New business overseer ‘will have total independence’

Thursday 25th August 2011, 3:00PM BST.

Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean

A NEW body that will hand out business advice and grants will not be part of the public sector and will not employ any civil servants.

A new States-funded body is due to take over the roles of Jersey Business Venture and Jersey Enterprise at the start of next year, and it has been confirmed by Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean that that the new organisation will be called Business Jersey and will handle most aspects of supporting primarily non-finance local business development.

Senator Maclean said that plans were being advanced by a working group from the Economic Development department and Jersey Business Venture.

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Dave

August 25, 2011 at 4:33 pm

I expect all the usual retired bankers, accountants, advocates, public employees and states members will serve on this as well.

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Overpopulated

August 25, 2011 at 6:11 pm

And what are they going to do to create jobs for LOCALS?

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C Le Verdic

August 25, 2011 at 7:34 pm

‘A NEW body that will hand out business advice and grants will not be part of the public sector and will not employ any civil servants.
A new States-funded body…’

That’s right. It will employ somebody’s mates using public money.

This is Jersey.

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Dave

August 26, 2011 at 7:27 pm

I can already almost name a few of the people who will control this new body. It’s Board will no doubt be made up of people who are already on the Boards of Jersey Telecoms, Jersey Post, Jersey Milk and WEB plus a few of the JFSC Commissioners.

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small money

August 30, 2011 at 7:15 pm

total independance , handing out taxpayers money.
who has controll of this new quango??
sorry if its funded by the states , they are civil servants ,no?
so it will not be part of the public sector,
so it must be private?
like many ordinary folk, today i feel a very giddy mushroom.

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Pip Clement

August 30, 2011 at 9:52 pm

“Like many ordinary folk, today I feel a very giddy mushroom.”

Kept in the dark and fed on a byproduct of the cattle industry?
We, the poor old taxpayers, will pay for this but who will this body be answerable to for it’s use of funds, objectives and day to day management?
Alan Maclean is an innocent rich boy swimming in a world of sharks but it is our flesh that they are eating!

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Dave

August 31, 2011 at 1:40 pm

‘will have total independence’

So, millions are going to be handed over to a independent body and they can then hand out grants to their friends and pet projects?

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