Month: September 2026

Thrive EDIT graphic for Training That Sticks featuring an editorial collage of workplace learning, human interaction, practice and performance measurement.

How can businesses tell whether workplace training actually works? Explore practical ways to connect learning, behaviour and measurable performance.

Thrive EDIT graphic for Pensions Need Attention featuring an editorial collage of payroll records, pension documents and calendar imagery.

Employers with 15 to 50 staff are now inside the final workplace pension extension window. Check eligibility, contributions, opt-outs and compliance requirements.

Thrive EDIT graphic for The Skills Next Door featuring an editorial collage of robotics, logistics, technical training and green-energy imagery.

Investment in automation, logistics, tourism and green technology across the Campo de Gibraltar is reshaping the regional skills base. Here’s what Gibraltar employers should watch.

Imported goods around the Treaty changeover? It is worth going back through July’s paperwork. HM Customs has introduced a refund process for qualifying consignments that had already started their journey to Gibraltar before 15 July but were cleared afterwards.

Clocked out in August? Good for you. Thrive EDIT Editor David Revagliatte rounds up the Gibraltar business stories worth clocking back into. August is supposed to be the month when Gibraltar collectively eases off the accelerator. Judging by the news cycle, nobody told 2026. The first full month of life under the new Treaty arrangements brought a mixture of early optimism and very real teething problems for businesses. New employment rules landed, a pensions deadline crept closer, one of Gibraltar's most important airlines changed hands and a major local bank announced job cuts.

Last year's debut GIBLDN conference drew a full house of around 400 people in London. Now Gibraltar is taking the show on the road. GibLink heads to Marbella, Manchester and London this autumn, with sponsorship packages starting from £500 and opportunities ranging from brand visibility and guest tickets to on-stage participation.

With frontier friction removed, Gibraltar’s retailers face a new competitive reality. CalPay founder George Bassadone argues that keeping more spending circulating locally will require a stronger collective response from businesses and consumers.

Using AI to write a quicker email is useful. The bigger gains are appearing deeper inside businesses, where AI can shorten decisions, organise company knowledge and redesign slow workflows. We look at how SMEs can move from experimentation to measurable operational advantage, starting with one process worth improving.