Business activity in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has shown a significant increase in the third quarter of 2011, particularly in terms of the number of foreign businesses incorporated in the Caribbean nation. [more]

Hong Kong has claimed the top spot in a major ranking of the world's best countries in which to do business, beating the US, the UK and fellow South-East Asian jurisdiction, Singapore. [more]

Representatives from one of the leading law firms representing investment managers have said that the funds industry is thriving in the world’s leading offshore centres, including Ireland, the British Virgin Islands and Luxembourg. [more]

According to media reports, Chancellor George Osborne has put forward plans to change offshore tax rules to make the UK more competitive. [more]

Business leaders in the Seychelles are hoping that the opening of the country's first diplomatic representation in the Middle East and Gulf nations will help establish more business opportunities with the oil-rich region. [more]

A crucial meeting on the Northern Ireland corporation tax rate is set to take place before Christmas, according to Secretary of State Owen Paterson. [more]

The UK tax system is driving business abroad, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD), who claimed that the British Government is not going enough to make it truly competitive on the world state. [more]

A leading think tank has cited Hong Kong among the tax regimes that Britain should seek to emulate if it wishes to regain its former status as an attractive place to do business. [more]

The president of the Seychelles has called on the nation's banks to embark on modernisation programmes, in a bid to bring more foreign investment and business incorporation to the islands. [more]

Singapore is becoming increasingly popular and lucrative as a jurisdiction in which to set up holding companies to own foreign-invested China businesses, according to a leading expert on business tax issues in the Far East. [more]

Britain's leading executives are increasingly coming the conclusion that 'abroad is better' when it comes to doing business, according to new research. [more]

One of Northern Ireland's top tax experts has said that the region's politicians have a prime opportunity to bring down their corporation tax and start attracting revenue from foreign businesses and investment. [more]