A DECISION to authorise the largest-ever States grant to Jersey Finance will help ensure the Island remains internationally competitive, according to the organisation’s chief executive Geoff Cook.
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Crumbs of economic comfort
AS Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean has said, ‘It is not a very happy picture.’
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No, Minister: UK firms are benefiting from mail order shutdown
UK retailers who campaigned to shut down Jersey VAT-free mail order industry have hit back at claims that they have not benefited from its collapse in the Channel Islands.
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Gambling problems no worse that in the UK, minister claims
JERSEY does not have a bigger gambling problem than any similar community in the UK, says Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean.
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Crumbs of comfort on jobs front
ISLANDERS will be hoping that this year will see an end to the seemingly endless succession of bad news stories occasioned by the enduring effects of the global recession. Unfortunately, now that we are just over a week into January, our economy has suffered yet another blow.
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New start-ups to face local Dragons’ Den?
MILLIONS of pounds of taxpayers money could be invested in Jersey companies through a ‘Dragons’ Den’-style fund.
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States to set up £5m Innovation Fund
BUSINESSES will be able to apply for taxpayer-funded grants and loans out of a new £5 million ‘Innovation Fund’ under proposals going to the States.
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Where is the incentive to take up employment?
From Ray McCredie. YOUR report (JEP 9 January) stated that ‘Basic Income Support for a single person aged over 25 living in a one-bedroom flat is worth around £300 a week’. I was obliged to read this article several times to get my head around it. Where is the incentive for any person in these […]
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No minimum price per unit in reformed alcohol legislation
LONG-AWAITED reform of laws governing the sale of alcoholic drinks could be unveiled early this year but a UK-style minimum price per unit will not be included, according to Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean.
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Scandal for which no one has been held to account
There is nothing, nothing that we’re worse at talking about than immigration.
