THE Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf’s 2014 budget has been given a ‘could do better’ rating by members of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
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Gorst takes campaign to Tory conference
CHIEF Minister Ian Gorst will take Jersey’s image-building campaign to the top of British politics when he attends the Conservative Party conference next week.
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States departments underspend by £20m
MORE than £20m is expected to be saved by States departments in 2013, according to the latest figures from the Treasury.
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IoD debate: Experts to include financial website founder
THE founder of Moneysupermarket.com, who is one of the Island’s newest residents, will be a star panellist in next month’s annual debate staged by the Jersey branch of the Institute of Directors.
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Do as we say, not as we do…
‘THINK twice – buy local’, the form of words used to encourage Islanders to favour Jersey products and services, is an excellent slogan. What could make more sense – especially in these difficult times, than encouraging money to circulate in the local economy?’
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When past hardships evoke gratitude for the present
HERSELF and I babysat the other day for the first time in an awful long time. Actually, it was hardly babysitting because the three children involved were aged between seven and ten and were intelligent to point out – in a very polite way – that they were hardly babies.
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Constable calls for parishes to be split between districts
ST HELIER and St Saviour should be split up and joined with other parishes between super constituencies if the States is reformed, according to the Constable of St Mary.
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Well done, Deputy, for being brave enough to speak out
ONE of the old lads in the pub the other night hit a number of nails right on the head when he likened that lot in the Big House to the United States of America and he wasn’t simply referring to the dual use of the word ‘States’.
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Minister’s ‘good news’ Budget
IN his introduction to the Budget statement, which has been presented to the States today, Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf makes a bold assertion.
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Co-op bought public land ‘on the basis of historic building restoration’
PUBLICLY owned land next to a row of historic buildings threatened with demolition was only sold to the Co-op on the basis that they would be saved, says the Treasury Minister.
