The Portuguese islands of the Azores and Madeira offer a Friendly and Unique Business Environment that provides one of the best competitive advantages in Europe in several business areas, offering excellent opportunities for investment incentives. Including an attractive investment support system, employment support measures, competitive taxes and specific tax benefits. Due to its geographical location, the Azores are close to the time zones of the European and American continents. The official time in the Azores differs by just one hour from the UK, two hours from Germany, four hours from the East Coast of the USA and three hours from the East Coast of Brazil. This allows greater capacity for interaction between companies and consumers from different geographic areas.

The Azores and Madeira are world leaders in terms of good environmental practices and sustainability, while offering an undeniable climate of political and social stability and high levels of security. Leading Areas in Renewable Energies, since most of the energy production comes from renewable sources, with the Azores being the national leader in geothermal production.
Thus, the abundance of good structural conditions and natural resources, the unique cultural and historical heritage in the world, visible in the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira, combined with authenticity, hospitality and quality of life, make the Portuguese Islands very attractive places for Companies and Investors.