Tag: States of Jersey
Jersey signs tax agreement with Luxembourg
Jersey signed a comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) with Luxembourg yesterday (17 April 2013). This is the Island’s eighth DTA and 39th international tax agreement that meets the OECD tax standards on transparency and information exchange. The DTA was signed at the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in London by the Assistant Chief [...]
TTS recruiting more apprentices
Transport and Technical Services (TTS) is currently seeking to recruit some new apprentices as part of its ongoing programme of training local people in technical skills. TTS is offering up to eight apprenticeship posts, two in each of the following areas: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, motor vehicle engineering and gardening and groundsmanship, for a fixed [...]
La Collette emergency evacuation exercise
An emergency exercise has been taking place at La Collette today. The main site operators, businesses and occupiers of the La Collette Industrial area have been taking part in a simulated table top exercise to keep up to date on the arrangements for response and evacuation in the event of an incident on the site. [...]
Housing Minister’s proposals endorsed by leading expert
The Housing Minister, Deputy Andrew Green, has published a note from Professor Christine Whitehead OBE, a leading expert in housing and former Director of the University of Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, setting out her thoughts on the proposals he has made for social housing reform (P.33/2013). Professor Whitehead undertook the initial review [...]
Minister publishes update on capital and infrastructure spending
The Treasury and Resources Minister has published a report to the States in which he sets out the progress on capital spending in 2013, including an assessment of capital cash flows on a quarter by quarter basis. The Minister also makes a further response to the recommendations made by the Fiscal Policy Panel (FPP) in [...]
New record for Advance to Work job offers
A record number of Advance to Work trainees started work in March – beating the previous best recorded in the same month last year. This March, 22 of the employment scheme’s trainees started work following their time with the scheme. This brings the total of Advance to Work trainees offered work in 2013 to 45. [...]
Trackers Apprentices: Your chance to be hired
Islanders who want to join the Trackers Apprenticeship programme have until Sunday 28 April to complete an application to start this year. Up to 55 additional places will be available on the new programme from September 2013. Trackers, which was launched last year and offers a modern style training for people alongside workplace experience, is [...]
Customs and Immigration Service Annual Report 2012
The Customs and Immigration Service has published its Annual Report for the year 2012. The Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand, says: “I am very pleased to receive the Customs and Immigration Service’s Annual Report. The Report demonstrates how the Service continues to perform at a high standard to protect our Island from the [...]
Gloucester Street and Esplanade route improvement works
On Friday 19 April 2013, surveys will commence on Gloucester Street and the Esplanade and continue until Sunday 21 April 2013. This survey work is in preparation for route improvement works on these two important roads. These schemes will form part of ongoing maintenance of 167 miles of States of Jersey highway by Transport and [...]
Chief Minister to visit United Arab Emirates
Chief Minister, Senator Ian Gorst, will visit the United Arab Emirates between 20 April 2013 and 23 April 2013. This is part of an increasingly busy programme of engagement with the region, which has seen a recent visit to Jersey by the Emirati Ambassador to the UK, as well as separate visits to the UAE [...]
