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The people’s paper ISSUE NO. 1841
15 - 21 October 2020
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WHAT characterises so many businesses on the Costa del Sol whether run by expatriates or Spaniards is the fact that when facing adversity, they don’t sim ply give up but become creative and look for ways of keeping go ing regardless of the roadblocks in front of them Euro Weekly News is a perfect example of carrying on, employ ing staff, helping advertisers and informing readers even though times have been difficult, but the owners are resilient and have recognised that they would have to adapt quickly in order to continue to produce six copies of the paper every week despite reduced advertising. They may have made some mistakes on the way, but they can proudly boast that not a sin gle issue was missed even dur ing lockdown and although the paper may be smaller in size, it is still distributed throughout the Costa del Sol and the website has been massively improved with a dedicated team combin ing local, national and interna tional news seven days a week.
Another perfect example is the paper’s regular front page advertiser, Tennis and Padel, Club Del Sol in Calahonda which has reopened its 16 courts as both games are ideal examples of how to keep fit and respect social distancing. They can’t open the enclosed spaces such as squash courts, gym and changing rooms at the moment, but they already hope to be in phase two allowing full use of the club facilities in the New Year. Owner Jose Kreyman said “I could see that the lockdown was coming and closed our 6,000 square metre indoor area on March 4 to ensure that there would be no risk to staff or clients and then when the lock
SURVIVORS: Jose Kreyman (left) and Steven Euesden of EWN are doing something right. down was announced I was lucky because all of my people were happy to be flexible and do gardening and painting which
meant that none were put on ERTE nor let go. “I continued to advertise with Euro Weekly News all during the
closure and have just signed a new longterm contract as I am delighted by the fact that wher ever I go, I see copies of the Euro
Weekly News in so many outlets which means that my club is seen by literally thousands of people. “The paper recently celebrat ed 21 years of publication and I have advertised every week for 20 years which means that EWN and Club Del Sol must be doing something right as we are both survivors.” There is something very im pressive about a business that has the confidence to commit to spend money over a significant length of time and it is this spirit which we at Euro Weekly News know, appreciate and under stand as it is our philosophy as well, as we look to make the best future we can, rather than focus on what was.