Following the retirement of Bruce McIntyre, the British Ambassador Denise Holt CMG has announced Stephen Jones as the new British Consul for Malaga.

Previously a manager with Thomas Cook Holidays, most recently Jones was the Consul for the Canary Islands, where he was responsible for modernising the services offered from the Consular offices in Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

The British Consular operation in Spain is the largest in the world. An average of 17 million Britons visit Spain each year, and more than 3 million of these choose Andalucia as their destination. The British population of Spain is estimated at one million, of which more than half are long-term and temporary residents of Andalucia.