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ISSUE 14<br />
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PLANNING WITH<br />
PRECISION IN 2019<br />
By James Gavey<br />
Chartered Architectural Technologist<br />
Founder/Director, JG Architecture Ltd<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
7 WELCOME ABOARD!<br />
Message from Mark Darby,<br />
Aurigny’s Chief Executive Officer<br />
8 AURIGNY NEWS<br />
15 THE BLOOD OF FAIRIES<br />
Discover Guernsey’s local myths<br />
18 LOCATE GUERNSEY<br />
Island of seasons<br />
20 STEP INTO THE NEW YEAR<br />
Explore the island and rack up<br />
your steps<br />
23 COMPETITON<br />
Win a trip to Guernsey<br />
24 WHAT'S ON<br />
Forthcoming events in the<br />
Bailiwick and beyond<br />
26 A WORLD APART<br />
Step back in time on the island of Sark<br />
32 MADE IN GUERNSEY<br />
Hear from Guernsey chocolatier<br />
Ben Le Prevost<br />
37 WHERE EAST MEETS WEST<br />
Discover Singapore and the ease of<br />
connecting through London with Aurigny<br />
40 BRIGHTON WITH LITTLE ONES<br />
<strong>En</strong> <strong>Voyage</strong> editor Natalie takes<br />
her family to Brighton<br />
45 HOTEL PICKS<br />
46 2019 IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE<br />
Uncover the epicentre of style<br />
and exclusivity<br />
50 48 HOURS IN YORK<br />
52 THE INCREDIBLE REVIVAL<br />
OF ALTRINCHAM<br />
A thriving market town waiting<br />
to be discovered<br />
59 RESTAURANT PICKS<br />
61 BUSINESS NEWS<br />
Inspiring interviews and local<br />
business news<br />
101 GUERNSEY HOCKEY<br />
Guernsey’s Hockey LBG<br />
is winning on and off the pitch<br />
104 PADEL TENNIS<br />
Discover this increasingly popular sport<br />
107 SPORTS DIARY<br />
108 COMMUNITY SPIRIT<br />
112 COLOURING COMPETITION<br />
115 IN-FLIGHT AND DUTY FREE<br />
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1968<br />
Founded<br />
15 MILLION<br />
Aurigny carried its<br />
fifteen millionth passenger<br />
in 2016<br />
AURIGNY<br />
GUERNSEY’S AIRLINE<br />
1977<br />
First airline in the world to<br />
ban smoking on all services<br />
550,000<br />
Passengers<br />
carried in 2017<br />
OK, it’s not the easiest of names –<br />
pronounced Or-ree-nee – but it’s<br />
certainly one that islanders are proud<br />
of. ‘Aurigny’ is the Norman name for<br />
Alderney, the northern island in the<br />
Bailiwick of Guernsey, where Aurigny<br />
Air Services was launched in 1968.<br />
Aurigny has been serving the Channel<br />
Islands for over 50 years and is owned<br />
by the States of Guernsey.<br />
2017<br />
Voted 3rd best<br />
short-haul airline<br />
in the Telegraph<br />
Travel Awards<br />
10<br />
Routes<br />
MANCHESTER<br />
BRISTOL<br />
LONDON<br />
GATWICK<br />
LEEDS<br />
BRADFORD<br />
(Seasonal)<br />
EAST<br />
MIDLANDS<br />
LONDON<br />
STANSTED<br />
NORWICH<br />
(Seasonal)<br />
2017<br />
Ranked best<br />
short-haul airline<br />
by Which?<br />
8<br />
Aircraft<br />
SOUTHAMPTON<br />
ALDERNEY<br />
GUERNSEY<br />
300<br />
Staff<br />
1<br />
In-flight marriage<br />
GRENOBLE<br />
(Seasonal)<br />
1<br />
Birth on board<br />
Between Alderney<br />
and Guernsey<br />
1<br />
FA Cup<br />
Flown to Guernsey<br />
on 19th August 2016<br />
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WELCOME ABOARD!<br />
MARK DARBY<br />
CHIEF<br />
EXECUTIVE<br />
OFFICER<br />
Can I just take this opportunity to wish you<br />
a very Happy New Year and I hope you have<br />
plenty to look forward to heading into 2019.<br />
As you probably know, last year was a<br />
memorable year for everyone associated with<br />
Aurigny, as we celebrated our 50th anniversary.<br />
I’m pleased to say that there’s plenty more to<br />
look forward to as we head into the New Year,<br />
with plans for even more community activities,<br />
events and competitions in the coming months.<br />
I’m also delighted to say that we’re also<br />
experiencing one of our busiest every winter<br />
periods, connecting tens of thousands<br />
of our customers with their friends and<br />
loved ones for their special celebrations.<br />
Here at Aurigny, we’ve also had our fair share<br />
of celebrations and I’ve had the honour of<br />
handing out a number of Long Service Awards<br />
to colleagues, who have dedicated much of<br />
their working life to Aurigny. One of the biggest<br />
accolades has gone to Jayne Campbell, a<br />
familiar face, on our Ticket Desk at Guernsey<br />
Airport and on pages 8 she shares a few of<br />
her memories from her 30 years of service.<br />
Jayne is just one of the so many staff at Aurigny<br />
who has given years of loyal service to the<br />
airline and without their dedication and hard<br />
work, none of what we do, would be possible.<br />
I’d therefore, like to take this opportunity to<br />
publicly thank them all for their hard work and<br />
commitment to the airline through the years.<br />
In addition to staff celebrations, we recently<br />
celebrated when the project to hang ‘JOEY’ at<br />
Oatlands was named engineering project of the<br />
year at the Guernsey Property and Construction<br />
Awards (see page 8). This project involved a<br />
huge amount of effort from our engineering<br />
department, to make sure the iconic Trislander,<br />
made its way safely to its new home. In many<br />
ways it was bitter sweet for many staff at<br />
Aurigny who had spent many years either<br />
flying or maintaining the much loved aircraft.<br />
Looking ahead to the New Year, we’re gearing<br />
up for a very busy 2019 in Guernsey, and while<br />
the temperature might have dropped, the<br />
Bailiwick is still one of the most beautiful places<br />
to visit in the British Isles – whatever the season.<br />
If you’re new to the islands, this edition<br />
features the first of a two-part series on the<br />
island of Sark on pages 26-28; a fascinating<br />
place to visit, with stunning scenery and<br />
unique quirks that make it must see.<br />
For those looking to kick start the New Year<br />
with a short break or holiday away from the<br />
island, there are great options, right across our<br />
network, no matter what your age or interests.<br />
In this edition we’ve got a great guide to<br />
family fun in Brighton, on pages 40-43.<br />
Wherever your heading and whatever<br />
your plans, thank you for flying with us<br />
today and we look forward to seeing<br />
you many more times this year.<br />
Here’s to a great 2019!!!<br />
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AURIGNY NEWS<br />
JAYNE<br />
CAMPBELL<br />
For endless numbers of<br />
passengers, Jayne Campbell<br />
has been a familiar and friendly<br />
face at Aurigny’s Guernsey<br />
ticket desk, always willing to<br />
help in any way she can.<br />
In appreciation of her hard work<br />
and dedication, Jayne has been<br />
honoured with a Long Service<br />
Award for more than 30 years<br />
of loyal service at Aurigny and<br />
she says that it’s her ability to<br />
help customers in challenging<br />
situations that has been one of the<br />
most rewarding parts of her role.<br />
And while the ticket desk,<br />
and even the airport terminal,<br />
may have changed and been<br />
revamped many times over<br />
the years, Jayne is still behind<br />
the desk, ready and waiting to<br />
deal with the daily challenges<br />
that come with airport life.<br />
‘I’m very proud and honoured<br />
to have served our local airline<br />
for 30 years throughout all the<br />
many changes and growth<br />
in the company,’ she said.<br />
‘The most enjoyable and<br />
rewarding part of my job is helping<br />
people in various situations that<br />
we have to deal with on a daily<br />
basis. Every day is different.<br />
‘When I think back on my years<br />
at Aurigny, and I feel this applies<br />
to a lot of staff and customers of<br />
a certain age, I have memories of<br />
the old airport where travelling<br />
was more an experience and<br />
not as normal as it is now.<br />
‘My first bookings were done by<br />
radio to Alderney, no computers<br />
anywhere and being able to<br />
issue one ticket for the whole<br />
family. I remember the queues<br />
we had for day trips to Jersey,<br />
Alderney and France and if we<br />
needed more seats a quick<br />
phone call to Operations and<br />
an extra flight was added.’<br />
While much has changed<br />
over 30 years at the airport,<br />
Jayne still enjoys the daily<br />
challenges that her role at<br />
Aurigny throws up and looks<br />
forward to helping many more<br />
customers in the coming years.<br />
‘I would like to thank all the<br />
people and close colleagues that<br />
I have worked with over the past<br />
30 years for the help and support<br />
which they have given me.’<br />
THE SUSPENSION OF<br />
G-JOEY WINS AWARD<br />
The suspension of Aurigny’s<br />
iconic aircraft G-JOEY, at Oatlands,<br />
was named the engineering<br />
project of the year at the Guernsey<br />
Property and Construction Awards.<br />
The construction feat took<br />
the prestigious award at the<br />
glittering awards ceremony held at<br />
Guernsey’s Beau Sejour.<br />
Hundreds of people attended the<br />
event, hosted by motorsport duo<br />
Andy and Seb Priaulx, where the<br />
G-Joey project was honoured in<br />
its category.<br />
Last year, the much-loved<br />
Trislander G-JOEY made his very<br />
final journey as he headed to his<br />
new home at Oatlands.<br />
Due to the size of Joey, he had to<br />
be taken to Oatlands in two trips.<br />
Firstly, the wings and engine were<br />
transported in the morning. Then<br />
the fuselage, with the distinctive<br />
Joey face, headed out on the<br />
roads in the afternoon.<br />
Joey was then moved into the<br />
new play barn being constructed<br />
at Oatlands, where the wings and<br />
engines were reattached. G-Joey<br />
was then raised and suspended<br />
from a specially engineered steel<br />
structure in the roof of the play barn.<br />
Paul Williams, Aurigny’s Group<br />
Technical Director, who attended<br />
the awards ceremony on behalf<br />
of Aurigny, said: ‘All of the team<br />
here at Aurigny are very proud to<br />
have been part of the relocation of<br />
JOEY to Oatlands.<br />
‘This was a unique project for our<br />
engineers, one that allowed them<br />
to use the many years of experience<br />
they have gained working at Aurigny<br />
to ensure the transporting, reassembly<br />
and eventual ‘lifting’ of<br />
JOEY into the roof at Oatlands went<br />
smoothly and on schedule without<br />
any delays or incidents.<br />
'This was a bittersweet event<br />
for a lot of the engineers here at<br />
Aurigny who have spent many<br />
years maintaining JOEY whilst he<br />
was flying, and then putting in a lot<br />
of hard work to make sure JOEY<br />
looked his best for his final home<br />
where I am sure he will be fondly<br />
remembered by all those islanders<br />
and visitors who go to visit him<br />
in Oatlands.<br />
Paul said everyone at Aurigny<br />
wishes G-JOEY and Oatlands all<br />
the very best for the future.<br />
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AURIGNY NEWS<br />
NEW EUROPEAN<br />
TRIPS A POSSIBILITY<br />
FOR 2019<br />
We are exploring the possibility<br />
of further one-off European flights,<br />
following the success of the trips to<br />
Bordeaux and Malaga last year.<br />
We have been overwhelmed with<br />
the support and praise customers<br />
have given to the direct European<br />
flights, which were launched as part<br />
of our 50th anniversary.<br />
In November, we organised a return<br />
trip to Malaga, for seven nights, which<br />
was a sell out in both directions and a<br />
huge success.<br />
Among those keen to see a repeat<br />
this year was Kay Harding, who won<br />
a competition through the Guernsey<br />
Press, to win two free tickets on the<br />
Malaga trip. She gave the ticket to her<br />
step daughter and grandson, so they<br />
could go on a special holiday.<br />
‘She thought it was fantastic, it was<br />
so convenient with her little one,’ said<br />
Kay. ‘Her mother lives in Spain so it<br />
was great.<br />
‘We are all really keen to hear about<br />
the next trip.’<br />
MY STUDENT EVENTS<br />
A teenage media team were<br />
given unique ‘behind the<br />
scenes’ access to the Aurigny<br />
operations when they took<br />
their cameras to the Aurigny<br />
hangar and Guernsey Airport.<br />
Aurigny has partnered with<br />
My Students Events (MSE) to<br />
provide an insight into the<br />
day-to-day challenges that<br />
come with running an airline.<br />
The team had the chance<br />
to meet the many staff from<br />
across the airline involved in all<br />
aspects of the live operations;<br />
from <strong>En</strong>gineering and Ground<br />
Operations to Check-In,<br />
Ticket Desk and Crew.<br />
MSE Senior Partner Anthony<br />
Reynolds said: ‘We are delighted<br />
to be teaming up with Aurigny<br />
on this project. Our teenage<br />
media team is busy capturing<br />
behind the scenes insights into<br />
the many parts of the Aurigny<br />
family. People may be surprised<br />
to see how many dedicated<br />
people facilitate journeys to and<br />
from Guernsey on a daily basis.’<br />
Videos of the experience<br />
are available on the MSE and<br />
Aurigny Facebook pages.<br />
MALAGA<br />
ATR 42<br />
Trislander<br />
BAGGAGE ADVICE<br />
FOR PASSENGERS<br />
AW<br />
AURIGNY STAFF<br />
BEARD UP<br />
Staff at Aurigny grew wonderful<br />
whiskers in November to support<br />
one of the airline’s chosen<br />
charities of 2018, Male Uprising<br />
Guernsey (MUG).<br />
Dominic Mayer, Ed Eagles,<br />
Derwent Smithurst and Liam Arnold<br />
are all supporting MUG with its<br />
‘Beard Up’ campaign and grew<br />
impressive sets of facial hair.<br />
DORNIER 228<br />
They helped to raise vital funds<br />
for the charity, with all the money<br />
raised going towards supporting the<br />
island's local male cancer patients.<br />
We’d like to thank Dominic, Ed,<br />
Derwent and Liam for their efforts.<br />
DORNIER 220K<br />
Always secure a tag onto<br />
your baggage containing<br />
key contact details,<br />
including where you will<br />
be staying.<br />
Insert a sheet of paper into<br />
your bag with key personal<br />
details, such as your name,<br />
contact details, flight<br />
numbers and address of<br />
where you will be staying.<br />
Carry any essential items,<br />
such as medication and<br />
money, with you on the<br />
flight.<br />
Customise the look of your<br />
bag to make it easier to<br />
identify.<br />
Immediately report the<br />
loss of checked luggage<br />
if it does not arrive at your<br />
destination. Do this before<br />
leaving the airport.<br />
ATR 42<br />
Trislander<br />
DORNIER 228<br />
DORNIER 220K<br />
Embraer 190<br />
OUR<br />
FLEET<br />
Embraer 195<br />
NUMBER IN FLEET 1<br />
BUILT Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil<br />
ENGINES<br />
2 x General Electric CF34-10E7 Turbofans<br />
MAXIMUM SPEED 542 knots (624 mph)<br />
PASSENGERS CARRIED 122<br />
RANGE 2,500 miles (4,023 km)<br />
Embraer 190<br />
ATR 72<br />
NUMBER IN FLEET 3<br />
BUILT Toulouse, France<br />
ENGINES<br />
ATR 70<br />
2 x Pratt & Whitney PW-127 M Turboprops<br />
MAXIMUM SPEED 276 knots (318 mph)<br />
PASSENGERS CARRIED 72<br />
RANGE 1,023 miles (1,646 km)<br />
ATR 70<br />
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SAFETY<br />
FIRST<br />
HAND BAGGAGE<br />
Once you’ve boarded and located<br />
your seat, please ensure your hand<br />
baggage is stowed safely. Small bags<br />
can be placed underneath the seat in<br />
front of you, unless you are seated in<br />
an emergency exit row.<br />
All other items should be placed<br />
inside an overhead locker. Please<br />
take care when opening the<br />
overhead lockers as items may have<br />
moved during flight and falling items<br />
may cause injury.<br />
YOUR SAFETY<br />
We want to look after you on board<br />
and our main concern is for your<br />
safety and that of the Aurigny crew.<br />
Cabin crew are here primarily for your<br />
safety, so please pay attention to their<br />
instructions. Any feedback about the<br />
crew and flight is welcomed.<br />
Life jackets are provided for use<br />
in the extremely unlikely event of<br />
an emergency. It is an offence to<br />
tamper with or remove them without<br />
authorisation and this may jeopardise<br />
the safety of others.<br />
Both staff and passengers have the<br />
right to fly within a calm, safe and<br />
friendly environment. Aurigny has<br />
a zero-tolerance policy towards<br />
any violent, disruptive or offensive<br />
behaviour, and crew have been<br />
trained to deal with such incidents.<br />
SMOKING<br />
Smoking of cigarettes and<br />
e-cigarettes is not permitted on<br />
board, including within the toilets.<br />
FOOD ALLERGIES<br />
Allergy information is available for all<br />
snacks – please see the packaging<br />
label or ask a member of the crew.<br />
ELECTRONIC DEVICES *<br />
HANDHELD DEVICES WITH<br />
A ‘FLIGHT SAFE’ MODE<br />
Handheld devices, such as tablets,<br />
e-readers and mobile phones, may<br />
be used during all phases of the<br />
flight, provided the ‘flight safe’ mode<br />
is enabled before departure. Larger<br />
devices must be safely secured in<br />
hand luggage during taxi, take-off<br />
and landing, either in the overhead<br />
locker or under the seat in front<br />
of you. Any device that transmits or<br />
receives communications but does<br />
not have a ‘flight safe’ mode must be<br />
switched off from doors closed to<br />
doors open.<br />
LAPTOPS, ULTRA-BOOKS<br />
AND NOTEBOOKS<br />
Devices may be used during boarding<br />
but not for taxi, take-off and landing<br />
when they must be safely stowed<br />
away in hand luggage. They may<br />
be used in flight, provided they<br />
are set to flight safe mode, with<br />
WiFi turned off, and in the case of<br />
the ATR, Bluetooth must also be<br />
turned off throughout the flight.<br />
DEVICES WITHOUT<br />
A ‘FLIGHT SAFE’ MODE<br />
This will include items such as DVD<br />
players, electronic games and music<br />
players. Only small, handheld devices<br />
may be used during taxi, take-off<br />
and landing. Larger<br />
devices must be switched off and<br />
safely stowed away in hand luggage<br />
during taxi, take-off and landing.<br />
BLUETOOTH ACCESSORIES<br />
All Bluetooth accessories (for example<br />
wireless keyboards, headphones etc.)<br />
may be used on the Embraer, but<br />
when travelling on the ATR must be<br />
switched off whenever the aircraft<br />
doors are closed.<br />
ARE THERE ANY TIMES<br />
I CANNOT USE MY<br />
HANDHELD DEVICES?<br />
Under certain circumstances your<br />
flight or cabin crew will ask that<br />
all electronic devices be switched<br />
off, for example, during refuel<br />
operations. This will be announced<br />
over the PA.<br />
CAN I USE MY HEADPHONES<br />
THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT?<br />
Personal headphones can be used<br />
for some stages of the flight and may<br />
be attached to your personal device.<br />
We ask that customers remove their<br />
headphones whenever the seat-belt<br />
signs are illuminated during the taxi,<br />
take-off and landing phases and<br />
during the safety demonstration.<br />
CAN I USE A REMOTE<br />
POWER PACK?<br />
ATR 42<br />
Aurigny does not allow passengers<br />
to charge their devices whilst on<br />
board our aircraft.<br />
Please ask a member of cabin<br />
crew if you have any queries.<br />
Trislander<br />
*Electronic devices can only be used on the ATR and Embraer E195 aircraft. Unfortunately they cannot be used on the Dornier.<br />
ATR 42<br />
Trislander<br />
DORNIER<br />
ATR 42<br />
DORNIER 228<br />
DORNIER<br />
ATR 42<br />
Dornier 228NG<br />
Dornier 228-200 and 220k<br />
NUMBER IN FLEET 1<br />
BUILT Toulouse, France<br />
ENGINES<br />
2 x Pratt & Whitney PW-127 E Turboprops<br />
MAXIMUM SPEED 299 knots (344 mph)<br />
PASSENGERS CARRIED 48<br />
RANGE 966 miles (1,555 km)<br />
NUMBER IN FLEET 1<br />
BUILT Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany<br />
ENGINES<br />
Trislander<br />
2 x Garrett TPE331-10 Turboprops<br />
MAXIMUM SPEED 223 knots (257 mph)<br />
PASSENGERS CARRIED 19<br />
RANGE 350 miles (563 km)<br />
NUMBER IN FLEET 2<br />
BUILT Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany<br />
ENGINES<br />
DORNIER 220K<br />
2 x Garrett TPE331-5 or 10 Turboprops<br />
MAXIMUM SPEED 223 knots (257 mph)<br />
PASSENGERS CARRIED Up to 18<br />
RANGE 350 miles (563 km)<br />
Embraer<br />
DORNIER 228<br />
Embraer 190<br />
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AURIGNY BEHIND THE SCENES<br />
CLAUDIA TEIXEIRA<br />
CABIN CREW MANAGER<br />
I have worked at Aurigny for over 13 years<br />
and I am the Cabin Crew Manager<br />
Could you tell us a little bit<br />
about your role and your<br />
day-to-day duties?<br />
I’m responsible for the general<br />
administration of the cabin<br />
crew department. I also deliver<br />
classroom and inflight training for<br />
new and recurrent cabin crew as<br />
well as maintaining currency as<br />
a Senior Cabin Crew Member.<br />
What have you found are the<br />
biggest challenges in your role<br />
and what you have most enjoyed?<br />
I would say my biggest challenge<br />
in my role is the weather<br />
and the delays when I fly.<br />
I really enjoy watching a new<br />
member of cabin crew succeed<br />
and grow into the role after leaving<br />
the classroom. I also enjoy meeting<br />
people - with every person you<br />
meet and greet, it unfolds a new<br />
story that travels with you.<br />
The role of cabin crew is<br />
varied. Could you tell us a<br />
bit about what it entails?<br />
Cabin crew need to demonstrate<br />
hard work, dedication, enthusiasm<br />
and professionalism. Cabin crew<br />
members provide excellent<br />
customer service to passengers<br />
while ensuring their comfort<br />
and safety throughout the flight.<br />
They are trained to deal with<br />
security and emergency situations<br />
that may arise and will strive<br />
to make the flying experience<br />
pleasant for all the passengers.<br />
What kind of skills do you learn?<br />
I would say that you learn to<br />
multitask. As cabin crew, you learn<br />
to act in extreme situations and<br />
always trying to find a solution<br />
to fix any problem. By doing this,<br />
cabin crew improve their logical<br />
and critical thinking in every kind<br />
of situation. It’s important not<br />
to forget the communication<br />
with passengers while fixing the<br />
problem. So, multitasking is one of<br />
many skills that cabin crew have.<br />
What do you most enjoy<br />
about working in aviation<br />
and in your role?<br />
The sense of team work and<br />
that every day is not the same.<br />
Could you share with us any<br />
funny/memorable moments<br />
in your time here?<br />
My most memorable moment<br />
with Aurigny was when we did a<br />
Santa flight for the less advantaged<br />
children where we took around<br />
