Two people claiming to be Channel Island’s financial services operators have been making extensive comments on two blogs on this site. Despite the claims of
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Jersey: a house built on sand
Jersey has issued its Economic Digest for 2007. It is a fascinating document. These are some of the highlights: ¬? In 2006 Jersey’s total GVA
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All’s not well offshore
I seem to have touched a raw nerve in Jersey and Guernsey with a recent blog (There are lies, d***ed lies and some in the
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Down at the zoo
The Observer highlighted a curious story today: 100 of the world’s biggest multinationals help [Jersey] zoo look after its rare birds, insects and giant mammals
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No, no, no
Richard Hay of London lawyers Stikeman Elliot has been in Jersey offering more of his well known opinion, which is always strongly pro-tax havens. As
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There are lies, d***ed lies and some in the offshore financial services industry
My blog entitled The Crown Protectorates – Open for Money Laundering was reposted on the Is This Jersey? web site. They often are. And, as
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Jersey in cloud cuckoo land
Jersey’s Treasury Minister, Terry le Sueur was in fine form this week. When presenting the budget for 2008 he did three things. First he promised
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The Crown Protectorates – open for money laundering
The National Audit Office Report on the Crown Protectorates is shocking. I knew things were bad in the tax havens, but not this bad. I’ll
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Jersey says Northern Rock’s OK – what a relief!
The Jersey Evening Post today has a story that says: JERSEY’S involvement in a complex deal involving stricken UK bank Northern Rock has been entirely
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