03 « August « 2009 « « This Is Guernsey

Postal monopoly may end to help consumers

GUERNSEY POST could lose its monopoly under plans unveiled by the Office of Utility Regulation.

Guernsey Gas echoes GE’s calls for price hikes

GUERNSEY GAS has lent its weight to calls for electricity prices to rise.

GUERNSEY’S Commonwealth Games team for Delhi in 2010 could be bigger than first thought, admits chef du mission David Harry.

Cookie helps Alderney Week roar into life

HUNDREDS of people turned out to mark the start of Alderney Week on Saturday.

Seaweed ‘should be accepted as being part of the beach’

SEAWEED should be left where it is and not moved by the States, according to La Societe Guernesiaise conservation officer Jamie Hooper.

Nick hopes cafe plans will be Environment’s cup of tea

IT HAS taken seven years, but Vazon Bay Cafe could soon be in line for a revamp.

Pension fund’s £5m. has to come from somewhere

EMPLOYERS could be faced with a large rise in social security contributions in the future as a result of the States rejecting a smaller increase scheduled for next year, department minister Mark Dorey has warned.

Kneller sets up intriguing title battle

ROSS KNELLER turned in an outstanding individual performance as he almost single-handedly inflicted Rovers’ first defeat of the Evening League Division One season.

Pension pot left cracked and leaking

WHEN an employers’ body accepts – albeit reluctantly – that its members must pay more to solve the ‘pensions puzzle’ it is reasonable to expect States members to agree. No one wants to contribute more. But the gap between what is being paid into the pension pot and what is being taken out is now [...]