Guernsey News

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the Bailiwick of Guernsey has risen to four, health officials have said.

Through running an awareness campaign about Bridge 2 Sri Lanka for its temps, The Temp Desk has raised 1,500 for the charity.

A parliamentary delegation led by the Hon. David Agius, MP and comprising of the Hon.

Rising PR professionals are being encouraged to attend a one-day workshop entitled - Strategic Public Relations Planning' on Wednesday 24 June.

ERNST & Young's visual art search has attracted 26 local artists, all eager to be selected for one of three commissions the firm is offering.

The artists have submitted portfolios of their work and suggestions of the piece they would create for the firm’s new office along a theme of “Guernsey’s beauty”. Those entered cover a broad range of ages, artistic education and mediums; from art students to experienced professional painters and amateur photographers.

Control of licences for airlines operating in the Bailiwick of Guernsey could be about to change.

A week's fundraising activity initiatives by Ernst & Young has raised over £2,000 for medical research charity, Hope for Guernsey.

The firm’s corporate responsibility week ran throughout the week and included employees walking or cycling to work, sales of homemade salads and juices and a dress down day.

Guernsey's Insurance Industry is holding up well despite the global recession, according to Peter Child at the Heritage Group.

Speaking after sitting on the panel at Guernsey Finance’s ‘Captive Insurance – beat the trend’ seminar in London in May, Peter said that managers across the board in Guernsey were experiencing a marked increase in interest in captives.

A member of the Board of a Channel Islands facilities management company has received the Chartered Director Award from The Institute of Directors.

Chris Leach, Company Director at Amalgamated Facilities Management for over 12 years (see note 1), has been awarded his Chartered Director Certificate. In order to qualify for the award, Mr Leach had to complete the IOD Diploma in Company Direction successfully, submit a portfolio of experience and pass a Professional Review Interview by a panel of IoD assessors, in London.

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Nominees are being sought to stand as lay members of the Royal Court in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

THE Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) is calling for Channel Islanders to enter the PRide awards.

This is the second time local practitioners have been eligible to enter the annual awards scheme, which showcases the best PR work being carried out in areas of the UK outside of London.

The Wealth Management division of Collins Stewart plc, primarily based in Guernsey and Jersey, has been highlighted for its resilient performance in the current difficult market conditions, according to the Group’s Interim Management Statement issued on 19 May.

The next lecture in the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) lunch time lecture series will take place on Friday 29 May at the OGH Hotel.

The lecture, sponsored by Collins Stewart Wealth Management, will be given by Shaun Lacey of Investec Private Bank on the topic: ‘Trustee investments in the recession’.

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In his 14 years as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, in Newport, the Rev. Lorne Coyle hosted an impressive array of dignitaries, from Queen Elizabeth II to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Posters and advice leaflets about swine flu have been placed at all ports in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Guernsey is thought to have "favourable" tidal resources. Guernsey could start using tidal power on a commercial scale by 2014, one of the island's ministers has predicted.

The European Commission has prepared a set of questions and answers as well as a flowchart to help companies understand when they can and when they cannot send personal data abroad.

Ten of the OECD s list of 35 tax havens are UK overseas territories or dependencies of the British crown.