Channel Islands to open Brussels office

The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey are opening an office in Brussels to look after their interests in the European Union. The islands are particularly concerned about European Union legislation and reforms that may affect their trading partners in...

Durrell puts meerkats on camera in Jersey, Channel Islands

Meerkats can cheer up your life in the comfort of your own home, thanks to a new webcam service at Durrell Wildlife Park. By accessing the website www.durrell.org viewers can take a virtual journey 24 hours a day into the...

Observer from Jersey Channel Islands at Rwanda elections

One of the senior politicians from Jersey in the Channel Islands has been an independent observer of the August general elections in Rwanda, a country still rebuilding itself following the genocide of the 1990s. Senator Philip Ozouf, the Jersey treasury minister,...

Jersey lacks funding for finance office in Abu Dhabi

Plans for a £400,000 office in Abu Dhabi to promote the Jersey, Channel Island's finance industry in the Middle East could be dropped. A member of the Jersey parliament (States), deputy Geoff Southern, wants the withdrawal of a proposal for Jersey’s...

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS. Black future for the Jersey cow

Long live the Jersey cow. Jersey cattle are part of the island’s heritage, and reputation. Forget the knitwear – much of which is now produced in Guernsey. Ignore the over-promoted potatoes – the cause recently of a number of disillusioned...

Proposals for Jersey’s agriculture

Proposals for Jersey’s agriculture Wildlife corridors, koi carp pools and allotments could all be part of the changing face of the countryside over the next five years. Plans to utilise old glasshouse sites and unused land and to allow urban dwellers...

Money for Jersey wetlands

The National Trust for Jersey has received a £75,000 international grant to preserve Jersey’s wetlands in recognition of their importance. The £75,000 grant, which will be paid to the trust over three years, has come from the Royal Bank of...

Jersey heads for new taxes and spending cuts

Taxes could be going by £22 million next year at the same time that the States cuts in spending start to bite. Plans for the tax hike have been revealed in the 2011 business plan, which has now been formally published....

Waitrose arrives in Jersey

Three of the Jersey’s biggest supermarkets are being sold to Waitrose. The UK supermarket chain has agreed to buy the Checkers supermarkets at Red Houses in the west of the island and Rue des Prés in the east and the...

Jersey finance industry's profits down

Finance industry profits in Jersey halved last year to their lowest level since records began, according to official figures recently released. The island’s biggest industry saw profits fall from more than £1.5 billion in 2008 to £809 million last year. The profit...