Family travel blog Globalmouse Travels, which currently receives more than 12,000 visitors every month, has named The Atlantic Hotel as Best British Hotel in the annual Globalmouse Travel Awards 2014.
Now in their second year, the awards were created to celebrate and recognise the best places to travel to with children. As a source of inspiration to thousands of family travellers, this recognition places The Atlantic Hotel firmly on the map for those visitors travelling with children – a move that reinforces the Island’s reputation as the ideal family destination.
Nichola West, editor of Globalmouse Travels, said that The Atlantic Hotel was one of those idyllic places that people wanted to return to year after year. ‘With breathtaking sea views, fantastic food courtesy of executive head chef Mark Jordan, and an air of relaxed luxury, it has it all,’ she added.
Patrick Burke, the owner of The Atlantic Hotel, said that Jersey had everything that is great for a family holiday, with a host of adventures for children of all ages.
‘We mirror this at The Atlantic Hotel, where children love the indoor and outdoor pools and the dedicated nursery menu created by Mark Jordan,’ Mr Burke said.
‘Parents feel at ease as well, and we provide interconnecting rooms, baby-listening and baby-sitting services, enabling them to relax and enjoy their break too, knowing that everything is taken care of.’
BEDELL partner Lisa Springate was a winner in the Citywealth Power Women Awards.
She was the only Jersey lawyer among 24 award winners from firms across the country, including partners in many of the leading City law firms.
Ms Springate, who received her award from Dame Esther Rantzen at a ceremony in London, was an award winner in the Woman of the Year Business Growth Professional Services category and was recognised for her role in spearheading the introduction of an innovative client relationship management system across Bedell.
The Power Women Awards, hosted by Citywealth, the London-based media group, recognises individuals and companies who maximise the potential of women in wealth and highlights and champions ‘the female leaders of today and tomorrow’.
Acknowledged in Chambers 2015 for her expertise in trust matters and named as a leader in her field also by Chambers UK 2015, Ms Springate is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences and an author of articles on trust litigation for leading industry titles. She has also been noted as a prominent figure in the leading lawyers Contentious Trusts category in the Citywealth Leaders List for three consecutive years and has been named as one of the world’s leading private client lawyers in the International Who’s Who of Private Client lawyers.
JERSEY has affirmed its position as a leading centre for companies looking to list, with the volume and value of Jersey companies listed on exchanges around the world rising significantly in the past 12 months, according to figures collated by Jersey Finance.
The latest figures show that there are now a total of 110 Jersey companies listed on exchanges around the world, reflecting growth of 13% on 2013 figures, while the total market capitalisation of those companies rose by 62% year on year to £269 billion in 2014.
Of the 110 companies, 57 are quoted on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, representing the most AIM-listed companies outside the UK. In addition, there are 38 companies listed on the LSE Main Market and one on the Specialist Fund Market.
The Island retains the greatest number of non-UK companies on the FTSE 100 index, with seven listed on the main LSE. A further eight Jersey companies are present in the FTSE 250 index.
The rest of the Jersey-listed companies are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam, the stock exchanges in Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Toronto, as well as the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
The 96 Jersey companies quoted in London are valued at £146 billion, while the Jersey companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange currently have a combined market capitalisation of £40.6 billion, and those listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange have a total market capitalisation of £65 billion.
This growth in 2014 was attributable to a number of highlights, including the £1bn initial public offering on the LSE, of Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, the second largest real estate IPO in London’s history.
After making its debut in February, the company raised an additional £352 million through a secondary offering in October.
Other Jersey companies joining AIM in 2014 included online fashion retailer Boohoo.com, which undertook a corporate reorganisation and achieved a £300 million listing; Rame Energy, an international energy consultant, engineer and power generator, which joined in April with a £17.1 million market capitalisation; Galasys Plc, a provider of ticketing systems and solutions to the fast growing theme park industry in Asia, which achieved a market capitalisation of almost £15 million; and GTS Chemical Holdings Plc, a speciality chemicals producer and the largest Chinese manufacturer of ammonium sulphite.
Highlighting Jersey’s importance to the Asian markets in enabling investment into the UK, just under a fifth of Chinese companies currently listed on AIM are now incorporated in Jersey.
Geoff Cook, chief executive of Jersey Finance, said: ‘The capital markets and listings sector is rapidly cementing itself as a pillar of our finance industry and we are taking every opportunity to reinforce Jersey’s appeal for listings and other such transactions. Jersey is really asserting itself as a key European centre for high-quality listings business.’
