Month: October 2026

Gibraltar’s first detailed Treaty relief scheme is now in place, but businesses are still waiting for the full picture on wider modernisation support.

Thrive EDIT social graphic featuring Gibraltar’s illuminated town centre, retail and hospitality imagery for the Bright Friday business feature.

The Festival of Lights falls exactly one week before Black Friday. With the frontier easier to cross and Gibraltar potentially accessible to a much wider Costa audience, could one of the busiest nights of the year become the start of a stronger Q4 for local business?

Thrive EDIT social graphic about preparing a Gibraltar business for wider audiences, partnerships and market expansion.

Gibraltar businesses are reaching new audiences in London and across the frontier. Here’s how to prepare your proposition, capacity and partnerships for growth.

A new aquarium at Rosia Bay could add to Gibraltar’s tourism offer. We look at the wider business opportunity and the questions still to be answered.

Thrive EDIT social graphic explaining how businesses can borrow war-gaming techniques from geopolitical scenario planning.

Governments and geopolitical strategists use simulations to test what might happen when other players react. The same thinking can help businesses challenge assumptions, anticipate competitors and prepare for decisions before real money is on the line.

Thrive EDIT graphic illustrating Gibraltar’s international economic diversification drive, with the Rock connected to global financial and technology markets.

From Hong Kong to Abu Dhabi, Gibraltar is pursuing new industries and investors as part of a major economic diversification drive. Minister Nigel Feetham says the campaign is already generating business. The bigger question is how far those opportunities can spread through Gibraltar’s wider economy.

Thrive EDIT social graphic about a planned new Gibraltar residency route for financially independent over-55s announced at GibLink London.

Gibraltar plans a new residency route for financially independent over-55s alongside a new business think tank announced at GibLink London.

Thrive EDIT graphic for Frontier in Flow featuring Gibraltar’s frontier, direct road lanes, public transport and cross-border movement between Gibraltar and La Línea.

New frontier lanes and discussions around a cross-border transport interchange raise questions about buses, workers, visitors and business connectivity.

Thrive EDIT graphic for Easier British Imports featuring British food products, Gibraltar retail shelves and UK-to-Gibraltar supply-chain imagery.

Could a future UK-EU food agreement make it easier for British produce to return to Gibraltar shelves? British produce has long been part of Gibraltar’s shopping experience; I wrote about it a couple of years ago, before we had a Treaty in place. From supermarket staples and fresh food to familiar household brands, we’ve spent […]

Some Gibraltar residents have been incorrectly registered on the Schengen Entry/Exit System, including cases where the system now appears to show them as still inside Schengen. The Government has issued new guidance on how to have those records removed and what to carry when travelling. If you hold a Gibraltar identity card or Gibraltar civilian […]