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Bitesize Brief Archive
2024 cont.
Bitesize Brief: D-Day 80Th Anniversary
Bitesize Brief: Arrangement with, not membership of, Schengen
Bitesize Brief: Treaty effort in Spain ramped up
Bitesize Brief: Treaty within days
Bitesize Brief: Wrong, unfair and based on lies
Bitesize Brief: Important strategically and culturally
Bitesize Brief: Off-plan special
Bitesize Brief: OFT appoints new CEO
2024
Bitesize Brief: Inquiry in the spotlight
Bitesize Brief: That just won't fly
Bitesize Brief: Moving forward
Bitesize Brief: Patience is a virtue
Bitesize Brief: Treaty is centre stage
Bitesize Brief: IHT abolition for British expats
Bitesize Brief: Onwards to Africa
Bitesize Brief: Tax policy explained
Bitesize Brief: Smoke less, drive more
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar off the grey list
Bitesize Brief: Grey list decision imminent
Bitesize Brief: Lunch with the apes
Bitesize Brief: Record breaking month
Bitesize Brief: Hear the Lionesses roar
Bitesize Brief: Cameron’s confident
Bitesize Brief: First Low Emission Zone (LEZ)
Bitesize Brief: Treaty talks this week
Bitesize Brief: Removal from grey list "soon"
Bitesize Brief: We are blessed
2023 Cont...
Bitesize Brief: Jingle Bell Rock
Bitesize Brief: There's time for a Christmas Treaty
Bitesize Brief: A new zip line for Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Westminster praises Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Three wise men in Malaga
Bitesize Brief: Airport use is sticking point
Bitesize Brief: 38,000 could enjoy a BIG Breakfast
Bitesize Brief: Biggies, combos and singles
Bitesize Brief: BIG Breakfast 2023
Bitesize Brief: Treaty negotiations may restart soon
Bitesize Brief: The next Reveille
Bitesize Brief: Chestertons sponsors MedSteps 5 Challenge 2024
Bitesize Brief: Off the grey list
Bitesize Brief: Open all hours
Bitesize Brief: First MRI scan in Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Any spare coats?
Bitesize Brief: The blueprint for the next 4 years
Bitesize Brief: Election result
Bitesize Brief: On a knife edge
Bitesize Brief: BBC presenter of 21 years to visit Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Two more manifestos
Bitesize Brief: Will all the properties be built?
Bitesize Brief: First manifesto published
Bitesize Brief: Eroski to add another store
Bitesize Brief: First opinion poll published
Bitesize Brief: Postal votes for all
2023 Cont...
Bitesize Brief: Tax free bonus time
Bitesize Brief: Fortress Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Hope springs eternal
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar welcomes Guppies
Bitesize Brief: Control of airspace
Bitesize Brief: Greening Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: New retail launch of off-plan property
Bitesize Brief: Zero tolerance
Bitesize Brief: New scan technology welcomed
Bitesize Brief: Spanish election defies the odds
Bitesize Brief: The top 5 corporate tax-friendly nations
Bitesize Brief: The parity debate
Bitesize Brief: And there's more
Bitesize Brief: Today's budget highlights
Bitesize Brief: It’s budget time
Bitesize Brief: New off-plan launch to Bitesize subscribers
Bitesize Brief: Planning for the future
Bitesize Brief: Treaty talks stumble on airport control
Bitesize Brief: An Imposing Limestone Promontory
Bitesize Brief: A rare freehold
Bitesize Brief: Arthur's Antics
Bitesize Brief: Smartening up Main Street
Bitesize Brief: New Year fireworks restricted
Bitesize Brief: Hold your nerve
Bitesize Brief: Optimism reigns
Bitesize Brief: Exposure, advice and knowledge
2023
