THERE was no doubting from the interview he gave last week that Guernsey’s regulator is very keen to be given powers via a competition law to be able to examine island prices in areas other than post, electricity and telecommunications.

GUERNSEY’S regulatory regime can be used to advantage when trying to attract business to the island, a trust seminar audience has heard.

REGULATORY scrutiny of Guernsey directors has never been greater, a business audience has heard.

ELECTRICITY bills could rise from April, islanders have been warned.

GUERNSEY Electricity’s new managing director is hoping for a price control decision that will allow the utility to achieve its capital expenditure plan.

AN ADMISSION this week from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission that, yes, it had become disconnected from the sector it regulates was an important first step towards re-establishing a better relationship with those in financial services.

MISTAKES in setting postal charges by consumer watchdog the Office of Utilities Regulation cost Guernsey Post half-a-million pounds, it has been claimed.

News that the regulatory authorities of both islands are rubbing their hands at the prospect of bringing the ferry service under their control ought to set alarm bells ringing for islanders, if not passengers as well.

A PETITION to the States designed to restrict the ability of the island’s regulator to introduce (or mimic) competition in the electricity and postal sectors is now so well signed that it is virtually guaranteed to succeed.

GUERNSEY POST and Guernsey Electricity have called for the regulator to be scrapped.