30 kids to the skies in search of<br />
Santa. I felt very humbled. Some of<br />
them had never been on a plane.<br />
What’s the most important<br />
advice/information that you<br />
can give our customers?<br />
I would advise passengers<br />
to pay attention to the safety<br />
demonstration as this is<br />
important information for all<br />
passengers’ safety and to follow<br />
cabin crew’s instructions.<br />
I REALLY ENJOY<br />
WATCHING A NEW<br />
MEMBER OF CABIN<br />
CREW SUCCEED AND<br />
GROW IN TO THE ROLE<br />
AFTER LEAVING THE<br />
CLASSROOM<br />
What’s your advice for<br />
anyone who might consider<br />
a role in cabin crew?<br />
If you’re looking for a challenge<br />
and getting out of the day-today<br />
routine, then the cabin crew<br />
job is for you. The daily life of<br />
cabin crew is never the same<br />
and each day comes with its<br />
own interesting challenges.<br />
What else do you do away<br />
from your work at the<br />
airport with Aurigny?<br />
When I’m not at work I volunteer at<br />
Home Start, a charity that helps and<br />
provides support and friendships<br />
to families with children coping<br />
with the difficulties life can bring,<br />
and helping to give their children<br />
the best possible start in life. Also, I<br />
love the outdoors! I’m either on my<br />
paddle board, cycling or walking.<br />
I love climbing mountains and<br />
am actually climbing to Everest<br />
Base Camp next year.<br />
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GUERNSEY<br />
DEHUS DOLMEN<br />
IMAGE ©VISITGUERNSEY<br />
THE BLOOD<br />
OF FAIRIES<br />
Did you know that witches and wizards met on the west coast of<br />
Guernsey on a Friday night, chanting spells, and that fairies danced<br />
around a ring? These are just a couple of the local myths that have been<br />
passed down from generation to generation since Neolithic times, with<br />
reminders of these beliefs dotted around the landscape of Guernsey.<br />
For those of us interested in Guernsey<br />
mythology and fairy tales, a visit to<br />
the folklore gallery at the Guernsey<br />
Museum and Art Gallery is a great start,<br />
followed by some outdoor exploration.<br />
The headland between L’Eree and<br />
Perelle has long been associated with<br />
witchcraft. The Trepied dolmen, an<br />
ancient passage grave at the Catioroc,<br />
was believed to be the meeting place for<br />
the island’s witches and wizards, who<br />
would dance around devil chanting. Still<br />
accessible, this megalithic site is well worth<br />
a visit, although if you’re superstitious,<br />
be sure to avoid it on Fridays!<br />
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LE TREPIED MEGALITHIC BURIAL CHAMBER<br />
IMAGE ©VISITGUERNSEY<br />
AS WELL AS A STRONG<br />
WITCH HERITAGE, TALES<br />
OF FAIRIES ARE RICH<br />
AND VARIED. LEGEND<br />
HAS IT, THERE WERE<br />
TWO DIFFERENT TYPES<br />
OF FAIRY – THOSE WHO<br />
INVADED THE ISLAND<br />
AND THE INDIGENOUS<br />
SPECIES, KNOWN<br />
AS POUQUES, WHO<br />
INHABITED GUERNSEY<br />
Householders believed it was<br />
safer to be kind to witches than<br />
to anger them and experience<br />
the havoc they could cause.<br />
During your travels, look out<br />
for traditional Guernsey granite<br />
houses with a ‘corbel’, or ‘witches’<br />
seat’ protruding from its window<br />
sill or roof, specifically designed<br />
for witches to rest on. Visit the<br />
Longfrie Inn in the west of the<br />
island, which has a witch in situ!<br />
Witchcraft was declared heresy<br />
by Pope Innocent VIII in 1484.<br />
Anyone convicted in Guernsey<br />
was burnt alive at the bottom of<br />
Tower Hill in St Peter Port and in<br />
an 80-year period, from 1560 to<br />
1640, 44 people were burnt at the<br />
stake and 35 were banished from<br />
the island for heresy. Look out for<br />
the plaque on Tower Hill, which<br />
is dedicated to three women<br />
who lost their lives after being<br />
accused of witchcraft and see if<br />
you can spot properties in the<br />
area with original 16th and 17th<br />
century wooden front doors with<br />
circles burnt into them, that were<br />
thought to ward away witches.<br />
As well as a strong witch<br />
heritage, tales of fairies are<br />
rich and varied. Legend has it,<br />
there were two different types<br />
of fairy – those who invaded<br />
the island and the indigenous<br />
species, known as Pouques, who<br />
inhabited Guernsey. It is said that<br />
Guernseymen are shorter than<br />
average because of the fairy blood<br />
running through their veins!<br />
The fairies who invaded the<br />
island had a tendency to steal<br />
local women. One fairy prince<br />
from across the seas put a spell<br />
on a beautiful local girl, Michelle,<br />
and took her away to fairyland,<br />
leaving behind a magical pink<br />
Lily to comfort her family. The<br />
flower, now known as Nerine<br />
Sarniensis, or the Guernsey<br />
lily, is celebrated at the Nerine<br />
Festival at Candie Gardens each<br />
October, when it blooms.<br />
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It is said that Guernsey was once invaded by an<br />
army of fairy soldiers who landed at Vazon and killed<br />
all the local men – apart from two who had hidden<br />
in an oven. Legend has it there was a great battle in<br />
Rouge Rue, St Peter Port, and the road is so named<br />
because of all the blood that flowed there. Once<br />
victorious, the fairies treated the local women well,<br />
often marrying them, tending the fields and bringing<br />
food to the table.<br />
Visit ‘La Table Des Pions’ at Pezeries Point in Torteval<br />
– a stone circle built in the 1700s, known locally<br />
as the ‘Fairy Ring’. Superstition suggests that if you<br />
walk around it three times and make a wish it will<br />
come true – but its origins are rooted in history, not<br />
superstition. With a spectacular backdrop of cliffs and<br />
roaring seas, the circle was where members of the<br />
historic ‘Chevauchee’ parade would rest to eat.<br />
No matter your beliefs, Guerns are rightly proud<br />
of their rich and varied folklore heritage, which is<br />
intrinsically woven into the culture of the island.<br />
<strong>En</strong>counter more of Guernsey through<br />
the ages at the Guernsey Heritage<br />
Festival on 19 April-10 May.<br />
Celebrating the Bailiwick’s unique<br />
heritage and heroes from evolution to<br />
revolution, the festival will include guided<br />
walks and tours, special exhibitions and<br />
talks, demonstrations of historic crafts,<br />
Victorian times, street performances,<br />
workshops, artisan food and drink<br />
tastings, kayaking and paddleboarding<br />
adventures and lots more.<br />
for more information<br />
See visitguernsey.com<br />
‘LA TABLE DES PIONS’ KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE FAIRY RING<br />
AT PEZERIES POINT IN TORTEVAL<br />
IMAGE ©VISITGUERNSEY<br />
VISIT ‘LA TABLE DES<br />
PIONS’ AT PEZERIES<br />
POINT IN TORTEVAL<br />
– A STONE CIRCLE<br />
BUILT IN THE 1700S,<br />
KNOWN LOCALLY<br />
AS THE ‘FAIRY RING’.<br />
SUPERSTITION<br />
SUGGESTS THAT IF<br />
YOU WALK AROUND<br />
IT THREE TIMES AND<br />
MAKE A WISH IT WILL<br />
COME TRUE<br />
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ISLAND OF<br />
SEASONS<br />
YOUR HOME,<br />
YOUR BUSINESS,<br />
YOUR LIFE<br />
The search for a<br />
better balance between<br />
work and life has drawn<br />
many to Guernsey. The<br />
ideal combination of<br />
business expertise and<br />
a close connection with<br />
nature creates a lifestyle that<br />
islanders have grown to love<br />
and appreciate.<br />
A greater understanding of the<br />
importance of wellness in our lives has<br />
highlighted how valuable time outdoors<br />
can be for your mental and physical<br />
wellbeing. The mental health charity, Mind,<br />
promotes how being among nature can<br />
improve mood and reduce stress. Research<br />
from the University of Exeter has also found<br />
that moving to a greener space can give<br />
immediate improvements to mental health that<br />
continue long after your move.<br />
Spend a year and even longer on Guernsey<br />
and you’ll begin to appreciate the benefits of<br />
island life and how activities are punctuated by<br />
the seasons. Summer beach living gives way to<br />
autumn’s festivals and, at a frighteningly fast pace,<br />
we find ourselves deep into the heart of winter and<br />
at the start of a New Year.<br />
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SPEND A YEAR AND EVEN LONGER ON<br />
GUERNSEY AND YOU’LL BEGIN TO APPRECIATE<br />
THE BENEFITS OF ISLAND LIFE AND HOW<br />
ACTIVITIES ARE PUNCTUATED BY THE SEASONS.<br />
However, the longer nights and cooler days bring with them many new<br />
adventurers. As the coastline is only ever moments away you’ll find that<br />
the beaches, cliffs and coves can provide plenty to keep you occupied.<br />
A winter walk along some of the island’s 28 miles of coastal paths, with<br />
spectacular views, makes a good starting point to help keep those<br />
New Year resolutions. Stroll atop the stunning cliff tops on the island’s<br />
south coast and encounter the half buried bunkers and concreate<br />
watch towers that inspire you to learn more about the island’s history.<br />
A cautious gaze down the cliff edge will reveal the drama of waves<br />
crashing against the rocks below. Then, trekking carefully down to the<br />
water’s edge, you’ll often find that the beach is your own and you’ll<br />
be the first to comb the shore for treasure.<br />
For a more leisurely appreciation of Poseidon’s power, a perfect<br />
Saturday brunch can be spent observing the waters of St Peter<br />
Port’s Havelet Bay. Time it with a high spring tide and a gusty wind<br />
and enjoy the sight of a harbour panorama being washed in the<br />
sea’s spray while you lazily sip your cappuccino from one of the<br />
seafront cafés or restaurants. Many other cosy retreats can be<br />
found across the island where seasonal cuisine is served with<br />
welcoming hospitability. The local specialty, the traditional<br />
Guernsey Bean Jar, is a perfect winter warmer and delicious<br />
served with crusty fresh bread.<br />
Away from the water, the island’s parks and country lanes<br />
are ideal for families to spend an afternoon kicking through<br />
leaves and hopping over streams. The largest, Saumarez<br />
Park, combines a pirate ship equipped playground<br />
with gardens, lawns and a busy duck pond. Each of<br />
Guernsey’s ten parishes have their own quiet corners<br />
which their inhabitants will resolutely declare are the<br />
island’s best. Take time to form your own opinion and<br />
with an outdoor expedition squeezed in before a<br />
Sunday roast, it’ll provide positive entitlement for that<br />
extra Yorkshire pudding!<br />
A change in season makes little difference to the<br />
broad local sporting calendar. You’ll find that there<br />
are leagues and tournaments to take part in and<br />
a welcoming community of enthusiasts that will<br />
help you hone your skills. Some outdoor activities<br />
make the transition inside into Guernsey’s<br />
various indoor facilities while others continue<br />
in all weathers, the hardiest of which are the<br />
beach swimmers who’ll cause you to look<br />
twice when spotted striding into the surf on a<br />
fresh January morning.<br />
Island living is definitely a unique and<br />
special experience that brings with it year<br />
round opportunities to build easily a closer<br />
relationship with its wonderful and<br />
healthy environment.<br />
For more information about making<br />
the move to Guernsey please visit<br />
LocateGuernsey.com<br />
or call 01481 743834.<br />
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GUERNSEY<br />
STEP INTO<br />
THE NEW YEAR<br />
With over 42 miles of coastal paths and stunning<br />
scenery to enjoy, what better way to turn over a new<br />
leaf in 2019 than enjoying the fresh air outdoors?<br />
<strong>En</strong> <strong>Voyage</strong> takes a look at the best ways to smash<br />
your recommended 10,000 steps a day.<br />
Apparently, it takes 21 days to form a new habit and<br />
90 days to change a lifestyle, and walking is a fantastic<br />
way to keep fit as well as explore the stunning views of<br />
Guernsey. So why not dust off your trainers and get to<br />
exploring the beautiful island?<br />
Whether it’s the rugged south coast cliff paths,<br />
the long sweeping bays of the west or uncovering<br />
the historic past of St Peter Port, Guernsey has so<br />
much to offer in just 25 square miles that you’ll be<br />
spoilt for choice.<br />
Book direct flights from<br />
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WALKING ALONG THE COAST<br />
IMAGE ©VISITGUERNSEY<br />
HEAD INLAND<br />
The reservoir in St Saviour is a popular choice for<br />
walkers, with its serene woodland. The Bridget Ozanne<br />
Orchid Fields are another favourite, especially between<br />
May-June when the flowers are in bloom. The<br />
series of small meadows – 13 of which are leased or<br />
managed by La Société Guernesiaise – can be found<br />
in Les Vicheries lane. When in full flower, paths are cut<br />
around the fields so that you can see (and photograph)<br />
the flowers easily without harming them.<br />
If a potter is more your walking style, then Guernsey’s<br />
capital, St Peter Port, is home to beautiful cobbled<br />
roads and quaint side streets that allow you to discover<br />
its past. Swing by the Tourist Information Centre while<br />
you’re there and pick up a walking map or a Perry’s<br />
Guide – the local iconic map book.<br />
THE SOUTH COAST<br />
The south coast is a walker’s dream filled with rugged<br />
cliff paths and stunning scenery to boot. Starting at La<br />
Vallette in St Peter Port, the network of paths clings to<br />
the coast for 28.5 miles before finishing at Pleinmont<br />
where you can take a well-earned break and enjoy<br />
views of Hanois Lighthouse and Lihou Island. Why<br />
not stop at the nearby Imperial Hotel for a bite to eat?<br />
Pleinmont headland is also home to Le Table des<br />
Pions – affectionately known as the Fairy Ring. Local<br />
folklore tells tales of fairies gathering at this mysterious<br />
landmark but it is, in fact, effectively a 300-year-old<br />
picnic bench used during inspections of the island’s<br />
paths and coastal defences.<br />
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L-R: ENJOYING A GUIDED WALK<br />
EXPLORING RUETTES TRANQUILLES<br />
IMAGES ©VISITGUERNSEY<br />
THE WEST COAST<br />
The west coast boasts an array of flat coastal paths<br />
if you fancy a stroll along the beach. Why not head<br />
down to Vazon Bay and watch the surfers in the<br />
waves or at low tide wander past the groynes at<br />
dusk? Or simply stop at the Rockmount and enjoy<br />
watching one of the most amazing sunsets you’re<br />
ever likely to see over a cold pint and bite to eat.<br />
The scenic coastal footpath that curves with the shape<br />
of the bays is nearly 14 miles long and starts at Grandes<br />
Rocques running north towards Chouet before ending<br />
near the Vale Castle on the east coast. The walk runs<br />
alongside various coastal dunes and grasslands which<br />
are home to some of the island’s rarest habitats.<br />
Please note that while cycling is not permitted<br />
on any of the cliff paths between La Valette and<br />
Pleinmont, cyclists are permitted to use the coastal<br />
path but are asked to ride with care and consideration<br />
to other users, and at no more than 10mph.<br />
RUETTES TRANQUILLES<br />
For its size, Guernsey has a stunning selection of<br />
leafy quiet lanes to enjoy and there are designated<br />
lanes across the island with a recommended<br />
speed limit of just 15mph, which allows you to<br />
explore in peace. Ruettes Tranquilles are open<br />
to all traffic although priority is given to cyclists,<br />
walkers and horse-riders. Together they form a<br />
rural route across seven different parishes.<br />
WALKING ROUTES<br />
Visit Guernsey has put<br />
together a number of guided<br />
walks that will be of interest<br />
to both visitors and locals<br />
alike. Tasty Walks is a series of<br />
20 self-guided walks which<br />
make the most of the very<br />
best the island has to offer.<br />
Head to visitguernsey.com/<br />
see-and-do/walking-routes<br />
where you can filter walks by<br />
both difficulty and duration<br />
depending on your needs.<br />
Done all that and still fancy<br />
a challenge? There’s a roundisland<br />
walk that takes place every<br />
year in June, raising money for<br />
local causes at the same time.<br />
The Saffery Rotary Walk hugs the coastal paths around<br />
the whole island and provides a walk of approximately<br />
40 miles. For more information on the event and this<br />
year’s walk on 15 June go to safferyrotarywalk.com.<br />
WALKING EVENTS<br />
25 MAY-9 JUNE<br />
SPRING WALKING FESTIVAL<br />
<strong>En</strong>joy the longer days, the spring sunshine and the<br />
rural and coastal paths, all blanketed in colourful<br />
spring foliage. The Spring Walking Festival returns in<br />
2019 with an exciting programme of walks covering<br />
all aspects of island life.<br />
14-29 SEPTEMBER<br />
AUTUMN WALKING FESTIVAL<br />
For those intrigued by more recent Occupation WW2<br />
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Mirus Gun Battery, is also a festival must.<br />
This intriguing walk heads underground (bring a<br />
torch!) exploring one of the best preserved German<br />
underground gun batteries that formed part of Hitler’s<br />
October 1941 directive.<br />
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WHAT’S ON<br />
IN THE BAILIWICK?<br />
Until 5 January<br />
DICK WHITTINGTON<br />
Beau Sejour Theatre<br />
The ever-popular GADOC<br />
pantomime is back with its 60th<br />
show and proudly presenting<br />
firm favourite Dick Whittington.<br />
Tickets priced £15 and £12<br />
(under 18s/OAPs) and available<br />
from guernseytickets.gg<br />
16-19 January<br />
ODDSOCKS: ROBIN HOOD<br />
AND THE REVOLTING<br />
PEASANTS<br />
St James<br />
Join Oddsocks as they rumble<br />
in with their rumbustious new<br />
adventure of this legendary folk<br />
hero, in a show suitable for all<br />
the family. Pre-show supper<br />
available, pre-booking required.<br />
25 January<br />
GLOBAL GAME JAM 2019<br />
Digital Greenhouse<br />
The Global Game Jam® (GGJ)<br />
is the world’s largest game jam<br />
event (game creation) taking place<br />
around the world at physical<br />
locations. The weekend stirs a<br />
global creative buzz in games,<br />
while at the same time exploring<br />
the process of development, be<br />
it programming, iterative design,<br />
narrative exploration or artistic<br />
expression. It is all condensed into<br />
a 36-hour development cycle. The<br />
GGJ encourages people with all<br />
kinds of backgrounds to participate<br />
and contribute to this global spread<br />
of game development and creativity.<br />
WHAT’S ON<br />
ELSEWHERE?<br />
MOSCOW BALLET<br />
– SWAN LAKE<br />
18-31 January<br />
@Palace Theatre,<br />
Manchester<br />
Moscow City Ballet returns to<br />
Manchester with the stunning<br />
Swan Lake presented in classic<br />
Russian style with full orchestra.<br />
Brimming with Russia’s best<br />
dancers, beautiful sets and stunning<br />
costumes, Moscow City Ballet is<br />
at its outstanding best, performing<br />
to acclaim around the globe.<br />
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25-26 January<br />
GUERNSEY MUSIC CENTRE<br />
WINTER CONCERT<br />
St James<br />
Celebrating 40 years of music<br />
making. A wide range of<br />
music from Handel to La La<br />
Land will be performed by<br />
these aspiring musicians.<br />
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WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
OF THE YEAR 2018<br />
Guernsey Museum at Candie<br />
Experience this new selection of<br />
spectacular wildlife photography in<br />
this international touring exhibition<br />
as the popular annual exhibition<br />
returns with breathtakingly beautiful<br />
photography from around the<br />
world. It features winning images<br />
from the 2018 Wildlife Photographer<br />
of the Year Competition.<br />
27 January<br />
GUERNSEY HEALTH &<br />
WELLNESS SHOW<br />
Les Beaucamps High School<br />
The Guernsey Health & Wellness<br />
Show is a free full day experience,<br />
showcasing the island’s health,<br />
fitness and wellbeing industry under<br />
one roof. There will be access to<br />
healers, therapists, practitioners and<br />
businesses offering information,<br />
trials, classes, healthy food, demos<br />
and much more. There will be lots<br />
to do for the kids, including soft play,<br />
face painting, a colouring hub, nerf<br />
gun battles and a creation station.<br />
29 March<br />
ALDERNEY LITERARY<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
Island Hall, Alderney<br />
The Alderney Literary Festival is the<br />
Channel Island’s boutique history<br />
festival where people who enjoy<br />
reading and writing about the past<br />
come together to talk books and<br />
have a great weekend. In the Festival,<br />
history is explored through thrillers<br />
and detective stories, romance<br />
and the supernatural, adventure,<br />
warfare and politics and even poetry.<br />
Visiting authors are encouraged to<br />
throw new light on old events and<br />
reinterpret them anew to make<br />
history relevant to the present.<br />
29 March-12 May<br />
ON BRITISH SOIL: CHANNEL<br />
ISLANDS VICTIMS OF THE<br />
HOLOCAUST<br />
Guernsey Museum<br />
at Candie<br />
A serious and poignant insight<br />
into how Guernsey people<br />
were affected during WWII.<br />
BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM<br />
FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR<br />
7-8 February<br />
@Leeds Town Hall, Leeds<br />
Experience an extraordinary<br />
collection of short films from the<br />
world’s most prestigious mountain<br />
film festival. Follow the expeditions<br />
of some of today’s most incredible<br />
adventurers, see amazing footage<br />
of adrenaline-packed action<br />
sports and be inspired by thoughtprovoking<br />
pieces shot from the<br />
far-flung corners of the globe.<br />
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THE LONDON<br />
CLASSIC CAR SHOW<br />
14-17 February<br />
@ExCeL, London<br />
The London Classic Car Show<br />
is the must-attend event for<br />
those who love classic cars<br />
whether owner, collector,<br />
expert or enthusiast. The show<br />
has established itself as one<br />
of the UK’s best classic car<br />
events right in the accessible<br />
heart of the country’s capital.<br />
thelondonclassiccarshow.co.uk<br />
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL<br />
10 January-2 February<br />
@Bristol Hippodrome,<br />
Bristol<br />
Motown the Musical comes to<br />
the Bristol Hippodrome for a<br />
four-week run as part of its major<br />
