A JERSEY registered mining group is about to start building what will be one of the largest gold mines in Africa.
Business
Businesses lap up new Swimarathon cup
ISLAND firms are being challenged to try and win a new trophy to be awarded to the business team to swim the most Swimarathon laps.
Business as usual as Co-op take over parish filling station
ST Mary’s filling station has been bought by the Co-op, which wants to turn the shop there into an En Route store.
Law firm homes in on Asian markets with Hong Kong opening
JERSEY-based international law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has opened an office in Hong Kong.
Trust company held ‘not fit and proper’ agrees to cease trading
A LITANY of compliance failures has led to a trust company having to agree to cease trading.
Benefits in kind rules delayed to mid-year
BUSINESSES will not have to include the value of perks until the middle of the year when calculating social security payments.
Law firm’s hand in £1.5 billion purchase of engineering firm
LAW firm Carey Olsen has advised Colfax UK Holdings Ltd on its £1.528 billion acquisition of Charter International plc.
Finance industry on a ‘charm offensive’
BRAZIL and other South American countries should be prime targets for the Jersey finance industry in 2012 and beyond.
Cutting price of weaker beer ‘could revive ailing pub trade’
WEAKER beer could be just the tonic to revive Jersey’s ailing pub trade, says the boss of one of the Island’s biggest bar chains.
BIRD WATCH 2012
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The 11th Great Garden Bird Watch took place over the weekend, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. JEP readers were asked to get on board to help monitor bird life in the Island.








