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TAXPAYERS’ money could be used to fund loans or buy stakes in start-up businesses to encourage growth and diversification in the economy.

ECONOMIC Development Minister Alan Maclean says that a review of shipping costs and consumer prices will provide much-needed answers after being criticised by a business lobby group for asking why prices had not dropped in line with freight costs.

THE number of job vacancies in the private sector hit a 13-year low in June, according to figures released today.

A POT of £10 million could be made available by the States for innovative businesses that help boost the economy and create jobs for local people.

CHIEF Minister Ian Gorst is leading a delegation to London next week to meet the Chinese Ambassador and a committee of MPs interested in the relationship with the Channel Islands.

JERSEY’S legal challenge to the UK government’s attempt to shut down the online mail order industry will reach court next month.

ECONOMIC Development Minister Alan Maclean will face calls to resign if his department withheld information from insurers after the States tug hit rocks.

JERSEY’S rising population can be controlled, the Economic Development Minister insisted on Friday.