UK and Ireland tour. With music<br />
and lyrics from the Motown<br />
catalogue and book by Motown<br />
founder Berry Gordy, Charles<br />
Randolph-Wright’s production<br />
features a live orchestra playing<br />
50 Motown tracks and tells the<br />
story behind the classic hits.<br />
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Step back in time and<br />
onto the island of Sark<br />
which offers a unique<br />
escape within the<br />
Bailiwick of Guernsey.<br />
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THE ISLE OF SARK<br />
A world apart<br />
SARK HARBOUR IMAGE ©SUE DALEY<br />
If you want to unwind, cosy up<br />
with a good read, or blow away<br />
the cobwebs during cliff walks<br />
with views to France, then Sark<br />
is just what you’re looking for.<br />
Believe it or not, the designated<br />
Dark-Sky Community and first<br />
Dark-Sky Island in the world, Sark<br />
is also one of the few remaining<br />
places in the world where cars<br />
are banned and only tractors and<br />
horse-drawn vehicles are allowed.<br />
So there’ll be no car horns to<br />
disturb you or rush hour traffic<br />
to wait in, and on a clear night,<br />
you can gaze at the stars with<br />
the naked eye. There’s plenty of<br />
history too on this small rock in<br />
the <strong>En</strong>glish Channel that well and<br />
truly punches above its weight.<br />
Part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey,<br />
Sark is situated seven miles east of<br />
Guernsey and about 25 miles west<br />
of France. It is three miles long<br />
and one and a half miles wide<br />
at its broadest point. The island<br />
consists of Great Sark and Little<br />
Sark, which are connected by<br />
La Coupée, a 300-foot-long<br />
narrow strip of land with sea<br />
on either side, forming a link<br />
between the two. La Coupée<br />
is no more than 30 feet wide<br />
and it is rumoured that, before<br />
railings were added, children<br />
would crawl across on their<br />
hands and knees in a strong wind.<br />
The island rises to 375 feet with<br />
a scenic coast of steep cliffs.<br />
Sark first appears in history as<br />
a gift from William of Normandy<br />
to the Mont Saint Michel abbey<br />
around 1040. A century later<br />
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GOING TO SARK?<br />
it was in the hands of the Vernon family, Lords of<br />
Néhou, who endowed the priory of St. Magloire as<br />
a dependency of the abbey of Montebourg. Sark<br />
reverted to the <strong>En</strong>glish crown in 1204 by Richard<br />
de Vernon’s loss as a penalty for wrongdoing. The<br />
French captured the island in 1549, but Sark was<br />
back in <strong>En</strong>glish hands again by 1558. Except during<br />
German occupation in WW11 from 1940 to 1945<br />
when British soldiers liberated Sark on 10th May,<br />
it has remained under <strong>En</strong>glish control since.<br />
Sark was colonised by Hélier de Carteret, seigneur<br />
of St Ouen in Jersey, under a patent of Elizabeth I in<br />
1565, to prevent it being ruled by pirates. At first, the<br />
court was modelled on that of Jersey, with bailiff and<br />
jurats, but this was changed in 1675 to one composed<br />
of seneschal, provost, greffier, tenants seigneur,<br />
constable and vingtenier. By 1951 the members were<br />
reduced to seigneur, seneschal, tenants', and 12<br />
deputies. The Carterets were seigneurs until 1732,<br />
after which the seigneurle changed hands several<br />
times. From 1927 until 1974 the Dame of Sark, Sibyl<br />
Hathaway, held it; on her death, her son Michael<br />
Beaumont as 22nd seigneur succeeded her. It was<br />
Sibyl who received the German soldiers in 1940<br />
and with her<br />
SARK’S FEUDAL<br />
GOVERNMENT<br />
SURVIVED UNTIL<br />
APRIL 2008 WHEN<br />
THE LAWS GOVERNING<br />
THE ISLAND WERE<br />
CHANGED TO<br />
INTRODUCE THE RIGHT<br />
OF ALL RESIDENTS TO<br />
VOTE AND TRANSFORM<br />
THE CHIEF PLEAS<br />
INTO A POPULARLY<br />
ELECTED ASSEMBLY.<br />
knowledge of<br />
Germany, and<br />
being fluent in<br />
the language,<br />
she managed<br />
throughout the<br />
war to control<br />
meetings,<br />
reportedly<br />
expecting officers<br />
to bow and kiss<br />
her hand.<br />
Sark’s feudal<br />
government<br />
survived until April<br />
2008 when the<br />
laws governing<br />
the island<br />
were changed<br />
to introduce the right of all residents to vote and<br />
transform the Chief Pleas into a popularly elected<br />
assembly. Previously the Chief Pleas had comprised<br />
40 unelected tenants, heirs of the island’s colonisers,<br />
and 12 elected deputies. The first election of the new<br />
28-member Chief Pleas was held in December 2008.<br />
Sark can be reached only by boat since aeroplanes<br />
are banned. Once visitors arrive, horse-drawn carriages<br />
and bicycles are common means of transportation.<br />
In January 2011, the International Dark-Sky<br />
Association designated Sark as Europe’s first Dark-Sky<br />
Community and the first Dark-Sky Island in the world.<br />
This designation recognises that Sark is sufficiently<br />
clear of light pollution to allow naked-eye astronomy.<br />
Dark-Sky Places were formally mainly uninhabited<br />
areas. The Sark Astronomy Society opened an<br />
astronomical observatory in October 2015.<br />
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TRAVELLING FROM GUERNSEY?<br />
You can travel to Sark by ferry from Guernsey.<br />
There are several sailings a day between the<br />
islands in peak seasons and a reduced service in<br />
winter with daily boats travelling between the two<br />
Monday to Saturday.<br />
Ferries depart from the Inter-Island Quay in<br />
St Peter Port Harbour and tickets can be<br />
purchased online, by phone, or from the White<br />
Rock office in Guernsey. The ferry ride takes<br />
approximately 55 minutes.<br />
For more information visit<br />
sarkshippingcompany.com or call 01481 724059<br />
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A GOURMET PARADISE<br />
AN INSTITUTION IN THE<br />
CHANNEL ISLANDS,<br />
LA SABLONNERIE HOTEL IN<br />
SARK HAS WON NUMEROUS<br />
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES<br />
BUT FOR MANY, IT IS THE<br />
FOOD THEY ENJOY THERE<br />
THAT HAS BROUGHT THEM<br />
BACK TIME AND TIME AGAIN.<br />
Free from cars and artificial<br />
light pollution, the island of Sark<br />
is beautiful, wild and natural.<br />
Head across La Coupée to La<br />
Sablonnerie Hotel on Little<br />
Sark and you’ll find a unique<br />
combination of food, wine<br />
and atmosphere. Owner and<br />
manager of La Sablonnerie,<br />
Elizabeth Perrée, describes her<br />
hotel as a ‘joie de vivre’ and<br />
nowhere is it more apparent than<br />
in the joy of food at the hotel.<br />
La Sablonnerie prides itself on<br />
using locally sourced produce –<br />
from fresh lobsters and scallops<br />
freshly plucked from the sea<br />
to the fresh berries that are<br />
grown on the island during the<br />
summer season and the gorse<br />
honey produced by Sark bees.<br />
<strong>En</strong>joy a lobster lunch in the<br />
beautiful gardens in the summer.<br />
But if anyone doesn’t quite make it<br />
in time for lunch, they can always<br />
enjoy the treat of an afternoon<br />
cream tea in the sunshine. In the<br />
evening, enjoy candlelit fine dining<br />
in the restaurant which will help<br />
explain why La Sablonnerie was<br />
given the Condé Nast Johansens<br />
accolade of ‘most romantic hotel’<br />
as well as ‘small hotel of the year.’<br />
Elizabeth says, ‘We were very<br />
proud to receive those awards,<br />
along with recognition from<br />
Which? hotel guide as ‘the place to<br />
stay in the Channel Islands.’<br />
Of the seven Bailiwick restaurants<br />
included in the 2018 Michelin<br />
Guide, the only restaurant of the<br />
group to be noted as one of the<br />
guide’s ‘best addresses’ was<br />
La Sablonnerie Hotel in Sark.<br />
The hotel also received the<br />
2018 Good Hotel Guide Award.<br />
Tel +44 (0) 1481 832061<br />
reservations@sablonneriesark.com<br />
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GUERNSEY<br />
SWEET<br />
SUCCESS<br />
ESPRESSO SALTED CARAMEL TRUFFLES<br />
IMAGE ©BEN LE PREVOST<br />
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ST PETER PORT SHOP<br />
IMAGE ©BEN LE PREVOST<br />
<strong>En</strong> <strong>Voyage</strong> spoke to Ben Le Prevost, the Guernsey chocolatier<br />
who wants to be the best in the world.<br />
Ben Le Prevost is a Guernseyman on a<br />
mission in 2019.<br />
‘We’re making a chocolate for a major<br />
competition. We want to win the world’s<br />
best chocolate in our category. Hopefully<br />
we should win.’<br />
For a man who speaks in such a laid-back<br />
way, Ben’s ambition is clear. His passion for<br />
chocolate is now his livelihood, with the Ben<br />
Le Prevost Chocolatier brand making a name<br />
for itself on the world stage.<br />
Ben started his culinary career as a pastry<br />
chef but, to use his own words, he got tired<br />
of working for other people. He went it alone,<br />
initially renting a room in one hotel then<br />
another, before renting a shop in St Peter Port<br />
six years ago and eventually buying it last year.<br />
And his next ambition?<br />
‘I’m going to finish paying off my mortgage,’<br />
Ben tells me. And, as he follows that up with<br />
his chocolate-making plans, I’d bet money on<br />
him succeeding.<br />
‘We do everything on site. Having the shop<br />
was a game-changer. We began getting a lot<br />
more corporate orders rather than previously<br />
at just the farmer’s market one day a week.<br />
We also get a lot more online orders these<br />
days from people who’ve come on holiday to<br />
Guernsey and then get in touch when they<br />
get home.’<br />
Central to Ben’s success is his approach<br />
to his ingredients. He keeps it as natural as<br />
possible. Why use a flavouring when you can<br />
use the real thing?<br />
‘The flavours come from the actual<br />
ingredients. We work with different<br />
chocolates to pair them with the ingredients<br />
to get a perfect flavour from the chocolates.’<br />
His current best-seller is a peanut butter on<br />
toast chocolate which contains a piece of<br />
toast! Just one of many unexpected flavours.<br />
‘Ideas can come from anywhere, often<br />
from eating a meal. I had duck and orange<br />
sauce months ago and I could taste the star<br />
anise. I said to my team that we should do<br />
a mandarin and star anise chocolate.<br />
And we did.’<br />
‘The oddest chocolate is probably our miso<br />
one which we won an award for in 2014.<br />
It became incredibly popular and tastes<br />
like salted caramel. I also love working on<br />
seasonal specials so, at Christmas, we created<br />
a sloe gin chocolate.’<br />
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THE MOUTHWATERING DISPLAY AT BEN'S SHOP<br />
IMAGES ©BEN LE PREVOST<br />
‘THE FLAVOURS COME FROM THE ACTUAL<br />
INGREDIENTS. WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT<br />
CHOCOLATES TO PAIR THEM WITH<br />
THE INGREDIENTS TO GET A PERFECT<br />
FLAVOUR FROM THE CHOCOLATES.’<br />
But while Ben likes to experiment, he<br />
doesn’t like to follow other people’s trends.<br />
‘There’s a lot of stuff going on in the<br />
chocolate world but you’ve got to be true<br />
to yourself and your own feelings about<br />
what you should be doing, rather than<br />
following everybody else. I have friends in<br />
London who do a curry chocolate and a few<br />
other unusual flavours. It works for them in<br />
London but it wouldn’t work in Guernsey.’<br />
When asked if he’d ever create a<br />
chocolate based on the Guernsey staples<br />
of either bean jar or gâche, he seems<br />
tempted by one of my suggestions.<br />
‘Bean jar definitely not! But we might do<br />
gâche in the future.’<br />
You heard it here first.<br />
For Ben, being based in Guernsey means<br />
he get to live and work in the place he calls<br />
home, but he doesn’t sell his chocolates<br />
based on them being made in the island.<br />
‘I think it’s good that we’re in Guernsey but<br />
I don’t think it matters that we're in Guernsey.<br />
We don’t market ourselves as a Guernseybased<br />
chocolatier. We want to be recognised<br />
for making world-class chocolates.’<br />
And it seems industry experts are taking<br />
notice. Having taken part in national and<br />
international competitions, Ben is picking up<br />
a reputation as one of the stars of the trade.<br />
‘We go to events in London and there<br />
are chocolatiers from around Europe<br />
and people know who I am and know<br />
what I do. We do global competitions so<br />
you do get known for what you do.’<br />
It’s still a small team at Ben’s St Peter<br />
Port base. He and his three assistants<br />
work together to produce a selection of<br />
chocolates which include salted caramel<br />
espresso truffles, pink champagne and<br />
passionfruit hearts. And while his chocolate<br />
comes from all around the world, Ben<br />
does have a particular favourite.<br />
‘I like chocolate from Madagascar.<br />
We have three or four that we use from<br />
there but also make our own chocolate<br />
from the actual beans from Madagascar.<br />
We look at the chocolate flavour profile<br />
and match it with what we're creating,<br />
so it can come from anywhere.’<br />
Whatever the origin, each chocolate is<br />
created with such painstaking precision<br />
and individually hand-painted. The judges<br />
at the International Chocolate Awards and<br />
Academy of Chocolate clearly approve,<br />
having handed multiple prizes to Ben in<br />
recent years for his mouthwatering creations.<br />
He wouldn’t tell us anything about the<br />
chocolate he intends to win a ‘world’s-best’<br />
prize this year. But if any of his current<br />
best-sellers are anything to go by, it<br />
shouldn’t be long before another award<br />
is in Ben’s hands.<br />
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LONDON>CONNECTING<br />
The Republic of Singapore is an island city-state<br />
in Southeast Asia, located at the southern tip of<br />
the Malay Peninsula. Singapore was designated a<br />
tax-free port by Sir Stamford Raffles, who set up<br />
a British trading post here in 1819. The island has<br />
been independent since 1965, and it thrives on<br />
high-tech industry, financial services and tourism,<br />
all strengthened by a super-efficient infrastructure.<br />
The population is predominantly Chinese, with<br />
significant numbers of Malays and Indians. <strong>En</strong>glish<br />
is the common language, however, and many<br />
international companies have a presence here.<br />
Singapore’s unique combination of a strong, almost<br />
authoritarian government with an emphasis on<br />
meritocracy is regarded as a key factor behind the<br />
island’s political stability and harmonious social order.<br />
HOW TO GET THERE<br />
Aurigny operates regular flights to Gatwick and<br />
you can fly to Singapore with one change with<br />
Emirates, Qatar Airways or Turkish Airlines. Including<br />
the stopover, total travel times range from just<br />
under 16 hours to just under 18 hours. It’s worth<br />
considering breaking up the journey and spending<br />
some time in Dubai, Doha or Istanbul, depending on<br />
the airline. Singapore is eight hours ahead of GMT.<br />
WHEN TO GO<br />
Singapore is hot and humid all year round, with<br />
temperatures usually exceeding 30°C. You should be<br />
prepared for rain at any time, which can be torrential<br />
but is usually brief. December and January are<br />
usually the rainiest months, and the inter-monsoon<br />
months of April and October tend to be the hottest.<br />
WHERE TO STAY<br />
The majority of Singapore’s hotels are in the city<br />
centre, the most luxurious on and around Orchard<br />
Road. Chinatown is home to many boutique<br />
hotels, and if you’re on a tight budget, Little<br />
India and the Arab Quarter are your best bet.<br />
Home of the Singapore Sling cocktail, Raffles<br />
Singapore is the island’s most famous hotel, and was<br />
declared a national monument by the government<br />
in 1987. It has been closed for refurbishment and<br />
is set to reopen in 2019. With rooms starting from<br />
£328 per night, however, it’s an indulgent option.<br />
The luxurious Fullerton Hotel also has a rich history<br />
and an excellent location but is more affordable.<br />
The 293 room Philippe Starck-designed M Social<br />
is located on the banks of the Singapore River and<br />
has a wide choice of food and drinks options on<br />
its doorstep; rooms are small but stylish. It’s a five<br />
minute walk from City Square Mall to One Farrer,<br />
which has two pools and sleek, modern rooms –<br />
Urban Dens have a separate relaxation area so are<br />
ideal for families. Mid-priced Hotel G is near Orchard<br />
Road, near to Bugis MRT station; décor is quirky<br />
and playful, and every room has a dreamcatcher<br />
above the bed. Local chain Fragrance has 21 budget<br />
hotels, many of which are in great locations.<br />
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CHINATOWN<br />
SINGAPORE CUISINE<br />
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GETTING THERE<br />
FROM GUERNSEY<br />
GATWICK<br />
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If you choose to fly Emirates via Dubai,<br />
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night before as the flight leaves at 10am.<br />
The return flight lands at 8.50am, so allow<br />
yourself plenty of time and, should your<br />
flight arrive in time to catch an earlier<br />
Aurigny flight home, you can enquire<br />
about our Flight Forward service.<br />
Looking for a quick and easy way to<br />
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EATING & DRINKING<br />
Singapore offers a whole spectrum of dining<br />
options, from street food to Michelin-starred haute<br />
cuisine. Open-air hawker centres are a pillar of<br />
Singaporean life, offering all types of cuisine including<br />
Malay and Indonesian. Much of it is fried so it’s not<br />
the healthiest option, but it’s worth the calories.<br />
Nonya cooking is a hybrid of Chinese and Malay<br />
styles developed by the Peranakan community.<br />
Peranakans blend fresh herbs and spices with tropical<br />
fruits and vegetables to create a richly layered cuisine<br />
of stews, curries and elaborate desserts. Asam fish<br />
is a tangy stew featuring tamarind, and ayam buah<br />
keluak is chicken cooked with ‘black nuts’, which<br />
are actually the creamy seeds of a local plant.<br />
Alcohol is expensive in Singapore. Local soft<br />
drinks include freshly squeezed juices, sugar<br />
cane juice and soy bean milk. Teh tarik (‘pulled<br />
tea’) is a sweet, milky Indian tea that’s aerated<br />
by pouring it from one glass to another.<br />
WHAT TO DO<br />
Singapore is compact enough to explore in just<br />
a few days. You can walk or jump on the cheap,<br />
efficient underground system, the MRT. The island’s<br />
historic ethnic enclaves are fascinating: Little India is<br />
the most atmospheric, with colourful south Indianstyle<br />
shrines, spice shops and blaring Tamil music.<br />
Nearby is the Arab Quarter, also known as Kampong<br />
Glam, with the Sultan Mosque at its heart. Chinatown<br />
covers a large swathe of territory and is home to<br />
many shrines and shops specialising in Chinese food<br />
and medicine; its newest temple is the Buddha Tooth<br />
Relic Temple, big and brash with its own museum,<br />
roof garden and thousands of Buddha figurines.<br />
The Colonial District is where British residents used<br />
to promenade around its grand Neoclassical buildings,<br />
including City Hall, Parliament House and Raffles<br />
Hotel. Also here are the excellent National Museum<br />
and Fort Canning Hill, a lush park that’s home to a<br />
few historic remains. Marina Bay is the newest part of<br />
town, built on reclaimed land around a man-made<br />
reservoir. Around it are the Marina Bay Sands casino<br />
resort, Theatres on the Bay arts centre and Gardens by<br />
the Bay, with its two huge arch-shaped conservatories.<br />
The shopping hub is Orchard Road, a parade of<br />
shopping malls, and just beyond are the Botanic<br />
Gardens – a major research centre and a lovely tranquil<br />
retreat from the city. Highlights include the Evolution<br />
Garden Walk and the National Orchid Garden, with<br />
over a thousand species and 2,000 hybrids.<br />
North of downtown is the island’s last remaining<br />
pocket of primary rainforest, the Bukit Timah Nature<br />
Reserve, and the fantastic zoo, where the animals are<br />
housed in naturalistic enclosures rather than cages.<br />
Eastern Singapore is home to some sandy beaches and<br />
a museum recalling the infamous Changi Prison, where<br />
many soldiers lost their lives in World War II. Sentosa<br />
Island is linked to the main island by causeway and<br />
cable car; it boasts Southeast Asia’s only Universal<br />
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BRIGHTON<br />
BRIGHTON<br />
WITH LITTLE<br />
ONES<br />
With Brighton just a quick train ride from<br />
Gatwick Airport, <strong>En</strong> <strong>Voyage</strong> Editor Natalie<br />
took her family to see what a mini break<br />
in the iconic seafront town can offer.<br />
REUBEN ENJOYING THE PIER AT DUSK<br />
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GOING TO BRIGHTON?<br />
It’s amazing how much enjoyment a family<br />
can have trying to track down giant snails…<br />
While that might sound strange to most, anyone<br />
who has visited Brighton recently would surely<br />
attest to being mightily impressed by the array<br />
of painted snails scattered around town.<br />
The SnailSpace trail has more than a hundred<br />
to track down and while we didn’t try to find<br />
them all, there were many squeals of delight<br />
whenever one of the kids spotted one.<br />
A similar trail of sculptures ran in autumn 2016<br />
with 44 giant Snowdog sculptures inspired by the<br />
much-loved animated short film, The Snowman <br />
and the Snowdog, so maybe this sort of trail will<br />
become a feature for Brighton going forward.<br />
On the subject of The Snowman , we were<br />
lucky enough to catch an exhibition of original<br />
illustrations at the Brighton Museum to celebrate<br />
the Christmas classic’s 40th anniversary. It’s a<br />
lovely hands-on museum for children with the<br />
exhibition including a dressing up section. In other<br />
parts of the museum Reuben enjoyed pattern<br />
making with Iranian tiles while Poppy made<br />
good use of the manau festival costumes.<br />
Before we dive into what else Brighton has to offer,<br />
we should first establish just how easy it is to get to<br />
from Guernsey. With 190 trains between Gatwick<br />
Airport and Brighton on an average weekday and<br />
the average journey time being just 42 minutes,<br />
it really is a quick and easy destination to reach.<br />
Brighton’s seafront is about as iconic as it gets<br />
