Tag: British Overseas Territories

Emergency measures grant evacuees the right to work

Emergency measures grant evacuees the right to work

| 25/09/2017 | 10 Comments

(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Government is waiving normal procedures for temporary work permits for workers in the financial services industry who have evacuated to this jurisdiction from islands devastated by hurricanes Irma or Maria. “For those who say we should not be doing this, last week it’s them, next week it may be us,” […]

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Cayman has more Brexit power than UK cities, claims mayor

Cayman has more Brexit power than UK cities, claims mayor

| 05/07/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Andy Burnham, the mayor of the North West English city of Manchester, has said the Cayman Islands currently has more influence in the Brexit talks than the UK regions. In a speech to local government associations, Burnham raised the growing fear that the financial services sector is likely to play a dominant part […]

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BOTs jittery over Brexit and EU clampdown

BOTs jittery over Brexit and EU clampdown

| 15/11/2016 | 2 Comments

(CNS Business): Britain’s loss of influence in the EU as a result of ‘Brexit’ could leave Cayman and other offshore jurisdictions exposed to tougher offshore tax rules. In addition to the problems of gaining access to the business in Europe, Brexit poses a challenge to Cayman in that the UK will no longer be in […]

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OTs still face UK demands for beneficial ownership access

OTs still face UK demands for beneficial ownership access

| 27/07/2015 | 0 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands premier has said that Britain will be putting its overseas territories under pressure to create some kind of beneficial ownership register when the OT leaders meet in London later this year. Speaking in Bermuda at the end of last week following a meeting with the leaders of other OTs, Alden McLaughlin said that even though the […]

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