Smart back on top of the podium

ROB SMART was back to winning ways in the second race of the Ian Brown and Arrowsmith Marlowe Cross Country Mountain Bike Series held at Chouet.


Priaulx makes return

ANDY PRIAULX is returning to the Nurburgring 24-hour race.


RPI figure negative but underlying costs still rising

GUERNSEY has officially entered deflation for the first time since records began in 1965.


The cost of power with no liability

ONE of the persistent criticisms of the way the States negotiates with its employees via the Public Sector Remuneration Committee is that PSRC members have all the power but no responsibility.


Diligent Batif worker spots fake notes in Nigerian scam

A Quick-thinking Batif bureau de change worker told yesterday how more than a decade of experience helped her spot forged money – leading to police discovering a former nurse’s plan to con a bank out of $45m.


High-earners could find tax regime to liking

GUERNSEY could see an influx of high earners into the island after the UK increased its upper tax limit to 50%


Access all areas?

No one can tell for certain how many of the 24,000 or so (give or take one or two) properties in Guernsey have some sort of boundary or access problem. However, in our personal experience, roughly one in five are deemed to have ‘defective’ title to a greater or lesser degree.


Missing heirs

Following the inception of the new inheritance law, Jason Green of Collas Day was appointed by the Royal Court as administrator of the real estate of the late Thomas Le Normand.


Impressive agenda skips big projects

IN RECENT days, this newspaper has commented on aspects of the Tribal Helm report detailing areas of inefficiency within the States and also on where the Treasury and Resources Department has, in our view, lacked rigour on the capital spending prioritisation process.


Island enters deflation

GUERNSEY has entered deflation for the first time since records began in 1965.