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ONE of the most important – as well as one of the longest awaited – States documents of recent years will soon be ready for publication after several years of work.

COMMONWEALTH Youth Games gold medallist Dan Halksworth may be forced to miss next year’s Island Games – because he has fallen foul of qualifying rules set by the Jersey Amateur Swimming Association.

FROM the Baltic Sea, the Gulf and the Mediterranean, one Royal Navy sailor was looking forward to her favourite stop of all – Jersey.

A FEW weeks ago a Jersey firm of commercial estate agents sent out a press release about the state of the retail market.

FIRMS making cutbacks in the current financial downturn need to follow Jersey’s employment law properly to avoid compensation costs, according to the head of employment law at Mourant du Feu & Jeune.

ISLAND skaters were yesterday finally celebrating the long-awaited opening of a £125,000 skate park in St Helier.

A NEW online business offering a selection of novelty and nostalgic items has launched in time for Christmas.

From John Henwood. I HAVE long been of the view that the introduction of another supermarket will do little or nothing towards an overall reduction in prices while threatening the existence of smaller convenience shops. However, a recent experience has caused me to pause for thought.

From John Arrowsmith. THE Barclay brothers moved to Brecqhou so that they didn’t have to pay any tax and since then all they’ve done is try to change the rules to suit themselves.

A BUDDING florist has set up a shop in the grounds of a country house in St Lawrence.