AFTER years of being told by bank managers that they were irresponsible with money and needed to save more, islanders now know the truth: the men in the plush offices are even worse with cash than the rest of us.

NON-EXECUTIVE directors should be taken to task for their roles in the banking crisis, according to the keynote speaker at this year’s Guernsey Awards for Achievement.

UNTIL the release of a report by the Landsbanki administrators, islanders could have been forgiven for believing that the Policy Council was doing everything humanly possible to ease the plight of depositors and to ensure that they received more than the 30p in the pound currently in prospect.

EMPTY shops on Guernsey’s High Street could be a golden opportunity for larger companies.

ISLANDERS have been taking advantage of troubled store Woolworths this week as it reduced stock by 50% on most items.