From Marcus Binney. TWENTY years ago I sat for a year on the Waterfront Advisory Group, listening and deliberating on plans, proposals and strategies for the waterfront. Despite a huge expenditure of time and effort, nothing came of it. Eight years ago hundreds of people spent a weekend at the Jersey College for Girls participating […]
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Care home approved
PLANS for a new St Peter residential home with specialist care in dementia and excessive alcohol-related memory loss have been approved. Barchester Healthcare Ltd, based in London, had their application to build a new care home next to Lakeside Residential Home, near the Airport at Rue de la Commune, approved by Environment Minister Freddie Cohen […]
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£1.5m fund to make your home greener
HOMEOWNERS will be able to apply for £1.5m worth of grants for insulation and energy improvements from February. And the grants could cover everything from low energy lightbulbs and better insulation, to ‘energy audits’ to show householders how they could save power and money off their bills. Environment Minister Freddie Cohen is consulting the Environment […]
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UK investigator to review Les Ormes
THE decision to approve an adventure centre at Les Ormes – which opens this weekend – will be the subject of an official report by a UK investigator.
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The real impact of GST
UNSURPRISINGLY, Treasury Minister Terry Le Sueur and the Jersey Democratic Alliance do not see eye to eye on the annual cost of the new goods and services tax for the average Island family.
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Chamber members line up to criticise new finance centre
PLANS for a new finance centre at ‘Esplanade Square’ are over-ambitious and could turn the rest of St Helier into a ghost town, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
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Esplanade Square plan may be delayed
PLANNING permission for the 15 towers on the proposed Esplanade Square site could be held up until developers prove that there is enough demand to fill them.
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Campaigners fail to stop luxury homes at Portelet
LUXURY flats and houses overlooking Portelet Bay have been approved by the Environment Minister.
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Homes on the cheap
NEW three-bedroom homes will soon be available to first-time buyers for an estimated £260,000 – more than £140,000 below the real market price. The discounted housing will be available to qualifying families under the terms of a shared-equity scheme, approved in principle by the States yesterday by 38 votes to five. At the current interest […]
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Home Affairs Minister: Ian Le Marquand
Former Magistrate Ian Le Marquand is the new Home Affairs Minister, having sucessfully fought off a challenge by Senator Stuart Syvret. He won the election in the States by 34 votes to 18. Senator Le Marquand topped the poll in the recent Senatorial election, at his first entry into politics. During the campaign, he made […]
