Tag: British ambassador in Uruguay Ben Lyster-Binns

• Friday, January 13th 2017 - 08:20 UTC

  UK/Uruguay double taxation convention takes effect

  

  The comprehensive Double Taxation Convention between Uruguay and the United Kingdom has taken effect from 1 January 2017.

• Saturday, June 25th 2016 - 11:34 UTC

  Ambassador Lyster-Binns confident the UK economy is large and strong

  

  United Kingdom´s Leave victory did not come as a great surprise, since the race was too tight, but that was the decision of the people and the economy is large and strong, admitted British ambassador in Uruguay, Ben Lyster-Binns, in a television interview.

• Saturday, May 28th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  British Pavilion at Uruguay's main agriculture show, Expo Prado, next September

  

  At a breakfast at the residence of Ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns on May 25th, the British Embassy in Montevideo and the Rural Association of Uruguay (ARU) presented the proposal for the British Pavilion at Expo Prado 2016. Representatives of several companies that have ties with the UK, many of which already formed part of the pavilion in 2015 and 2014, attended the event.

• Saturday, May 7th 2016 - 06:00 UTC

  Ian Duddy appointed next UK ambassador to Uruguay as of October

  

  Ian Duddy has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to Uruguay in succession to Ben Lyster-Binns, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Duddy will take up his appointment during October 2016.

• Friday, April 29th 2016 - 18:09 UTC

  UK embassy in Montevideo celebrates the Queen's birthday and Shakespeare 400th anniversary

  

  The UK embassy in Montevideo celebrated the 90th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth at ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns residence on Thursday 28 with the attendance of 500 guests including Uruguayan government officials, lawmakers, diplomats, media and members of the British community in Uruguay.

• Monday, March 7th 2016 - 14:33 UTC

  UK/Uruguay training and academic exchange program in science and math's education

  

  The United Kingdom and Uruguay are implementing a program in science education and innovation, part of an ambitious umbrella project which consists of a series of training opportunities offered by British experts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for almost 100 teachers of primary and secondary school and teacher trainers, due to an agreement with CFE.

• Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:06 UTC

  Tax agreement between United Kingdom and Uruguay

  

  United Kingdom and Uruguay signed a convention to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion related to taxes on income and on capital. British Ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns and the Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa signed the agreement in a ceremony at the Palacio Santos in Montevideo.

• Friday, December 4th 2015 - 04:44 UTC

  UK embassy sponsors three workshops in Uruguay on science and innovation

  

  The British Embassy, the British Council and Uruguayan National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII) have announced the three workshops selected under the recent Researcher Links call for proposals, part of the Embassy’s cooperation funding for science and innovation in Uruguay.

• Saturday, September 19th 2015 - 07:32 UTC

  Falklands stall at the Prado rural show “a great surprise and greater success”

  

  The UK GREAT pavilion at Uruguay's main agri-business exhibition in Montevideo received the top prize for its category while a stall from the Falkland Islands, tended to by Islanders, is estimated to have been visited by 10% of the more than half million visitors that attended the week-long Expo-Prado.