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🎥 If you’re making money from YouTube, content, or film production…

You might be building your business in the wrong place.

Let’s be real:

Most creators focus on:
Views 📈
Subscribers 📊
Brand deals 💰

But ignore the one thing quietly killing their upside:

👉 Tax structure

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Here’s the reality in most systems:

You scale your content…
You grow your income…

And suddenly you’re handing over 30–50%+ of what you make.

Every. Single. Year.

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Now here’s what most creators don’t know:

There’s an EU-approved framework designed to attract businesses like yours 👇

Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC) 🇪🇺

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🎬 If you’re in:

• YouTube / content creation
• Film production
• Editing / post-production
• Media / advertising

You can structure your company to benefit from:

👉 4% Corporation Tax
(instead of ~25% standard)

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And it’s not a loophole.

It’s a government-backed economic zone designed for:

✔ Production companies
✔ Creative studios
✔ Digital businesses

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What’s required?

• Set up a new company
• Local presence in the Canary Islands
• Investment from €50K / Assets
• Create 3 jobs

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Now think about it:

If your content business is already:

Remote 🌍
Digital 💻
Global 📡

Why are you tied to a high-tax structure?

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Most creators:

Work harder
Earn more
Pay more

And call it normal.

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The smart ones?

👉 Structure first
👉 Scale second

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🎥 This isn’t just about saving tax.

It’s about:
Keeping control of what you build.

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Canarias Asesoría
Your gateway to ZEC structures & creator-friendly tax strategy

📩 DM “ZEC” to explore

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There are EU-approved structures where this looks very different.

The Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC) is one of them.

A fully compliant regime under Spanish and EU law, designed to attract international business.

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What does that actually mean?

✔ 4% Corporation Tax (vs ~25%)
✔ EU framework + legal certainty
✔ No withholding tax on profit repatriation (under EU directives)
✔ IGIC (VAT equivalent) exemptions in many cases
✔ Access to global double tax treaties

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Who is it for?

• New companies or international expansions
• Service, tech, digital, trading, maritime, and more
• Founders who can operate internationally

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What’s required?

• Set up a new entity in the Canary Islands
• Local director presence
• Investment from €50K–€100K
• Create 3–5 jobs depending on island

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This isn’t a loophole.
It’s a government-backed economic zone designed to bring business in.

And that’s the difference.

Some systems extract.

Others attract.

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The real question isn’t:

“Is this possible?”

It’s:

👉 “Why am I still accepting the default?”

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Canarias Asesoría
Your gateway to ZEC structures, global positioning, and smarter tax frameworks.

📩 DM “ZEC” to explore

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Britain’s earnings reality nobody talks about 👇

Top 50% earn ~£26k.
That’s now brushing up against minimum wage.

Top 10%? ~£63k.
Sounds strong… until reality hits:

40% tax above £50,271

* National Insurance
* 20% VAT on spending
* Council tax, fuel duty, insurance tax

👉 Up to 2/3 gone. Every year.

Yet £63k = “rich”
No support. Frozen thresholds.
Expected to carry the system.

So the question is…
Is staying really the smartest move?

There are alternatives 👀

Spain 🇪🇸 Digital Nomad Visa
Canary Islands 🇮🇨

✔ Keep UK employment (initially)
✔ Work remotely
✔ Up to 2 years flexibility
✔ Then restructure (if needed)

Lower tax exposure.
Better lifestyle.
More control.

Most people get this wrong:
❌ Treat relocation like a holiday
❌ Ignore tax strategy
❌ Miss long-term positioning

Do it right:
✔ Relocation strategy
✔ Visa + tax planning
✔ Lifestyle & investment alignment

If you’ve even thought about leaving the UK… now’s the time to explore it.

DM “EU” for guidance.

— The Advice Consultant

Just read about Rachel Reeves’ latest “stealth tax raid” on shared offices – and it’s a shocker for small businesses.

