May 26, 2019

Best Fit Foot forward for the environment

A ST HELIER retailer is taking the lead in the fight for the local environment and community by paying customers to drastically cut carrier-bag waste. Fit Footwear Central is giving a pound to each customer who uses their own bag. It takes the current Islandwide initiative of charging 5p or 10p per carrier bag a stage further. Owner Audrey Laurens-Chalmers said it was worth the loss in revenue: ‘My daughter is 20. I might not be here in 30 years’ time, but I think it’s important for the future. We are giving a pound a pair back, and I thought: can we afford to do it? And then I thought, can we afford not to do it? And so I decided we would and we’ll take a bit of a hit on it.’

Business

May 22, 2019

Africa has big potential for Jersey

JERSEY Government and financial firms are looking increasingly at Africa for business links and investment treaties as the continent is set to be the fastest growing economically, and in terms of population, in the world.

Business