The food company Pastas Gallo, born in Rubí in 1946, is the paradigmatic example of a complicated family succession. With a widely recognized brand, innovation as its hallmark, and consolidated results, the disagreements among the five children of the founder, José Espona, led the heirs to divest their majority stake in 2019 and sell it to the Madrid private equity fund Proa Capital. Although three of the five brothers later returned to the group – albeit with lower participation than initially – the company lost part of its essence. Two years after the operation, Pastas Gallo moved the production of dry pasta from Granollers to Córdoba, and during the last two available financial years – with the asterisk of having faced investments of more than 50 million euros – it has registered losses that have exceeded six million euros.

The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has announced the launch of a state fertilizer plan to mitigate Spain's dependence on the Middle East, a region that concentrates – through the Strait of Hormuz – one-third of the world's fertilizer trade. At an event held this Monday in San Martín de la Vega (Madrid), the head of the executive indicated that he expects the initiative to be completed during the first quarter of 2027, with three lines of action that he considers "priorities": the commitment to precision agriculture, strategic autonomy, and price transparency.

Ignasi Pietx (Barcelona, 1965) is the general director of the design and printing company Artyplan and current president of Comertia, the Catalan employers' association for retail trade. Just at the midpoint of his term at the head of the entity, the executive reviews the main demands of the Catalan family business in the retail sector, in two years marked by a good economic performance at the macro level, but at the same time a global instability that has diminished consumer confidence.This June marks two years since his appointment as president of Comertia. In all this time, has trade in Catalonia improved or worsened?

The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, leaves the door open to leaving her post at the institution early to contribute to the debate around the next presidential elections in France, scheduled for April 2027. "It is possible," declared the also former French Finance Minister in an interview with the French newspaper Les Échos, to whom she was asked if she was considering leaving the presidency of the eurozone's highest monetary body to participate in political discussions in the country.

The Viena restaurant chain closed the 2025 financial year with improved sales, in a context it considers "especially challenging" for the sector. According to the results released this Tuesday, the company recorded a turnover of 91.9 million euros in 2025, 1.8% more than the previous year. The improvement in operating results has made it possible to increase profitability on sales – obtained by dividing net profit by net sales – to 14.4%, above the figures for the previous financial year.

The plant-based protein brand Heura wins a legal battle against various meat sector associations that accused it of unfair competition. In a ruling published this Monday, section 15 of the Provincial Court of Barcelona has endorsed the use of terms such as 'burguer' or 'sausage' to refer to its vegan products, thus dismissing a large part of the lawsuit filed against it within the framework of various advertising campaigns launched from 2020 onwards.

The Catalan company Openchip, specializing in the design and marketing of high-performance chips, receives a new injection of public funds to boost its project. This Monday, the Barcelona-based company has received 115 million euros from the Spanish government through the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), also known as the central executive's technological SEPI.

In the Anglo-Saxon language it is common for the names of major commercial brands to become verbs and become part of popular slang, even being accepted as dictionary definitions. Googling or tweeting are just two examples of a practice much less common in Romance languages. But a few years ago, a concept has been fully integrated into the daily lives of most Catalans. Doing a Bizum is an expression that already sounds familiar and refers to a project that academics and financial sector sources consider an "exceptional" success story in the Spanish banking sector.

It was 9:55 PM when the show to inaugurate the tower of Jesus of the Sagrada Família began. While the white voices of the Escolania de Montserrat sang the first notes and the musicians of the Liceu Symphony Orchestra tuned their instruments, a fleet of 700 drones warmed up their engines at the Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, one kilometer away from the basilica.

The Leche Pascual group has initiated this Friday a regulation of employment (ERO) to lay off the 80 workers from its Gurb (Osona) plant, partially dismantled for months after the company reached an agreement with Casa Tarradellas for the sale of the factory.

Just over a week ago, the World Cup began with a new format, arguably the most demanding of all. The final phase of the tournament has more teams than ever – it has gone from 32 to 48 selections – more matches – from 64 to 104 in total – and a new record for geographical extension encompassing the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with the long travel that this entails for national teams. Before the first inaugural match, however, another competition – equally demanding this year – was taking place all over the world: completing the Panini World Cup sticker album.

