TREASURY minister Charles Parkinson today unveiled a conservative Budget as he admitted for the first time that the island was sliding into recession.
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Daily Archives: November 7, 2008
No shelter for tax shelters
THE vice-mayor of Shanghai is to visit Guernsey and its finance industry.
Malbon at the ready
THE island’s Lt-Governor says his son, Johnny, is ‘as ready as he can be’ for Sunday’s start of arguably the biggest race in world yachting.
Promise of youth
THE Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts was filled with people last night recognising the work of Guernsey’s youth.
Slur against school worker was untrue
ALLEGATIONS against a non-teaching staff member at Amherst Primary School have proved unfounded.
Aurigny losses top £1m. but sale ruled out
AURIGNY lost more than £1m. in the first eight months of the year – but there is no likelihood of the States-owned airline being sold.
Simpson into semis
CHRIS SIMPSON has advanced to the semi-finals of the Indian Challenger No. 1 event in Chennai.
Rec go for big three in a row
TONY SMITH’S Vale Rec side are gunning for a third straight title-chasers’ scalp at the Track tomorrow afternoon.
The visitors leave with the trophies
THREE visiting sides went away with the main trophies after another hugely successful Guernsey Volleyball Open.
Budget 2008 makes for a grim read
GLOOM, economic turmoil, stagnation, depression… The picture of the global economy painted by the Treasury minister’s first Budget is unremittingly downbeat.