The Catalan government recently published its Action Plans for improving the protection of city residents and professionals against COVID-19

Information for shops, bars, cafés and restaurants

 ‘Open to the future’ is the training programme in business management and new technologies aimed at professionals in commerce. There are three training itineraries: business strategy and management, digital marketing and its tools and customer-loyalty strategies.

The “Get Digitised” service is an initiative launched by Barcelona City Council's Department of Commerce to promote the digitisation of local commerce and services, as well as associations.

The Directorate of Commerce of Barcelona City Council promotes, through Barcelona Activa, a set of services and specific programs for trade with new tools that contribute to improving business, giving prestige to professional careers and favoring generational change.

The second edition of the Barcelona Restaurant Awards has been announced. The purpose of the Awards is to recognise the work carried out by neighbourhood restaurants.

Take part on the 22 edition of the Commerce Award of Barcelona.

The number of people working in the commerce sector in Barcelona has once again reached the levels seen before the economic crisis.

Barcelona City Council has drawn up an inventory of ground-floor premises, 2016.  Enter and consult all the results of the inventory data.

From 27 December until 24 January, applications may be submitted for subsidies from Barcelona’s trade bodies for 2019.

Food Safety. Five music videos promote food safety among people operating food retail establishments and restaurants.

Barcelona presents the campaign “Un comerç de conte” ("Fairy-Tale Shopping") with a wide range of proposals in local areas to add a buzz to the Christmas campaign and spread commercial activities more evenly around the city.

The Protection and Support Plan for Emblematic Establishments, presented by Barcelona City Council in February 2014 aims to recognise the importance of these unique shops and to collaborate in preserving and promoting them.