AN EXTRA £50,000 a year is needed to pay members of a Dragons’ Den-style board that will grant millions of pounds to Jersey companies, according to the Economic Development Minister.
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Will Sunday opening lower competitive standards?
WIDESPREAD Sunday trading could have a negative impact on youngsters taking part in sport at the weekend, according to the chairman of the Jersey Sports Council.
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Grants available for employee training
WORKERS can now apply for a grant of up to £5,000 to fund training under a new States scheme designed to help boost the economy.
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Economy shrinks to 1990s level
THE value of the Island’s economy shrunk last year to a level not seen since the late 1990s.
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Crisis meeting to discuss shipping company demise
STATES Members interrupted their summer holiday today for a crisis meeting to discuss the demise of Huelin-Renouf shipping.
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Deputy calls for single CI port authority
A CALL has been made for the creation of a single port authority for the Channel Islands to save money and adopt a unified policy on future transport links.
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Islands bail out of proposals for a joint CI aircraft register
JERSEY will be in direct competition with Guernsey in attracting pilots to register their aircraft in the Channel Islands after plans were scrapped for the islands to work together.
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FT feature for Island in bid to secure further investmemt
JERSEY will be featured in the Financial Times next month as the Island embarks on a campaign to secure new inward investment to diversify the economy.
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Who holds the power in Jersey?
IT is presumably no coincidence that, since the demise of the old committee system, more and more of the strategic responsibilities which were once the prerogative of elected States Members have been devolved to less accountable civil servants or to the volunteer members, paid or otherwise, of a growing number of high-powered quangos.
