ISLANDERS will be charged GST on all goods bought from Amazon from the start of next month. From 1 July, the ‘de minimis’ threshold at which Islanders pay GST on imported products will drop from £135 to £60. But larger retailers (those which have an annual turnover of at least £300,000) will be subject to […]
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My one ask of all Islanders, no matter what your capacity or platform, would be to re-examine your communication
By Alex Ruddy My good friend Kate Wright penned an article recently wondering why the Island has been consumed by negative, divisive opinion pieces of late, instead of focusing on those matters of paramount importance to Islanders, such as the cost-of-living crisis, child poverty, domestic abuse or mental-health services being under severe strain. I completely […]
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Jersey's Chief Minister criticised for changing her stance on taking GST off period products
THE Chief Minister has been branded ‘disingenuous’ over government plans to scrap a previous proposal she brought as a Senator to remove GST on period products. But Deputy Kristina Moore has hit back at the claims, saying there is a ‘more effective way’ to address period poverty. She said her government had helped to provide […]
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Work on Overdale acute hospital ‘could begin in first half of 2025’
THE much-anticipated “first spade in the ground” for a new inpatients’ hospital at Overdale will be in the first half of 2025, providing the Assembly supports the plan, the politician in charge of the programme has said. Infrastructure Minister Tom Binet said that the removal of old buildings at the Westmount site had already begun. […]
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Profits in Jersey's finance industry soar – but warning of inflation risk
PROFITS in the financial sector rose by as much as 50% last year, driving economic growth in the Island. And the industry expects a further 11% growth next year, according to a panel of experts – but they have warned that wage increases could keep inflation ‘higher for longer’. The Fiscal Policy Panel, which provides […]
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Jersey States Members asked to reverse plan to take GST off period products
MINISTERS are asking politicians to allow them to scrap a previous commitment to remove GST from period products because they feel they have ‘surpassed’ this aim by providing free products in some locations around the Island. In May 2022, politicians voted to instruct the next Treasury Minister to remove the 5% GST on sanitary products. […]
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Housing affordability in Jersey ‘will come back again’
HOPES that the Island’s cooling property market could open up opportunities for would-be homeowners appear to have been dashed by higher mortgage repayment rates, according to “worrying” new statistics. But industry representatives have said that affordability “will come back” subject to possible drops in the Bank of England base rate, which was recently held at […]
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Ministers given mandate to buy Grève de Lecq café site
THE States have given approval for the government to buy an empty café and car park at Grève de Lecq – but what price the public is prepared to pay remains unclear. This week, States Members gave their firm backing to a proposal by Deputy Lyndon Farnham to ask Treasury Minister Ian Gorst and Infrastructure […]
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Jersey ministers support principle of buying Grève de Lecq site
THE Chief Minister and senior members of the government have said they support the principle of buying a former café at Grève de Lecq to safeguard it for the public. But Deputy Kristina Moore and Treasury Minister Ian Gorst, who represent voters in the north-west of the Island, say that a debate in the States […]
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Tributes paid to historian Peter Hellyer who put 'Jersey on the map' in the UAE
TRIBUTES have poured in for an author, historian and environmentalist who put ‘Jersey on the map’ in the UAE. Peter Hellyer died peacefully aged 75 in Abu Dhabi, where he had spent much of his life after moving to the United Arab Emirates in 1975. Mr Hellyer, who was born and raised in Jersey, was […]
