Our Services

The Department of Commerce and Investment provides a broad range of consultation, liaison, and coordination services to help business persons that wish to set up operations in the Cayman Islands. Through lobbying and policy advice to incumbent governments, we are also responsible for creating the right climate to attract appropriate inward investment that will create linkages in the local economy to fuel sustainable growth and development.

For the foreign investor we are the first point of contact and offer:

Strategic Advice

The professional team at DCI endeavours to understand your business objectives to better provide you with the most efficient responses to your enquiries

Investment Facilitation

We facilitate your investment decision trough timely dissemination of information, regular liaison with relevant stakeholders, the arrangement of site visits and implementation of effective after care services.

Negotiation of Incentives

We negotiate special incentives and other benefits for investment proposals on case by case basis.

 

Services to local entrepreneurs and small business owners include:

Business Counseling

We offer technical assistance in a safe and confidential environment where you can test and formalize your business idea before making a resource commitment. Counseling session cover items such as the formation, management, marketing, financing, and/or operation of a small business enterprise.

Training

Our workshops and lunch time learning sessions cover three main areas of training: business development training; topic-specific training and industry training.

Access to Financing

Through partnerships with organizations such as the Cayman Islands Development Bank and the Cayman Angel Investors Network, we help you prepare business cases for funding through outside agencies and organizations.