THERE are no guarantees that Derek Coates can offer which would make a sale of Aurigny to Blue Islands acceptable, a former chief minister has said.

FORMER chief minister Mike Torode said yesterday that his mandate as chief minister would not have given him the ability to sign a framework agreement without States approval.

FORMER chief minister Mike Torode had some worrying advice for his ex-colleagues while speaking to the Institute of Directors: the honeymoon is over. No, he wasn’t referring to the manual workers’ strike or even the challenge it mounts to the closest Guernsey has had to a pay policy, attempting to keep public expenditure at or [...]

MIKE TORODE has warned that the honeymoon is over in the States.

GUERNSEY has stopped investigating a possible move to Central European Time.

CHIEF MINISTER Mike Torode fears for the integrity of the new House as the race to replace him reaches boiling point.

A team led by Chief Minister Mike Torode has met the vice-mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government during a visit to promote Guernsey’s financial services expertise.

THE next House faces the most challenging first few months a new assembly has experienced, according to the outgoing chief minister.

THE Guernsey brand has officially been launched in China.

A DELEGATION of senior States officials and Guernsey business leaders has received a warm welcome from power brokers in China.