British Virgin Islands News

In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Participants are expected to announce various commitments to advance the "Caribbean Challenge," an initiative that is touted as the first comprehensive conservation endeavor in the ... (more)

A pensioner whose dream cruise was ruined when she fell ill following an outbreak of norovirus is taking legal action against the liner's owners.

Patsy Sue Ridenour Taylor, also known as "Casino Sue," passed away April 11, 2013, from a tragic highway accident.

The report provides data on key industry trends, market drivers and challenges for the British Virgin Islands insurance industry.

Russians pulled $9.7 billion in investments from Cyprus in the last 2 years, and moved their wealth to 'safer' offshore banking in Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the British Virgin Islands.

MORE than $4m in loans from a mysterious offshore company are registered on the house shared by broke developer Sean Dunne and his wife Gayle Killilea.

In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Participants are expected to announce various commitments to advance the "Caribbean Challenge," an initiative that is touted as the first comprehensive conservation endeavor in the ... (more)

Political and business leaders are gathering on a billionaire's private island Friday to back a program aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters.

FENDI Casa , the Italian home furnishings designer, has been tapped to design a 1, 334-square-foot penthouse with sweeping views of the Caribbean.

One in ten British-registered FTSE 100 multinationals failed to disclose tax haven companies despite UK promising crackdown to help developing countries fight poverty.

The British Virgin Islands, known for its resorts as well as financial services, sees Hong Kong as ideal for its Asian hub.

HM Revenue & Customs has announced that it is working with tax administrations from the United States and Australia on analysing data to reveal "extensive use of complex offshore structures to conceal assets by wealthy individuals and companies". HMRC is still analysing about 400GB of data, and it said that early results show the use of companies ... (more)

Given the international financial climate, it is perhaps unsurprising that the past 12 months have seen unpredictable deal flows involving British Virgin Islands companies, with spikes of high activity interspersed with more cautious periods where clients adopt a 'wait and see' approach to the financial markets, and to doing deals generally.

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Tortola, the capital of the British Virgin Islands, which in turn is the global capital of offshore finance - how many UK companies have subsidiaries there? Photograph: Neil Rabinowitz/ Neil Rabinowitz/CORBIS Which major UK corporations keep subsidiaries in tax havens? The short answer, according to updated research by development charity ... (more)

An Indian-origin trade adviser is among nearly 1,000 high-profile Britons named on a vast database of offshore tax havens.

New submitter lxrocks writes "Tax authorities in the U.S., Britain, and Australia have announced they are working with a gigantic cache of leaked data that may be the beginnings of one of the largest tax investigations in history .

The government's tax office has launched fresh investigations into suspected tax evaders after receiving a huge haul of information about people using offshore schemes.

In further enhancing the territory's relationship with the overseas countries and territories of the European Union , premier of the British Virgin Islands Dr Orlando Smith hosted chairman of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association and president of the Territorial Council of St Pierre and Miquelon, Stphane Artano.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH is in effect for Grimes, Montgomery, San Jacinto and Waller, Walker Counties until 6pm Friday.