Portugal is attracting ITC talent from Brazil as firms from Europe and on the far side opt for Lisbon as a nearshore hub, notably because Great Britain slouches toward Brexit. “Brexit may be a great point for the Portuguese Republic,” Sónia Jerónimo, chief executive officer and founding father of Lisbon-based software package development company Growin, told Nearshore Americas. “But within the IT sector, it’s an enormous chance for the U.S. though their area unit 2 faces of the coin. “The zone is ideal [on the identical hour as London], we've got proximity between the landing field and therefore, the city’s city district, and that we have superb software package engineers graduated from glorious universities, and there's a high level of English-language proficiency in the Portuguese Republic,” she said. She other that Brexit may additionally build UK-based firms look to the Portuguese Republic; however, she acknowledged that the country faces stiff competition from different European markets.

Source: News 24 October 22, 2019 10:18 UTC