Personnel from British Forces Gibraltar have recently been liaising with Gibraltar businesses  with a view to formalising a discount scheme locally for all British Forces Gibraltar personnel  and visiting units.  

A statement from British Forces Gibraltar follows below:

Historically some businesses have offered informal discounts to BFGib personnel. With  Armed Forces Day taking place in June, it was agreed that now would be an ideal time to  formally launch an official discount scheme. This has proved to be very successful and  BFGib is very grateful for the response received so far. The benefit for local businesses with  this scheme is that they are now linked to the Defence Discount Service (DDS) which is well  established and popular in the UK. 

The DDS is a free service which provides publicity for those businesses taking part. It also  offers businesses the flexibility to amend offers as and when they need to. There is also a DDS app available to download. The app provides a pin drop location for each business  which helps to increase awareness for all members as to where discounts are available  locally.  

Approximately 50 businesses have signed up so far and it is hoped that more will do so in  the future. 

To sign up or find out more information about the local Defence Discount Service, call  20055481 or email [email protected].