BANKS in Guernsey are bucking the UK trend and still lending to companies, the business community has confirmed.

RETIRED servicemen and women in Guernsey are waiting to hear if a UK Government blunder will hit their pensions.

THE island should use a review of its situation as an offshore territory and finance centre to demonstrate how well run it is, according to the Guernsey International Business Association.

TAKEN at face value, UK Chancellor Alistair Darling’s comments that there needs to be a long, hard look at the relationship between Britain and the Crown Dependencies pose a grave constitutional challenge to this island.

CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling and governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King look set to be grilled about the Landsbanki Guernsey collapse at an independent inquiry.

CHANCELLOR ALISTAIR DARLING delivered his first Budget with his hands tied, according to Treasury and Resources minister Lyndon Trott.

ALISTAIR DARLING’S first Budget has been described by local tax experts as a ‘watered down attack on non-doms’.