Archive for November, 2009

VETS MEET TO EDUCATE AND CELEBRATE

Guernsey News, 27 November 2009 –  A leading local firm has staged a national convention and awards ceremony for its partners and staff.
Vets4Pets, which operates throughout the UK, held its 2009 congress earlier this month. A total of 228 people attended the event, which was staged at The Belfry, near Birmingham and sponsored by major [...]

Direct Input strengthens its Guernsey Team

Guernsey News, 25 November 2009 – One of the Channel Island’s largest PR and Marketing Agencies, Direct Input, is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Bougourd as an Account Manager to its Guernsey operation. He will be joining Marco Ciotti who is Direct Input’s PR Manager in Guernsey.
Chris comes to Direct Input with over [...]

‘Wash and Squash’ Scheme Helps to Reduce Mont Cuet Landfill

Guernsey News, 24 November 2009 – HSBC in Guernsey would like to thank the island’s community for its tremendous response to the Public Services Department’s ‘Wash and Squash’ scheme, which has recycled 100 tonnes of beverage cartons.
Launched in October 2008 as a joint initiative between the public and private sectors, the local offices of HSBC [...]

KPMG GUERNSEY ACHIEVES INVESTOR IN PEOPLE ACCREDITATION

Guernsey News, 19 November 2009 – KPMG Channel Islands Limited is celebrating after recently being awarded the nationally recognised Investors in People (IIP) accreditation.
The IIP award is the UK’s leading people management business improvement standard and has helped thousands of organisations of all sizes across different sectors to improve the way their business performs. KPMG [...]

Guernsey at cutting edge of innovative fund launch

Guernsey News, 19 November 2009 – Guernsey’s leading position as a jurisdiction of choice for new and innovative funds has been strengthened with the launch of a new scheme that invests in the collectables market.
Launched by investment advisory boutique Emotional Assets Management & Research LLP (EAMR),  the Guernsey-domiciled “Emotional Assets Fund 1 Limited”, will invest [...]

SURE LAUNCHES 3G NETWORK

Guernsey News, 17 November 2009 – Just six weeks after Sure was awarded a 3G licence, it now has a 3G network providing 80% coverage across the Bailiwick, including Sark and Alderney.
The launch of Sure’s 3G service means customers now have faster data access through their mobile handsets. A new range of 3G handsets has [...]

Sure launches fastest mobile internet in the Channel Islands!

Guernsey News, 17 November 2009 – Sure has launched a booster for mobile phones to create the fastest mobile internet in the Channel Islands.
The new booster brings High Speed Mobile Broadband to mobile phones for the first time. Sure customers adding the booster will get download speeds of up to 3.6 megabits per second (Mb/s).
Customers [...]

TWO PROFESSIONALS SHARE EXPERTISE AT STEP LECTURES

Guernsey News, 13 November 2009 – A tax expert and a lawyer will take to the stage next week to talk trusts for the latest in the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) lectures, sponsored by Collins Stewart Wealth Management.
Tony Mancini, tax director at KPMG, will discuss the subject: ‘Shifting sands – the impact [...]

GLOBAL STRATEGIST GIVES EQUITABLE ADVICE

Guernsey News, 13 November 2009 – A LONDON markets expert advised a gathering of business people in Alderney that equity is still a good long term investment, despite equity markets being irrefutably over bought.
Global strategist at Collins Stewart, Rob Jukes, explained that equity prices had been rising for some time and there will almost certainly [...]

SENIOR PROMOTION AT ROSSBOROUGH GUERNSEY

Guernsey News, 13 November 2009 – Ian Stewart has been promoted to Deputy Managing Director of Rossborough Guernsey.
Mr Stewart, 45, has been with the company for nine years and has been promoted from Director to Deputy Managing Director.
His role will focus on assisting the Managing Director with the overall responsibility for the operation of the [...]