The Catalan innovation ecosystem grew in 2020 with the pandemic. Catalonia added 204 start-ups in one year, going from 1,504 to 1,708 companies between 2019 and 2020, according to Acció, the Generalitat's agency for business competitivenes.

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Grifols and Ace Alzheimer Center Barcelona open the first pioneering center to treat Alzheimer's disease with plasma exchange.

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Historic agreement to reactivate Barcelona's commerce: next year all stores in the city will be able to open every public holiday between May 1 and September 30, following an agreement between Fundació Barcelona Comerç and Barcelona Oberta and Barcelona City Council.

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Barcelona will finally have its super library. It will be built in the 'post office wing' of the Estació de França, with a proposal of three large glazed modules in a building of 18,000 square meters and capacity for 600,000 volumes in more than 7,000 square meters. 

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Trade fair activity returns in 2022 with the reduced version of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) at Fira de Barcelona, the first step towards the recovery of a sector paralyzed by the pandemic.

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Venture capital manager Ysios Capital raises €216 million for its third fund and reaches 34 investees.

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Miura sells The Reefer Group (TRG) with revenues of €270 million, to a French consortium of investors led by the venture capital firm Amundi.

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The Port of Barcelona approves the cruise terminal of the shipping company MSC Cruises, which will operate under concession until 2031 and will allow the operation of new generation liquefied natural gas ships, generating jobs.

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Home delivery company Glovo buys three companies from Delivery Hero in Eastern Europe and the Balkans for €170 million.

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Fira de Barcelona receives the UFI Operations & Services Award 2021, where it acknowledges the institution's "versatility" in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.

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Agreement between ITA and AdSalutem Instituto del Sueño for the treatment of sleep disorders.

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Barcelona Supercomputing Center researchers apply supercomputing techniques to reduce blockchain energy consumption. 

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EMBL Barcelona aims to increase the knowledge of cerebral malaria, using in vitro engineered networks of human blood vessels and brain cells. 

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The residential developer Neinor and housing rental Cevasa, win the first major public rental housing tender. They partnered 50% with Habitatge Metròpolis Barcelona to build 4,500 homes until 2027.

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The Palau de la Música recovers its pulse with 130 concerts, 14 with major orchestras, under the direction of Daniel Harding for its new season.

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Barcelona promotes new music by 34 composers from Barcelona or linked to the city through Barcelona Creació Sonora. Organized by the L'Auditori, Liceu and Palau de la Música; allied with the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (Icub).

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TMB creates an Advisory Council to channel and reinforce the dialogue. The board is integrated by 22 organizations from different sectors, of recognized prestige and experience such as: Barcelona Global, Port de Barcelona, Associació per a la Promoció del Transport Públic, Federació ECOM, Gran Teatre del Liceu and more.

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La Citi opens in Barcelona, with 1,000 m² of street food and urban culture on the 2nd floor of La Maquinista. An outdoor space inspired by the 'food trucks'.

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The Lego blocks company chooses Barcelona for the opening of its first flagship store in Spain, which will be operational by the end of 2021.

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The Barcelona-based muralist Cinta Vidal, selected for the Facebook Open Arts project and paints the new Facebook headquarters in California.

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The law firm Pérez-Llorca hires Fernando Cerdá, to reinforce its expansion process in its Barcelona office.

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Santander, Bayer, Deloitte, EY, Catalan Occidente, HP, KPMG, MAPFRE, PWC, SAP and T-Systems are some of the 50 Best Companies to Work For in Spain 2021, according Forbes which examined in-depth with Sigma Dos survey, the opinions of employees at more than 2,000 companies with more than 500 employees.

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Xavier Vilajoana, CEO of Euroconstruc, is the president of the Association of Developers of Catalonia (APCE).

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Philippe Saman, former director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Barcelona, recognized with the title of "Amigo de Barcelona" by the Barcelona City Council.

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Read the article of Joan X. Comella, Director of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in El Periódico: “España puede, Catalunya quiere”.

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Read the interview to Javier Parrondo General Director of Casa Asia in La Vanguardia: “Hay que recuperar el vigor con que nació Casa Asia”.

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Read the article written by Anna Gener Surrell, CEO of Savills Aguirre Newman Barcelona in El Periódico: “Sí a la 'Nueva Bauhaus' (y 2)”.

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Read the new article of Esteve Almirall, Professor and director of the Center for Innovation in Cities of ESADE in Via Empresa: Transferència tecnològica: del mite a la realitat.

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