THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 12 - 15 Issue No. 1913
Numbers decrease ANOTHER good month as far as un‐ employment in the Balearics is con‐ cerned as in Febru‐ ary, the number of unemployed dropped by a fur‐ ther 1,931 people, beaten only by the Canary Islands and Madrid. Better still howev‐ er, according to in‐ formation published by the National Min‐ istry of Labour and Social Economy on Wednesday March 2, the Balearics (with the largest number of jobs in Mallorca) actually saw an overall annu‐ al reduction of just over 32,000 repre‐ senting a massive 38 per cent reduction. This is the best fall in percentage terms in all of the Au‐ tonomous Commu‐ nities and more peo‐ ple have been taken on with contracts than for some con‐ siderable time. With the news that tourist flight bookings are begin‐ ning to take off and the expectation that there could be record numbers of visitors this sum‐ mer, then it follows that more jobs will become available during the year.
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DAY OF HOPE SPEAKING at the presentation of the Community gold medals and the Ramon Llull Awards on February 28, President Armen‐ gol spoke of “the day of hope and hope recovered.” On the day before the cele‐ brations for Balearic Day, she made it clear that in her opin‐ ion 2022 was a year to cele‐ brate thanks to the ever‐im‐ proving health situation and the progress of vaccination across the islands. Her speech focused on how the society of the Balearic Is‐ lands has worked together to overcome a situation as com‐ plicated as that of Covid‐19. “We have tested the capaci‐ ty of people, which for seven years have been building solid and lasting consensus, agree‐ ments that have given us light and stability in the worst mo‐ ments and that now allow us to look to the future with a pro‐ gramme of reforms and progress that belongs to all,” she said. Then added “Today we know our priorities better than ever. We were moving before the pandemic, and during
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PRESENTATION: President Armengol looked to the future.
these two years we have found that the path is the right one,” referring to the commitment to innovation, ecological transi‐ tion, the promotion of research and diversification. During her remarks, the President also spoke about the
victims of the war in Ukraine and said that, “despite the dis‐ may at the pain of the return of the war to Europe, we have been able to face the threat of the virus and to protect our public welfare network, so we will overcome any challenge.”
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Vintage results WINE drinkers and producers can look forward to some choice tipples as the sale of Balearic wines was 36 per cent higher in 2021 than in the previ‐ ous year. Wines with Denomination of Origin (DO), Binissalem and Pla i Llevant, both based in Mallor‐ ca had a really good year with overall sales up by some 49 per cent but even the Vi de la Terra (Vin de Pays in French) have seen jumps of up to 30 per cent. The Balearic wine industry has almost recovered to reach 2019 volumes, missing out by just 3.6 per cent and the top bodegas have performed excep‐ tionally well. Red continues to be very popular and is the largest seller, but its growth in sales whilst im‐ pressive has been overtaken by both rosé and white wines. Perhaps to be expected, the main market is within the Balearics, with some 78 per cent of the 47,754 hectolitres of wine produced being sold within the islands.