in terms of UK destinations. With Brighton Palace<br />
Pier as your backdrop, it is a delightful location<br />
and unmistakable for anywhere else.<br />
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THE PIER ITSELF IS AMAZING AND WITHOUT<br />
A DOUBT IT WAS BOTH POPPY AND<br />
REUBEN’S FAVOURITE PART OF THE TRIP<br />
The Pier itself is amazing and<br />
without a doubt it was both Poppy<br />
and Reuben’s favourite part of the<br />
trip. I recommend heading on to<br />
the Pier late afternoon – we went<br />
on in sunlight and by the time<br />
we’d enjoyed a selection of rides<br />
including flying dragons, carousels,<br />
trampolines and bumper cars then<br />
spent more than we should in the<br />
arcade, it was dark outside and we<br />
got to enjoy the Brighton seafront<br />
in all its night time glory. We learnt<br />
one important lesson though;<br />
don’t take four and six year olds<br />
into the House of Horrors unless<br />
yours are braver than ours...<br />
it was not a popular move!<br />
Brighton’s Royal Pavilion is<br />
beautiful and worth a visit. There<br />
are children’s guidebooks available<br />
at the entrance, audio guides<br />
and a special tour for children<br />
too – plenty to keep little ones<br />
well entertained. If you head to<br />
brightonmuseums.org.uk, you<br />
can also download and print a<br />
trail that children can follow and<br />
complete during their visit.<br />
For our two nights in Brighton<br />
we stayed at the Holiday Inn. Its<br />
seafront location meant we could<br />
stroll inland to or along the coast.<br />
The hotel was great, breakfast<br />
was great, and with Stock Burger<br />
Co. as the adjoining restaurant<br />
you’ll be seriously tempted to<br />
‘dine in’ in the evening. The<br />
burger I had for dinner might just<br />
be the best I’ve had in years.<br />
BRIGHTON’S ROYAL<br />
PAVILION IS BEAUTIFUL<br />
AND WORTH A VISIT.<br />
THERE ARE CHILDREN’S<br />
GUIDEBOOKS AVAILABLE<br />
AT THE ENTRANCE, AUDIO<br />
GUIDES AND A SPECIAL<br />
TOUR FOR CHILDREN TOO<br />
Speaking of food, we certainly<br />
made the most of our stay. Iconic<br />
Brighton rock was naturally on the<br />
list of must-try (and the shop itself<br />
was a fascinating visit) but we also<br />
had a fantastic lunch at Bella Italia<br />
as well as making our way to Dum<br />
Dum Donutterie in the Lanes.<br />
Our walk into town from the<br />
seafront took us up Preston Street<br />
which is apparently referred<br />
to as ‘restaurant street’ locally.<br />
We didn’t have a chance to eat<br />
there this time but the range<br />
of restaurants looked amazing,<br />
from French, Moroccan and<br />
Lebanese restaurants to sushi<br />
bars, Japanese taverns, Turkish<br />
and Chinese restaurants with<br />
entire dim sum menus.<br />
We also ate at NuPosto – a<br />
fantastic Neapolitan pizzeria<br />
in the heart of Brighton. While<br />
children’s menus are sometimes<br />
a saving grace, we like to venture<br />
beyond chicken nuggets, and<br />
NuPosto’s antipasti selection<br />
gave us this opportunity with<br />
the Salsiccia E Patate (roast<br />
potatoes with Italian sausage)<br />
going down particularly well.<br />
Located opposite the Pier under<br />
the original architecture from 1872,<br />
Sea Life Brighton was one of the<br />
children’s highlights, especially<br />
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L-R: BRIGHTON PALACE PIER AT DUSK<br />
IMAGE ©VISITBRIGHTON.COM/ADAM BRONKHORST<br />
POPPY ON THE CAROUSEL<br />
BRIGHTON ROCK<br />
BRIGHTON ROYAL PAVILLION<br />
IMAGE ©VISITBRIGHTON.COM<br />
the rays and touching a starfish in the rock pool.<br />
It's the oldest operating aquarium in the world and<br />
we got to enjoy captivating tunnels and interactive<br />
displays, all set in the amazing Victorian premises.<br />
Unfortunately, refurbishment works in the ocean<br />
display meant the glass bottom boat and ocean<br />
tunnel were closed during our visit but the good<br />
news is they’re due to reopen in the spring and I’m<br />
sure the upgraded attractions will be worth the wait.<br />
On our final morning before heading back up<br />
to Gatwick, the weather luck had almost run<br />
out so we made our way to Brighton Marina,<br />
a chic shopping hub further up the seafront.<br />
We had a game at the Hollywood Bowl and<br />
watched a film at Cineworld before a fantastic<br />
lunch overlooking the boats and marina.<br />
BRIGHTON PIER DODGEMS FUN<br />
SEA LIFE BRIGHTON<br />
LOCATED OPPOSITE THE PIER UNDER<br />
THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE FROM<br />
1872, SEA LIFE BRIGHTON WAS ONE OF<br />
THE CHILDREN’S HIGHLIGHTS<br />
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Small Island, Big Events<br />
Alderney<br />
Literary Festival<br />
29-31 March<br />
Alderney<br />
Performing Arts Festival<br />
24-27 May<br />
Alderney’s<br />
Food & Drink Festival<br />
1-12 July<br />
Alderney Week<br />
3-11 August<br />
Alderney<br />
Chamber Music Festival<br />
29 August - 1 September<br />
Annual Half Marathon<br />
31 August<br />
An island with beautiful uncrowded beaches,<br />
rich heritage and stunning scenery provides<br />
the perfect backdrop to fabulous festivals and<br />
events year round. Join us for one or more of<br />
our events.<br />
Visit visitalderney.com<br />
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+44(0)1481 822333<br />
tourism@alderney.gov.gg<br />
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SARK<br />
HOTEL PICKS<br />
MANCHESTER<br />
DARWIN FOREST<br />
COUNTRY PARK<br />
Just a short drive from Manchester Airport, Landal Darwin<br />
Forest in the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District is one of the<br />
UK’s top holiday parks and provides luxury self-catering<br />
holiday accommodation. The Peak District lodges have<br />
been awarded five stars by Visit <strong>En</strong>gland and the Park was<br />
a finalist in the Visit <strong>En</strong>gland Awards for Excellence.<br />
Landal Darwin Forest is the perfect place to stay for<br />
visiting scenic countryside, stately homes including<br />
Chatsworth House, picturesque villages, theme<br />
parks and a wide range of local attractions.<br />
REVIEWS<br />
‘And this is how to relax!’<br />
‘More than we could have asked for’<br />
CLOS DE<br />
VAUL CREUX<br />
Clos De Vaul Creux is a charming,<br />
wisteria covered country-style hotel<br />
on the island of Sark. Located at the<br />
top of Harbour Hill, close to Sark’s<br />
restaurants, shops and banks, the hotel<br />
can accommodate up to 14 people<br />
in double or twin en suite rooms.<br />
The hotel’s north wing Business Centre<br />
is available separately for corporate<br />
events and business services.<br />
REVIEWS<br />
‘Wonderful stay on a beautiful island’<br />
‘Amazing hotel with charm and attention<br />
to detail’<br />
LEEDS<br />
MERCURE LEEDS<br />
PARKWAY HOTEL<br />
The Mercure Leeds Parkway Hotel is<br />
surrounded by 130 acres of beautiful<br />
parkland and formal gardens. It’s perfect<br />
for weddings and ideal for training<br />
days, meetings and conferences.<br />
<strong>En</strong>joy views from your hotel room<br />
that few hotels in Leeds can match.<br />
All 118 bedrooms feature HD TV and<br />
complimentary high speed WiFi and<br />
most have balconies with views of<br />
Golden Acre Park or the grounds.<br />
<strong>En</strong>joy a drink on the summer patio<br />
before dinner, with panoramic parkland<br />
views unmatched by any other<br />
restaurants in Leeds. Sample mouth<br />
zwatering dishes created with<br />
Yorkshire produce and a range<br />
of exciting menu options.<br />
REVIEWS<br />
‘Service exceptional, surroundings great’<br />
‘Stunning location, comfy hotel’<br />
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LONDON<br />
2019 IN<br />
KNIGHTSBRIDGE<br />
Knightsbridge is an epicentre of style and exclusivity and to outsiders,<br />
even passing through the area can feel like a luxury. This part of London is<br />
synonymous with the finer things in life. It attracts the rich and famous from all<br />
over the globe, as well as Londoners wanting to flash the cash, and exploring<br />
the area on foot feels like walking into a high-end fashion shoot.<br />
HARRODS DEPARTMENT STORE IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE IS LIT UP AT NIGHT<br />
WITH A HUGE ARRAY OF LIGHTS, SILHOUETTING THE BUILDING'S FEATURES.<br />
IMAGE ©VISTBRITAIN/ANDREW PICKETT<br />
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THE FOOD HALL HARRODS<br />
IMAGE ©VISITBRITAIN/JOANNA HENDERSON<br />
Its towering edifices are home to posh<br />
digs, swanky restaurants, couture stores and<br />
renowned department stores like Harrods and<br />
Harvey Nichols. If you want to experience<br />
London at its most suave and sophisticated,<br />
this is the neighbourhood to visit.<br />
This west central London area runs along<br />
the south of Hyde Park, spanning the City<br />
of Westminster and the Royal Borough of<br />
Kensington and Chelsea. It also neighbours<br />
other exclusive areas, including Mayfair,<br />
Belgravia, Kensington and St James.<br />
Knightsbridge is one of the most popular<br />
shopping destinations in the city, offering<br />
designer stores such as Jimmy Choo, Manolo<br />
Blahnik and Chanel. At the centre of it all,<br />
however, is London landmark Harrods. Covering<br />
4.5 acres with 330 departments over seven floors,<br />
practically everything you could ever need is<br />
here, from groceries to clothing to home goods.<br />
Both Harrods and the next-door Harvey<br />
Nichols throw pop-up events throughout<br />
the year, ranging from high-profile guest<br />
speakers to workshops for kids, so be sure<br />
to check what’s on ahead of your visit.<br />
If shopping is not on the agenda,<br />
however, you’ll find some of London’s finest<br />
museums in the vicinity, each promising<br />
some must-see entertainment for 2019.<br />
HARVEY NICHOLS KNIGHTSBRIDGE<br />
IMAGE ©VISITBRITAIN/RICHARD ALLEN<br />
IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE LONDON<br />
AT ITS MOST SUAVE AND SOPHISTICATED,<br />
THIS IS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD TO VISIT.<br />
ROYAL ALBERT HALL<br />
IMAGE ©VISITBRITAIN/JASON HAWKES<br />
The nearby Royal Albert Hall will host Californian<br />
legends The Beach Boys in June, as well as soul<br />
queen Gladys Knight, plus singing sensation<br />
Alfie Boe, and the <strong>En</strong>glish National Ballet will<br />
perform Cinderella in June. The Love Classical<br />
festival will also return with an eclectic selection<br />
of some of the most distinct and original<br />
voices in classical music today, plus My Great<br />
Orchestral Adventure, a family-friendly adventure<br />
through time with the Albert’s Orchestra.<br />
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L-R: PÉROU SHORT EVENING DRESS, AUTUMN-WINTER 1954<br />
HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION, H LINE. VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM,<br />
LONDON. GIFT OF CECIL BEATON PHOTO ©LAZIZ HAMANI<br />
VA CAFE PHOTO ©VA IMAGES<br />
For those with a love of art, fashion and design,<br />
the Victoria and Albert Museum, also known as<br />
the V&A, opens its brand-new exhibition, Christian<br />
Dior: Designer of Dreams, which will explore the<br />
enduring influence of the fashion house. The<br />
V&A is also the hub of the London Design Festival<br />
and will be hosting a wide range of activities,<br />
from tours and workshops, to installations<br />
and exhibitions from 14-22 September.<br />
For a night of dance like no other, head to<br />
the phenomenal Natural History Museum,<br />
which will be hosting three silent discos in<br />
2019: 25 January, 22 February and 29 March.<br />
Throw your best shapes under the skeletal<br />
model of a blue whale while three DJs do<br />
battle over separate wireless channels, playing<br />
the best in pop, rock and party classics.<br />
One the last few years, Knightsbridge has<br />
attracted some huge names in the world of<br />
catering. There’s Dinner by Heston Blumenthal,<br />
and joining him in time for the new year will<br />
be former head chef of the Michelin-starred<br />
Tamarind, Peter Joseph, who is opening a new<br />
restaurant called Kahani in Chelsea. Inspired by his<br />
upbringing in Tamil Nadu, India’s southernmost<br />
state, the menu features the likes of smoked<br />
Malabar prawns with coconut and Keralan spices,<br />
and tandoori calamari with Kasundi mustard.<br />
Only a couple of hops from Knightsbridge<br />
by Tube, foodies might want to check out<br />
Mercato Metropolitano Mayfair, London’s<br />
next big street food market. Its opening date<br />
is yet to be confirmed, but in this renovated,<br />
Grade I listed, deconsecrated church you’ll<br />
find vendors serving all kinds of international<br />
cuisine, a deli, a coffee shop, a florist, a<br />
brewery, a cocktail bar and an actual farm, as<br />
well as cookery lessons and workshops.<br />
With its incredible cultural institutions and<br />
Hyde Park right on its doorstep, there is<br />
more to Knightsbridge than its posh shops<br />
and fancy restaurants. Although, when a<br />
neighbourhood is as top-tier as this one is,<br />
sampling the finer things in life can be all part<br />
of the fun. When in Rome, and all that.<br />
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FIVE OF THE BEST<br />
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams<br />
This new exhibition at the V&A will trace<br />
the history and impact of one of the 20th<br />
century’s most influential couturiers, and<br />
Dior’s relationship with Britain. It opens in<br />
February 2019 and runs until 14 July.<br />
Barclaycard Presents<br />
British Summer Time Hyde Park<br />
Taking place 5-14 July 2019, this awardwinning<br />
festival enjoys world-famous artists<br />
and rising stars taking to the stage in the<br />
iconic Royal Park for two weekends of live<br />
music, while during the week there are<br />
free summer activities, music and food.<br />
In 2018, festival goers were treated to an<br />
impressive range of acts including The Cure,<br />
Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Michael Bublé<br />
and Bruno Mars, so expect big things when<br />
the line-up is announced for next year.<br />
Cirque de Soleil Totem, The Royal Albert Hall<br />
The world-famous Cirque de Soleil will be<br />
performing the acrobatic extravaganza Totem<br />
throughout January and early February.<br />
Expect physical feats of extraordinary<br />
beauty. Your mind will be blown.<br />
RHS Chelsea Flower Show<br />
Be dazzled by colourful flowers, innovative<br />
garden designs and amazing horticultural<br />
exhibits at this prestigious annual flower<br />
show, which will be from 21-25 May.<br />
Dino Snores for Grown-ups<br />
Natural History Museum<br />
Taking place on 5 January and 23 March, this<br />
sleepover in the famous institution promises a<br />
night of music, food, science, art and cinema in<br />
one of London’s most spectacular buildings.<br />
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YORK<br />
48 HOURS<br />
IN YORK<br />
With its medieval roots, world-class museums<br />
and a thriving cultural scene, York is a city<br />
bursting with rich history and excitement.<br />
Perfectly placed half-way between London<br />
and Edinburgh and with the glorious Yorkshire<br />
Dales, North York Moors and Wolds right<br />
on the doorstep, this mini metropolis is<br />
unlike any other <strong>En</strong>glish city. Voted the best<br />
place to live in the UK by The Sunday Times<br />
and with more attractions per square mile<br />
than any other UK city, you’ll be spoilt for<br />
choice for things to do in just two days.<br />
GETTING THERE<br />
Aurigny operates regular flights between Guernsey and<br />
Leeds Bradford Airport, which is the closest airport to<br />
York. You can then get a train from Leeds to York, taking<br />
about 25 minutes. Alternatively, Manchester Airport is<br />
around 80 miles from York, so why not hop on one of<br />
Aurigny’s direct flights and once there, take a train from<br />
the airport to York?<br />
CHECK IN<br />
£££ GRAYS COURT<br />
Dating back to 1080, and nestled in the heart of the<br />
exclusive Minster Quarter, Grays Court is the original<br />
hidden gem. Having recently achieved Hotel of the Year<br />
2018 at the York Tourism Awards, the house has been<br />
lovingly restored and now boasts a fantastic restaurant,<br />
garden and 11 en-suite hotel rooms.<br />
££ PALM COURT<br />
Palm Court Bed and Breakfast is an elegant, Victorian,<br />
family-run hotel overlooking the River Foss. Rated four<br />
stars, this hotel offers eight spacious double, twin and<br />
family bedrooms and is only five minutes’ walk from the<br />
city centre.<br />
£ HEDLEY HOUSE<br />
Close to the city centre and within easy reach of the<br />
road-rail network, Hedley House Hotel provides modern<br />
comfortable surroundings and outstanding personal<br />
service. Many of the rooms still include the original<br />
fireplace features combined with en-suite facilities.<br />
DAY 1<br />
10AM – GOTHIC GRANDEUR<br />
Fuel up with a bite to eat at any of the cafés and<br />
coffee shops along Museum Street before heading<br />
up to the main attraction in the city – York Minster.<br />
Built in 1338 and taking more than 250 years to<br />
build, it’s the largest gothic cathedral of its kind in<br />
Northern Europe and is a true feat of architecture<br />
and engineering. Here you’ll find the best views over<br />
York by climbing to the top of the Central Tower.<br />
11AM – CHOCOLATE CITY<br />
Make your way to York’s Chocolate Story to hear<br />
scrumptious confectionery tales detailing how<br />
York became the home of chocolate. While other<br />
northern centres historically made their wealth from<br />
wool, cotton and steel, York went its own sweet<br />
way and built a city from chocolate. Take a tour,<br />
see a demonstration with a master chocolatier and<br />
even make your very own lollipop to take home.<br />
1PM – SHOPPING IN THE SHAMBLES<br />
RIVER OUSE<br />
No trip to York is complete without a stroll down the<br />
Shambles, the city’s oldest and most photographed<br />
street. Although the streets have a less than glamorous<br />
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past – the name comes from the old flesh Shambles,<br />
where butchers would hang their meat for display<br />
– it’s now renowned as a haven for those looking<br />
to enjoy some quality shopping time. Break for<br />
lunch or afternoon tea at Betty's Café Tea Rooms.<br />
3PM – A JOURNEY TO THE PAST<br />
The National Railway Museum is the next stop, with<br />
a world-class collection of locomotives from the<br />
Flying Scotsman to the Mallard and Queen Victoria’s<br />
vintage carriages. Immerse yourself in stories from<br />
centuries of railway history and discover unexpected<br />
objects from the world’s largest railway collection.<br />
RAILWAY MUSEUM<br />
7:30PM – NORTHERN CUISINE<br />
York is home to some of the finest eateries in the<br />
north, but when it comes to quality and local produce<br />
goes, a meal at The Whippet Inn is as good as it gets,<br />
but make sure you book in advance. After the best<br />
steak you’re ever likely to have, grab a pint at the<br />
Golden Fleece – one of the most haunted sites in<br />
the UK.<br />
DAY 2<br />
10AM – RIVER CUISINE<br />
York Boat cruises run regularly through the day<br />
and give you the chance to see this fabulous city<br />
from another perspective. Setting off from the city<br />
centre, you’ll travel up the River Ouse and discover<br />
scenes of great historical importance, as described<br />
by the knowledgeable skipper. If it’s a nice day, you<br />
can even catch some rays up on the sun deck.<br />
3PM – VIKING ADVENTURE<br />
Travel back in time to the Viking age and discover<br />
the sights, sounds and smells of the city at the<br />
JORVIK Viking Centre. Discover the lives of the<br />
inhabitants of 10th-century York as you travel<br />
around the reconstruction of the city. All that you<br />
see is based on actual archaeological evidence<br />
found during the Coppergate excavation.<br />
5PM – WALK THE WALLS<br />
It’s a must-do when visiting York and an ideal<br />
way to enjoy some incredible views out over<br />
the city and the surrounding areas. The route<br />
usually lasts around 90 minutes, but set aside a<br />
little more time just in case you get distracted<br />
by the many interesting tourist hotspots. Tourist<br />
Tracks offers audio tours of the walls which are<br />
great at filling you in on the history of the city.<br />
10:30AM – GLORIOUS GARDENS<br />
Set in the stunning surroundings of the Medieval<br />
ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey, York’s Museum Gardens<br />
are a welcome retreat from the hordes of shoppers<br />
and tourists. Treat yourself to something to eat<br />
and simply wander to your heart’s content. You’ll<br />
also stumble upon the Yorkshire Museum which<br />
displays fabulous exhibitions and is a wonderful<br />
way to spend a relaxing couple of hours.<br />
YORK MINSTER AND WALL<br />
7PM – YORKSHIRE PRODUCE<br />
Settled beside the river, The Star Inn the City is<br />
one of the newest additions to York’s vast restaurant<br />
portfolio and has quickly become the go-to place<br />
for a special meal. Serving up the best of Yorkshire’s<br />
produce and catch-of-the-day fish specials, you’re<br />
sure to enjoy one of the best meals you’ll ever eat. It’s<br />
also ideally located for a pre-theatre dinner should you<br />
wish to take in the latest showing at the Theatre Royal.<br />
YORK’S CHOCOLATE STORY<br />
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ALTRINCHAM<br />
THE INCREDIBLE<br />
REVIVAL OF<br />
ALTRINCHAM<br />
In the Sunday Times Best Places to Live 2018 survey, Altrincham was<br />
rated the best place to live in the North West of <strong>En</strong>gland. Just 3.6<br />
miles from Manchester Airport and eight miles from Manchester city<br />
centre, this thriving market town is a destination in itself.<br />
THE HUB OF<br />
THE TOWN IS<br />
ALTRINCHAM<br />
MARKET, THE<br />
CENTREPIECE<br />
OF A £6M<br />
REGENERATION<br />
IN THE AREA<br />
Historically part of Cheshire,<br />
Altrincham was established as<br />
a market town in 1290, and<br />
developed further thanks to the<br />
extension of the Bridgewater Canal<br />
to the town in 1765 and the arrival<br />
of the railway in 1849. Yet the<br />
opening of the huge Trafford<br />
Centre in 1998 took people<br />
away from Altrincham’s once<br />
bustling streets and it became<br />
something of a ghost town.<br />
Just eight years ago it had the<br />
highest shop vacancy rates in<br />
the UK, with almost a third of<br />
its shops lying empty, but the<br />
town has turned its fortunes<br />
around and is now enjoying<br />
a well-deserved revival.<br />
Altrincham is served by<br />
the excellent Metrolink tram<br />
system from Manchester city<br />
