Ian Le MoigneBACK in June, I highlighted our ongoing concerns with the Population Management Legislation. We therefore resumed our campaign privately with senior politicians and civil servants and one of our committee sits on the Tourism sub-committee and is able to present the CGi’s views at this forum. Our other two themes are States procurement and deferred … Read more
ONE topic that has been top of mind over recent months is GDPR. Have you all taken steps to ensure compliance with our local laws that mirror the EU’s legislation? We are in regular touch with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and if members are encountering issues we would be happy to discuss … Read more
THE CGi really wants to play a part in kick-starting Guernsey’s economy and continues to engage with the key decision makers on the island. We regularly meet with senior civil servants and politicians from the Chief Minister down and discussions have included the Population Management Law (PML), incentives for start-up and local businesses, deferred pensions … Read more
The speaker at our rescheduled AGM on Tuesday 13 March needed little introduction. Deputy Charles Parkinson has recently taken on one of the leading roles in the States Assembly, as President of the Economic Development Committee, and was keen to engage with business groups and industry. We too want to work with and support Deputy … Read more
OUR rescheduled AGM takes place between 6 – 7pm on Wednesday 13th March in the Reading Room at Les Cotils Conference Centre. It will be followed by our Social Function to which members, colleagues and possible new members are invited. At the meeting, Clive will provide an overview of the work undertaken during the past … Read more
We regret to advise that we are to postpone tomorrow’s AGM and social event due to the weather forecast. We will confirm a new date very soon which will be either next week or more likely the week after. Apologies for the late notification. Thank you
OUR AGM takes place between 6 – 7pm on Wednesday 28th February, in the Reading Room at Les Cotils Conference Centre. At the meeting, Clive will provide an overview of the work undertaken during the past 12 months, a review of our financial position and there will follow an election and re-election of committee members. … Read more
Clive outlines our main priorities for this year: The CGi really would like to play its part in kick-starting Guernsey’s economy and we discussed our ideas at a recent meeting with Deputy Charles Parkinson, the new President of the Committee for Economic Development and senior civil servants. We firmly believe that the size of the … Read more
WE bid farewell to Larry Granger, our Managing Director and former Chairman, after his 9 years’ sterling service to the CGi, ably supported by wife Carolyn. Amongst Larry’s numerous and notable achievements over the years have been the successful campaign against the introduction of GST, lobbying to prevent the Sea Fisheries Protection vessel (Leopardess) from … Read more
GUERNSEY’S new population management law needs to be reviewed urgently because the current delays in processing applications prove it isn’t working efficiently, according to a leading island business organisation. The Confederation of Guernsey Industry said it was disappointed – but not surprised – that the new system wasn’t working well and it was worse than … Read more