Sep 24 - Isola Hosts Lunch For Swiss Professionals In Geneva And Addresses Invest 14 Forum
Whilst in Geneva, Albert Isola, Minister for Financial Services, hosted a financial services lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues for Swiss financial services professionals who were guests of a delegation comprising members of the Gibraltar Funds and Investments Association (GFIA) and Gibraltar-based firms. The Gibraltar delegation also included Joanne Beiso, Head of Funds Supervision at the Financial Services Commission.
The GSD Opposition says it notes the “very serious but valid” criticisms which have been levelled by the Chamber of Commerce and the GFSB at the recently implemented Bullying at Work legislation. Both business organisations express concern that the law threatens to make Gibraltar “less competitive” and it is for very similar reasons, says the Opposition, that it was unable to support the law when introduced by the Government in Parliament.
The Minister the Environment, Dr John Cortes, and the Chief Executive for the Department of the Environment, Dr Liesl Mesilio -Torres, have been invited by the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki- Moon to attend the United Nations Climate Summit to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York today.
The Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern over the recently implemented Employment (Bullying at Work) Act 2013. They claim that although it addresses an objective shared by all members, it is drafted in such a way as to create unwanted and unnecessary hurdles for business.
