Research in Toxicology". The study aims to end the controversy over the safety of these cigarettes.
81.9% of Spanish homes now have Internet access, up nearly 3% from last year’s 78.7%.The National Institute of Statistics survey found that more than 13 million homes have Internet access.
Turkey is the OECD country with the highest percentage of NEETs. In the country led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 29.8 % of young people are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET). The latest OECD graph shows that there were 40 million NEETS in 2015, two thirds of whom were not actively looking for a job.
BBVA CEO Carlos Torres Vila explained this morning that BBVA wants “to be more than a bank. It wants to be an engine of opportunities” for its customers. “We are living transformative times in which the arrival of new technologies is creating new opportunities everywhere and BBVA wants to be there to be the best bank for its customers,” he maintained. Carlos Torres Vila participated in the South Summit, one of the most important fintech events in Spain, held in Madrid.
Card payments increased in Spain in 2015, reaching 45.9 % of all transactions, according to the European Central Bank.