Because of a change in how business rates are applied, lots of co‑working and serviced offices are now being treated as one big unit instead of lots of small ones. That little technical tweak means thousands of micro‑businesses and freelancers will lose Small Business Rates Relief and see average costs jump by around £5,400 a year just to keep a tiny office.

Economists reckon this could pull in about £600m a year in extra tax, and push up to 150,000 people back to working from home, draining life (and spending) from our town centres. That’s not “pro‑growth” – that’s taxing ambition.

Once again it feels like this Labour government’s instinct is to punish entrepreneurs, small businesses and basically anyone who is ambitious enough to build something.

If you run a business from a co‑working space or serviced office, is this going to hit you?

– Will you just absorb it?
– Put prices up?
– Or walk away from your office altogether?

Curious (and slightly worried) to hear how others are planning to respond! With so many back to running virtual offices whilst physically at home, why be registered for tax in the UK system? Maybe a better response to Rachel is restructure a remote head office overseas!

Canary Islands Consulting : Canarias Asesoria

“We’ll wait until after the election…”

I hear it every day.

Waiting to see what happens to:
Tax
Business rates
“The next government”

But here’s the reality:

What if nothing really changes?

Different party.
Different headlines.
Same direction.

Or more pressure.

Because the system has a problem:
👉 It needs more revenue

And that usually means:
Higher taxes
New taxes
More complexity

Now add something new into the mix:

Wealth tax.

Not just taxing what you earn —
but taxing what you own.

Let’s make it real:

£300k income
£14m in assets

Apply:
~55% income tax
2% wealth tax

= £405k tax bill

On £300k income.

That’s a 135% effective tax rate.

At that point, this isn’t about “fairness” anymore.

It’s about structure.

Because when tax exceeds income:
You don’t pay from earnings…

👉 You sell assets
👉 You lose control
👉 You shrink instead of scale

And this is why smart founders don’t wait.

They plan.

They structure.

They position globally.

The Canary Islands (ZEC) offer:
• 4% corporate tax
• EU framework
• Global access
• Lower operating costs

The question isn’t:
“What will happen?”

It’s:
👉 “Are you prepared if it does?”

Canarias Asesoría
Your gateway to smarter structures and global positioning.

The UK’s new “export strategy” seems simple:

Make it so expensive, so bureaucratic, and so exhausting to run a business… that nothing gets exported at all.

Problem solved.

Except it isn’t.

Exports are falling.
The trade deficit is widening.
Energy costs are uncompetitive.
Hiring feels like taking on risk instead of opportunity.
And taxation keeps climbing.

At some point, this stops being about “fairness” and starts being about competitiveness.

Because businesses don’t just sit still.
Capital doesn’t wait around.
Entrepreneurs don’t tolerate being punished indefinitely.

They move.

And increasingly, they’re looking at jurisdictions that actually want them there:

Lower taxes.
Simpler systems.
Pro-growth environments.
Access to international markets.
And a better quality of life.

The Canary Islands — through the ZEC (Zona Especial Canaria) — offer exactly that:

• 4% corporate tax
• EU framework
• Strategic global positioning
• Lower operating costs
• A lifestyle that attracts talent, not repels it

The UK is still a great place.
But it’s no longer the automatic choice it once was.

If you’re building something meaningful, you need to think globally:

Where you base yourself
How you structure your business
Where you invest
How you scale

These decisions matter more than ever.

There are options.
But getting it right requires clarity and the right advice.

If you’ve started questioning whether the UK is still the right fit…
you’re not alone.

Canarias Asesoría


Your gateway to smarter structures, global growth, and the Canary Islands advantage.

Patriots.

Industrialists.

Employers.

How many times must we hear this same lament

“I am a patriot, I love my country, I am a royalist, a Christian, the UK is my home, I don’t want to leave…..but…..”

“I love being in Britain,” he said. “I love being here. I love our factories. But I would say to a political party of any stripe, there’s only so much you can ultimately do.”

