On 22nd April VdA participated in the inauguration of the new service entitled 'Sucursal na Hora', in a ceremony presided over by the Secretary of State for Justice, João Tiago Silveira.

«Sucursal na Hora» is a new regime to aid the immediate creation of permanent facilities for foreign entities in Portugal, approved by decree law nº 73/2008, of 16th April, which allows any foreign company to create a branch within one day, with a sole visit, and without any of the usual trips to various public service entities, such as registration services, the finance ministry and social security.