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Minister responds to UK's rejection of EU deal
 
 
The Minister for External Relations, Senator Ian Gorst, has released the following comments regarding last night's UK parliamentary vote on the EU withdrawal agreement: “Members of the British Parliament chose to reject the government’s proposed agreement setting out the arrangements for the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. "The Prime Minister will now have three days in which to present an alternative proposal to Parliament. Jersey will scrutin...
 
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EY recruits Advisory Director
 
 
EY has appointed Mark Le Page as an Advisory Director based in its Guernsey office.  Mark joins EY after more than 16 years at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), four of which he spent as Deputy Director for the Investment sector, and latterly the Investment and Fiduciary sectors.  During this time, Mark was responsible for divisional and policy initiatives, including the launch of the Private Investment Fund and Manager Led Product.  In his new role, Mark wi...
 
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Grant Thornton appoints Head of Marketing
 
 
Grant Thornton has appointed Jo Buchanan as Head of Marketing (Jersey) to support the firm's ongoing growth initiatives. An experienced marketing communications specialist and digital marketer, Jo has more than 18 years’ experience supporting organisations in the field of lending, customer operations and change management. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and holds Chartered Marketer status.  She joins Grant Thornton from project management specialist M...
 
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Equiom seminars to focus on UK property and EU substance
 
 
Professional services provider Equiom is to deliver insights into investing in UK property and EU substance rules at its annual seminars later this month. The seminars, entitled General market update – key considerations for 2019 and beyond, will be held on 29 January from 8am to 9.30am at the Old Government House in St Peter Port, Guernsey, and on 30 January, from 8.30am to 10am at the Pomme d’Or Hotel in St Helier, Jersey. The agenda will kick off with an introduction from Ric...
 
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Dickinson Gleeson appoints to disputes team
 
 
Law firm Dickinson Gleeson has made two senior appointments to its dispute resolution team. Advocate Robert Christie (pictured right) has been promoted to Partner and Pierre Ali-Noor has joined the firm as a Senior Associate.    Robert joined the firm in 2015, having previously worked for Ogier in the British Virgin Islands and practised at the English Bar in London. He continues to build a practice focusing on trusts, company, commercial and insolvency litigation. He qualifie...
 
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New Managing Director named for Nedgroup Trust
 
 
Daniel Bisson has been appointed Managing Director of Nedgroup Trust, the Channel Islands-based trust and corporate services business of Nedbank Private Wealth.  Daniel will be responsible for leading the team to grow the international trust business across Guernsey and Jersey.   Based in Guernsey, Daniel brings to the role more than 20 years’ experience in the global fiduciary and corporate sector. Most recently, he was Vice President, Wealth Structuring, at Butterfield Trus...
 
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FEATURES
 
 
The corporate icing on the cake
 
 
Patisserie Valerie is just one of several recent high-profile corporate governance failures – and that’s putting board directors under increasing pressure to go beyond their statutory duties towards the companies they oversee It was the latest case of a boardroom malfunctioning. The parent company of upmarket cake emporium Patisserie Valerie announced that it had found a ‘material shortfall’ – otherwise known as a black hole in the accounts – and needed an...
 
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China: in search of growth
 
 
Channel Island businesses have long seen China as a growth opportunity, but as the country seeks to take a bigger role on the global stage, is it time for a renewed focus on the Middle Kingdom? Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the global stage has witnessed growing tension between a dominant US superpower and a resurgent China, with many in the US coming to view it as a strategic threat, from both a military and an economic perspective. Sustained economic growth has made...
 
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