News of the day 22 July 2016
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Retailing
Primark prepares to open Palma store in September
A total of 252 staff have been recruited from 4,000 applicants and this will be Primark's forty-second store in Spain.
Tourism
UK tourist spending in Spain forecast to fall by 12%
The UK being outside the common European aviation area will have an impact on airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet.
Heritage
Lighthouses might now become refuges
There is renewed talk of conversion: not into hotels but into refuges like those in the Tramuntana mountains which the Council of Majorca manages.
Nautical
Rainbow Warrior now in Palma
Rainbow Warrior is one of the 720 yachts that have gone through STP Shipyard Palma so far this year.
News / Comment
Comment
May and Rajoy offer some cheer
"It was a welcome reassurance from the British and Spanish government."
Jason Moore