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Newsletter 16th October No.22
Hello and Welcome to your weekly Newsletter from heyportugal.com
Don't forget the magazine is now available in shops and is only €1,95. If you cannot get one from a Stockist then you can subscribe to get your copy of Hey Portugal Magazine posted to you, and be one of the first to get each new edition.
The prizewinner in the latest Monthly Prize Draw is Chris from the UK, if this might be you then check your emails as you have not claimed your prize.
What's New on Hey Portugal.com
We have 3 more new articles this week. Our second chapter about the Festa dos Tabuleiros in 2011 in Tomar and Spell Chequers, we think you'll all like this one! We also have an article about the Toll Systems on the SCUT Motorways, which started YESTERDAY! Check this out if you use any on the motorways, there is important information you need to know.
We have added another recipe to Wendy's Cookbook.
What's News - a Round-up of this weeks Local news and a bit of World News too.
European Strikes. There could be more strikes in France and Greece this week, so check with your travel company
Interbank Rates GBP/Euro. The GBP/Euro rate takes another slight fall with a close of 1.140 on Friday compared to last weeks 1.146
Chilean Miners. Unless you have not seen TV or listened to radio (in any language) this w
eek then we can tell you that the rescue of 33 miners was sucessfully concluded this week.
EasyJet Announcement. Hey Portugal will report on Monday from a press conference in Lisbon, to be held by EasyJet. They will be making "A Corporate Announcement with National Importance"
(Don't forget to join Hey Portugal's campaign for Winter flights , we need your vote)
Motorways. Toll charges on some of the SCUT motorways start YESTERDAY. Namely Grande Porto, Costa Prata and Norte Litoral.
What's On In Central Portugal
Check out your local Events, Car Boot Sale, Portugal Friends Coffee Morning and more. Look on The Calendar for more details of all these events plus many more.
13 -17 Michael Flatley's "Lord of The Dance" in Lisbon
15 - 24 Feira de Santa Ira in Tomar
17 Cirque du Soleil, Lisbon
16 - 17 BLIP Exhibition in Portimao.
20 Portugal Friends Coffee Morning, Leiria
21 - 24 Michael Flatley's "Lord of The Dance" in Porto
23 Charity event in Cascais hosted by South Africans in Portugal
For online shopping with UK clothes shops and more have a look in the Business Directory Online Shopping.
Don't forget to check out our Reader Offers Page for more information
Hey Portugal Business Directory for all the business and srvices you want in central Portugal.
Advertise with Hey Portugal from only €10 a quarter you can put your business in front of more people in central Portugal than any other website, for the price. You can't afford not to! We have our Media Pack online, you can see exactly why you should be advertising with us. IVA will be increasing to 23% in January do beat the IVA and order now.
Subscriptions New Lower Price for Subscriptions. Our existing subscribers have be contacted for a free upgrade due to the price reduction on the magazine.
Hey Classifieds advertise your unwanted items FREE. Someone sold a printer this week within days of putting up the advert.
Wendy's Cook Book Your recipes are always welcome, just email them to us with a photo if possible and we will add them!
Hey WebPage Get yourself online today for just 99€! See an example
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Newsletter 9th October No.21
Hello and Welcome to your weekly Newsletter from heyportugal.com
I had an interesting visit to "A Place in the Sun Exhibition" in Birmingham, UK last weekend, and the surprising part was that it was in the sun, with clear sky's on Saturday. There was a buzz around the Exhibition about Portugal, the talk was of Portugal coming out of a 2 year slump in both visitors and property sales. The Portugal Office of Statistics backed this up this week with improved results about Hotel room bookings. (see below)
As reported last week the price of Hey Portugal is now only €1,95. It is available at a few places now but it will go out to a wider distribution throughout this week. We will update the list of Stockist as they get the magazines, so check the list for your local one.
If you cannot get one from a Stockist then you can subscribe to get your copy of Hey Portugal Magazine posted to you, and be one of the first to get each new edition.
What's New on Hey Portugal.com
We have 2 new articles this week, one in gardening about the Autumn Rains and an Update of the IC3 Roadworks from Alvaiázere Town Hall.
