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IT is time the States stopped providing services that would be more efficiently delivered differently, says the president of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce.

From Julie Gafoor, operational manager, Child and Family Services, Family Nursing and Home Care.

Jersey United Banks go into the next round of the Hampshire Plate believing that they are strong enough to make the final.

From Brian Hotton. ROGER Goodwin’s letter (JEP, 29 December) was headlined ‘Jersey is not so bad’.

TWO local firms are close to securing backing from UK-based investors as a result of pitches they put before a panel of business angels in Jersey last month.

So far I’ve managed to avoid the traditional seasonal media trick of regurgitating last year’s news, but don’t hold your breath – is it that there isn’t too much news out there, or more probably, I think most journalists are simply taking a break.

AT a time when good news is in short supply, the 2010 New Year Honours List was particularly welcome in Jersey.

CYCLISTS could soon be forced to wear helmets by law.

HERE we are again at the end of that interlude stretching from Christmas until just after the New Year that seems removed from normal time.

I KNOW that it was published a couple of weeks ago but what with trying to play a polite host to Herself’s tribe over the holiday – my prayers about snow and all that forcing a cancellation of their flight were sadly not answered – I’ve only just managed to read the interview with David [...]