Fairbairn employer event success

Wednesday 17th February 2010, 3:00PM GMT.

Fairbairn managing director Greg Horton

FAIRBAIRN Private Bank is an ‘extraordinary’ firm to work for, according to a rating awarded by a company that compiles a list of the best employers in Britain.

The bank has just been given three-star status by Best Companies, which undertook the biggest ever employee survey in the British Isles, covering 270,000 people working for more than 1,000 firms.

The private bank was already acknowledged as a great place to work, having been highly placed in the 2009 Best Companies list published by the Sunday Times. The newspaper publishes a Top 100 and it is likely that Fairbairn’s place will improve further when that comes out later this year.

The bank, which has offices on the Esplanade, was the top finance company and was 15th overall in the small companies section of the 2009 list. Now in the 2010 accreditations, it has been given the three-star rating – one of only 50 companies to achieve the accolade.

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J

February 17, 2010 at 5:11 pm

Well done on a fantastic achievement, maybe you could share some of your wisdom with other companies in Jersey who haven’t got a clue how to treat and motivate staff, starting with the States !

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Arnald

February 17, 2010 at 11:14 pm

“Many offshore jurisdictions allow Companies to be formed, which have little or no tax and reporting requirements. By ensuring that suitable agreements are in place for Trading
Companies, Consultancy Companies and Intellectual Property Holding Companies, it is possible to accumulate the
profits in an Offshore Company where there is no taxation on profits (in the jurisdiction of incorporation).
Laws for Offshore Companies in many jurisdictions mean that Offshore Companies do not need to pay taxes and social
security costs in the jurisdiction of incorporation for staff
working on assignments around the world.”

Copied and pasted from Fairbairn promotional material.

If ripping off other countries is a measure of success floats your boat, then fine. But don’t don’t do it under ‘Jersey’ or ‘Guernsey’.

It’s an abject failure of human values.

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Peter Anthony Troy

February 18, 2010 at 1:31 pm

Arnald

All of that will come to an end thanks to the EU’s new regulatory authorities that will take effect very soon. Yes I know Jersey is not in the EU but that will make no diference.

Because it is “ripping off other countries” ie EU Member States is the reason the long arm of the EU is focused on putting a stop to so much of Jersey’s Financial Industry.

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JT

February 23, 2010 at 5:54 pm

The quote above, posted by Arnald, is not in any of Fairbairn Private Bank’s promotional material and relates to a sister trust company. In addition, trusts and offshore company structures can provide a perfectly legitimate means of asset/profit protection, so perhaps an apology is in order!

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