For all those considering or intending to come here and who often post questions on the Forum, there is a good CD Rom now available called "Living & Working in the Algarve". I has been producved by a guy called Alex Sparrow in association with the British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce. It contains more or less all you need to know.

Trouble is I am unsure how you get it! I picked up a free copy at a business function.

Maybe enquire of the Chamber who are on http://www.bilateral.biz/