AIB avoids errors of its peers

AIB Group has reported pre-tax profits of 1.28 billion euros for the first half of the year – a three per cent drop on last year.


‘I won’t be Chief Minister’

ST HELIER Constable Simon Crowcroft will not stand for Chief Minister.


Saunders among favourites for Ogier Triathlon on Sunday

JERSEY athlete Nick Saunders will be one of the favourites in a field of 120 local and visiting competitors taking part in this Sunday’s Ogier Triathlon event.


Overseas aid: We would not need all this charity if justice prevailed

From Jean Andersson. TWO sentences in particular in the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission annual report caught my eye, and I would like to respond to these.


Investec expands with triple move

INVESTEC Bank Channel Islands continues to expand its Jersey branch with the appointment of Dom Michon, Richard Thomas and Mark Forster to the financial intermediaries team.


In the driving seat: Carlton Le Feuvre

Carlton Le Feuvre is the owner and director of aMaizin! at La Hougue Farm, St Peter, with his wife, Kristina


Cricket inter-insular in pictures

JERSEY celebrated victory against Guernsey in the annual inter-insular cricket match last weekend.


Students celebrate A-Level successes

STUDENTS in Jersey have been celebrating their A-level results, after outshining their UK counterparts again, with an almost 100 per cent pass rate.


We can reduce our use of fossil fuels

From Daniel Wimberley. THE Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, the Scrutiny panels on aid and, according to the Overseas Aid annual report, the majority of the Council of Ministers all now agree that Jersey should fulfil the UN target of 0.7% of gross national income to be given in overseas aid.


Income support

From Peter Ward. SINCE January 2008 people not earning high wages and those without employment have had to become part of the income support system. I am on this system, and am also under a GP.