Sentence examples for offshore town from inspiring English sources

Almost overnight, this small community of around 2,800 people has become the focus of international attention for its attempt to become the UK's first "offshore" town – a feat it hopes to accomplish by copying the tax avoiding tactics employed by big corporations.

It is situated in the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean, about 15 miles (24 km) offshore from the town of Inhassoro and 130 miles (209 km) southeast of Beira.

There is already a large wind farm operating offshore of the town on Scroby Sands.

From cosmopolitan Panama City to a Pacific coast, a Caribbean coast, many offshore islands, mountain towns, and rural escapes, Panama offers most any setting you could imagine.

Basically, a Welsh town goes offshore.

Just offshore from the diminutive town of Perast, long renowned for its navy, two side-by-side isles beckon.

The new-offshore-kid-in-town Heyamola Ada Lokanatasi is a perfect storm of inspired food, chill ambience, and small-label Turkish wines, all at ridiculously low prices.

The owners' outrage at discovering the truth behind the big firms' tax arrangements will be shown in The Town That Went Offshore, a documentary made by Renegade Pictures for BBC Two which is due to air next year.

Snorkeling trips to the reef, seven miles offshore, are hawked all over town, but the 78-foot catamaran Caribbean Spirit, (305) 296-5556, is particularly beginner-friendly, with a wide stairway for swimmers to ease gently into the water.

In the BBC film The Town that Went Offshore, due for screening next year, the traders examine the complicated tax structures used by Starbucks, which has paid just £8.6 million in corporation tax since starting up in the UK in 1998, and Caffé Nero, which has paid nothing since 2008, despite operating more than 500 UK outlets.

Additionally, the relative amount of offshore fishing varies among second-millennium towns; Vumba Kuu, Kaliwa, and Kizimkazi (all smaller towns or villages) have smaller percentages of offshore fish species than the larger towns.