centre, or you can catch the<br />
train from Manchester Piccadilly<br />
station. From the airport, if<br />
you’re not hiring a car you<br />
can hop on the number 18<br />
bus or take a short taxi ride.<br />
The hub of the town is<br />
Altrincham Market, the centrepiece<br />
of a £6m regeneration in the<br />
area, which is everything a market<br />
should be and more. There is a<br />
19th-century covered market, with<br />
quality butchers, fishmongers,<br />
greengrocers and bakers selling<br />
their wares alongside visiting street<br />
food traders and stalls selling all<br />
kinds of crafts, jewellery, clothes<br />
and homewares. Shopping here<br />
is a world away from the soulless<br />
experience of traipsing around the<br />
supermarket; you can buy local<br />
and forget about accumulating a<br />
bagful of single-use plastic.<br />
ALTRINCHAM HALL MARKET HOUSE COFFEE<br />
ALTRINCHAM HALL TAPAS AND PAELLA<br />
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NEXT DOOR IS THE MARKET HALL,<br />
A GRADE II-LISTED BUILDING THAT’S A<br />
FOODIE’S DELIGHT. IT’S HOME TO SOME<br />
OF THE REGION’S FINEST INDEPENDENT<br />
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Next door is the market hall, a<br />
grade II-listed building that’s a<br />
foodie’s delight. It’s home to some<br />
of the region’s finest independent<br />
food and drink outlets, housed<br />
behind Victorian-style shop fronts<br />
surrounding a 180-seater dining<br />
area. Honest Crust produces great<br />
sourdough pizza, whilst Tender<br />
Cow uses different cuts of meat<br />
– like flat iron steak – to create<br />
imaginative dishes with a local,<br />
seasonal flavour. La Cucina serves<br />
simple Mediterranean food, again<br />
changing menus with the seasons.<br />
For sweet treats, try Wolfhouse<br />
Kitchen Bakery and Sam Joseph<br />
chocolates and patisserie.<br />
If you’re in need of a caffeine<br />
fix, Market House Coffee serves<br />
Atkinsons coffee and loose-leaf<br />
tea, as well as sourdough toast<br />
and homemade jams and pastries.<br />
Jack in the Box is the place to<br />
go for craft beer and cider, and<br />
you can have a drink at the bar at<br />
Reserve Wines or buy something<br />
to take home.<br />
ALTRINCHAM PROVES<br />
THAT IF YOU DO THINGS<br />
A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY,<br />
YOU CAN CREATE<br />
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL<br />
The success of the market area<br />
acted as a catalyst to further<br />
regenerate Altrincham. For a night<br />
out, Sugo is great for cocktails<br />
and the Belgian Bar has a good<br />
selection of authentic beers,<br />
good wine and good food. For<br />
tapas, Porta is an independent<br />
restaurant bringing an evocative<br />
Spanish experience to Greenwood<br />
Street. The Con Club is also on<br />
Greenwood Street: housed in<br />
what was the Working Men’s<br />
Conservative Club, it’s been<br />
transformed into a relaxed all-day<br />
eating and drinking venue with its<br />
own micro-brewery.<br />
Altrincham is home to a number<br />
of well-known chains, such as JD<br />
Sports, Paperchase, Debenhams,<br />
Waterstones and Monsoon.<br />
Designer clothing retailer Flannels<br />
opened its new store in Stamford<br />
Square in December, while<br />
independent shoe shop<br />
Jake Shoes opened its third<br />
shop on George Street in<br />
November. In addition, a<br />
range of interesting stores<br />
have breathed new life<br />
into the town. The Old<br />
Post Rooms, the former<br />
post office, has been<br />
reinvented as vintage<br />
tea rooms alongside<br />
a hub of independent<br />
retailers selling fashion,<br />
jewellery, gifts and<br />
children’s clothes. For<br />
homewares, Edit & Oak<br />
on Greenwood Street<br />
sources an eclectic range<br />
from all over the world<br />
and Homebird has a<br />
lovely selection of New<br />
<strong>En</strong>gland and vintage-style<br />
items. If you’re searching<br />
for gifts, try Idaho, Gift +<br />
Home and Vintage<br />
Angel Design.<br />
Whilst you’re in<br />
Altrincham it’s worth<br />
paying a visit to Dunham<br />
Massey Hall, formerly<br />
the home of the Earl of<br />
Stamford, and now a<br />
National Trust attraction<br />
with three grade I-listed<br />
buildings and a deer<br />
park. The park is also<br />
home to a fully restored<br />
400-year-old working<br />
sawmill and some<br />
historic stable buildings.<br />
The buildings reveal<br />
the comings and goings<br />
of the family and their<br />
workers, the importance<br />
of horses and later the<br />
motor car. Altrincham<br />
Ice Dome hosts the<br />
home matches of the<br />
Manchester Storm and<br />
Altrincham Aces ice<br />
hockey clubs, as well as<br />
the junior team Trafford<br />
Tornadoes. The ice rink is<br />
open to the public, and<br />
there’s a 10-pin bowling<br />
alley on-site too.<br />
As the rise of online shopping<br />
and out-of-town malls threaten<br />
our high streets, Altrincham<br />
proves that if you do things a<br />
little differently, you can create<br />
something very special.<br />
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THE KILN<br />
When Oatlands’ new owners stated that as part of the site’s redevelopment they were<br />
going to refurbish the restaurant into one of the island’s top eateries, their comments<br />
were met with a certain amount of disbelief from islanders. How could they possibly hope<br />
to transform what was known as a bit of a dated brasserie into a ‘top eatery’? Well the<br />
doubters are going to have to admit they were wrong as two years down the line, The Kiln<br />
restaurant and café is indeed a fantastic place and one of Guernsey’s top-rated eateries.<br />
The Kiln is at the heart of<br />
Oatlands Village, which contains<br />
an array of beautifully restored<br />
traditional buildings including<br />
historic brick kilns and thatched<br />
roof buildings. Oatlands Village<br />
itself is beautifully landscaped and<br />
in a peaceful area in the north of<br />
the island. A great setting for a<br />
relaxing and laid-back restaurant<br />
like The Kiln, which also features<br />
a beautiful and spacious outdoor<br />
area. Oh, and did we mention<br />
there is loads of free parking on<br />
site? So, none of the battling<br />
for parking spaces that you get<br />
in St Peter Port, and no parking<br />
time limits for those looking for<br />
a lengthy and leisurely meal.<br />
As soon as you step foot in The<br />
Kiln the homely atmosphere and<br />
décor welcomes you in and puts<br />
you at ease. It’s light and airy,<br />
spacious and totally unpretentious.<br />
Neutral tones, rough stone walls,<br />
solid wooden furniture, homely<br />
lamps, candles, wooden crates<br />
and a healthy smattering of indoor<br />
plants make this feel like you’ve<br />
just walked into a friend’s dining<br />
room as opposed to a restaurant<br />
(albeit a friend with an impeccable<br />
flair for interior design).<br />
The owners of The Kiln know<br />
their stuff as they have created<br />
a menu that is a match made<br />
in heaven with the restaurant’s<br />
ambience. The food is reassuringly<br />
traditional and hearty, with the<br />
occasional modern twist to<br />
maintain your interest. Their daily<br />
specials are fresh and different and<br />
keep you wanting to come back<br />
for more. The restaurant is owned<br />
and run by Jenny Meeks (The Kiln<br />
is the latest addition to her already<br />
impressive track record in the<br />
Guernsey restaurant industry), with<br />
the support of her team, including<br />
manager Greg Szezpanski and<br />
chef Aidan Le Poidevin.<br />
The Kiln is open 9am-5pm<br />
daily, and offers breakfast (9-<br />
11:30am), lunch (12-3pm) and<br />
serves coffee and cake all day.<br />
The breakfast menu has won the<br />
hearts of Guernsey locals, to the<br />
extent that making a reservation<br />
is advisable. The options range<br />
from a traditional ‘Full <strong>En</strong>glish’<br />
through to the slightly fancier<br />
‘Seared Asparagus, Broccoli,<br />
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Reviews<br />
‘Regular visitors’<br />
‘A visit to The Kiln is a must for us<br />
each time we visit Guernsey. The<br />
food is really tasty and the whole<br />
establishment is beautifully clean, we<br />
have yet to visit in the summer but I<br />
guess the outside area will be packed.’<br />
‘Amazing breakfast’<br />
‘Such amazing breakfast menu<br />
choices! Fast and friendly service,<br />
child friendly. Decor is really nice<br />
and relaxing. And food is delicious!!!<br />
So so good! Can’t wait to go back!!!’<br />
‘Delicious lunches’<br />
‘Visited several times whilst on<br />
holiday. Delicious lunches from<br />
a lighter sandwich to something<br />
special. Never disappointed! Staff<br />
are friendly, welcoming, helpful and<br />
happy to explain any ingredients<br />
and how something is cooked<br />
so you can decide whether to try<br />
something new or choose a familiar<br />
favourite from a varied menu at<br />
great prices. Nicely presented too!’<br />
Spinach and Pine Nuts’. They also have a mouthwatering<br />
selection of fresh pastries, and a good range<br />
of omelettes. And that’s just a small taster of the<br />
extensive and pleasantly reasonably priced menu!<br />
Lunch options include light bites such as<br />
sandwiches or salads, as well as more substantial<br />
meals including burgers, and a delicious sounding<br />
‘Chilli, Lime and Ginger Crab Spaghetti’. Again, very<br />
fairly priced and a great range of choices. There is<br />
also a good children’s menu. It’s also worth noting<br />
that an impressive number of the menu options<br />
are available as vegan, gluten free and dairy free.<br />
A quick browse through their TripAdvisor comments<br />
and you begin to understand just how loved this<br />
restaurant is. Words used to describe The Kiln<br />
that pop up time and time again are ‘friendly’,<br />
‘relaxed’, ‘spot on’, ‘delicious’, ‘a new favourite’<br />
and ‘we will be back’. You get the picture.<br />
In our opinion, a great addition to the list of fantastic<br />
Guernsey eateries, and definitely worth a try.<br />
TO FIND OUT MORE VISIT<br />
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GUERNSEY<br />
RESTAURANT PICKS<br />
LA REUNION<br />
From its beach-side location, La Reunion<br />
produces delicious food in relaxed<br />
surroundings with one of the best views in<br />
the island. The menus include superb local<br />
ingredients and the two-course lunch<br />
starts from just £16 per head. Alternatively,<br />
pop in for a refreshing cocktail and<br />
bowl of moules on the terrace.<br />
REVIEWS<br />
‘Excellent food and service’<br />
‘Superb seafood and the best sunset<br />
in 77 years’<br />
LEEDS<br />
LONDON<br />
TUTTONS<br />
Situated on the famous Covent Garden piazza,<br />
Tuttons is one of the longest standing restaurants<br />
in central London. Well known for its location<br />
and history, diners overlook the iconic piazza<br />
whilst enjoying a menu that celebrates <strong>En</strong>glish<br />
cuisine and the best of British produce.<br />
With a warm and welcoming interior, Tuttons<br />
provides the perfect setting for a meal with friends<br />
and loved ones with our terrace allowing you to<br />
enjoy the London sunshine throughout the year.<br />
FAZENDA<br />
With stunning views onto the canal of<br />
the River Aire, Fazenda Leeds in Granary<br />
Wharf lends itself as the perfect venue<br />
for lunching and special occasion dining.<br />
Luxurious interiors featuring leather<br />
furnishings and authentic décor give<br />
guests a taste of the gaúcho experience<br />
in ambient surroundings. Why not<br />
enjoy a pre-dinner cocktail in the bar<br />
area, or relax on the open terrace?<br />
REVIEWS<br />
‘Fantastic every time'<br />
‘One of my favourite restaurants in Leeds’<br />
REVIEWS<br />
‘A warm, classy atmosphere with fine food and<br />
excellent service’<br />
‘We couldn’t recommend more!!!!’<br />
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BUSINESS NEWS<br />
62 NEWS BULLETIN<br />
The latest business news from<br />
the Bailiwick of Guernsey<br />
66 WE ARE GUERNSEY<br />
Lights are green for Guernsey<br />
in sustainable finance<br />
71 'THE LAW OR THY<br />
WILL BE DONE...'<br />
Babbé's Jael Crystal-Azah<br />
takes a look at inheritance<br />
73 VIVE LA CHANGE!<br />
By James Orrick, Director,<br />
Private Equity Administrators<br />
74 MEET RICHARD GAUDIN<br />
<strong>En</strong> <strong>Voyage</strong> talks to Logicalis'<br />
Commercial Director<br />
HIGH-FLYING 80<br />
The latest appointments from<br />
leading Guernsey businesses<br />
AND I FEEL FINE... 83<br />
By Mark Bousfield,<br />
Ravenscroft Group Managing Director<br />
ENERGY IS EVOLVING 87<br />
By Alan Bates, Chief Executive<br />
of Guernsey Electricity<br />
COULD SOCIAL MEDIA<br />
COST YOU YOUR JOB? 89<br />
By Andrew Partlow, Director,<br />
Alexander Daniels Offshore<br />
A PERFECT STORM IN<br />
A BREXIT TEACUP? 93<br />
By Jason Morgan, Partner and<br />
Head of Property, Carey Olsen Guernsey<br />
61
Business<br />
BUSINESS NEWS<br />
Page 65<br />
What would<br />
Warren Buffet<br />
do now?<br />
Page 69<br />
Could 'Brexit<br />
Blues' bring<br />
more colour<br />
back to<br />
Guernsey's<br />
property<br />
market?<br />
Page 77<br />
The<br />
importance of<br />
branding<br />
TISE LAUNCHES GREEN<br />
MARKET SEGMENT<br />
The International Stock Exchange<br />
(TISE) has launched a new green<br />
market segment, TISE Green, to<br />
enhance the visibility of those<br />
investments which make a positive<br />
impact on the environment.<br />
TISE Green is open to all types<br />
of green investments, including<br />
bonds, funds and trading<br />
companies, from any jurisdiction.<br />
An appropriate third-party<br />
needs to provide verification<br />
that the investment meets<br />
an internationally recognised<br />
standard of green finance.<br />
The investment must first be<br />
admitted to TISE’s Official List<br />
but there is no additional charge<br />
for the subsequent entry to, and<br />
presence on, TISE Green.<br />
Fiona Le Poidevin, CEO of the<br />
International Stock Exchange<br />
Group (TISEG), said: 'The focus<br />
on environmental sustainability<br />
in recent years has led to an<br />
established and growing sector<br />
LIVINGROOM WINS NATIONAL<br />
AWARD FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW<br />
Livingroom Estate Agents was named the Best Estate<br />
Agency Single Office Guernsey for the second year in a<br />
row at the prestigious International Property Awards.<br />
The International Property Awards are open to residential<br />
and commercial property professionals from around the<br />
globe and celebrate the highest levels of achievement by<br />
companies operating in all sectors of the property and<br />
real estate industry. Livingroom’s award was rated five<br />
star which is the highest national award available.<br />
Simon Torode, founder and CEO of Livingroom Estate<br />
Agents, said: 'It’s an enormous honour to be recognised<br />
on a national level for the work we’re doing across the<br />
Channel Islands and it justifies our whole ethos and<br />
brand identity. Our staff work extremely hard to spread<br />
Livingroom’s values far and wide and to have won the<br />
award for the second year in a row is testament to their<br />
dedication and the support of our loyal clients.<br />
'For the Channel Islands’ only pan-island residential<br />
estate agent to be listed as a winner alongside some of<br />
the largest players in the estate agency sector in the UK<br />
is a positive not just for us at Livingroom but also for the<br />
islands which will benefit from the increased exposure<br />
and our clients whose homes are reaching growing<br />
numbers of prospective buyers.'<br />
of green finance. Indeed, there<br />
is an increasing pool of investors<br />
who are mandated either to<br />
only invest, or to invest a certain<br />
proportion of their assets, into<br />
investments which, alongside<br />
traditional financial return, provide<br />
positive environmental benefits.<br />
'TISE Green has been established<br />
to enable those seeking funding<br />
for environmentally beneficial<br />
initiatives to highlight their green<br />
credentials while, at the same<br />
time, providing easier access<br />
for investors who are looking to<br />
allocate to those investments<br />
which have been verified as<br />
meeting globally recognised<br />
standards in green finance.'<br />
Funds which have a Guernsey<br />
Green Fund route 1 designation<br />
and which are listed on TISE<br />
will meet the criteria for a<br />
presence on TISE Green.<br />
Successful applicants will be added<br />
to the TISE Green section of TISE’s<br />
website and receive TISE Green<br />
logos for their own use in promoting<br />
their presence on the segment.<br />
GTA AND STATES<br />
OF GUERNSEY<br />
PARTNER TO DELIVER<br />
DIGITAL LEADERSHIP<br />
PROGRAMME<br />
The GTA University Centre (GTA)<br />
has partnered with the States of<br />
Guernsey to develop and deliver a<br />
new programme designed to help<br />
senior leaders in both the private<br />
and public sector understand digital<br />
technologies and how they can<br />
improve business competitiveness<br />
and drive efficiencies.<br />
The Digital Leadership<br />
Programme looks at the key<br />
elements of digital innovation<br />
and how they apply to business<br />
and service provision. The course<br />
covers various topics such as<br />
identifying digital innovation<br />
needs, leading technological<br />
change, using data to understand<br />
customers and how to develop a<br />
successful digital strategy.<br />
Kate Sole, Programmes Manager<br />
at the GTA, said: 'Digital<br />
technology and innovation is<br />
vital to ensuring businesses stay<br />
ahead of the game. Customers<br />
are demanding more flexible, cost<br />
effective products and services<br />
at the touch of a button, which<br />
is why the GTA has teamed up<br />
with industry experts, the States<br />
of Guernsey and the University<br />
of Salford to develop the Digital<br />
Leadership Programme.<br />
'We are very pleased to be<br />
collaborating with the States of<br />
Guernsey on this programme,<br />
we have worked closely together<br />
to bring our joint vision for the<br />
course to life. We’ve had a number<br />
of senior leaders from both the<br />
private and public sectors taking<br />
part which we hope has so far<br />
proved to be inspiring and practical,<br />
giving them the tools they need<br />
to immediately impact their<br />
businesses in a way that improves<br />
the service for their customers.'<br />
The new Digital Leadership<br />
Programme aims to give<br />
attendees a better understanding<br />
of where their organisation stands<br />
in a fast-paced digital world,<br />
where there are opportunities for<br />
future growth, and how digital<br />
technologies can give them real<br />
competitive advantage.<br />
The Digital Leadership<br />
Programme is delivered by Salford<br />
Business School. The first day of<br />
the intensive two-day programme<br />
took place in September, with<br />
the concluding day confirmed<br />
in December. It is hoped the<br />
programme will be rolled out<br />
annually from 2019.<br />
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ORCHARD JOINT MD<br />
BECOMES CHARTERED<br />
Orchard PR joint Managing Director<br />
Brooke Kenyon has become a<br />
chartered PR practitioner indicating<br />
that she has attained the highest<br />
standard of professional excellence<br />
and integrity.<br />
She is one of 255 chartered public<br />
relations practitioners of the<br />
Chartered Institute of Public Relations’<br />
10,000 membership and one of nine<br />
in the Channel Islands, which has<br />
the highest proportion of chartered<br />
members of any CIPR regional group.'<br />
THE SPA AT ST<br />
PIERRE PARK WINS<br />
BEST SPA IN THE<br />
CHANNEL ISLANDS<br />
The Spa at St Pierre Park has won<br />
Best Spa in the Channel Islands for<br />
the third year in a row at the Good<br />
Spa Guide Awards 2018.<br />
The hotel is owned and operated by<br />
country house hotel and spa resort<br />
group, Hand Picked Hotels.<br />
The spa has five treatment rooms,<br />
a relaxation room, a marble steam<br />
room, a dual aspect volcanic stone<br />
sauna, hot and cold rainfall and<br />
monsoon ‘experience’ showers, a<br />
16.5m indoor swimming pool and<br />
an extensive outdoor terrace with<br />
spa pool.<br />
The Good Spa Awards are designed<br />
to recognise the best spas in Britain<br />
as nominated by their readers and an<br />
expert panel of ‘spa spies.’ Judges,<br />
rating over 100 nominees across all<br />
categories, award rising standards<br />
Brooke is the third employee of<br />
Orchard to achieve chartered<br />
status, joining existing chartered<br />
practitioners joint MD Chris Chilton<br />
and founder Steve Falla.<br />
She said: 'Communications is a<br />
fast-moving profession; therefore<br />
updating your knowledge and<br />
skills is not only important but<br />
critical to delivering creative and<br />
relevant campaigns for clients. To<br />
have three chartered practitioners<br />
at Orchard demonstrates to our<br />
clients and to the wider business<br />
community that we uphold the<br />
highest standards in all aspects<br />
of our public relations activity.'<br />
of quality and service in an industry<br />
which has seen exponential growth.<br />
St Pierre Park was once again<br />
awarded the best Spa in the Channel<br />
Islands for its creative use of space,<br />
outstanding facilities, range of<br />
treatments and customer service.<br />
Daphne Metland, founder and<br />
Director of the Good Spa Guide,<br />
said: 'The Good Spa Guide Awards<br />
highlight the increasing standards in<br />
the spa industry. Our winners are to<br />
be congratulated for their high spa<br />
standards and great customer service.<br />
In a busy, hectic world, a trip to a<br />
spa has become necessary for many<br />
people who want to take care of their<br />
health or simply relax and unwind.'<br />
FERBRACHE & FARRELL AND MONTEREY INSIGHT RANKING<br />
'Ferbrache & Farrell are delighted<br />
to have been ranked fourth in the<br />
Monterey Insight list of Guernsey<br />
legal counsels to funds managed<br />
or administered in Guernsey. This<br />
ranking is particularly pleasing in<br />
light of this being the first Ferbrache<br />
& Farrell submission to the Monterey<br />
Insight’s Guernsey Fund Report,<br />
the independent fund research<br />
company. In addition, Ferbrache &<br />
Farrell have also reached fifth place<br />
in the funds’ total market share<br />
ranking in Guernsey.<br />
Gavin Farrell commented: 'This<br />
piece of news that we are ranked<br />
within the top four Guernsey law<br />
firms doing funds work is particularly<br />
pleasing since we as a firm were only<br />
established two years ago and this<br />
