LIVES will be put at risk and Jersey’s reputation as a safe holiday destination will suffer if the States make irresponsible funding cuts to the beach lifeguard service, a veteran surfer says today.
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Postal licences: Deputy asks the States to step in
THE States are being asked to step in and stop any new postal licences being issued to competitors of Jersey Post.
Posted inBusiness, News
‘Less red tape’ for Island businesses
NEW efforts will be made to cut the red tape and bureaucracy which stifles business in Jersey, the Economic Development Minister has pledged.
Posted inBusiness, News
Minister defends opening up postal market
A DECISION to open up the postal market was defended in the States this week.
Posted inNews
Christmas misery for record jobless
RECORD numbers of unemployed Islanders face a difficult Christmas as the recession continues to be felt in homes across the Island.
Posted inComment, News, Voices
New Harbours and Airport board?
Among other things in his weekly ascerbic look at Island life, Helier Clement reminds Economic Development Minister that a joint Harbour and Airport body is hardly something new.
Posted inNews
Minister and union welcome Waitrose deal
THE news that Waitrose is to open three supermarkets in Jersey has been generally welcomed.
Posted inBusiness, News
Economic advice was ‘not balanced’
A REPORT calling for a new supermarket has been dismissed as biased and flimsy by an expert in retail competition.
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Online poll: Relax rules for new supermarket?
Protection for the countryside should be scrapped so that a new large supermarket can be built on the outskirts of town, according to a controversial new States report.
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Sharing the future with Guernsey
MUCH has been spoken about the notion that Jersey and Guernsey, communities with a great many shared interests, should co-operate more closely and share a range of public services. Unfortunately, the talk has so far been matched by very little action, though that is apparently about change.
