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GBCY BUSINESS ORIENTATION CYPRUS 2025 

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20 November 2025 - London, U.K.​​

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This event has been organised by the 

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GREAT BRITAIN-CYPRUS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

in association with

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  VENUE: London Marriott Hotel, Regents Park
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EVENT BROCHURE
       GBCY BUSINESS ORIENTATION CYPRUS 2025

On Thursday, 20 November 2025, the Great Britain-Cyprus Business Association have organised their annual International Business Conference, BUSINESS ORIENTATION CYPRUS 2025.

Several established and reputable Firms, based in Cyprus, had the opportunity to present Investment opportunities in Cyprus in the Real Estate and other Industries. They also pointed out several reasons why Cyprus is the perfect place to invest, relocate, or even to live.

At the same time, U.K. Firms had the opportunity to promote several Investment opportunities in the U.K., especially in the real estate and ways of financing these investments. 

The main speaker of the event was Mr Marios Panayides, Director General of the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Cyprus.

At the same time, speakers and panelists, based in the U.K., will raise their points and prove why London is considered the perfect place to invest in several sectors, and it is one of the top global investment centres.

A special thank-you goes to our esteemed speakers from Cyprus, the UK, Greece, and beyond, who have joined us to share the latest developments in business and investment. We look forward to your insights into the challenges ahead, the barriers we must overcome, and the opportunities for future growth.

Our sincere appreciation also goes to our associate sponsors, Eurobank Cyprus and Spector Constant & Williams, for their invaluable support.

We are deeply grateful to our gold sponsors: EY Cyprus, Cyfield Group, Quantuma, KARIS Capital U.K., Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC, A. Nicolaou Law Firm, ZSM Law Firm, G. Kouzalis LLC, Discover Digital, Privel Partners, Tailormade Solutions, and Infocredit Group.

We also extend our thanks to our silver sponsors: Pafilia Property Developers, Lawrence Stephens, Caspian Management Ltd, Papademetriou & Partners, A.S. Adler & Shine, Caesium International, Top Pro Audit & Tax, and I.A.S. Accounting Services.

Without the support of all our sponsors, this event would not have been possible.

Finally, a big thank you goes to all the delegates for attending the event. We hope this conference provided meaningful insights, productive discussions, and valuable opportunities and that they managed to connect with fellow professionals.

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Thank you

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Savvas Kyriakides

Founder & President

Great Britain-Cyprus

Business Association

Areas of discussion

Areas we will cover through speeches and panel discussions are:

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 1. Presentation of the new tax regime in Cyprus

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 2. Panel discussion – Migration, Mobility and Dual Citizenship (migration new schemes for both jurisdictions, the impact of migration flows, policies for dual nationals and second-generation etc)

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 3.  Panel discussion - Investment opportunities in Cyprus (Crypto, CIFs, Funds, Shipping, Tech etc / Cyprus as a bridge between UK and EU)

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 4. Real Estate in the U.K. and Cyprus - Update on prices, legal requirements, real estate finance and much more.

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5. Other areas based on feedback and suggestions.

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Agenda 

(Subject to Change)

8.45 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. Registrations

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9.30 a.m.

Opening speech by Savvas Kyriakides, Founder and President of the Great Britain-Cyprus Business Association

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9.35 a.m.

Welcome Remarks by Mr. Kyriacos Kouros, High Commissioner of Cyprus in the U.K. ​

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PART A

9.40 a.m. - 9.55 a.m.

Main Speech by Mr. Marios Panayides, Director General at the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry

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9.55 a.m. - 10.05 a.m.

Eurobank

Speech by Mr. Antonis Nicolaides, Head Commercial Banking, Larnaca/Famagusta/UK

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10.05 a.m. - 10.15 a.m. 

Invest in Cyprus 

Speech by Mrs. Lia Riris, Deputy Director General at Invest Cyprus

 

10.15 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.

Panel 1 – Why Cyprus

Incentives, Migration, Mobility and Dual Citizenship (migration new schemes, the impact of migration flows, policies for dual nationals and second-generation, etc)

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11.00 a.m. – 11.25 a.m.

Coffee Break

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PART B

11.25 a.m. – 12.10 p.m.

Panel 2​ - Real Estate Investment in the U.K.

Update on prices, legal requirements, real estate finance, and case studies.

 

12.10 p.m. – 12. 55 p.m.

Panel 3 - Building Wealth in Cyprus:

Property, Finance and the Digital Currency Shift

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12.55 p.m. – 1.20 p.m.

Coffee Break

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PART C

1.20 p.m. - 1.30 p.m.

How you can protect your wealth

Speech by Nicholas Charles, Generational Wealth Expert at Nicholas Charles

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1.30 p.m. – 1.45 p.m.

Engage Smarter: Turning WhatsApp Conversations into Lasting Relationships

Speech by Ifigenia Arampelou, Digital Strategist at Discover Digital

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1.45 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.

Panel 4​​ – Ways of Collaboration between the U.K. and Cyprus

Opportunities, Challenges, Barriers, and what needs to be done to make things happen and Growth to be achieved.

