THE news that Waitrose is to open three supermarkets in Jersey has been generally welcomed.
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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.
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Honesty is the best policy? Not if you’re a politician with a contentious report
EXTREMELY exciting developments in politics last week – three ministers
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Axeing free school milk ‘is the right thing to do’
THE Economic Development Minister has defended his controversial proposal to axe free school milk.
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Trade mission to Israel
A DELEGATION from Jersey could be heading to Israel next year on an official trade mission as economic links between the two states develop.
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Cutting red tape ‘key to success’
THE need to minimise red tape is at the centre of States’ policy, an audience of French and UK business leaders was told at a gathering in London.
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An apparent lack of education here
From Pete Davis. I WAS disturbed to read the article (JEP, 7 April) headlined Minimum wage ‘should reflect climate’. At first I smiled at the use of words, thinking it was being claimed that the minimum wage was expected to be a mirror to global warming. However, on reading further I was astounded at the […]
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Jerseyman to chair competition watchdog?
A JERSEYMAN will become chairman of the Island’s competition regulatory body for the first time, if the States agree.