was our very first submission. We are<br />
very fortunate as a team and a firm<br />
to have the support and trust that<br />
clients placed in us at this early stage<br />
of our development. The Ferbrache<br />
& Farrell corporate team has been<br />
able to assist both in the launch of<br />
new funds, as well as continued<br />
advice to existing structures'. Karine<br />
Pacary, Managing Director of<br />
Monterey Insight, commented that<br />
'The Ferbrache & Farrell results were<br />
quite outstanding and it is always<br />
pleasant to see new companies<br />
emerging when they are doing well.<br />
This is out of eight legal advisers<br />
listed in the report.'<br />
Monterey Insight is the leading<br />
publication for rankings of service<br />
providers in Guernsey within the<br />
Funds industry.<br />
NEW SERVICE FOR AFM<br />
AFM has added to its range of<br />
facilities services operating an<br />
in-house Refrigeration Service<br />
which will cover all aspects of<br />
design, supply, installation and<br />
maintenance of refrigeration<br />
plant and equipment for<br />
commercial clients.<br />
This exciting new capability<br />
means that AFM can offer retail,<br />
food preparation and distribution,<br />
logistics, hospitality and clinical<br />
clients a full range of refrigeration<br />
services. This includes planned<br />
preventative maintenance, fault<br />
monitoring, 24/7 emergency call<br />
out and design consultancy to<br />
ensure that an optimal solution is<br />
achieved for any project.<br />
Mark Edgar, AFM’s Managing<br />
Director, said, 'We are really<br />
pleased to be adding Refrigeration<br />
to our already diverse range of<br />
facilities services. We know that<br />
this service is critical to many<br />
of our clients, particularly in<br />
retail as the desire for fresh food<br />
continues to grow. We look<br />
forward to rolling out our new<br />
capability to those clients who<br />
need it most.'<br />
CAREY CROWNED<br />
AS GUERNSEY’S<br />
CORPORATE SERVICES<br />
SPECIALISTS 2018<br />
Carey has been awarded 'Corporate<br />
Services Team of the Year' by ICSA:<br />
The Governance Institute.<br />
Guernsey’s highlight of the<br />
governance social calendar saw<br />
the team from Carey collect<br />
the award which recognises<br />
effective team and thought<br />
leadership, mastery of the<br />
complex legal and regulatory<br />
environment and commitment<br />
to emerging best practise in<br />
the pursuit of governance.<br />
Carey’s Deputy Managing<br />
Director, Sara Bourne, said: 'Being<br />
recognised by industry during<br />
what has been another bumper<br />
year of innovation in financial<br />
services in Guernsey is fantastic.<br />
Our specialist and professionally<br />
qualified team work very hard to<br />
shape legal, regulatory and ethical<br />
approaches in partnership with<br />
our public clients to meet their<br />
listing objectives for the long<br />
term. This win is testament to our<br />
people and to the strength of our<br />
client relationships.'<br />
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Business<br />
WHAT WOULD<br />
WARREN BUFFET<br />
DO NOW?<br />
BY CRAIG ALLEN, HEAD OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, JULIUS BAER GUERNSEY<br />
CRAIG ALLEN<br />
Most people would agree that<br />
the greatest investor alive today is<br />
Warren Buffett. Mr Buffett, aged<br />
88, is the CEO and Chairman of<br />
Berkshire Hathaway, which in<br />
turn holds substantial positions<br />
in many household names.<br />
These include Apple, Coca-Cola,<br />
Kraft Heinz, American Express,<br />
Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.<br />
Buffett bought his first stock aged<br />
just 11 and over the years he has<br />
learnt this it is best to buy, hold<br />
and not to watch the markets<br />
too closely. Buffett continues<br />
to lead a relatively modest life<br />
in the US and has amassed a<br />
wealth of more than $80bn over<br />
a lifetime of investing in financial<br />
markets. He has pledged to give<br />
away the vast majority of his<br />
fortune to philanthropic causes.<br />
Buffett’s strategy is to remain<br />
virtually fully invested at all times,<br />
investing into high quality dividend<br />
paying stocks with strong brands<br />
and high barriers to entry. He<br />
does not attempt to time the<br />
markets by selling near to the top.<br />
Indeed, he rarely sells any of his<br />
holdings at all, preferring instead<br />
to benefit from the power of<br />
compounding over time. In fact,<br />
Buffett famously once said that<br />
‘our favourite holding period is<br />
forever’. He is human though and<br />
does therefore make mistakes<br />
from time to time. This includes<br />
a well-publicised loss on Tesco<br />
shares a few years ago. Given the<br />
very high income that is generated<br />
from his portfolio of investments,<br />
Buffett has the luxury of a cash<br />
pile that builds up every day.<br />
Whilst Buffett advises against<br />
market timing, he does<br />
recommend that investors should<br />
buy when others are fearful<br />
and sell when everyone else<br />
is greedy. In this vein, Buffett<br />
has invested material amounts<br />
of his excess cash pile three<br />
times over the last 10 years.<br />
Firstly, during the Financial<br />
Crisis in the fourth quarter of<br />
2008, Buffett invested $5bn into<br />
Goldman Sachs. At that time, many<br />
people thought that most banks<br />
were insolvent and would declare<br />
bankruptcy. As part of the deal,<br />
Buffett achieved a guaranteed<br />
yield of 10% per annum plus the<br />
WHILST BUFFETT ADVISES<br />
AGAINST MARKET TIMING,<br />
HE DOES RECOMMEND<br />
THAT INVESTORS SHOULD<br />
BUY WHEN OTHERS ARE<br />
FEARFUL AND SELL WHEN<br />
EVERYONE ELSE<br />
IS GREEDY<br />
ability to buy further Goldman<br />
Sachs shares in the future at a<br />
pre-determined level. Interestingly,<br />
Buffett was too early in his timing<br />
as the stock fell substantially after<br />
this purchase was announced.<br />
Ultimately though, he made<br />
approximately $3.1bn over the<br />
next five years for his investors,<br />
demonstrating how market<br />
timing is both impossible and not<br />
overly important as long as the<br />
underlying investment is sound.<br />
Buffett’s next material purchases<br />
were during the European<br />
Sovereign Debt Crisis in the<br />
summer of 2011 when he bought<br />
IBM and Intel shares. This was his<br />
first foray into technology shares,<br />
having previously shunned them<br />
during the dot.com boom of 1999.<br />
It was subsequently revealed that<br />
Buffett invested a total of $24bn<br />
into stocks during the six-month<br />
period to October 2011, just<br />
when many investors were fleeing<br />
equity markets due to concerns<br />
around Greece and a possible<br />
break-up of the Euro. The IBM<br />
investment was not a success, but<br />
the total of $24bn invested over<br />
this six-month period resulted in<br />
material gains for his investors.<br />
More recently in October<br />
and November 2018, Buffett<br />
added to his positions in Apple<br />
and Goldman Sachs as well<br />
as buying a new position in JP<br />
Morgan. This has resulted in a<br />
large proportion of his exposure<br />
being in banking stocks for the<br />
first time in his career. In each<br />
case over the last 10 years, Buffett<br />
used global stock market volatility<br />
and short-term politically driven<br />
noise to invest into high quality<br />
companies on weakness.<br />
Whilst most investors would<br />
admire Warren Buffett and agree<br />
that he is the most successful<br />
investor on the planet, sadly few<br />
investors act like him and instead<br />
attempt to time the markets and<br />
to focus on the political and<br />
macro environment. Looking at<br />
Buffett’s strategy, a more sensible<br />
approach would appear to be ‘buy<br />
and hold’, topping up exposures<br />
on weakness in the event that<br />
cash becomes available.<br />
The question that readers should<br />
therefore ask themselves is ‘What<br />
would Warren Buffett do today?’<br />
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Business<br />
LIGHTS ARE GREEN<br />
FOR GUERNSEY IN<br />
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE<br />
DR ANDY SLOAN<br />
Green and sustainable finance was<br />
the major evolution in Guernsey’s<br />
finance sector in 2018. We have<br />
made rapid strides in developing its<br />
expertise in this area.<br />
In April, Guernsey Finance, working<br />
with local industry, the States of<br />
Guernsey and the Guernsey Financial<br />
Services Commission (GFSC),<br />
announced the 'green development<br />
strategy', seeking to position itself as the<br />
‘go-to’ jurisdiction for green financial services.<br />
The ambition was to develop the broadest<br />
and best range of products with a green<br />
focus among global finance centres,<br />
providing for multiple sectors including<br />
funds, securities and insurance.<br />
Guernsey Finance Deputy Chief Executive,<br />
Strategy, Dr Andy Sloan, who has been one of<br />
the main drivers behind our green initiative,<br />
believes the Sustainable Development<br />
Goals – a collection of 17 global goals set<br />
by the United Nations – are part of the most<br />
ambitious effort to date to secure the planet’s<br />
natural environment for future generations.<br />
‘As a responsible global citizen, it is Guernsey’s<br />
intention to contribute its expertise and<br />
experience as a global finance centre to<br />
the fulfilment of these goals,’ he said.<br />
Guernsey was named within Z/Yen’s inaugural<br />
Global Green Finance Index as an ‘emerging<br />
global contender’ and it is our goal to fulfil<br />
that promise and to become the leading<br />
global financial centre for Green Finance.<br />
This will include maintaining a supportive<br />
environment for existing firms and businesses<br />
to develop and market green financial services,<br />
also welcoming new entrants to the green<br />
financial services market in Guernsey.<br />
‘The potential for green and sustainable<br />
finance is enormous and streams into major<br />
global initiatives,’ said Dr Sloan. ‘Action in<br />
this area builds on Guernsey’s strengths and<br />
expertise in private equity and infrastructure,<br />
supports other initiatives in areas such as impact<br />
investing, and supports a general repositioning<br />
of the island’s financial services offer.<br />
‘Guernsey uniquely has the skill set and<br />
expertise necessary to create the conditions<br />
for the rapid development of a market in<br />
green financial services in the jurisdiction.’<br />
This included the GFSC announcing plans<br />
to work with the global insurance industry to<br />
enable long-term green investments to be taken<br />
on as assets to meet long-term life insurance<br />
liabilities. The initiative seeks to make it easier<br />
for insurance companies to access long-term<br />
investments, that in turn will make it easier for<br />
insurance companies to offer sustainable longterm<br />
returns to policyholders; and to widen the<br />
pool of purchasers for green investments. It<br />
issued a consultation on the issue in November.<br />
The next major milestone was the launch<br />
of the world’s first regulated green fund<br />
product – the Guernsey Green Fund – in<br />
July. Managers of Guernsey funds can<br />
apply for the green ‘kitemark’ if they can<br />
demonstrate compliance with defined green<br />
rules and offer investors greater certainty.<br />
Rather than prescribing its own standards,<br />
the Guernsey Green Fund rules use standards<br />
developed by development financial<br />
institutions to assess an investment’s<br />
green credentials and, it is hoped, by<br />
providing a trusted and transparent product<br />
that contributes to the internationallyagreed<br />
objectives of COP21, the United<br />
National Climate Change Conference,<br />
the Guernsey Green Fund will increase<br />
investors’ access to green investments.<br />
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A Guernsey Green Fund must be established<br />
with the objectives of seeking a return for investors,<br />
spreading risk and mitigating environmental damage.<br />
By investing in a Guernsey Green Fund, investors<br />
can be assured that their investments have a positive<br />
environmental impact on the planet which are being<br />
monitored against internationally-recognised criteria.<br />
The first green fund was registered in October<br />
- the Guernsey-domiciled agribusiness-focused<br />
Cibus Fund, which first launched in 2017.<br />
An umbrella body for green finance in the island,<br />
Guernsey Green Finance has been formed to develop<br />
and deliver a framework for the island, aligned with the<br />
assessment framework developed by the United Nations’<br />
Financial Centres For Sustainability (FC4S) network.<br />
Guernsey attended the network’s AGM in China in<br />
October and a month later was part of the launch of<br />
the FC4S’s European network in Dublin, alongside<br />
eight other European centres including London,<br />
Frankfurt, Paris and Zurich, building a broader<br />
European commitment to sustainable finance.<br />
The International Stock Exchange (TISE), headquartered<br />
in Guernsey, has recently launched a green segment,<br />
which will include criteria for bonds, funds and companies.<br />
A ‘green’ bond from Hong Kong has already listed on<br />
TISE, its advisers choosing TISE due to cost-effectiveness,<br />
simplicity of listing and Guernsey’s green credentials.<br />
Together with a flexible regulator willing and able to<br />
devote expertise and resources to the development of<br />
green finance products, we have a history of innovation<br />
and a proven track record in the delivery of financial<br />
services for ‘clean tech’ investments to build on.<br />
Our work in this area builds on our strengths and expertise<br />
in private equity and infrastructure, supports other initiatives<br />
in areas such as impact investing, and is part of a general<br />
repositioning of the island’s financial services offering.<br />
Guernsey Finance also hosted a seminar in London in<br />
November providing a detailed briefing on Guernsey’s<br />
green finance strategy and the Guernsey Green Fund.<br />
Address PO Box 655, Somers House,<br />
St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 3PN<br />
Phone +44 (0) 1481 720071<br />
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THROUGH GUERNSEY GREEN FINANCE,<br />
THE APPROACH WILL BE TO:<br />
• Focus on Guernsey’s core competencies and<br />
seek to align with and build on a global green<br />
taxonomy development by global organisations<br />
and standard setters.<br />
• Rapidly develop a flexible and comprehensive<br />
product offering across the securities, investment<br />
and insurance sectors.<br />
• Develop a programme of engagement to promote<br />
the offering by working with<br />
commercial and representative organisations<br />
on and off-island.<br />
• Seek to develop partnership opportunities<br />
to exploit the island’s leadership position in<br />
infrastructure services.<br />
• Work with global public policy groups to foster<br />
international co-operation on the development of<br />
green finance.<br />
GREEN FINANCE FAQS<br />
What is Green Finance?<br />
Green Finance Study Group, established at the<br />
G20 summit in 2016, defined green finance<br />
as ‘the financing of investments that provide<br />
environmental benefits in the broader context<br />
of environmentally sustainable development’.<br />
Green Finance includes traditional investment<br />
vehicles (such as equities, investment funds<br />
and bonds) in which the underlying businesses<br />
are involved in operations aimed at improving<br />
or maintaining the natural environment.<br />
Why Green Finance? Why now?<br />
In September 2015, the United Nations (UN)<br />
published the Sustainable Development Goals<br />
– a collection of 17 global goals which cover<br />
a broad range of economic development<br />
issues including climate change.<br />
What is Guernsey’s current position?<br />
Guernsey was named within Z/Yen’s<br />
inaugural Green Global Finance Centres<br />
as an ‘emerging global contender’.<br />
Guernsey is home to a full-service financial<br />
services industry offering both capital and<br />
insurance market products and services, including<br />
investment and insurance management and<br />
capital market listings, much of which can<br />
legitimately claim to have green credentials.<br />
What is Guernsey’s ambition in Green Finance?<br />
Guernsey’s mission statement is ‘to be at the<br />
forefront of the development of Green Finance’.<br />
What is Guernsey’s approach?<br />
Guernsey will seek to contribute positively to the<br />
green taxonomy in partnership with supranational<br />
organisations such as the UN and G20.<br />
Guernsey will focus on its key strengths<br />
as a global financial centre to enable<br />
international capital flows via green capital<br />
and insurance market products including the<br />
world’s first green investment fund rules.<br />
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Business<br />
ADVERTORIAL<br />
COULD ‘BREXIT BLUES’ BRING<br />
MORE COLOUR BACK TO<br />
GUERNSEY’S PROPERTY MARKET?<br />
SWOFFERS OPEN MARKET TEAM IS BUSIER THAN EVER.<br />
With news stories published every week of how the ‘deal’ or ‘no-deal’ is<br />
going to irrevocably change life as we know it, can Guernsey capitalise on<br />
this confusion and encourage those looking to get away from the chaos<br />
to consider relocating to the island? There’s certainly some anecdotal<br />
evidence that this is already happening with a noticeable increase in<br />
activity on the property market over the last few months.<br />
Relocating to Guernsey is an<br />
attractive option, both financially<br />
and in terms of the wonderful<br />
lifestyle the island offers. Only<br />
around a 50-minute flight time<br />
from London, with access from<br />
other regional airports, Guernsey<br />
offers an ideal balance between<br />
accessibility to mainland UK and<br />
the benefits of being a separate<br />
jurisdiction on the doorstep<br />
of Europe.<br />
‘There are many reasons why<br />
people choose to come and live in<br />
Guernsey,’ said Swoffers Managing<br />
Director Craig Whitman.<br />
‘The island has a very favourable<br />
personal and corporate tax<br />
regime, with no general capital<br />
gains tax, inheritance tax, estate<br />
duty or VAT and Income Tax<br />
at a flat rate of 20%. The island<br />
has also introduced a number<br />
of other incentives such as tax<br />
caps on personal income and<br />
opportunities for those looking to<br />
invest in local businesses as well as<br />
encouraging new businesses<br />
to the island.<br />
‘But it’s not just the financial<br />
benefits that are encouraging<br />
people to consider making<br />
Guernsey their new home,’<br />
said Craig.<br />
‘The island provides a wonderful<br />
quality of life. With low crime rates<br />
and strong sense of community,<br />
the island is financially stable<br />
and offers a safe place to live.<br />
Guernsey provides a relaxed<br />
lifestyle with an excellent work-life<br />
balance; we have some amazing<br />
restaurants, plenty of indoor and<br />
outdoor sports and activities<br />
with boating and sailing proving<br />
particularly popular.’<br />
Guernsey has two property<br />
markets: the Open Market and the<br />
Local Market. In simple terms, any<br />
UK or EU passport holder is able to<br />
choose from a range of properties<br />
to buy or rent on the Open Market.<br />
‘In the last six months, we have<br />
experienced an increase in Open<br />
Market enquiries and activity levels<br />
with sales outstripping those of<br />
recent years.<br />
‘The Swoffers Open Market team<br />
has a wealth of experience and we<br />
have been delighted to facilitate<br />
the majority of Open Market<br />
property sales. It was particularly<br />
busy in the last quarter of 2018,’<br />
said Craig.<br />
‘In November alone we had more<br />
than 20 Open Market property<br />
sales with further new enquiries<br />
and requests for viewings coming<br />
in every day.<br />
‘This sort of sales activity is<br />
unprecedented, and we haven’t<br />
seen this level of movement in<br />
the market for a number of years.<br />
Sales in 2018 were more than a<br />
third over 2017.<br />
‘Prospective buyers are telling<br />
us they are worried about what’s<br />
going to happen in the future as<br />
the UK withdraws from Europe and<br />
the uncertainty that this brings.<br />
This instability is encouraging<br />
some of them to look to Guernsey<br />
as the ideal solution.<br />
‘Guernsey is well and truly<br />
open for business and Swoffers<br />
is here to help you find your<br />
perfect home.’<br />
If you wish to discuss a potential<br />
move to Guernsey, please<br />
contact our Open Market Team<br />
on 01481 711766 or via email at<br />
sales@swoffers.co.uk. We will be<br />
delighted to help you with any<br />
questions that you may have.<br />
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Business<br />
‘THE LAW OR THY<br />
WILL BE DONE…’<br />
BY JAEL CRYSTAL-AZAH TEP, ASSOCIATE AT BABBÉ LLP<br />
WHAT HAPPENED<br />
IN THE PAST?<br />
The principles of the laws of<br />
succession in Guernsey originate<br />
from Norman French customary<br />
law. Over time legislation<br />
has made changes but some<br />
Norman features remain.<br />
One particular feature was<br />
‘Forced Heirship’. This imposed<br />
various restrictions on an<br />
individual’s ability to dispose<br />
of his property. A surviving<br />
spouse and legitimate children<br />
had automatic rights to inherit<br />
a part of the deceased’s estate.<br />
These rights overrode any will.<br />
Consequently, many people did<br />
not make wills, especially wills of<br />
Realty, when they had children.<br />
We often encounter individuals<br />
who believe they have a will<br />
which covers all their assets only<br />
to learn that the will just covers<br />
their personal estate (Personalty).<br />
It is worth stating here that<br />
Realty comprises land and<br />
structures built or fixed on the<br />
land, whilst Personalty includes<br />
money, investments such<br />
as stocks and shares, motor<br />
vehicles and insurance policies.<br />
WHAT THE LAW<br />
PRESCRIBES TODAY<br />
Two significant legal changes<br />
have occurred in recent times.<br />
The Law Reform (Inheritance<br />
and Miscellaneous Provisions)<br />
(Guernsey) Law 2006, abolished<br />
the discrimination against<br />
illegitimate children. Nowadays any<br />
surviving illegitimate heir(s) would<br />
rank equally with legitimate heirs.<br />
This leads to various issues if<br />
there is no will, particularly with<br />
regard to Realty. How do you<br />
show that you have no illegitimate<br />
heirs? Sales of property can<br />
