Philip Taylor, Stephen Platt and John Boothman

A NEW business school will open next month to teach accredited courses and qualifications to Jersey’s finance industry.

The Jersey International Business School offers a 220-page prospectus of courses for the 13,000 people employed in the finance industry, as well as school leavers looking to learn professional skills.

The school, at the Weighbridge, will be the only place in Jersey that teaches STEP and Institute of Directors qualifications. It will also offer a university-approved graduate diploma in fund administration and, for the first time in the Island, make the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants qualification available online.

In addition, the school has teamed up with the Citizens Advice Bureau to offer free workshops next year for those who want to learn more about the basics of finance.

JIBS has been set up by three Island finance professionals with the help of a UK professor. Prof David Jackman will join Philip Taylor, who has recently become a commissioner at the Jersey Financial Services Commission, Jersey Telecom chairman John Boothman and BakerPlatt group chairman Stephen Platt on the JIBS board.