MONEY raised locally has helped England’s leading rugby union club develop its facilities.
There’s no going back at Portelet – but we can stop building on Field 528
From Ian Ronayne. YOUR paper’s recent focus on the new development at Portelet, and people’s response to it, made compelling reading.
Maternity law: Plans ‘shameful’
FIERCE criticism has been levelled at plans to introduce a law on maternity leave in Jersey because it will still leave the Island lagging far behind its UK and European counterparts.
Businesses ‘would find it hard to cope’
EMPLOYERS would find it hard to cope if Jersey had a law on maternity leave in line with the UK, the Chamber of Commerce has said.
Homebuy scheme defended
THE former Housing Minister has defended a scheme that enables Islanders to buy family homes at a discounted price following criticism from the States in-house spending watchdog.
Longueville site ‘should be for social housing’
UP to 30 affordable houses could be built on a protected area in St Saviour, if Senator Jim Perchard has his way.
A sign of the difficult times
A TOWN trader who fought a seven-month battle to get a six-foot temporary sign approved says that the planning system is a farce.
Jersey will aim to hit top gear
JERSEY Rugby Club will have more than victory on their mind away to relegated Hinkley this afternoon.
Increasing the retirement age is one thing. Changing attitudes to older workers is another
The inevitability of an increase in the pension age could lull us into a feeling of false security.
Judge Portelet when it is finished
From Sir Richard MacCormac. I WROTE an article for Country Life (20 years ago!) with the title, ‘Tyranny of the Familiar’.
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