There is also an update of the French Transport Strikes, and we will keep the website updated with any developments on this strike.
What's News - a Round-up of this weeks Local news and a bit of World News too.
Fraud Hotline. The Department of Work and Pensions have launched a hotline to crack down on benefit fraud in Portugal amongst the expat community. More information here.
Interbank Rates GBP/Euro. The GBP/Euro rate continues to fall with a close of 1.146 on Friday compared to last weeks 1.150
Chilean Miners. One of the escape shafts that are being drilled 1/2mile into the ground to release the 33 miners, should break through today. The miners were trapped by a collapse 2 months ago, and hope the final stage of their rescue will start within the next few days.
Low Cost Hub for Lisbon. Ryanair announced its intention to establish a third base in Lisbon during a press conference last week. The airline believes that by next summer its goal could be a reality. It also proposed operating from the airport’s ‘Terminal 3’, which is currently used for domestic flights. Easyjet are also still in talks with Lisbon ariport to establish a base there. (Maybe Hey Portugal's campaign for Winter flights is being noticed!)
Portugal National Statistics office said this week: In August, hotel activity registered 5.7 million overnight stays, year-on-year increase of 5.9%, compared with August 2009. Non residents contributed mostly with 8.0% growth while residents rose 3.1%.
Total income from hotel activity reached 291.8 million Euros and income from hotel occupancy 213.7 million Euros, accounting for increases of 9.8% and 9.5%, respectively.
What's On In Central Portugal
Check out your local Events, Car Boot Sale, Portugal Friends Coffee Morning and more. Look on The Calendar for more details of all these events plus many more.
1-10 25th Annual Dried Fruit & Nut Fair at Torres Novas
10 Katie Melua live in Lisbon
13 -17 Michael Flatley's "Lord of The Dance" in Lisbon
13 & 17 Cirque du Soleil, Lisbon
16 - 17 BLIP Exhibition in Portimao.
20 Portugal Friends Coffee Morning, Leiria
21 - 24 Michael Flatley's "Lord of The Dance" in Porto
23 Charity event in Cascais hosted by South Africans in Portugal
For online shopping with UK clothes shops and more have a look in the Business Directory Online Shopping.
Don't forget to check out our Reader Offers Page for more information
Hey Portugal Business Directory has listed Windmill Property and Glamour Beauty Insitute this week.
Advertise with Hey Portugal from only €32 a year you can put your business in front of more people in central Portugal than any other website, for the price. You can't afford not to! We have our Media Pack online, you can see exactly why you should be advertising with us.
We welcome contributions from our readers, we really need to know what is going on nearer the Silver Coast and Fatima, anyone want to update us please contact us
Subscriptions New Lower Price for Subscriptions. Our existing subscribers will be contacted for a free upgrade due to the price reduction on the magazine.
Hey Classifieds advertise your unwanted items FREE. Someone sold a printer this week within days of putting up the advert.
Wendy's Cook Book Your recipes are always welcome, just email them to us with a photo if possible and we will add them!
Hey WebPage Get yourself online today for just 99€! Example
You have received this newsletter because you have subscribed to HeyPortugal.com. If you no longer wish to receive these then please email us back with "unsubscribe" in the SUBJECT line, and we will remove you from future mailings.
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Newsletter 2nd October No.20
Hello and Welcome to your weekly Newsletter from heyportugal.com
"A Place in the Sun Exhibition" takes place at the Birmingham, NEC in the UK this weekend. If anyone is going, Wendy will be there on Saturday and Sunday. Make sure you stop for a chat.
We have some great news for you. Following the response we have had from advertisers and sales of edition 1, we have been able to reduce the price of the printed magazine to only €1.95.
The magazine will show a face prize of €2.95 but will also show a special offer price; because we had to print the magazine before we got all the sales figures in - such is life in publishing.
Remember - What's in the magazine is not available on our website!
What's New on Hey Portugal.com
You will now see that on every page except the home page the adverts have been linked to the Business Directory so if you see something you like, you can click on the advert to find out more.