Founded in 1945, JCB is one of Britain’s biggest family-owned manufacturing companies. It has 11 factories in the UK and employs more than 8,000 workers.

Key Financial Performance (2023 Full Year)
Turnover (Sales): £6.5 billion (approx. $8.65 billion), up 14% from £5.7 billion in 2022.
Profit Before Tax: £805.8 million (approx. $1.07 billion), a 44.5% increase from £557.7 million in 2022.
Machine Sales: 123,228 units sold, up from 105,148 in 2022

However, Mr Bamford said JCB could consider its future in the UK because Labour is “hunting down” family businesses through its inheritance tax raid.

He said: “You want us, as a family, to invest here in Britain.

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IRONMAN LANZAROTE – THE END OF AN ERA? 💭

After 34 incredible years, 2026 will mark the final IRONMAN Lanzarote organised by Club La Santa — bringing to a close one of the most iconic partnerships in triathlon history.

Since its first race on May 30, 1992, this event has grown into one of the most legendary and respected races on the global IRONMAN calendar. What started with just 148 athletes quickly became known as one of the toughest endurance challenges in the world — a race where “normal limits do not apply.”

From the Atlantic swim in Puerto del Carmen, to the brutal winds and volcanic climbs through Timanfaya National Park, Mirador de Haria and Mirador del Río, before finishing along the coastal run — Lanzarote has always demanded everything from its athletes.

Over the years, some of the sport’s greatest names have raced here, including Paula Newby-Fraser, Jan Frodeno, Lucy Charles-Barclay, Peter Reid, Luc Van Lierde and Thomas Hellriegel, helping cement its reputation as a true test of endurance.

The race itself was the vision of Kenneth Gasque, who saw similarities between Lanzarote and Kona and helped bring IRONMAN racing to the island — not just creating a race, but helping transform Lanzarote into a world-class training destination. With year-round sunshine, challenging terrain, and elite facilities at Club La Santa, the island became a magnet for athletes worldwide.

But success has also brought challenges.

Participation peaked at over 2,000 athletes in 2014, but numbers have fluctuated in recent years, especially post-COVID. Added competition from mainland races like IRONMAN Barcelona and IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz, alongside ongoing licensing negotiations, ultimately led to this split.

Despite this, IRONMAN has confirmed the race is expected to continue from 2027, with discussions ongoing to secure its long-term future.

So now the question is…

👉 Is this the start of a new era — or the beginning of the end for one of triathlon’s most iconic races?

We hope the legacy continues. Because races like Lanzarote don’t come around often.

The UK isn’t becoming high tax by accident.
It’s happening because it has to.
With debt sitting around 100% of GDP, the system is no longer designed for growth…
it’s designed for extraction.
And it doesn’t change any time soon.
Because successive—and future—governments are locked into the same path:
👉 Overspending
👉 Expanding public sector costs
👉 A growing welfare state
None of which is being structurally reformed.
So the gap doesn’t close.
It widens.
And when it does, there’s only one place the pressure goes:
👉 Business owners
👉 Founders
👉 Productive capital
The people actually creating value are funding a system that continues to grow faster than the economy itself.
Taxes rise.
Spending rises.
Growth slows.
And the response?
Squeeze harder.
This isn’t a policy mistake.
It’s a long-term structural reality that will play out over decades.
Which is why smart founders aren’t waiting around.
They’re restructuring.
They’re relocating.
They’re separating where value is created from where it’s taxed.
Because staying fully exposed to one system—
especially one under this kind of pressure—
isn’t strategy anymore.
It’s risk.
📍 Canary Islands (ZEC)
📍 4% corporate tax (eligible businesses)
📍 EU compliant, fully regulated
The question isn’t if people move.
It’s how long you wait before you do.

We’d love to hear from anyone planning to leave the UK this year — or who has already made the move.

How’s it going?

📧 DM


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