GUERNSEY’S new chief minister has received the backing of industry heads after promising to tackle the States deficit and diversify the economy.

STATES members have weakened their reputation for supporting commerce with a decision to introduce statutory maternity and paternity leave, the Institute of Directors has said.

NEW Confederation of Guernsey Industry chairman Richard Battersby wants to see a smaller civil service.

PLANNING for an economy not so reliant on the finance industry remains a key driver for the Confederation of Guernsey Industry, according to its new chairman.

INDUSTRY representatives are giving the States the benefit of the doubt after it was revealed the government’s main savings programme had so far recovered nothing.

THE States’ final salary pension scheme should be immediately closed to new entrants, an industry body has said.

A NEW corporate rate of tax for businesses in Guernsey must match Jersey’s, according to Confederation of Guernsey Industry chairman Peter Budwin.

ISLANDERS have given deputies a great insight into how they want the island to look through the Guernsey Tomorrow consultation process, according to Confederation of Guernsey Industry chairman Peter Budwin.

A UNION attack on Guernsey’s employment laws failed to consider the island’s situation, according to experts.

FRONTIER ECONOMICS’ proposed model for a Guernsey ‘skills agency’ would add a level of bureaucracy that would stifle the GTA University Centre, according to the Confederation of Guernsey Industry.