We have a couple of new articles this week. One is all about Hypnotherapy, exploring and exploding the myths with simple explanation. The second article is from Alan Dale about his experience of Obidos.
What's News - a Round-up of this weeks news, after last weeks dirth we certainly have more to tell you this week.
Portugal Helps Foreign Schools with Computers ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré and Mr Paulo Campos, Vice-Minister for Public Works, Transport and Communications of Portugal, signed an agreement that Portugal will provide computer solutions for schools in twenty countries, with the initiative supporting the launch of one connected school project per country. This will include new laptops, with software and educational content, a smart board in each classroom, wireless modems and broadband internet access.
VAT increased by a further 2%. José Sócrates announced an increase in the rate of IVA (VAT) from 21% to 23% effective from January 2011. This makes Portugal’s rate of VAT the highest in the EU, along with Greece and Ireland. There will also be a reduction of between 3 and 10% of the salaries of officials and civil servants and several cuts in state spending and investment.
Improved Shopping Experience at Porto Airport. The Moodie Report announced on Thursday that Porto Airport has inaugurated its new Retail Complex .Our Editor, Wendy, was there yesterday to see how the improvements had affected the air travel experience. She told Hey Portugal that there were plenty of high class, well presented retailers to make waiting for the plane a much more pleasurable experience. Wendy said "Make sure that you go through security early enough as this is where you will find all the new shops. " We will see how pleasurable this is when the credit card bills arrive.
Fraud Hotline. The Department of Work and Pensions have launched a hotline to crack down on benefit fraud in Portugal amongst the expat community. More information here.
Interbank Rates GBP/Euro. The GBP/Euro rate continues to fall with another 2 cents of the value of sterling this week bringing the rate down to 1.150 on Friday.
What's On In Central Portugal
Check out your local Events, Car Boot Sale, Portugal Friends Coffee Morning and more. Look on The Calendar for more details of all these events plus many more.
1-3 Oct Chicharo Festival in Alvaiazere
3 Oct Car Boot Sales at Miranda and Candosa
5 Oct Republic Day
5 Oct Mercado da Replublica - Tomar (Period Market)
4,5,6 Oct Portugal Friends Coffee Mornings
8 Oct Fado Night at Calca Perra
8 Oct Meerkat Manor - Open day, Car Boot, Crafts, Therapy Sessions, More
23 Oct Charity event in Cascais hosted by South Africans in Portugal
Shopping Offers:
Littlewoods Europe: Two fantastic offers available with Hey Portugal, choose: (ends 30th September 2010) 10% off when you spend €20 or more, Offer Code: XV998
or Free Delivery, Offer Code: XV262
For online shopping with UK clothes shops and more have a look in the Hey Pages Business Directory Online Shopping.
Don't forget to check out our Reader Offers Page for more information
Hey Portugal Business Directory has listed Windmill Property and Glamour Beauty Insitute this week.
Advertise with Hey Portugal from only €32 a year you can put your business in front of more people in central Portugal than any other website, for the price. You can't afford not to! We have a new Media Pack online, you can see exactly why you should be advertising with us.
We welcome contributions from our readers, we really need to know what is going on nearer the Silver Coast and Fatima, anyone want to update us please contact us
Subscriptions Offer Extended, order 4 editions of the magazine on subscription and get one FREE! Our existing subscribers will be contacted for a free upgrade due to the price reduction on the magazine.
Hey Classifieds advertise your unwanted items FREE. Someone sold a printer this week within days of putting up the advert.
Wendy's Cook Book Your recipes are always welcome, just email them to us vwith a photo if possible and we will add them!
Hey WebPage Get yourself online today for just 99€! Example
You have received this newsletter because you have subscribed to HeyPortugal.com. If you no longer wish to receive these then please email us back with "unsubscribe" in the SUBJECT line, and we will remove you from future mailings.
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Newsletter 25th September No.19
Hello and Welcome to your weekly Newsletter from heyportugal.com
Well Autumn officially started this week (Thursday) and it feels like it too, with cloud and some rain, but we also still have sunshine too.
