Jobs go as costs and GST bite

Thursday 7th August 2008, 3:00PM BST.

THE loss of a dozen jobs at the Airport has been blamed on GST and the high cost of living in Jersey.

Yesterday 12 employees of Jersey Aircraft Maintenance, the engineering group of Aviation Beauport, were told that the company will be closing down at the end of next month because it is has been losing hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Managing director Greg Graham (pictured) said that it was a very sad day and that the introduction of GST had been the last straw for the business.

‘There are a number of complex reasons why we have decided to cease trading. Staff are getting older and older and we cannot replace them because the high cost of living in Jersey has made it harder to replace retired engineers. There is also a shortage of aero engineers in Europe.

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bob

August 7, 2008 at 5:16 pm

Well done Terry, bet you don’t care though , your alright with your properties and states salary.Spare a thought for those families that now can’t pay the bills.

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Mike

August 7, 2008 at 6:36 pm

I agree thanks terry, you really should be our next first minister then you can shaft more of the ordinary people of our Island

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paul H

August 8, 2008 at 1:13 pm

this is only the start of it i can
see more people out of work even
strikes on a big scale but never
mind the states members will be
okay i bet when they vote for a
pay rise it be more than 3%

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