Tuesday, 2nd December 2008

CGI

Manufacturers are weathering the storm

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GUERNSEY manufacturers are bearing up better than their UK counterparts in light of cost pressures from the credit crunch.

CGi wants business to stump up for education

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MORE businesses should fund employees who want to obtain higher-education qualifications, according to the Confederation of Guernsey Industry.

Exploring funding is main priority

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NEW funding options must be investigated before a States debate on prioritisation, according to Treasury minister Charles Parkinson.

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Let’s sort out island’s core values

TALKING to an audience of island business leaders, it was inevitable that the Treasury minister would be asked about population, growth and whether any change was likely to the island’s current ‘steady as she goes’ policy.

Vision for the future is a priority

WITH the new States of Guernsey about halfway towards its first 100 days, four leading Guernsey business groups are already questioning how well the House is doing as it approaches what it calls ‘this key timeline’.

‘Island firms need Saltpans’

THE new Saltpans industrial area should be made affordable for small local firms, says the Confederation of Guernsey Industry.

Outlook ‘not that gloomy’

THE Confederation of Guernsey Industry has dismissed a claim by its British counterpart that 10,000 UK finance-sector jobs will be cut in the next three months.

‘Chief needs power to sack rogue ministers’

BUSINESS leaders have called for the next chief minister to have more power to sack ‘rogue’ ministers who do not follow States economic and policy strategies.