Dave Newman, Chairman, said: We are pleased that some restrictive elements of the Population Management Law have now been relaxed which should make it easier for local firms to recruit and retain staff. Any changes that help to alleviate some of the labour acute shortages felt across all sectors on the Island are welcomed. We … Read more
The Annual General Meeting of the CGi takes place at 6:00pm on Tuesday 25 April at the Little Big Brewery in St George’s Esplanade and all members are invited. Following the AGM, guest speaker Simon Le Tocq of the GTA will present details of the proposed new apprenticeship schemes. After Simon’s presentation, we will be … Read more
Education Law Review questionnaire THE CGi has been asked to provide feedback on the Education Law Review by the Committee for Economic Development. You may be aware of this and already contributed to the questionnaire. One of the provisions includes the possible introduction of a ‘participation age. This would require young people to remain engaged in some … Read more
The Guernsey Press has published our recommendations earlier this week that the States should review income tax and social insurance reforms.
Dave Newman, CGi’s chairman, was interviewed by BBC Guernsey’s Darcy Kelly on Tuesday 21 February on how the States can find alternative ways of raising revenues in the light of the rejection of GST last week. Dave talks of the Swords Report by Henley Business School, commissioned a few years ago on GST and how … Read more
FOLLOWING feedback received from its members, the Confederation of Guernsey (CGi) is reiterating its call for the States to consider changes in income tax and social insurance reform, a review of corporation tax and a proper evaluation of some capital projects in order to raise funds to pay for public services. This follows the decision … Read more
THE Confederation of Guernsey has raised concerns that the proposed GST will have a detrimental effect on local businesses, be costly to administer and fails to address the reality of living on an island with finite resource. The CGi has re-emphasised its preference for a modest rise in income tax along with other measures. The … Read more
The CGi has long maintained its objection to the introduction of a tax on consumption (GST) in the Island. We believe it will have a detrimental effect on local businesses, be costly to administer and our preference is for a rise in income tax along with other measures through which the States can raise revenues. … Read more
As members will be aware, the States recently debated and approved all of the proposed changes to the PML put forward by Home Affairs, designed to try and alleviate some of the recruitment issues across the Island. Claire, one of our committee members and the go-to on the legislation, has kindly put together a summary … Read more
Hello to all our members A couple of weeks have now passed since the legislation was approved by the States and I wanted to offer you the CGi committee’s perspective. I would like to thank all of you who fed back to the committee their thoughts and suggestions prior to the States debate and we … Read more