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Plans for Bouley Bay super-home on run-down hotel approved

Thursday 27 October 2022

Plans to demolish the Water’s Edge Hotel in Bouley Bay and build a large single luxury home in its place have been approved, drawing to a close a long period of public and political debate.This morning, the Planning Committee – a group of politicians who decide on more controversial...

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Merchants of coffee... merchants of music... and much, much more...

Thursday 27 October 2022

Walking past The Merchants, you could be forgiven for thinking that it is simply a kooky coffee shop with bright artwork adorning the walls and a floor full of funky furniture. However, upon closer inspection, there is more to The Merchants than meets the eye...Times are tough in town. We've just come out of a pandemic, the cost of living is going up and econo...

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£55k a month still being spent on hospital project amid review

Thursday 27 October 2022

The project team working on delivering a new hospital for Jersey is continuing with approximately £55,000 costs per month until further notice, even while the project remains under review, according to the Treasury Minister.This is on top of the almost £77m that the Government have already spent on the 'Our Hospital ...

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Create and celebrate second-hand fashion

Thursday 27 October 2022

The Salvation Army are celebrating second-hand fashion with an evening of up-cycling and re-purposing clothes in their community café.Islanders are invited to the Salvation Army café on Tuesday 15 November to learn how to repur...

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£600k for first survey of Gov's £1bn property portfolio since 2008

Thursday 27 October 2022

The Government is planning to set aside £600,000 to undertake a "detailed and thorough condition survey" of all public properties, with an extra £3million to go towards property maintenance over the next four years.The Government’s property portfolio comprises a total of nearly 900 properties on 867 sites wi...

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Guernsey cannabis tax could be reduced to 0% to fire up industry

Thursday 27 October 2022

Two senior Guernsey politicians want to reduce the rate of tax applied to cannabis cultivation and other income generating activities from 20% to 0% “to encourage more development in this sector”.Deputies Neil Inder and Mark Helyar, who have responsibility for Economic Development and Treasury r...

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