be delayed as a result. A Court<br />
application may be required,<br />
which can incur significant costs.<br />
Sale proceeds of Realty are then<br />
held on trust for the heirs and<br />
distributed six years after the sale<br />
unless the Court directs otherwise.<br />
The Inheritance (Guernsey)<br />
Law, 2011, abolished ‘Forced<br />
Heirship’ going forwards, giving<br />
people the freedom to dispose<br />
of their estate as they wish.<br />
This freedom is not absolute, in<br />
the sense that provisions exist to<br />
protect the interests of a spouse,<br />
children and other financial<br />
dependants. For example, if a<br />
person dies leaving a spouse<br />
and children and excludes them<br />
wholly from his will, the spouse<br />
and/or children could bring a<br />
claim through the Courts for<br />
‘reasonable financial provision’.<br />
These changes in the law<br />
were not retrospective therefore<br />
one should check any existing<br />
wills to ensure that they<br />
achieve what is intended.<br />
It is debatable in some cases<br />
whether the provisions of the law<br />
today provide more freedom than<br />
the Norman customary laws, but<br />
one thing is certain: it is better to<br />
make a will clearly stating your<br />
wishes than not to make one.<br />
WHAT HAPPENS IF I DIE<br />
WITHOUT MAKING A WILL?<br />
The Law determines what<br />
happens to an individual’s<br />
estate should he or she die<br />
without leaving a valid will. The<br />
consequences may not necessarily<br />
be in line with the individual’s<br />
wishes. For example, if there are<br />
surviving children and spouse,<br />
the surviving spouse inherits<br />
one-half share of the deceased’s<br />
Personalty and the children<br />
inherit the remaining one-half<br />
share equally between them.<br />
Jael Crystal-Azag TEP,<br />
Associate at Babbé LLP<br />
Common law marriage is a myth<br />
- there are no automatic rights of<br />
inheritance for unmarried persons.<br />
In an age where cohabitation<br />
or second and third marriages<br />
are becoming increasingly<br />
common, it is even more<br />
pertinent to ensure that one<br />
makes provision for loved ones.<br />
In making a will, if one intends<br />
to exclude a child, spouse, or<br />
other financial dependant, it is<br />
advisable to take legal advice,<br />
and perhaps consider:<br />
leaving a small legacy which<br />
would be forfeited if such<br />
beneficiary challenges the will;<br />
writing a detailed letter of wishes,<br />
or including a clause within the<br />
will, explaining why they wish<br />
for such individual(s) to receive<br />
a smaller sum or be omitted<br />
altogether from inheriting<br />
from their estate; and/or<br />
what the Court may consider<br />
is “reasonable financial<br />
provision” if the terms of the<br />
will were to be contested<br />
If you or someone you know<br />
are affected by any of the above<br />
matters, then please contact us<br />
as we will be happy to discuss<br />
and advise you further.<br />
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Business<br />
VIVE LA<br />
CHANGE!<br />
‘Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of<br />
changing himself,’ said Leo Tolstoy. Yet, in the commercial<br />
world of the early 21st century, ‘change’ is a vital part of staying<br />
relevant as the world changes around us. PEA's Managing<br />
Director James Orrick takes a look at the effects of change.<br />
For a master class in change<br />
management, one need look no<br />
further than the natural world. In<br />
his excellent BBC documentary<br />
‘Metamorphosis – The Science<br />
of Change’, Professor Stuart<br />
Reynolds shows in detail and with<br />
extraordinary filmed sequences,<br />
how a fully developed butterfly<br />
must pass first through the<br />
phases of being an egg, larvae<br />
and pupa. Like an actor changing<br />
its clothes, the butterfly plays<br />
different parts as its development<br />
requires different things.<br />
The whole process is called<br />
moulting, a term that correctly<br />
captures the idea of shedding<br />
old clothes, but fails to mention<br />
the importance of first acquiring<br />
a pristine set of new ones.<br />
Metamorphosis, which comes<br />
from the Greek word meaning<br />
‘transformations’, means that the<br />
different stages of development<br />
allow for specialisation – the<br />
caterpillar is just an eating<br />
machine, feeding as fast as it can<br />
to grow big and strong, whereas<br />
the adult butterfly is designed to<br />
reproduce, to grow wings and<br />
fly so it can look for a mate and<br />
find suitable food for its eggs.<br />
Professor Reynolds says: ‘… by<br />
being quick, the period spent<br />
exposed to potential predators<br />
and parasites is minimised. One<br />
of the ways in which speed is<br />
gained is by postponing all the<br />
difficult bits of development until<br />
later; insects don’t metamorphose<br />
until they have finished eating.<br />
But when enough has been<br />
eaten, the insect can retreat<br />
to a safe place (underground<br />
or inside a silken cocoon) and<br />
take its time to transform.’<br />
The commercial message<br />
gleaned from science is that<br />
businesses of all types, including<br />
those in private equity, need to<br />
adapt and, like the caterpillar<br />
or the adult butterfly, need to<br />
focus on particular areas of<br />
change or specialisms rather<br />
than completely reinventing the<br />
wheel every few months. Change<br />
needs to happen but it needs<br />
to be controlled or managed.<br />
It needs to be comfortable and<br />
achievable. Many people set out<br />
each January to introduce positive<br />
change but few will be successful<br />
without a thought-out plan!<br />
There are some changes that can<br />
be proactively introduced, others<br />
that will be outside our control,<br />
yet all will be changes that we will<br />
have to learn to adapt to or evolve<br />
with. As the world stage moves<br />
on, for example, with it will come<br />
inevitable changes in financial<br />
regulation, tax transparency and<br />
beneficial ownership and failure<br />
to keep up with these changes<br />
will simply not be an option.<br />
Technology is another huge<br />
driver of change and the rate<br />
is accelerating every year as<br />
processes leave their analogue<br />
past and enter a bright digital<br />
and virtual future. Not being<br />
up to date and relevant for<br />
clients and ignoring the seismic<br />
revolutions and transformations<br />
that point to the future, is a surefire<br />
way of being out of a job.<br />
Pressures for efficiency drive<br />
change too and can introduce<br />
challenges in keeping your<br />
business model lean as the<br />
adjustments you make to the way<br />
you work will come at a cost. The<br />
skills, knowledge and expertise of<br />
your staff are the most valuable<br />
commodity that you have, so it is<br />
vital to ensure that they embrace<br />
these changes too. You don’t<br />
want them paying lip service to<br />
any transformation - you want<br />
them to be champions for the<br />
cause, armed with understanding,<br />
focus and enthusiasm. That is<br />
something we have successfully<br />
built into our culture at PEA.<br />
The key thing to remember<br />
in the midst of swirling and<br />
potentially tempestuous seas<br />
of change is to not lose sight of<br />
your values and objectives. As<br />
change takes place you must<br />
remember who you are and<br />
what you stand for. As Professor<br />
Reynolds says about butterflies,<br />
‘… despite all the shape-shifting,<br />
the new creature is in essence<br />
still the same individual.’<br />
Vive la change!<br />
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Business<br />
MEET<br />
RICHARD GAUDIN<br />
Regardless of the industry or how big the<br />
company, businesses are trusted every<br />
day with the sensitive information of<br />
customers, whether it be passwords, bank<br />
details, or social security numbers. But<br />
with a greater reliance on the Internet of<br />
Things, and a constantly evolving threat<br />
from cybercrime, are businesses doing<br />
enough to be deserving of that trust?<br />
According to the Online Trust Alliance’s (OTA) Cyber<br />
Incident & Breach Trends Report, cyber incidents<br />
targeting businesses nearly doubled from 82,000<br />
in 2016 to 159,700 in 2017. Since the majority of<br />
cyber incidents are never reported, the OTA believes<br />
the actual number could easily exceed 350,000.<br />
So, if 2017 was the worst year on record for<br />
cyber attacks, was 2018 the year businesses<br />
woke up to the threat? The answer, according<br />
to Logicalis Commercial Director Richard<br />
Gaudin, is yes, but only to a degree.<br />
‘I think the big thing that happened in 2018 was<br />
GDPR [EU General Data Protection Regulation], and<br />
while that’s not a specific cyber security issue, what<br />
it has done is raise the risk of data breaches in the<br />
minds of businesses, who might now be considering<br />
cyber security more broadly as part of risk and<br />
compliance, and not just an IT function,’ said Richard,<br />
who works in Logicalis's Managed Security Services.<br />
‘The financial businesses in Jersey and Guernsey<br />
are very used to compliance as a function<br />
within their business and they understand the<br />
concept of managing risk very well. But looking<br />
more broadly across different industries, there<br />
is still a lack of understanding about cyber risk<br />
and what the most significant risks are.’<br />
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ACCORDING TO THE ONLINE TRUST ALLIANCE’S (OTA)<br />
CYBER INCIDENT & BREACH TRENDS REPORT,<br />
CYBER INCIDENTS TARGETING BUSINESSES NEARLY<br />
DOUBLED FROM 82,000 IN 2016 TO 159,700 IN 2017.<br />
Logicalis is the largest IT<br />
services company in the Channel<br />
Islands and its Managed Security<br />
Services has a 40-strong team<br />
operating around the clock,<br />
working on behalf of clients<br />
across the globe. Cybercrime<br />
is a 24/7 threat and one that<br />
has to constantly be monitored<br />
and kept up to date with. Too<br />
many businesses, however, still<br />
treat cyber security as a finite<br />
problem that can be solved,<br />
rather than the ongoing process<br />
that it is, according to Richard:<br />
‘Keeping up with the threat is a<br />
big problem for any organisation,<br />
but especially those who try to<br />
manage the threat on their own.<br />
For businesses, there’s also been<br />
a natural progression towards<br />
embracing the Internet of Things,<br />
and with more interconnecting<br />
devices comes greater risk.’<br />
The broad range of connectable<br />
devices known as the Internet<br />
of Things - televisions, electrical<br />
systems, door locks and alarms,<br />
to name but a few - creates a<br />
myriad of connection points<br />
for hackers to gain entry into<br />
networks, access customer<br />
information, or even penetrate<br />
manufacturers’ back-end systems.<br />
‘But the biggest risk to any<br />
business still remains an internal<br />
data breach. People often focus<br />
on the headlines, or the idea<br />
of a lone hacker in a garage<br />
somewhere, trying to break<br />
into systems for fun, but an<br />
internal data breach is by far<br />
a bigger risk,’ said Richard.<br />
‘It could be case of an employee<br />
mistake, or malicious intent,<br />
or it could be that the systems<br />
in place aren’t configured<br />
properly. It could be caused<br />
by any number of things.’<br />
‘AWARENESS HAS<br />
IMPROVED BUT THERE<br />
NEEDS TO BE A SHIFT<br />
IN THINKING AWAY<br />
FROM CYBER SECURITY<br />
AS A COST OF DOING<br />
BUSINESS, TOWARDS<br />
THINKING OF IT AS BEING<br />
OF STRATEGIC VALUE TO<br />
AN ORGANISATION.’<br />
While data breaches at famous<br />
corporations, like Adidas and<br />
Dixon Carphone, tend to make<br />
the news, owners of small-tomedium-sized<br />
businesses need<br />
to be aware that breaches don't<br />
just happen to the big guys.<br />
Many Channel Islands-based<br />
businesses, which operate on<br />
a global scale but have small<br />
infrastructure, are particularly<br />
vulnerable to cyber attacks.<br />
‘We have companies that<br />
do business internationally<br />
but are not necessarily on the<br />
scale of other large global<br />
organisations. Law firms are a<br />
good example. They might be<br />
a large international business,<br />
dealing in large transactions, but<br />
they don’t have the IT resources<br />
of a big global firm,’ said Richard.<br />
‘Because of that, they are<br />
going to be a target, and we’ve<br />
seen that in the last 12 months.<br />
We’ve seen targeted attacks on<br />
Channel Island businesses.’<br />
Technology is no longer just<br />
an enabler. These days, it’s the<br />
beating heart of most businesses<br />
and if it fails, the consequences<br />
can be terminal. Prevention<br />
against cybercrime is vital and<br />
companies must understand not<br />
only what risks they face, but<br />
take action and apply an ongoing<br />
security strategy to manage them.<br />
‘Awareness has improved<br />
but there needs to be a shift in<br />
thinking away from cyber security<br />
as a cost of doing business,<br />
towards thinking of it as being of<br />
strategic value to an organisation.’<br />
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Business<br />
THE IMPORTANCE<br />
OF BRANDING<br />
BY SIMON TORODE, FOUNDER, CEO, LIVINGROOM ESTATE AGENTS<br />
As a business with globally recognised, award-winning marketing the team at Livingroom Property understand<br />
the importance of branding as a means of representing a company. Brand is so much more than a logo;<br />
it’s a signifier for what a business’ identity is and how people relate to it and recognise it as distinct from its<br />
competitors. So, what does the Livingroom brand represent?<br />
There are three main strands to the Livingroom brand and what the agency has worked hard to make it<br />
represent: trust, loyalty and progress. The brand signifies these things but they’re informed by our collective<br />
150 years’ experience in the property sector and applying that knowledge to what we want Livingroom to be.<br />
TRUST<br />
You’d think it would go without<br />
saying but trust is one of the<br />
factors most regularly overlooked<br />
in the business world. It’s so<br />
important for customers to trust<br />
brands and know what that brand<br />
is going to deliver for them. There<br />
are countless examples of trust<br />
being completely eroded by<br />
complacent brands that take their<br />
customers for granted.<br />
That’s why we’ve always strived<br />
to offer exceptional client service<br />
as standard and keep our vendors,<br />
buyers, tenants and landlords<br />
informed at every step of the way.<br />
Our clients know they can trust<br />
us to do our best for them and to<br />
deliver a service that is tailored to<br />
their needs – whether that means<br />
only showing them relevant<br />
properties in our email updates or<br />
keeping their data safe via one of<br />
our innovative online platforms.<br />
LOYALTY<br />
Loyalty is a two-way street<br />
and often stems from having<br />
a trusting relationship. Clients<br />
will remain loyal to your brand if<br />
they trust it and can identify with<br />
it. Equally, it’s important to stay<br />
loyal to your clients; you should<br />
always try and look after your<br />
existing clients while chasing<br />
new ones as those who’ve used<br />
your business many times can be<br />
among your greatest advocates.<br />
Loyalty is also bred through<br />
shared values. Many of our clients<br />
recognise what we stand for and<br />
that resonates with them. Our<br />
dedication to design, our pledge<br />
to always keep clients informed<br />
and our belief that the properties<br />
we sell should be marketed<br />
in their best light on the most<br />
appropriate channels has won us<br />
loyal clients in the past and will<br />
continue to do so in the future.<br />
PROGRESS<br />
Of course, brand recognition<br />
is something that grows over<br />
time but that doesn’t mean you<br />
shouldn’t renew your brand<br />
when the occasion demands<br />
it. Livingroom has always been<br />
innovative and representative<br />
of progress in the property<br />
sector; this approach extends<br />
to our brand and we’ve recently<br />
undergone a redesign to ensure<br />
we’re still standing for the<br />
values we want to represent<br />
and that our clients continue<br />
to relate to our brand.<br />
A BRAND NEW WEBSITE<br />
All of the things that our brand stands for have been incorporated<br />
into a redesign of our company website, which is in itself a visible<br />
demonstration of our branding.<br />
Our new state-of-the-art website was built with the user in mind and<br />
with great design at its heart. It embodies the trust our clients have<br />
placed in us to present their properties to their best advantage by making<br />
imagery central to each property listing, it enhances features such as our<br />
Transparent Vendor Management (TVM) platform that have won us loyal<br />
clients in the past and it represents the progress Livingroom has made in<br />
the Guernsey market and with our Jersey expansion.<br />
We’ve always tried to push boundaries with our online presence and<br />
are proud that we’ve been able to build such a recognisable brand<br />
underpinned by genuine corporate values. The new website is the latest<br />
extension of our brand and we hope you enjoy using it.<br />
To see the latest iteration of Livingroom’s brand check out the new<br />
website at livingroom.gg<br />
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Business<br />
DON'T LET YOUR<br />
TRAVEL INSURANCE<br />
LET YOU DOWN<br />
OLIVER GOATER,<br />
NETWORK INSURANCE,<br />
DISCUSSES THE POSSIBLE PITFALLS WHEN<br />
IT COMES TO TRAVEL INSURANCE TO<br />
ENSURE YOUR DREAM HOLIDAY DOESN'T<br />
TURN INTO A NIGHTMARE.<br />
In today's ever-changing<br />
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break, holiday or even a roundthe-world<br />
trip of a lifetime.<br />
For many, holidays are booked<br />
in advance and are eagerly<br />
looked forward to, counting<br />
down the days until the last<br />
frantic day at work. Of course,<br />
we think of the holiday as a<br />
time for relaxation, with good<br />
food and drink and quality time<br />
with family or friends. But what<br />
if something goes wrong?<br />
A comprehensive travel<br />
insurance policy is invaluable and<br />
is an essential part of preparing<br />
for your trip. If you are uninsured,<br />
you (or your family) are personally<br />
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or other costs resulting from<br />
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If you can't afford travel insurance,<br />
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Different types of travellers need<br />
different types of insurance advice,<br />
so with this in mind, it is important<br />
that you source insurance cover<br />
that meets your requirements.<br />
There are thousands of different<br />
products available on the market<br />
via multiple sources, which<br />
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The worrying fact is that most<br />
consumers purchase an insurance<br />
policy based solely on price, rather<br />
than ensuring a policy meets their<br />
requirements and would cover<br />
them if the worst happened.<br />
In today’s society, many people<br />
prefer to source insurance<br />
products via the web as they are<br />
able to do this in their own time<br />
and feel they have access to a<br />
wider range of products. A large<br />
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sites do not compare products on<br />
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driven to capture the consumer’s<br />
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Our advice: be wary of<br />
comparison websites as the<br />
cheapest policy is not always the<br />
best policy.<br />
Other travellers may rely upon<br />
the travel insurance provided by<br />
their credit card. These policies<br />
are in essence provided with bank<br />
accounts and are not tailored<br />
products offered by an insurance<br />
professional. Customers should<br />
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to ensure this actually meets<br />
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to obtain written confirmation<br />
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that you have the details of the<br />
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One of the safest ways to<br />
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and ultimately hope to get your<br />
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Business<br />
HIGH-FLYING APPOINTMENTS<br />
TWO NEW DIRECTORS<br />
AT CLELAND & CO<br />
Local accountancy firm Cleland<br />
& Co has appointed two new<br />
directors to strengthen its<br />
leadership team and shape its<br />
future strategy.<br />
Vicki Webster joined the firm in<br />
2017 after spending seven years<br />
with PwC in Guernsey, New<br />
York and London and Samantha<br />
Cox has been with the firm<br />
since 2009. Both directors<br />
have expertise in audit, tax and<br />
accountancy services and each<br />
oversees a diverse portfolio of<br />
local owner-managed clients<br />
across all industry sectors.<br />
GUERNSEY ELECTRICITY<br />
APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF HR<br />
Guernsey Electricity has appointed a<br />
new Head of HR Chris Watkin, with<br />
more than 20 years of consulting<br />
experience in creating high<br />
performing organisations.<br />
In his new role, Chris will be<br />
responsible for creating a high<br />
performing environment to enable<br />
Guernsey Electricity to realise its<br />
ambitions as a business, both in<br />
its service to customers and in<br />
releasing the potential of its people.<br />
He will represent the views of<br />
the whole workforce and ensure<br />
decisions are made with the longterm<br />
interests of the whole business<br />
in mind, not just individual elements.<br />
Alan Bates, Chief Executive of<br />
Guernsey Electricity, said: ‘We are<br />
delighted to have Chris on-board.<br />
The business is going through a<br />
period of change to prepare for the<br />
future in energy generation and<br />
demand, which presents a number<br />
of risks and opportunities. Chris will<br />
be key to establishing a supportive<br />
environment for our people, one<br />
that is adaptable, invests in new<br />
skills and builds on the case for<br />
change. With a belief that all people<br />
matter, I’m confident Chris will be a<br />
real asset to our team.’<br />
SENIOR PROMOTIONS AT EY<br />
EY has promoted David Mosley and Njoki Muiruri to<br />
Senior Manager in the Guernsey office.<br />
These promotions reflect EY’s commitment to<br />
