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The Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses (GFSB) held its Breakfast Club last Thursday. Francis Buttigieg and Victor Gonzalez were the guest speakers representing Dignity at Work Now (DAWN). The online Zoom meeting was well attended by GFSB members. Most aspects of bullying in the workplace were presented and discussed followed by a question and answer session. […]
The Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses (GFSB) welcomes the launch of the new Business Liaison Unit (BLU) announced by the Minister of Business, Tourism and Transport the Hon Vijay Daryanani. We welcome this step which responds to the request of the GFSB and our members that such a unit be set up. We look forward […]
A Business Liaison Unit at the Ministry for Business has been launched as a One Stop Shop for business startups. It will assist with the formalities of setting up a new business making it hassle free for the individual. The Team will help with all the documents required and will liaise with the relevant Government […]
Here is an extract of the CM’s statement: For those reasons, we are all also agreed that we will open non-essential shops, gyms and beauty salons as from the 1st of February.We will, however, not permit non-essential retail to operate on Saturdays or Sundays.Those were the days when we experienced accumulations of people in Main […]
For more detail please check out our social media pages. BEAT 5.0: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES INCREASED BUSINESS SUPPORT MEASURES FOR JANUARY 2021 – 25/2021https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/press-releases/beat-50-government-announces-increased-business-support-measures-for-january-2021-252021-6568
The new BEAT 5.0 measures are targeted at those businesses that have been closed down, and further providing increased support to other firms for the month of January. All of these new measures are in addition to the existing support that businesses have been receiving which cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 […]
The Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses Board welcomes the announcement by HMGOG of a framework agreement for a treaty on Gibraltar’s future relationship with the EU. The Federation notes that local businesses are already enjoying the benefits of what is in effect an additional transitional period, normal frontier fluidity, and the benefits of continued good […]
The Chief Minister stated last Friday that the Government will compensate catering businesses for their cost of goods thrown away as a result of this decision as these businesses had procured perishables for the weekend trade and Christmas period, which was expected to be busy. The compensation will be paid to those businesses within the […]
By Fiona Young There has been a lot of publicity this week highlighting issues surrounding Bullying, both in schools and in the workplace. For small businesses, the issue of bullying in the workplace is a double-edged sword. Positives for small businesses are that they tend to have much closer relationships between management level and employees […]