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar's new development plan
Bitesize Brief: Shaken not stirred
Bitesize Brief: Spanish boots on Gibraltar soil row erupts
Bitesize Brief: Ultra low interest rates will return
Bitesize Brief: Records smashed
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar inflation falls to 7.9%
Bitesize Brief: Construction contracts awarded
Bitesize Brief: Airport Tunnel Information
Bitesize Brief: Tunnel opens this week
Bitesize Brief: Big day for the GFA
Bitesize Brief: Join us at Little Bay, an invitation
Bitesize Brief: Best hotels in Gibraltar 2023
Bitesize Brief: Working intensely to conclude an agreement
Bitesize Brief: Dust off your CV
Bitesize Brief: The only way is up, just no higher than 21
Bitesize Brief: The Merry Outcome of Windsor
Bitesize Brief: Whiter shade of grey
Bitesize Brief: Directors beware
Bitesize Brief: Let's grow together
Bitesize Brief: The blame game
Bitesize Brief: Solar and wind could fuel Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Diplomacy stretched
Bitesize Brief: New union powers introduced
Bitesize Brief: Ding, ding, round 12
Bitesize Brief: Welcome to Gibraltar's new cycle lanes
Bitesize Brief: Getting Gib Exit Done
2022
Bitesize Brief: The challenges of 2023
Bitesize Brief: Reflections on 2022
Bitesize Brief: A match that rocked Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Press conference, the big reveal
Bitesize Brief: New Code of Conduct for lawyers and legal firms
Bitesize Brief: Mortgage rates to ease in 2023
Bitesize Brief: New record for BIG Breakfast
Bitesize Brief: Sunborn records best ever month
Bitesize Brief: 813 baps and counting
Bitesize Brief: Best estate agent in Gibraltar - winner announced
Bitesize Brief: New national stadium for Gibraltar revealed
Bitesize Brief: New 5 star hotel proposed for Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Stand up and be counted
Bitesize Brief: Please do not retire early
Bitesize Brief: Cheques to be phased out
Bitesize Brief: The next Monaco
Bitesize Brief: Rock of Gibraltar RIP
Bitesize Brief: Wealth tax reinstated in Spain
Bitesize Brief: Fluidity for people and goods
Bitesize Brief: Next year’s bank holidays
Bitesize Brief: North Gorge - last chance to buy
Bitesize Brief: Positive vibes after Round 9
Bitesize Brief: Enormous potential for prosperity
Bitesize Brief: Banks under scrutiny
Bitesize Brief: Deadline extended for registration of property occupation
Bitesize Brief: Spanish PM confirms commitment to Gibraltar agreement
2022 (Cont 1)
Bitesize Brief: Spend or save?
Bitesize Brief: Planning consent granted for three schemes
Bitesize Brief: Charles III proclaimed as King of Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: 5th in the world
Bitesize Brief: Schengen talks recommence
Bitesize Brief: Turn off the lights
Bitesize Brief: The strength of the property market
Bitesize Brief: Going, going, gone
Bitesize Brief: Who pays the electricity subsidy?
Bitesize Brief: Fingerprints to enter Schengen
Bitesize Brief: What's left from the budget to implement
Bitesize Brief: Interest levels reach new records
Bitesize Brief: AquaGib's future
Bitesize Brief: Tourist tax starts today
BREAKING NEWS: Deadline for registering property occupation extended - again
Bitesize Brief: Boat for sale - date set
Bitesize Brief: New hostel to be relocated
Bitesize Brief: How high is high?
Bitesize Brief: Narrow but important
Bitesize Brief: Tax amnesty period opens whilst tax penalties rise
Bitesize Brief: 50 year mortgages on the horizon
Bitesize Brief: Clarification of clause 781 for non-locals
Bitesize Brief: Contribute or else...
