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The Part-Time Employment Law, enacted in March 2026 and intended to create 250,000 jobs, has produced only 60 registered contracts so far, prompting business groups to seek reforms before the year-end holiday season; the Labor Secretary attributes slow uptake to widespread labor informality.

Honduras contracted with German company Tönnjes for $65 million to manufacture 2.9 million vehicle license plates through 2030, clearing a backlog of nearly one million vehicles still using temporary paper permits.

Honduras's Opportunity Electricity Market (MEO), created in 2019, is drawing fresh investment in power generation; by May 2026 it supplied 16.62% of national production through 39 plants, though faster payments to generators have increased Enee's purchase costs.

Mirtha Discua de Quiñónez, the Honduran entrepreneur whose restaurant Zulimar became a landmark of the Honduran diaspora community in the United States, has died.

More than 5,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in San Pedro Sula are set to create free e-commerce websites on July 4 using AI-powered tools, part of a national initiative to help Honduran businesses reach digital markets and improve sales.

San Pedro Sula will host the seventh International Forum of Securities Market Issuers of the Americas on June 25–26, bringing together over 550 investors, executives, and regulators from Central America and the Caribbean to explore capital-market financing alternatives to traditional banking.

A delegation linked to Bahrain's royal family is evaluating investments in Honduras worth $1–2 billion, focusing on pharmaceutical manufacturing, hospital modernization, independent fuel production, and digital connectivity infrastructure.

Total trade between the United Kingdom and Honduras reached $298.4 million in 2025—a 26% increase over 2024—with Honduras running a strong surplus as its seafood and other exports to the UK totaled $248.4 million, the UK ambassador said during a visit to Tegucigalpa.

A 12.48% increase in electrical rates for the third quarter of 2026 is straining micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in the San Pedro Sula region, which say they cannot absorb the cost hike without losing competitiveness.