Whatever Floats Your Boat In Gibraltar

In last month's bulletin from the world of finance, I focused on certain measures announced by our Chief Minister in this year's Gibraltar Budget – in particular a number of goods where the rate of import duty had been either reduced or effectively abolished by setting the rate at zero per cent. This led me on to the joys of collecting art and some of the potential benefits arising from the lowering of duty on finished art works, as well as on a number of artists' materials.

"Whatever floats your boat," said a colleague, pointedly dropping his copy of The Gibraltar Magazine on my desk as he said it. "What do you mean?" I asked, somewhat affronted by his off-hand tone. "Boats ... that float," he shot back like a Parthian as he headed for the exit.