BREAKING NEWS: Highlights from today's budget
Bitesize Brief: Egates to enter Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar added to the grey list
Bitesize Brief: Our right to self-determination
Bitesize Brief: Message from the Queen
Bitesize Brief: New Gambling Act for Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Platinum Edition
Bitesize Brief: GibDock sold to UK group Balaena
Bitesize Brief: At the point of something very great
2022 (cont 2)
Breaking News: Statement to Parliament on treaty negotiations
Bitesize Brief: Caught in Northern Ireland crossfire
Bitesize Brief: Agreement is imminent
Bitesize Brief: This backward place is ahead of the curve
Bitesize Brief: UK update on Schengen progress
Bitesize Brief: San Roque blames UK for Schengen delays
Bitesize Brief: Look what's on top of La Linea Town Hall
Bitesize Brief: Negotiations will slip into next month
Bitesize Brief: Optimism that a UK/EU treaty will be reached
Bitesize Brief: EU Court frees Gibraltar from repaying €100m in state aid
Bitesize Brief: Beware of new traffic laws in Spain
Bitesize Brief: New funds legislation launched
Bitesize Brief: Schengen deal edges closer
Bitesize Brief: Property is a hedge against inflation
Bitesize Brief: Decathlon and Leroy Merlin in trouble
Bitesize Brief: Equalisation of pension ages
Bitesize Brief: The importance of a detailed inventory
Bitesize Brief: Inflation hits 4.9% in Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Meet our 3,000th subscriber
BREAKING NEWS: Covid restrictions being lifted
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar responds to Ukrainian crisis
Bitesize Brief: Register of Property Occupation now in force
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar to host Europe's first NFT art fair
Bitesize Brief: Eastside plans revealed
Bitesize Brief: New guidance published if no Schengen deal
Bitesize Brief: 70 years of service
Bitesize Brief: New entrant into Gibraltar's buy to let mortgage market
Bitesize Brief: Spain's Form 720 ruled unlawful by ECJ
Bitesize Brief: How Gibraltar is championing crypto regulation
Bitesize Brief: A zone of common prosperity
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar visit to advance Schengen
Bitesize Brief: Indisputably British
2021
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar, the world's first cryptocurrency hub
Bitesize Brief: Breaking news from press conference
Bitesize Brief: List now to sell in 2022
Bitesize Brief: Schengen deal by Easter
Bitesize Brief: Booster jabs for all
Bitesize Brief: Demand up, supply down
Bitesize Brief: BIG Breakfast raises over £5,000 for GBC Open Day
Bitesize Brief: British, British, British
Bitesize Brief: Omicron plays havoc
Bitesize Brief: Agreement by end of the year
Bitesize Brief: BIG Breakfast special edition
Bitesize Brief: Watch Summit Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: End of round 2
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar's Climate Change Strategy
Bitesize Brief: Sixth-largest crypto exchange moves to Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: FAQs on Spain / Gibraltar tax treaty published
Bitesize Brief: Interest rates held
Bitesize Brief: Launching "Summit Gibraltar"
Bitesize Brief: Spain extends transitionary measures
Bitesize Brief: Warning on passport stamping
Bitesize Brief: Morrisons takeover finalised
Bitesize Brief: Eastside land sold for £90m adding £2.5bn to GDP
2021 (cont 1)
Bitesize Brief: Schengen latest
Bitesize Brief: Barnstorming speech from Boris
Bitesize Brief: More vaccines are on their way
Bitesize Brief: Launching Calpe 3,000
Bitesize Brief: A flurry of new instructions
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar 5th in the world on internet speed
Bitesize Brief: North Gorge phase 2 goes on sale
Bitesize Brief: Why is Gibraltar the most successful place in Europe?
Bitesize Brief: More grants available
Bitesize Brief: Property supply hits a 10 year low
Bitesize Brief: Schengen negotiations edge closer
Bitesize Brief: No summer let up
Bitesize Brief: Frontex want the Gibraltar job
Bitesize Brief: Tunnel could open this year
Bitesize Brief: Visitor numbers up by 50%
Bitesize Brief: Property supply under pressure
Bitesize Brief: Cannabis Bill published
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar named "best value green list destination"
Bitesize Brief: Last orders for site visit
Bitesize Brief: New tax concessions become law
Bitesize Brief: North Gorge now taking reservations
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar to welcome the cannabis industry
Bitesize Brief: Today's budget
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar's property market featured in today's Daily Telegraph
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar is full
Bitesize Brief: Couldn't ask for more
Bitesize Brief: It's coming home
Bitesize Brief: Morrisons primed for bidding war
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar does not want to be Monaco
Bitesize Brief: Healthcare provisions in Spain extended
