Be fair to ash-stranded staff

EMPLOYERS are being advised to listen and to be fair when dealing with staff who have missed work as a result of the travel delays caused by the volcanic ash cloud.


Work together on tax haven tag – Swiss ambassador

GUERNSEY and Switzerland can work together to break down the perception they are tax havens, according to the Swiss ambassador to the UK.


Guernsey faces farmer imports

GUERNSEY needs more young farmers – and if none are found locally, they could be brought in from the UK.


Why we need an alternative

WHETHER the conclusions of the tribunal of inquiry into the firefighters’ dispute are right or wrong, one thing is beyond doubt.


Planning applications – 27 April, 2010

Applications to the Environment Department, as published in the Guernsey Press.


Merrien expects call for Barcelona

LEE MERRIEN expects to be named in Great Britain’s European Championships marathon line-up today while sitting on a beach in Turkey.


Spruce will vote on new waste plan

PUBLIC SERVICES board member Tony Spruce will vote on the department’s plan for a new waste strategy although he withdrew himself from helping to develop it, he has confirmed.


‘Mammoth task’ to bring in IMF’s bank tax plan

PLANS revealed last week to reduce the risk of future failures in the global banking sector have been heavily criticised by the industry.


If one won’t resign then all must go

LET’S recap. The island has placed responsibility for one of the most important policy areas of recent times in the hands of four men.


Ministers look at taking on pay and crisis powers

MINISTERS have agreed to look at taking on more power to deal with pay negotiations and crises, as recommended by a Tribunal of Inquiry into the airport firefighters’ dispute.