The printers did a great job and we have the magazines already. They will be in the shops by the middle of next week. If you can't find one, you can always subscribe on-line for postal deliveries. We post to anywhere in the World, so don't worry if you're not in Portugal.
Also next weekend (1-3 October) the "A Place in the Sun Exhibition" takes place at the Birmingham, NEC in the UK. If anyone is going, I will be there on Saturday and Sunday, so I might see you there.
What's New on Hey Portugal.com
If anyone has been online this week you will have noticed a few changes around the website. We have added a daily message and changed some of the pages around and refreshed all the colours. You will also have seen that on some pages you can now click on the adverts to link straight to their page in Hey Portugal Business Directory.
If you haven't been on the site this week then go and have a look now, and tell us what you think.
New Articles: President Obama to visit Portugal, Archive Newsletters up to No.12 are now available on the website, so if you have missed anything you can look back.
What's News - a Round-up of this weeks news, not much really, everyone must be out picking grapes!
Paulo Bento Appointed Portugal Coach. The Portuguese Football Federation [FPF] have moved quickly to replace sacked manager Carlos Queiroz by appointing former Sporting CP coach Paulo Bento. The 41-year-old has signed a deal until 2012, and left Sporting last year after four seasons in charge. Bento, the former Portuguese international, who played 35 games for the side, coaches his first game on October 8 against Denmark.
Tolls will be charged on SCUT motorways. The Norte Litoral (A28), the Grande Oporto (A41/A42) and the Costa de Prata (A29) will start to charge Tolls from October 15th, and the other 4 will have Toll charges by next April. There will be discounts for residents and business within close proximity of the motorway.
Interbank Rates GBP/Euro. Exchange rates dropped a bit this week. The exchange rate this week was 1.174 against last weeks 1.194 .
What's On In Central Portugal
Check out your local Events, Car Boot Sale, Portugal Friends Coffee Morning and more. Look on The Calendar for more details of all these events.
24-26 Golf Simulator Trial - Corte Ingles Porto
25 Model Collectors Fair - Porto
26 Festa de Sao Miguel - Alvaiazere
30 Portugal Friends Coffee Morning Lousa
30 Hey Portugal On Sale throughout Portugal and the World
1-3 Oct Chicharo Festival in Alvaiazere
3 Oct Car Boot Sales at Miranda and Candosa
23 Oct Charity event in Cascais hosted by South Africans in Portugal
Shopping Offers:
Littlewoods Europe: Two fantastic offers available with Hey Portugal, choose: (ends 30th September 2010) 10% off when you spend €20 or more, Offer Code: XV998
or Free Delivery, Offer Code: XV262
For online shopping with UK clothes shops and more have a look in the Hey Pages Business Directory Online Shopping.
Don't forget to check out our Reader Offers Page for more information
Hey Portugal Business Directory has new advertisers in many categories, whatever you need check our Directory first. Here are a few of our new ones. Brian David , Sausages Portugal, Pedro Madaleno, TSA Removals, Horto Mondego, Nineteen Hole, Central Portugal Horses, The Donkey House, Emma Sherratt, Calca Perra Restaurant and Blevins Franks
Advertise with Hey Portugal from only €32 a year you can put your business in front of more people in central Portugal than any other website, for the price. You can't afford not to! We have a new Media Pack online, you can see exactly why you should be advertising with us.
We welcome contributions from our readers, we really need to know what is going on nearer the Silver Coast and Fatima, anyone want to update us please contact us
Subscriptions Offer Extended, order 4 editions of the magazine on subscription and get one FREE!
Hey Classifieds advertise your unwanted items FREE. Someone sold a printer this week within days of putting up the advert.
Wendy's Cook Book Your recipes are always welcome, just email them to us vwith a photo if possible and we will add them!
Hey WebPage Get yourself online today for just 99€! Example
You have received this newsletter because you have subscribed to HeyPortugal.com. If you no longer wish to receive these then please email us back with "unsubscribe" in the SUBJECT line, and we will remove you from future mailings.
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