Bitesize Brief: Malta moved to grey list
Bitesize Brief: Bidding war for Morrisons
Bitesize Brief: Schengen ready by end of September
Bitesize Brief: New entry requirements into Gibraltar announced
Bitesize Brief: Tax agreement could take years
Bitesize Brief: Tapas and teacups, sangria and scones
Bitesize Brief: Property shortage
Bitesize Brief: Special anniversary edition
Bitesize Brief: Cruises back to Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Tests now required for all arrivals from UK
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar open from 17th May
2021 (cont 2)
Bitesize Brief: Tourism poised for large influx
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar is one of eight countries
Bitesize Brief: The winner takes it all
Bitesize Brief: The least risky in Europe
Bitesize Brief: Gibraltar Covid free for first time in 9 months
Bitesize Brief: Records smashed
Bitesize Brief: Raab visits Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Beware of rogue agents
Bitesize Brief: Mortgages available for off plan property deposits
Bitesize Brief: Tax treaty takes effect
BREAKING NEWS: Restrictions eased from Sunday
Bitesize Brief: Spain above Gibraltar in tax haven index
Bitesize Brief: Trump wins Gibraltar competition
Bitesize Brief: Record interest in Gibraltar property
Bitesize Brief: First orders at the bar please
Bitesize Brief: Rumble on the Rock
BREAKING NEWS: Restrictions relaxed
Bitesize Brief: Management companies in the spotlight
Bitesize Brief: Trade between Gibraltar and UK revealed
BREAKING NEWS: Cautiously unlocking the Rock
Bitesize Brief: Raab challenged on Schengen Agreement
Bitesize Brief: 14,000 more vaccines arrive today
BREAKING NEWS: Restrictions to continue but there's hope
Bitesize Brief: New air routes to Southampton and Birmingham
Bitesize Brief: New one stop shop
BREAKING NEWS: Gradual re-opening
Bitesize Brief: Devils Tongue planning decision deferred
Bitesize Brief: Pent up demand
BREAKING NEWS: End of restrictions in sight
Bitesize Brief: A 21st century plan
Bitesize Brief: Sadness, joy and trepidation
BREAKING NEWS: Gibraltar restrictions extended
Bitesize Brief: new 24/7 access
Bitesize Brief: Text of Schengen agreement published
BREAKING NEWS: Vaccine rollout, business support and continued restrictions
2020
BREAKING NEWS: Gibraltar agrees framework deal with Spain
Bitesize Brief: Exemplary behaviour
Bitesize Brief: Curfew imposed in Gibraltar
Bitesize Brief: Ferry good food plan
Bitesize Brief: Any fin is possible
Bitesize Brief: Friends of Spain
Bitesize Brief: BIG Breakfast orders now open
Bitesize Brief: The vaccine is coming
Bitesize Brief: The cost of Covid revealed
Strong UK support for Gibraltar
Frontier workers register to ensure rights
2 year's tax free rental income
BA flights to continue, Andalucia movements restricted
Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and now Indiana
Breaking news from today's press conference
A 7 square metre studio for sale
19 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth
Brexit is choreographed brinkmanship
1 gigabyte fibre broadband for all
Caesars bid £2.9bn for William Hill
The impact of no agreement on Gibraltar's citizens
Spain and Gibraltar to build shared prosperity
4th in the world and not Covid related
More new rules on the wearing of masks
Gibraltar is featured on BBC’s Travel Show
Gibraltar shows the greatest commitment during the pandemic
William Hill hands back furlough millions
Miracle masks now available in Eroski
New development receives outline consent
Gibraltar to become an ally of Spain
Where there’s talent, there’s money
A Place on the Rock, episode 3
2020 Cont...
Breaking news from today's press conference
Breaking news from today's press conference
The new norm just got more normal
Look after your health and wealth
Local gaming company promoted to the FTSE 100
Summary of today’s press conference
Gibraltar is a rare gem of humanity
Should smoking be banned on restaurant terraces?
Temperature checks under scrutiny
Reintroduction of car tax being considered
Should stamp duty be increased?
Should smoking be banned on restaurant terraces?
Temperature checks under scrutiny
Reintroduction of car tax being considered
Should stamp duty be increased?
Retail and estate agents to re-open Saturday
How will property prices be affected?
Should Amazon and Facebook pay tax in Gibraltar?
Property company shares reach new post lockdown highs
Will estate agents be first to open in Gibraltar?
Some businesses may open 1st May
Where to get your hair cut during lockdown
Estate agents to be the first to open
A glimmer of light after weeks of darkness
The bin men deserve our thanks too
Could Austria be the benchmark?
Why the Gibraltar residential property market will survive this pandemic
Further updates from Gibraltar
Two K for the GHA plus daily update
Latest update from the government press conference
What next for the property market?
Latest information from Chestertons
Support for businesses and individuals announced