Stretching the truth, or your trousers

Buying clothes, or even shoes, can be a nightmare with virtually each country having its own set of measurements. But not only do you have to contend with different ‘standard’ measurements, you also get variations within that standard. One day, a pair of size 41 shoes fit like a glove, the next day, and with a different manufacturer, you can’t …

Survey in Vic

A survey commissioned by the City Council of Vic, Barcelona, reveals that immigration is not among the main concerns of its inhabitants and, in fact, ranks ninth in the list behind unemployment, lack of parking and various other issues.

The French are the worst

An interesting survey carried out by the travel company Expedia tags French tourists as being the worst in the world! They are classed as penny-pinching, rude and terrible at languages. The survey was conducted by Expedia, who asked 4,500 hotels worldwide to rank tourists on their behaviour. Japanese tourists (clean and tidy, polite, quiet and uncomplaining) came top of the …

AEN survey

A survey of the members of the Asociación de Empresarios de Nerja (AEN) – The Association of Employers in Nerja – has revealed that the main concerns of the 300 members are cleaning, parking and security.

FACUA survey of bars in Andalucía

The consumer group FACUA has been carrying out a survey of around 670 bars in 21 cities in Andalucía in relation to the conservation of food, hygiene, information, accessibility to users with limited mobility and compliance with the tobacco laws.