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Banks Mis-sold Life Insurance Policies As A Requisite For Mortgages

Banks for years have been selling expensive life insurance policies to those seeking a mortgage, when  purchase a property in Spain. Most bank staff and usually the directors, have pressurised homeowners by insisting that the policy was a requi

Citizens Advice International Conference Gibraltar 2015

The  conference ‘Pathways to Resolutions’ was opened by the chief minister Fabian Picardo, introduction and welcome by the Hon. Steven Linares and hosted by CAB Gibraltar was attended by Richelle de Wit and Myra Azzopardi from C

Dgt Spending Big Bucks To Make Even Bigger Bucks

As published in the BOE State Bulletin, DGT has allotted a budget for the purchase of more equipment to help in their inforcement of the law, or as they like to put it ´to improve road safety´. An amount of 363.000 euros will be spent on 3 mob

Vodafone - Announced Tariff Increase Deemed Illegal

Not just Telefonica/Movistar….. Vodafone has also been denounced by a Spanish Consumer Organisation for the illegal increase of rates and a change in service conditions. The organisation explains that conditions of the permanency period ar

Discounted Plane And Boat Tickets Island Residents And Family Members

Important update since the signing of the Withdrawal Agreement. Added information and update 2023 A subsidy consisting of 50% of the price of plane or boat tickets, from the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, for trips to the S

Smart Meters And The New Facturation As Of 1st October 2015

As of the 1st of October 2015 the digital and tele-operated ´smart´ meters will be used to registrate hourly fluctuations in the price of consumed electricity and this will be reflected on your electricity bill. Almost 11 million households wi

Going Abroad? Download Free Safety App Europe

Going on holiday in Europe or travelling or business. Consider downloading this safety application. ‘Going abroad’ All the information necessary to travel abroad in each country in Europe. Watch a simple video and download the app fo

Cab Gibraltar And Cab Spain To Cooperate For Our Cross Border Citizens

We recently published that we have been invited to attend the Citizens Advice International (CAI) Conference this year held in Gibraltar on the 22 of June. I will be given a short talk the following morning when the delegates that make up the C

Cab Spain Has Been Invited To The Citizens Advice International Conference

We are pleased and proud to announce that CAB Spain has been invited to the Citizens Advice International Conference to take place in Gibraltar on the 22/23 of June. The invitation was made to me personally by Pilar Hernandez who is the chairpe

Animal Health: "the Principle Is The Same Whether You Are Taking Care Of A Dog, A Cat Or 3,000 Pigs"

A proposal to streamline and simplify complicated animal health rules in the EU was informally agreed by MEPs, the European Commission and the national governments on 1 June. Marit Paulsen, the Parliament’s lead negotiator, described the r
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