Over the last two weeks I’ve had more than one conversation with Commonwealth Games hopeful Lucy O’Sullivan and her father, Tony. As well as being exceptionally bright, the former Miss Battle of Flowers appears to have nerves of steel whenever she shoots and she is a genuine contender for a medal next month in Delhi.
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Finance should stop crying wolf over the tax rate issue
THE reaction of Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean to allegations against Jersey Finance is predictable, but nevertheless somewhat economical with the truth.
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Why is it that whenever someone shows a bit of initiative, some jobsworth decides to nitpick?
HERSELF summed it up in her customary succinct way: they should close him down and then take on all his redundant staff, make them Planning inspectors, on appropriately high salaries, of course, and send them out into the countryside to close down everyone else who shows a bit of enterprise.
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‘Long-term residents get priority’
EMPLOYERS are being made to work harder than ever to fill jobs with long-term residents, according to Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean.
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A warning to be vigilant
JERSEY is in danger of ‘making many friends but having no food’ by negotiating away its autonomy over tax and financial regulation to placate the UK, Europe and other global bodies, an international law expert warned yesterday.
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New-look Airport… but overtime soars
SERIOUS concerns have been raised about cost efficiencies at the Airport only weeks after the States announced drastic spending cuts across all departments.
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These advantages in choice and price also have disadvantages
From Keith Shaw. I HAVE just read your front page report (JEP, 16 March) claiming that Senator Alan Maclean supports the scrapping of existing countryside protection, in favour of the building of a new supermarket. One reason he gave was the benefits to local consumers, but I guess there would be considerable benefits to a […]
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Enterprise awards evening a sell-out
The 2010 Jersey Enterprise Awards gala evening to be held at Fort Regent next Friday is a sell out.
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A minister spread too thinly
LAST year, six per cent fewer holidaymakers came to Jersey than in 2008.
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Minister: Relax planning rules for 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.
