Month: February 2026

This Structure Guide is designed to make reading the draft Treaty text easier. It tells you exactly which sections relate directly to trade, business, residency and economic regulation, so you can go straight to what matters most without having to work through the entire document line by line. Over the coming days we will publish further detailed analysis. For now, this guide retains all the core structural information and signposts the provisions most relevant to business.

GBC has published a detailed analysis of the full UK–EU Treaty text, breaking down what the agreement means in practice. Below, we’ve extracted the elements most relevant to businesses, focusing on the operational, customs, border and regulatory changes that will shape day-to-day trading.

GFSB members are being invited to review a detailed submission sent to HM Government of Gibraltar on 23 February 2026 outlining lawful ways to ease the impact of VAT-style taxation on SMEs under EU State aid rules. We are strongly urging our members to read the full submission and share feedback. Clear, practical and legally robust solutions will depend on detailed sector input before any policy decisions are finalised.

Gibraltar’s business community have jointly called on the Government of Gibraltar to take urgent action to support local businesses ahead of the implementation of the UK-EU Treaty on 10 April 2026.

A packed-out Gibtelecom Conference Hall saw GFSB and Chamber members gather for a Brexit Treaty Members Forum intended as a listening session. It quickly became clear that this was less Q&A and more “questions and questions”. There are still many unknowns, and anxieties are running high.

The Chief Minister last week met representatives of the Cross Frontier Group at No.6 Convent Place as part of a series of stakeholder briefings ahead of treaty implementation. The GFSB attended in its capacity as a CFG member, representing businesses and workers directly affected by border arrangements.

Our AI-powered GFSB Brexit Information Centre lets you ask questions about the Gibraltar-UK-EU Brexit Treaty and negotiations, providing answers based solely on publicly available information. It's handled over 750 questions so far and that number is rising by the day.

The Government has launched a consultation on a new Public Service (Standards and Conflict of Interests) Bill, legislation that would significantly reshape how public officials declare interests, handle conflicts, accept gifts, and are held to account. The Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses has been invited to participate in this consultation and is circulating the briefing paper to members to gather informed feedback.

At a briefing for the business community on Wednesday 4 February at Grand Battery House, the Chief Minister opened by acknowledging both the significance of the moment and the difficulty of the road to get here. The session focused deliberately on goods. Wider treaty issues, including immigration and residency, were noted but set aside. The priority was explaining how the new customs and goods regime will work in practice and what businesses need to prepare for ahead of the expected entry into force date of 10 April 2026.