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ARTICLE · 29 JUNE 2020

Gozo Back Office Employment Refund Scheme And Gozo Business Relocation Scheme Launched

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Two financial aid measures, the Gozo Back Office Employment Refund and the Gozo Business Relocation Schemes were launched. On 1 June, two new financial aid measures, the Gozo Back Office Employment Refund Scheme and the Gozo ...

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Two financial aid measures, the Gozo Back Office Employment Refund and the Gozo Business Relocation Schemes were launched.

On 1 June, two new financial aid measures, the Gozo Back Office Employment Refund Scheme and the Gozo Business Relocation Scheme, have been launched by the Ministry for Gozo. The aim of the measures is to encourage businesses to operate from or partially/fully relocate to Gozo and attract more private investment towards Gozo, thereby creating quality jobs therein. 

Gozo Back Office Employment Refund Scheme 

The aid under this scheme relates to; 

  • newly employed staff as from 1 January 2020, carrying out back office operations based in Gozo; or  
  • staff already employed with the undertaking who, as from 1 January 2020, carry out back office operations based in Gozo.

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