 

2.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.

LUNCH AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

This event was under the auspices of the government of the Republic of Cyprus

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MAIN SPEAKER

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                Marios Panayides                   
            Director General 
                           at
          Ministry of Energy,                        Commerce and Industry       

 

 WELCOME SPEAKER

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             Kyriacos Kouros
      Cyprus High Commissioner                        in the U.K.
 

    GUEST SPEAKER

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                      Lia Riri  
        Deputy Director General
               Invest Cyprus
 

    GUEST SPEAKER

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       Philokypros Rousounides  
         Secretary General
        Cyprus Chamber of                    Commerce and Industry

 SPEAKERS 
 

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             George Constant
               Senior Partner                                                at                         SPECTOR CONSTANT & WILLIAMS
                   (Solicitors)
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            Nicholas Christofi
                          CEO                                                           of                   
               KARIS Capital
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               David Smith
                      Partner,
           Dispute Resolution                                           at                   
SPECTOR CONSTANT & WILLIAMS
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                   Greg Palos
                      Director
and Head of Financial Institutions
                               at
                Lawrence Stephens
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               Iacovos Mylonas
  Business Development Director
                               at
       Zena Stylianou Mylona LLC
 
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            Anastasia Sagianni
                Managing Partner
                              at
                Privel Partners P.C.
        
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          Marina Alexopoulou
               Trainee Solicitor
                         at
  SPECTOR CONSTANT & WILLIAMS
                   (Solicitors)
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             Antonis Nicolaides
    Head of Commercial Banking,               Larnaca/Famagusta/UK
                               at
                      EUROBANK
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             Agathi Nicoalou
                          Founder                                                      of                    
    A. Nicolaou & Associates LLC
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             Savvas Savvides
                      Partner                                                         at                   
    Michael Kyprianou & Co. LLC
 
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                  Tim Potier
                       Consultant                                                     at                   
         TAILORMADE SOLUTIONS
 
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               Nasia Afxentiou
                        Manager
             Commercial Banking
              UK Business Centre
                       EUROBANK
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               Alex Chrysaphiades
                         Partner
                              at
              Adler Shine LLP, UK
 
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           George Chrysochos
                            CEO                     
                             at                   
     CYFIELD Group of Companies
 
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           Philippos Raptopoulos
  Head of Tax and Legal Services                                  at                   
                       EY Cyprus
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             Antony Antoniou
              Managing Director
                              of
            Robert Irving Burns &
                  Aspida Capital
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             Ifigenia Arampelou
              Digital Strategist                                                at 
                Discover Digital
 
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               Asim Arshad
                          Director,
              Dispute Resolution
                              at
               Lawrence Stephens
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               Stephen Coleclough
          Owner and Principal,
   International Tax Adviser at
Caesium International LLP, UK
 
ASSOCIATE  SPONSORS
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                      GOLD SPONSORS 
 

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                SILVER SPONSORS
 

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MEDIA SPONSORS

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The name of the organisation is “Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association”.

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1. OUR OBJECTIVES

The principle objectives of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association shall be to:

a) Provide support and promote the business interests of each member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association with a view to mutual financial benefit.

  1. Provide a setting from where the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association members can network with a view to increasing their business opportunities, by working with other members, to raise: Business opportunities for our members.

  • Raise issues of relevance for general discussion.

  • Promote ideas on how to expand the association and improve methods.

  • Values of relationships.

  • Generally, network in a business and social setting.

c) Act as an umbrella organization for all its members and where necessary, to make appropriate representations to various bodies and/or authorities for and on behalf of its member(s).

d) We are a non-political organisation and have no political affiliation to any political or municipal movement within the UK or Cyprus. Though we may discuss, talk to or report features regarding any political or municipal authorities we do not promote or endorse their views. We are not sponsored or backed by any political or municipal authorities and depend wholly on sponsorship, membership fees and fund-raising activities.

f) To encourage the membership to work together in the spirit of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association’s objectives; and abide by a code of conduct to provide quality services and high standards.

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2. MEMBERSHIP

a) Membership of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association shall be composed of independent companies and/or individuals engaged in business and shall be properly established as a legal and bona fide entity.

b) Each member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association must always possess display and exercise a sense of camaraderie, to be clearly manifested by actively promoting, exercising and/or displaying professional, united and friendly co-operation between members.

c) Members of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association agree to behave in a fair, business-like manner with proper administration and within the spirit of mission statement and ethos, whether express or implied.  Each member must have as part of their standard procedure, the practice of providing their clients with a clear copy of their standard written terms and conditions and/or a written agreement with the client(s), prior to the commencement of business.   

d) Members shall be committed to Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association’s objectives to fully agree to; work as a team, encourage networking, so that business leads are properly nurtured and developed for members’ mutual benefit to assist in financially securing members’ futures.

e) Members must display a positive mental attitude, be able to accept constructive criticism and genuinely aspire to work as a member of the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association team; with the ultimate aim of mutual financial benefit, with exercise at all times of friendship, fun and camaraderie, in the process.

f) Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association and its individual members are at liberty to cancel their individual membership without notice as the relationship between the member(s) and Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association is strictly voluntary. Membership fees will not be refundable.

g) Any business agreements between members of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association must be in writing to safeguard intentions otherwise any misunderstandings may cause serious issues that the association would not wish to be involved in and consequently, one or both members may have their membership revoked at the discretion of the association committee; all members are expected to work together, co-operate for their own good and that of all members.

h) No member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association shall be held accountable and/or responsible for any other member’s accountability and/or liability, arising from another Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association member(s) actions or omissions; as each member is an independent legal entity in their own right and without any collective and/or inferred liability being assumed by Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association and/or any other member, not being a party to the particular agreement from which the question of liability may arise, whatsoever and/or howsoever arising, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

i) All members must make their own decisions and carry out all due diligence enquiries, independently of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association  in respect of all dealings between themselves, as Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association does not accept any responsibility for any agreement or contract or otherwise carried by any other party (irrespective of whether they are Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association members or not), unless the association has expressly agreed and/or is expressly party to any agreement. It must therefore not be implied or considered that any member of Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association should enter in any agreement with any member simply based on their membership or other association with Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association

j) All members are expected to provide the best quality service, whereby we have set out the minimum standard expected, which can be best described as a Service Level Agreement, which together with actions that are in the spirit of sustaining a high standard should help secure work and inspire confidence in receiving recommendations, all members must therefore agree to the following:- i) Carry the required and valid Public Liability Insurance (if applicable), and Professional Indemnity Insurance (where applicable). It is up to members to check that any other member that they may have dealings with, carry the appropriate current Insurance policies relating to any potential contractual agreements. ii) Carry the required and valid Professional or registration Certificates in connection with the relevant trade bodies; iii) Provide transparency by giving written costs estimates/quotes.  Any extra work also to be agreed in writing. iv) Ensure that the strictest confidentiality is maintained with all matters of work carried out in line with “Data Protection Act” and “GDRP”  and where necessary, comply with Non Circumvention and Non-disclosure agreement; v) Comply with the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association Constitution and the spirit of the Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association concept: and  vi) Ensure as a part of standard procedure, that clients are provided with your company standard Terms & Conditions and/or other written agreement with the clients, prior to the commitment of business.

 

3. OUR ACTIVITIES

In a few words our activities are:

  • promoting networking

  • Introducing your company to our Members and Associates in Cyprus and UK provided that we have your permission

  • organising business International Events and webinars in London, Cyprus and around Europe, promoting Cyprus as the perfect place to buy and invest as well as the UK as a global Financial centre.

  • promoting businesses in the UK and Cyprus mainly in UK and Cyprus but also worldwide.

  • organising Roadshows

  • publishing our e-newspaper monthly

  • providing you with information from UK and Cyprus

 

Many Big Firms in Cyprus and UK have already joined us.

Visit www.gbcy.business/members   
 

If you would like to become a member of our Association, the annual fee is £250.00.

 

4. WHAT A MEMBER IS ENTITLED FOR

  1. We upload your logo, with direct link to website immediately, on our website page www.gbcy.business/members , including a short description of your company, at the bottom of your logo (Max: 25 words).

  2. A full A4 page advert in the next issue of the e-newspaper, once a year.

  3. You are entitled to up to one article monthly to be included in our e-newspaper, www.gbcy.business/e-newspaper    
    You will receive by email our monthly e-newspaper. As a member, you will be invited very often for an interview or to participate on our questionnaire.

  4. You will have the opportunity to be voted as a member of the Board as soon as we have our annual meeting which will be announced after the end of the pandemic and the lock down.

  5. You will be entitled to special discount or upgrades of your sponsorship during International events. Visit www.gbcy.business/events

  6. You will also have priority as regards participation as speaker or panellist at our International events.

  7. We will introduce you to our members as well as to businesses you want to reach either in the UK or in Cyprus. My personal contacts in the UK and Cyprus are Law Firms with Immigration services, Big Accounting Firms, Financial Institutions, Real Estate Agents, Developers, Investing Groups, Food & Drink Suppliers, Importers and Retailers, wealthy individuals and much more.

  8. We ask you to tell us which businesses you are interested to contact directly, and we introduce you to the top management or the right person you are looking for.

  9. If you organise an event or a seminar or a webinar and you want us to promote it to our members and thousands of associates, we will be glad to do it. We can also organise an event in Association with you. 

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5. MEMBERSHIP FEES

  • Membership is paid on an annual basis and the start date is from your payment has cleared in our account. The duration is for 365 days (including the date of payment cleared) thereafter.

  • The annual fee is £250.00 (sterling) and is non-refundable.

  • Your company must be clear of any County Court Judgements (UK) or the equivalent in Cyprus.

  • Your company must be clear of any criminal or fraudulent activities.

  • Your fee must be deposited in our account.

  • Two Sponsorship packages are also available upon request.

 

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On behalf of the Association

 

Savvas Kyriakides

Founder & President

Great Britain – Cyprus Business Association

www.gbcy.business

Great Britain - Cyprus Business Association
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