ISLAND Coachways was so incensed by comments made about the company by Environment that it pulled out of the bus contract talks, it has been revealed.
The bus service we don’t need
ON PAGE one today, we set out the reasons why Island Coachways has withdrawn from negotiations with the Environment Department over running the scheduled bus service – and it does not make comfortable reading.
Bus garage site is real – once access is sorted
LAND at La Pitronnerie could be used for a bus garage – if negotiations over the ownership of a private road are successful, the deputy Treasury and Resources minister has said.
Fulfilment firms eye Swiss move
A DOZEN Channel Island businesses have already enquired about moving to Switzerland following the scrapping of an agreement that allowed goods under £15 to be shipped to the UK VAT free, the country’s postal service’s fulfilment expert has said.
We do still remember them
THOUSANDS of islanders marked Armistice Day by pausing for two minutes to remember those who had died in war.
Dawes wins tactical battle
STEVE DAWES emerged from a tactical race with another local cross-country victory at L’Ancresse.
Cliff path rabbit-killing video ‘is despicable’
A VIDEO showing a rabbit being battered to death depicts a despicable act of cruelty, says the GSPCA.
A win-win Chief Pleas could have
In today’s Guernsey Press we run a heartfelt letter from a Sark resident that will strike a chord with everyone who knew the tiny Channel Island as it was.
VAT relief end will ruin us, say flower exporters
TRADITIONAL Guernsey flower growers are devastated by the ending of a relief that allowed goods under £15 to be shipped to the UK VAT free.
Sure helps CWC’s surge in revenues
MOBILE data has been highlighted as a factor in impressive half-year results posted by Cable & Wireless Communications.