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Update From Association Members Blevins Franks
Living in Spain – are you Brexit ready? With the end of the Brexit transition period just a few months away, we currently have some certainty regarding residence, healthcare and other citizen’s rights for UK nationals settled in Spain in 2020. The attached guide to...
The Canary Islands increases daily flights between islands to 40 from this Wednesday
The Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing of the Government of the Canary Islands and the airline Binter have agreed to start a new expansion of routes and frequencies starting this Wednesday to meet the growing demand for places for people who must move...
An Introduction to Rapid Covid – 19 Testing
Find out more about Rapid Covid - 19 Testing just click on the link LBRA.mp4
Tourism Update
Spanish PM: Overseas tourists will be able to return to Spain from July During a televised address, Pedro Sánchez also announced that Spain’s top-flight soccer league, La Liga, will restart games next month Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a press conference on...
Know everything you can do starting Monday
The activities allowed in phase 2 of the de-escalation, stage to which Lanzarote accedes this Monday , have been increased after the publication of an order this Saturday that modifies the preconditions initially approved on May 16. Phase 2 reinforces mobility...
From Thursday, all over 6 years must go with a mask
The use of masks will be mandatory from this Thursday in closed spaces and on the street when a minimum distance of two meters cannot be guaranteed for those over six years old and recommended for children between 3 and 5 years old. The Official State Gazette...
Beach Time Again
It seemed that the time was never going to come, but yes, starting next week, specifically on Monday, May 25 , it will be possible to go to the beach in Lanzarote, keeping, yes, the safety distances. The Order published on Saturday in the BOE indicates that, during...
Rapid Covid -19 Tests
Great news for everyone. Quick and reliable Covid-19 tests are now available. #Lanzarote DoctorLanz www.doctorlanz.com (+34) 928 826 686 / 651060060
Latest Official Update
Please see the link for the latest official BOE publication https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2020-5088&fbclid=IwAR0HyaanB7y3E9aNO77PhIjh_0zwBlJUYKusQPcMtvJhSKlhefuk6QdDGKE
Possible time slot changes
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has communicated to the regional presidents this Sunday the intention of the Government to eliminate the time slots to carry out certain activities in population centers of up to 10,000 inhabitants, as has been happening...
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura airports will also receive international flights
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura airports will also be the entry point for international flights. In this way they join the other two confirmed Canarian aerodromes, the one in Gran Canaria and the one in Tenerife South. This has been confirmed in his Twitter...
Arrecife market finally opens
The Recova Municipal de Arrecife has resumed its activity as an agricultural and food market, in a bid by the Department of Commerce and Consumption, led by Armando Santana at the Arrecife City Council, for the promotion of the products of our land and as a platform...
Rapid Covid – 19 Testing
The Lanzarote Business and Residents Association in partnership with DOCTORLANZ and BSL Urgent Care have been working on providing Rapid Covid -19 tests to be available in Lanzarote. We can confirm that these are now available at a charge of €45 per person. The tests...
Health authorizes 33 laboratories to carry out COVID-19 diagnostic tests
The Canary Islands Health Service, through the General Directorate of Public Health, has authorized a total of 33 laboratories and private companies to carry out PCR tests for the diagnosis of the coronavirus COVID-19 while the state of alarm continues. The...
Tax and Financial Questions Answered
Our association members Blevins Franks are the leading international tax and wealth management advisers to UK nationals living in Europe, and partner Paul Montague is now available to answer your questions on the subjects listed, you can contact Paul by email or via...
Bewilderment in the tourism sector by the new quarantine decree for foreigners
The tourist sector of the island of Lanzarote is puzzled by the decree published this Monday in the Official State Gazette, and which will be effective as of this Friday, which states that all travelers arriving in Spain from abroad must quarantine the 14 days...
Lanzarote timidly begins the first phase of the “new normal”
Cafeterias reopen their doors occupying only fifty percent of their space and keeping all hygiene and safety measures Life has returned to Lanzarote this Monday, May 11, the first day that the island enters the First Phase of Sánchez's de-escalation plan. The shops...
Lanzarote, destination of the first safe flight in front of the Covid-19?
The Cabildo, together with SPEL and the FTL, will transfer this week the request to the Government of the Canary Islands The president of the Cabildo, Mª Dolores Corujo, together with the Lanzarote Foreign Promotion Society (SPEL-Turismo Lanzarote) and the Lanzarote...
Relaxation of certain national restrictions
Thanks to EBF Consulting in Puerto del Carmen, please see the link for the full translated report in respect of the relaxation of certain national restrictions contained in phase 1 in the plan for the transition to a new normality which come into force on Monday 11th...
CANARY ISLANDS NEWS
Finance spokesman for the Canarian Socialist Parliamentary Group, Iñaki Lavandera, positively values the new "non-refundable" reconstruction fund of 16,000 million euros announced by the Government of Spain for the autonomous communities, aimed at alleviating the...
‘Island Responses to COVID-19`
LBRA president Daniel Trigg has been invited to take part in this webinar, ‘Island Responses to COVID-19` it is to talk about the affects this has had on Lanzarote and our businesses and with guest speakers from other islands worldwide to find out what the responses...
Turismo Lanzarote starts a round of telematic meetings with the main tour operators
These meetings, which also include the participation of the Lanzarote Tourist Federation, aim to "maintain permanent contact with the most prominent agents in the sector in order to keep updated on the situation of the tourist markets and the forecasts of the main...
An Update From Association Members Blevins Franks
https://www.blevinsfranks.com/news/article/look-after-financial-wellbeing Using this time to look after your financial wellbeing By Paul Montague, Partner, Blevins Franks Those of us fortunate enough to be safe and healthy during these unprecedented times will be...
Until July there will be no inland tourism on the islands
The new measures of the Phased Descaling Plan announced by the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, on the afternoon of this Tuesday, involve some changes in the initial forecasts of the Canary Islands Government. For example, the fact that mobility between islands will not...
Know the keys to the Government’s De-escalation Plan
If something has generated the explanation of the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, of his famous Plan of Descaling divided into four phases has been puzzling. And, despite Sánchez's efforts to explain the plan and its parts more clearly, the truth...