Issue No. 1916
24 - 30 March 2022
COSTA BLANCA NORTH • WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
VOLUNTEERS IN UKRAINE Drought DON’T FORGET to go forward one hour at 2am on Sunday
averted STORM Celia has ended the drought affecting the Marina Baja, Marina Alta, inland El Comtat and other Costa Blanca areas. Most of these areas now have an assured water supply until the end of this year at least, predicted Jorge Olcina who heads Al‐ icante University’s Clima‐ tology Laboratory. Storm Celia broke records throughout the Costa Blanca but, above all, in the small villages of Tollos and Fageca, El Com‐ tat, which received 400 millimetres of rain during the first 18 days of March.
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Licence fees cut ANYONE opening a new business in Alfaz will save 50 per cent on licence fees, thanks to the local govern‐ ment’s new fiscal measures. The reduction will remain in place throughout 2022, announced town hall spokesman Toni Such. “We are confident that this will help to create and establish businesses inside the municipality,” Such said. In 2019, the town hall earned €106,000 through li‐ cences for new businesses. This fell to €53,000 in 2020 when the town hall processed 95 new licences, rising slightly to €56,000 in 2021. “That demonstrates significant savings to business‐ owners and the self‐employed who have embarked on new ventures in our municipality,” the spokesman said. “And this is exactly what we intend.” The reduction follows the town hall’s decision to waive the municipal tax on the hospitality sector’s ter‐ race tables during the two low‐season quarters of the year, Such continued. “All of these modifications are aimed at reactivating the local economy and helping those opening busi‐ nesses here,” he said.