THE business community needs to make more of an effort to engage with government – at election time and beyond, according to the chairman of the Institute of Directors.

BEING a deputy in 21st century Guernsey has become a job in its own right, Chief Minister Lyndon Trott told a seminar yesterday evening.

The twin headline topics for the Guernsey Institute of Directors debate, public private partnerships and corporate social responsibility, collectively described as “sharing the burden”, will be discussed by four speakers under the chairmanship of moderator Stuart Falla MBE.

MAINTAINING effective dialogue with government and other business organisations is the primary goal of the new Institute of Directors Guernsey branch chairwoman.

THE island should attempt to start an ‘entrepreneurial revolution’, according to the managing director of the Guernsey Enterprise Agency.

HAVING more women on the boards of companies would boost their effectiveness, the audience at the most recent Institute of Directors winter seminar series has heard.

THE governments of Guernsey and Jersey must continue to work together, according to Institute of Directors chairman Mark Thompson.

ONE of the surprises to emerge from last week’s Institute of Directors annual conference was how close the island came to losing Sportingbet as one of its premier new businesses.

WHEN the theme of this year’s Institute of Directors annual conference was announced – would you invest in Guernsey plc? – we suggested that a more accurate question would be, are you allowed to invest here?

GUERNSEY’S government is to play a greater part in saying how the finance industry’s regulatory process is handled, the chief minister revealed last night.