Jan 19 - Isola Relays 'Advantages of Accessing Europe Through Gibraltar' to CNBC
Featuring on CNBC Asia’s Capital Connection business news programme, during his time in China this week, Financial Services and Gaming Minister Albert Isola discussed Gibraltar’s Finance’s aim of putting across the ‘advantages of accessing Europe through Gibraltar’ to the Greater China Business market. He touched upon Gibraltar’s status as a EU jurisdiction, allowing for access ‘to passporting through the European Union’.
The Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce has, in consultation with employment law experts recently completed a detailed and extensive review of current Gibraltar employment legislation. Many parts of the local employment legislation are outdated, according to the Chamber, and modern business practices have changed considerably since some of the original legislation was introduced many years ago, and in some cases, several decades ago.
In his New Year’s Message, the Leader of the Opposition has once again broken his earlier, televised commitment to clean, reasoned and reputable political debate, according to the Government. The Government says that, due to the seriousness of Mr Feetham’s remarks and allegations, it is left with no choice but to respond with the following statement:
The GSD Opposition has today questioned the Government’s management of the bus tender process, which was awarded to Bassadone Motors, when the information the Opposition has at its disposal is that there was a substantially lower bid submitted by Denis Buses (i.e. the company which supplied the Blue Buses used on our roads over the last few years). The provision of this information is all the more important, says the GSD, when one considers that when all is said and done, the Bassadone Motors Buses “are plainly unsuitable for the community.”
