Directors of Britain's biggest companies have been taking advantage of the stock market slump by purchasing shares in their own...

Another week, another bank investing in distributed ledger technology. Societe Generale, Banco Santander, HSBC and Sveriges Riksbank 

The STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Discussion Forum has been examining the issues facing practitioners in the...

With the unprecedented and brutal changes to the working environment wrought by the spread of Covid-19, it is fair to assume that all...

At Hassans, we have enabled remote working for close to 200 employees in a matter of a couple of weeks.  We have moved very quickly...

Please find below a very rough and contemporaneous note of key points emerging from the announcement of the 'inactive employee' measures...

Businesses around the world will be taking a closer look at the force majeure clauses in their contracts to assess their obligations in...

In the attached article I explore the validity of using and accepting electronic signatures under Gibraltar Law. I hope this will assist...

The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission ("FSC") has today issued an update on Covid 19 to locally licensed firms.

The FSC's offices...

As traditional sports come to a halt to limit the spread of COVID-19, several heads (naturally) turn to esports. At the end of the day,...

China is moving swiftly to position itself as a leader amidst the chaos, especially with the US likely to be mired in the crisis at home...

As Italy yesterday overtook China as the global epicentre of deaths owing to the spread of COVID-19, more and more limitations are...

Thinking back to happier times, when we took our physical interaction (in that case [see photo below] for a wonderful human cause: the...

We explore some key issues relating to the impact of the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the commercial property sector in Gibraltar.

The Rock of Gibraltar has always been used as a symbol of strength and resilience. Such references have been made in all sorts of places,...

Businesses around the world are trying to manage the disruption caused by COVID-19. All types of business have been affected, from...

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how interconnected the whole world has become, causing the spread of the virus in a matter of weeks. It...

In such times of uncertainty the likelihood of making hasty investing decisions is at peak level. Should we sell and stay in cash until...

I have found that one of the best ways to focus my thinking on COVID19 has been to bring to an abrupt stop the initial position of...

On 11th March the UK Government released a consultation paper on proposals to introduce new market access arrangements for financial...

We, the Marketing team at Hassans, often wonder how repetitious it must seem for our clients to read 2/3 times a year about our...

Every year the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway receive an open letter from Warren Buffett, providing both an overview on Berkshire...

Blockchain is transforming the supply chain from farm owners in Africa to buyers of diamond rings. It gives small businesses the ability...

The change in attitude towards cannabis and its uses as medicinal alternatives is having a massive effect on the research being...

Today the recently appointed UK Chancellor of the Exchequer will be delivering his first budget statement to the House of Commons....

Greenidge Generation, a natural gas power plant near the town of Dresden, New York, announced it had successfully installed a mining farm...

The use cases for blockchain technology continue to grow as Boeing looks to use this innovative technology to further develop the...

As sporting event after sporting event is cancelled (or spectator participation at them curtailed), the focus is now on whether the Tokyo...

Ethereum 2.0 is set to launch in July of this year and it’s essentially the answer to the issue of scalability that has been plaguing the...

The UK FCA has announced that it is working with firms, HM Treasury and the Bank of England to review contingency plans for firms. The...

With the cause of this latest virus strain a subject of heated debate, what is clear is that our species is susceptible to the like. Some...

On Thursday I had the pleasure of attending the GFSB Women in Business International Women’s Day Conference at the Sunborn. At the...

As previewed in the general election manifesto of the GSLP/Liberals in October 2019 and as confirmed by the Minister for Transport, Vijay...

Last week, Hassans invited Louise Barea, founder of the Help Me Learn Africa charity, to come and speak to staff members about the work...

The Gibraltar Funds & Investments Association (GFIA) Annual Gala Dinner took place last week. The event was extremely well attended...

The High Court today published a series of judgments regarding allegations made by Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain against her former...

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, bearing in mind that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. Things are bound to...

A project underway since 2014 has delivered a Bill in the UK Parliament that aims to simplify sentencing practice.  With benefits...

A newly discovered cannabis compound has been shown in the lab to potentially be 30 times more potent than THC, the most studied...

Business and leisure travel plans are being waylaid by the daily developments surrounding the coronavirus. We all appreciate (and...

"Atrium, a startup built with the object of driving better efficiencies and thereby, so went the plan, offering clients a more effective...

The crypto world is today rejoicing over a landmark ruling in India overturning a ban imposed on cryptocurrency trading in April 2018. By...

Mental health is a vital part of life, it has an impact on your thoughts, emotions and behaviour. It’s great to see that many businesses...

The Gibraltar Ministry for Justice has recently confirmed that there are now 59 women at the Bar. This number represents 24% of the total...

Further to the Moneyval Report published last month, the attached news report provides yet another example of the types of scams which...

As previously highlighted in other posts, investors should keep an eye out for stocks in the psychedelic medicine space. Mind Medecine,...

With 6 law firms currently listed, and major players such as Mischon de Reya suggested to have been considering the possibility of...

GMP, EU-GMP, cGMP, GACP, "The Orange Guide", the list goes on. What do all these acronyms stand for and what is their use in the medical...

eToro are one of the many DLT businesses to have moved to Gibraltar to benefit from the regulatory certainty and pro business...

With International Women's Day just around the corner, this article in The Atlantic explores the gap in confidence between men and women...

Forbes recently published an interesting article on women's relationship with ambition and how important it is for employers to foster an...

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion has become the latest (but surely not the last) performer to become embroiled in a bitter contract dispute...

In support of the Hassans Environmental Policy, the firm held a competition which involved staff members putting forward ideas of how we...