The Gibraltar economy continues, thankfully, to perform well, on practically all fronts: the ship repair yard, port services and tourism all continue to grow. The gaming industry continues its successful consolidation as an important part of our economy. And the finance centre continues to grow and prosper, despite the threats and challenges that all offshore finance centres are now facing from international organisations like the OECD, G7, the EU and others. We are particularly pleased to have secured the re-establishment of the Heathrow air service.
No one in Gibraltar, whether they work directly in the finance centre or not should underestimate how important the finance centre is to the economic, and therefore to the social and political prosperity of Gibraltar.