The Valencian supermarket cooperative Consum plans to hire more than 300 workers in Catalonia in 2026, exceeding the 5,000 employee mark in the region. This figure signifies a renewed commitment to Catalonia, a territory that the group's CEO, Antonio Rodríguez, considers "priority." Last year, the company already created 400 new jobs in Catalonia, triple the number from the previous year. renew its commitment to the Principality, a territory that the group's CEO, Antonio Rodríguez, considers "priority." Last year, the company already created 400 new jobs in Catalonia, triple the number from the previous year.

Avalis, the public-private company promoted by the Generalitat that offers guarantees to SMEs and self-employed workers, is joining forces with the banking services firm Kenta Capital and launching a debt fund to finance small and medium-sized Catalan enterprises (SMEs). The instrument, presented this Wednesday in Barcelona, is launched with an initial volume of 50 million euros and offers financing conditions that are until now unusual for SMEs: unlike a common loan, companies will have access to a structure known as "bullet".

Housing and inflation are the two main concerns of the Catalan and Spanish population. This is confirmed by the latest Eurobarometer from the European Parliament, where at least one in three respondents in Spain identify access to a home and the rising cost of living as the biggest headaches they have to face in their daily lives. The rising cost of rents and food is changing consumption habits and requires great effort for families – especially the most vulnerable – to adapt to the new reality. A reality that leaves less time for leisure and where any unforeseen event can unbalance a budget with ever-decreasing room for manoeuvre. And among the juggling acts of some families to balance their accounts, the following diagnosis emerges: the economic effort to fill the fridge is growing more than that of paying for housing.

The Designation of Origin (DO) Cava closes a cycle of eight years marked by the presidency of Javier Pagés and opens a new stage. This Thursday, the twelve members who make up the plenary of the regulatory council, the body that represents the different agents of the sector, have chosen the CEO of the Vallformosa wineries, Marta Vidal, as the new president of the DO for the next four years. Vidal, who has had majority support from the plenary members, thus becomes the first woman to hold the presidency of the DO since its foundation in 1972.

Elon Musk, owner of X and founder of companies like SpaceX or Tesla, is one step away from becoming the first trillionaire in history, and would accumulate unprecedented levels of wealth. According to a report published this Thursday by the NGO Oxfam Intermón, the magnate of South African origin is on track to accumulate as much wealth as the entire poorest 46% of the world's population, the equivalent of about 3.8 billion people.

The Denomination of Origin (DO) Cava faces decisive hours for its future after eight years of Javier Pagés' presidency. This Thursday, June 11, the twelve members who form the plenary of the Regulatory Council, the body representing the different agents in the sector, will meet at the Vilafranca del Penedès headquarters to elect who will be the maximum leader – as well as the vice-president – of the DO that exports the most from Spain, but which at the same time is not going through its best moment.

Catalan local commerce stands up to large digital sales platforms like Amazon, Shein, or Glovo, accusing them of "unfair competition" and being one of the reasons for the stagnation of its growth. "These new players operate with different rules of the game [...] and concentrate enormous economies of scale that directly impact the competitiveness of our local commerce: some kind of control is needed," Pimec Comerç president, Mònica Gregori, demanded this Monday in a media briefing from Barcelona.

The Italian bank Mediolanum landed in Spain in 2000 with the purchase of Fibanc – an entity founded by businessman Carles Tusquets – with the idea of replicating its model in the transalpine country, in operation since 1982. At the beginning of the new century, Spanish entities were struggling to expand their network of offices to reach every corner of the country: having branches was synonymous with success. Mediolanum, on the other hand, had for years been betting on a different system that revolved around the figure of what is called a family banker, financial advisors who offer to visit the client at their home and with whom they maintain constant contact. And far from the more traditional business of banks – where a good part of the clients have their immobile assets in bank accounts – these advisors move money and place it in investment funds, pension plans, or life insurance, among others.

The meat industry is the main agri-food sector in Catalonia, both in terms of business volume and employment. And within this field, the cured meats sector has a very significant weight and is a benchmark within the State. According to a new mapping of the sector published this Friday by Promotora d'Exportacions Catalanes (Prodeca) – an organization attached to the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food – the cooked and cured meats sector in Catalonia has consolidated itself as a leader in production and export in Spain as a whole, with a share of 44% of turnover volume and 58% of export sales volume.