supporting individuals' professional growth, dedication to<br />
exceptional client service and high performance.<br />
Andrew Dann, EY’s Channel Islands Managing Partner,<br />
said; 'I would like to congratulate those who have<br />
progressed to the next stage of their careers. We pride<br />
ourselves on our leading people culture and on creating<br />
an environment within which individuals can develop and<br />
reach their full potential. These milestone promotions<br />
further strengthen our growing senior management team<br />
as we continue to bring innovative solutions to our clients.'<br />
David has been with EY since 2009, having joined<br />
as a trainee upon graduating from the University of<br />
Southampton where he studied Accounting and Finance.<br />
He has a wealth of experience working in private equity<br />
and with listed funds clients.<br />
Njoki has over a decade of experience providing financial<br />
services clients with audit services. Before joining<br />
EY’s Guernsey office in 2017, she previously worked in<br />
London, New York and Kenya. She is experienced within<br />
the banking industry, particularly corporate, private and<br />
retail banking.<br />
LDM GLOBAL<br />
APPOINTS<br />
EXPERIENCED<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
LEADER AS NEW<br />
CHIEF EXECUTIVE<br />
Alexander Daniels Offshore<br />
has appointed Lucretia Exall<br />
as a Recruitment Consultant<br />
in the Guernsey team.<br />
She will be working alongside Hannah Le Tissier on all<br />
temporary and contract recruitment.<br />
Lucretia joins the team with over five years’ experience<br />
in the legal sector, working as a secretary for a large<br />
Guernsey law firm.<br />
Manager Steve Hubert said: 'Lucretia is the perfect<br />
addition to our expanding team. She will be working<br />
alongside her good friend Hannah, so I’m very excited<br />
to see how they will further develop the temporary,<br />
contract and entry level side of the business.'<br />
Lucretia said: 'I am thrilled to have the opportunity to begin<br />
a new career, accompanied by such a supportive team who<br />
are successfully growing in the recruitment market. We<br />
spend most of our lives working, so I am excited to help,<br />
and support candidates find their dream job!'<br />
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NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR<br />
INTERTRUST IN GUERNSEY<br />
Intertrust in Guernsey has appointed a new<br />
Managing Director with more than 20 years’<br />
experience in the global fiduciary and corporate<br />
industry. Marie McNeela was previously Head of<br />
Corporate Client Services at Intertrust in Guernsey<br />
and brings strong managerial and commercial skills<br />
to her new role.<br />
Daniel Jaffe, Managing Director of Market Offices<br />
for Intertrust, said: 'Marie demonstrated a clear<br />
understanding of our island footprint and of the<br />
opportunities to support our strategic ambitions.<br />
She places huge emphasis on delivering high quality<br />
client services while investing considerably in her<br />
team. With her extensive experience she’s extremely<br />
well placed to maximise growth opportunities in the<br />
Guernsey market.'<br />
FAMILIAR FACE<br />
IS NEW CHIEF<br />
EXECUTIVE<br />
AT TRUST<br />
CORPORATION<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
Guernsey-based independent trust company Trust<br />
Corporation International has appointed Mort<br />
Mirghavameddin as its Chief Executive.<br />
He has gathered a wealth of relevant experience during<br />
his lengthy career in the financial services sector<br />
and brings significant leadership pedigree to Trust<br />
Corporation International.<br />
Mort will be responsible for shaping and implementing<br />
the long-term strategy of a business that has gone from<br />
strength to strength during its 15-year history to ensure<br />
continued business growth in an ever-evolving marketplace.<br />
'As an independent business that prides itself on<br />
the quality of its practitioners, our aim was to hire<br />
someone who could shape and lead our business<br />
as it stands and into the future; as a dynamic,<br />
driven and visionary individual, Mort undoubtedly<br />
fits that bill,' said Ken Bradley, Non-Executive<br />
Chairman at Trust Corporation International.<br />
BDO PROMOTES NINE ACROSS AUDIT,<br />
TAX AND OUTSOURCING TEAMS<br />
L-R Sir John Collins, Alison Hawkins,<br />
Nikki Ioannou-Droushiotis and Nick Graham<br />
NEW DIRECTORS JOIN THE BOARD OF<br />
GUERNSEY EMPLOYMENT TRUST<br />
GET has strengthened its Board by appointing Nick<br />
Graham and Alison Hawkins as Non-Executive Directors.<br />
Nick Graham, owner of OSA Recruitment, brings 28<br />
years of recruitment experience to the table. He said,<br />
'We have worked with GET previously from a recruitment<br />
perspective, and I knew it was an excellent organisation.<br />
When I met to discuss joining the Board I learned much<br />
more about the great work they do and have been<br />
thoroughly impressed by the professionalism and the<br />
dedication of the team.'<br />
Alison Hawkins, Senior HR Manager at BWCI Group<br />
and committee member of the CIPD Guernsey branch,<br />
brings 18 years of management and human resources<br />
experience. Alison has worked closely with the supported<br />
employment service in its current and previous form for<br />
seven years. She has provided employment opportunities<br />
to disabled and disadvantaged people through BWCI<br />
Group, as well as promoting GET’s services and hosting<br />
GET’s training to the CIPD membership.<br />
Nick and Alison join the other Non-Executive Directors,<br />
all well known within their respective fields; Sir John<br />
Collins (Chair), Jurat Stephen Jones OBE, Glen<br />
Broadhurst, Advocate Jessica Roland and Jim Roberts.<br />
Sir John says 'A strong and decisive Board has been one<br />
of the pillars of GET’s success. With the appointment<br />
of Nick and Alison we now bring the Board back up to<br />
strength, and are very fortunate to have two such able<br />
people join us.'<br />
Employees from across BDO’s audit, tax and<br />
outsourcing teams have been promoted to<br />
senior positions in recognition of their continued<br />
commitment to clients and in light of the firm’s<br />
continued growth.<br />
Ronan Morrison has been promoted to Senior<br />
Manager, Aaron Ockleford, Chris Freeman, Rob<br />
McGregor and Trina Street have been promoted to<br />
Manager and Zak Damarell, Shelley Tostevin, Zoe<br />
Jackson and Takudzwa Vimbe have been promoted<br />
to Supervisor.<br />
Managing Director Richard Searle said: ‘We are<br />
committed to helping people reach their full potential<br />
and offering opportunities to learn and progress is<br />
a key part of our people strategy. Each one of these<br />
employees has proven themselves a valuable part of<br />
our team as we continue to grow so they are all very<br />
deserving of a larger role in our future.’<br />
AUDIT SPECIALIST JOINS RAVENSCROFT BOARD<br />
Rob Hutchinson, an accountant with more than 30 years’<br />
experience, has joined the board of Ravenscroft Holdings<br />
Limited. Rob spent 28 years with KPMG including leading<br />
the firm’s fund and private equity practices for seven<br />
years and five years as head of audit for KPMG in the<br />
Channel Islands. He retired from practice in 2014 but<br />
now holds a number of non-executive director positions<br />
including chair of the audit committee at Syncona, which<br />
invests in innovative areas of healthcare.<br />
Chairman Stephen Lansdown said Rob brought valuable<br />
skills to the board, which also recently appointed digital<br />
entrepreneur Chris Barling.<br />
‘Rob specialised in the audit of banking and fund clients<br />
at KPMG and so his broad financial experience will<br />
complement the skills of the rest of the board. I have<br />
every confidence that the Ravenscroft board now has<br />
the expertise to guide the company through its plans for<br />
growth,’ he said.<br />
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Business<br />
AND I FEEL FINE…<br />
BY MARK BOUSFIELD,<br />
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR,<br />
RAVENSCROFT<br />
OKAY, EYE OF A HURRICANE,<br />
LISTEN TO YOURSELF CHURN,<br />
WORLD SERVES ITS OWN NEEDS, DON’T<br />
MIS-SERVE YOUR OWN NEEDS,<br />
It’s the end of the world as we know it, REM, 1987<br />
We seem to spend an awful lot of time writing<br />
about history these days, but I don’t think anyone can<br />
doubt that we are in momentous times. The question,<br />
however, is just how epochal? Given the ludicrously<br />
apocalyptic political rhetoric emanating from London,<br />
Paris, Berlin and Brussels, you’d be forgiven for<br />
thinking World War III or similar, when, really, we’re just<br />
talking a bump in the historical road.<br />
Newspapers need to sell copies to survive and<br />
24-hour news channels need something other than<br />
D-list celebrities to shout about, but just how likely<br />
is it that the world as we know it will come to an end<br />
in the event of Britain’s departure from the EU? Even,<br />
whisper it, should it come to the dreaded “no deal”?<br />
Answer: vanishingly remote (the likelihood of any<br />
single occurrence is, like it or not, never zero). You<br />
would, however, be forgiven for thinking that Britain is<br />
going to run out of, take your pick: money, water, fuel,<br />
workers and/or fish and chips the day after Brexit.<br />
Of course, quite how the world’s fifth (or sixth,<br />
depending upon how you calculate these things)<br />
largest economy would suddenly cease to be,<br />
after leaving a trade pact of which it has been a<br />
member for only 45 out of the last 950 years of<br />
its nationhood, is an interesting point. It begs the<br />
further question of just why we seem to have<br />
become so lacking in self-confidence that the<br />
prospect of having to survive on our own (along<br />
with the other 170-odd countries not in the EU)<br />
engenders such fear. Have we all gone a bit soft?<br />
It is only natural that something you’ve never<br />
experienced gives rise to apprehension, so it is<br />
reasonable to expect large swathes of the population<br />
(ie anyone under 55) to be nervous about the future.<br />
Nevertheless, a modicum of research and the<br />
collective wisdom of those who were around before<br />
1973 should, one would hope, provide some small<br />
reassurance that the earth will continue to turn.<br />
And before you bombard me with the arguments<br />
for continued membership of the EU, I do get it. I<br />
understand the political arguments for both sides<br />
and the obvious disruption occasioned by the UK’s<br />
departure from Le Grand Projet. But I’m also mystified<br />
by a certain narrowness of perspective when Brexit is<br />
set against the backdrop of business opportunity.<br />
After all, as global investors who seek to invest on<br />
a thematic basis wherever value presents itself, how<br />
could we think otherwise? Europe is no longer, despite<br />
its pivotal historical contribution to humanity’s cultural,<br />
economic and technological progress, the centre of<br />
global gravity. The inexorable growth of the emergingmarket<br />
middle class – a marginal phenomenon in<br />
now-prosperous Europe, where (to quote former<br />
Labour politician John Prescott) “we are all middle<br />
class now” – points to where the future lies.<br />
This is not to say that China and India, among<br />
others, will surpass the West in standards of living<br />
any time soon. In 2015, China per capita GDP was<br />
$7,572, nearly six times less than the UK’s $44,305 –<br />
never mind Guernsey’s $55,186. This shows just how<br />
misleading it can be when a country of 1.39 billion<br />
people is compared with the output of 66 million.<br />
But it certainly illustrates how far China has come<br />
(incredibly, the GDP per capita figure was a mere $195<br />
in 1980) and how far it can go…just think about how<br />
much disposable income will become available if the<br />
China figure only doubles.<br />
Anyone who regularly reads our view on investing<br />
knows that we dislike forecasting simply because of its<br />
demonstrable track record of failure. Hence, we were<br />
as dismissive of pre-Brexit-vote economic punditry as<br />
we are now about post-Brexit doom-mongering. Yes,<br />
there will be an adjustment period; and, no, we don’t<br />
know what the long-term impact, if any, will be. But<br />
what it certainly won’t be...is the end of the world.<br />
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Business<br />
PROMOTION AT<br />
FERBRACHE &<br />
FARRELL LLP<br />
Ferbrache & Farrell LLP are pleased to<br />
announce the promotion of Adam Cole<br />
to the partnership, taking effect from<br />
1st January 2019.<br />
Adam's practice encompasses all aspects of<br />
commercial litigation, including contentious<br />
insolvency and contentious trust issues.<br />
Adam joined the firm just a month after its inception<br />
in November 2016. Adam trained and qualified as<br />
a solicitor (currently non-practising) in <strong>En</strong>gland<br />
and Wales in 2008. He began his career with CMS<br />
Cameron McKenna in London and spent time on<br />
secondment to a major global insurance underwriter<br />
and the firm´s Prague office. Adam qualified into<br />
CMS’ renowned insurance and reinsurance litigation<br />
department. Adam then moved to Guernsey in<br />
2009 and gained significant experience with two<br />
other leading offshore law firms prior to joining<br />
Ferbrache & Farrell LLP.<br />
Adam was sworn as an Advocate of the Royal<br />
Court in 2014 and is a member of the Association of<br />
Restructuring and Insolvency Experts (ARIES).<br />
He also completed, and was awarded a Distinction<br />
for, the STEP Advanced Certificate in International<br />
Trusts Disputes.<br />
Adam has been highlighted in the following leading<br />
legal directories:<br />
• Chambers & Partners UK 2018- Recognised as the<br />
only 'Associate to Watch' for Guernsey Dispute<br />
Resolution and praised for his 'commercial<br />
and pragmatic approach' and for being<br />
'extremely polite, genuine and hard-working'<br />
and a 'pleasure to work with'<br />
• Legal 500 UK 2018- Recognised as<br />
a 'Next Generation Lawyer'.<br />
• Chambers Global 2018- Recognised for<br />
his work on trust disputes and contentious<br />
insolvency cases with sources describing<br />
him as 'extremely diligent and detailed'.<br />
• Chambers UK 2017- Highlighted as an 'Associate<br />
to Watch' and recognised for offering clients<br />
'a broad level of experience in commercial<br />
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Martin Jones, partner and Head of Dispute<br />
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and dedication and his contribution to the<br />
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Business<br />
ENERGY IS EVOLVING<br />
Alan Bates, Chief Executive of Guernsey Electricity, explains<br />
the need for affordability and security of electricity supply<br />
amidst the changing energy market.<br />
It is claimed that the world<br />
of energy is changing more<br />
quickly and more fundamentally<br />
than at any point since the<br />
Industrial Revolution.<br />
With the uptake of electric<br />
vehicles and other developments<br />
in technology, from a smarter<br />
grid to energy storage as well<br />
as micro and macro forms of<br />
electricity generation, such as<br />
solar power, the lines between<br />
energy producers and energy<br />
consumers are becoming less<br />
clear. We are increasingly seeing<br />
GUERNSEY IS NOT<br />
ALONE IN KEEPING PACE<br />
WITH THE CHANGING<br />
ENERGY WORLD<br />
a collective of ‘prosumers’ who<br />
both produce and store electricity,<br />
whilst also intermittently<br />
consuming from the grid. The<br />
rapidly improving economics<br />
of renewable power supported<br />
by the growing prospect of<br />
cost-effective electricity storage<br />
has been hugely influential<br />
to the change. Moreover,<br />
commentary on energy transition<br />
is concluding that these changes<br />
are enabled by technology and<br />
government policy, but are<br />
driven by social imperative. The<br />
pace of change may therefore<br />
be a lot faster than historic<br />
precedent in the energy world.<br />
Given the importance<br />
of the electricity sector to<br />
our functioning society,<br />
there is an urgent need to<br />
ensure the transition into the<br />
future is smooth, affordable,<br />
effective and delivers the best<br />
outcomes for Guernsey.<br />
To achieve this, a complete<br />
review of the structure of<br />
customers’ bills is critical to<br />
ensure that everyone, the ‘selfgenerators’<br />
and those who rely<br />
solely on Guernsey Electricity’s<br />
services, pays fairly and equitably<br />
for their use of the electricity<br />
infrastructure. Continuing with<br />
the existing structure of bills,<br />
created in 1993, puts customers<br />
at risk of increasing prices to<br />
cover the costs of those who<br />
generate their own electricity<br />
but still rely on the grid for<br />
backup. Moreover, changes<br />
in the energy market must be<br />
understood within the context of<br />
any new policies on energy and<br />
security of electricity supply.<br />
As the States of Guernsey<br />
develops its energy and<br />
environmental policies, which<br />
will inform renewable energy<br />
targets over the next five years,<br />
our community must be heard to<br />
ensure affordability of utilities is at<br />
the forefront of decision making.<br />
Early policy direction for the<br />
island, including environmental<br />
aspirations, will also be pivotal,<br />
especially in setting the direction<br />
for future infrastructure<br />
investments in the power, heat<br />
and transport markets. This<br />
direction will be instrumental<br />
to what will be Guernsey<br />
Electricity’s largest ever capital<br />
investment, a proposed second<br />
subsea cable direct to France,<br />
to increase Guernsey’s access<br />
to affordable, low-carbon<br />
electricity and improve security<br />
of supply for the island.<br />
Guernsey is not alone in keeping<br />
pace with the changing energy<br />
world; other countries in Europe<br />
are also making significant strides<br />
to ensure policy aligns with these<br />
changes. In many European<br />
countries the use of coal for<br />
power generation is being phased<br />
out by government intervention,<br />
the use of hydrocarbons in<br />
transport is being reviewed with<br />
targets set for phasing out of<br />
petrol and diesel vehicles, and<br />
most countries are installing large<br />
levels of renewable generation,<br />
with the first few non-subsidised<br />
projects planned. It is clear that<br />
there is much we can learn from<br />
our European counterparts.<br />
Therefore, the island and<br />
Guernsey Electricity must keep<br />
pace with the significant changes<br />
in the energy market to protect<br />
customers from being on the<br />
receiving end of unfair and<br />
higher than required utility bills.<br />
We should continue to strive<br />
towards supplying low-carbon<br />
electricity from renewable sources<br />
in Europe and on-island solar<br />
power, securing the island’s<br />
electricity supply and reducing<br />
our reliability on harmful fossil<br />
fuels. However, early policy<br />
direction from the States is<br />
fundamental to such investments<br />
and how we progress as an island<br />
in the future energy world.<br />
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Business<br />
COULD SOCIAL MEDIA COST<br />
YOU YOUR JOB?<br />
BY ANDREW PARTLOW, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER DANIELS OFFSHORE.<br />
You may have seen in the news<br />
recently that an acclaimed director<br />
was fired over inappropriate<br />
tweets that were published almost<br />
a decade ago, which begs the<br />
question, could your social media<br />
activity cost you your job?<br />
The short answer is yes, a lot of<br />
people forget the far-reaching<br />
capabilities of platforms such as<br />
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram,<br />
especially as most of their default<br />
settings set your content to<br />
public; The easiest thing to do, is<br />
make sure your profiles are set to<br />
private, besides, for most of us, it’s<br />
a window into our personal lives,<br />
more on how to do that later.<br />
CHECKING YOUR CONTRACT<br />
Of course, you have the right to<br />
express your personal views on<br />
social media, thanks in part to<br />
freedom of speech, but many<br />
employers now add clauses to<br />
contracts about social media activity.<br />
On top of this, many contracts<br />
will have a clause with regards to<br />
bringing the company into disrepute<br />
and your social media activity can<br />
easily fall under this and in serious<br />
cases can warrant instant dismissal.<br />
With that in mind, do carefully review<br />
your contract and, if your employer<br />
has one, employee/IT handbook.<br />
HOW TO LOCK DOWN<br />
YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA<br />
Interestingly, a survey conducted<br />
in 2018 by Harris Poll stated that<br />
up to 70% of recruiters admitted<br />
to vetting candidates on social<br />
media as part of the recruitment<br />
process and more than half found<br />
content on social media that caused<br />
them not to hire a candidate.<br />
But they’re not just being nosey,<br />
“social recruiting” is a growing<br />
trend that will continue to be<br />
more important as time goes by,<br />
57% of employers are less likely to<br />
interview if they can’t find anything<br />
about you online, with most<br />
employers looking for information<br />
to back up qualifications (61%).<br />
THE SHORT ANSWER IS<br />
YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE<br />
FORGET THE FAR-<br />
REACHING CAPABILITIES<br />
OF PLATFORMS SUCH AS<br />
FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND<br />
INSTAGRAM, ESPECIALLY AS<br />
MOST OF THEIR DEFAULT<br />
SETTINGS SET YOUR<br />
CONTENT TO PUBLIC<br />
As previously stated, most social<br />
media platforms set your profiles<br />
and content to public by default.<br />
Maybe you don’t want to completely<br />
lock down your social media<br />
profiles, and that’s absolutely fine,<br />
but if you’re wanting a degree of<br />
privacy or want to limit what’s in the<br />
public eye during job applications,<br />
you’ll be glad to know that it’s<br />
easier than you think. Having a look<br />
through the respective platforms’<br />
privacy settings and adjusting<br />
accordingly is always a wise move;<br />
Facebook for example has a handy<br />
“View as” option which will show<br />
you what your profile looks like to<br />
the public, accessible from your<br />
profile page. Facebook’s privacy<br />
settings are very thorough, allowing<br />
you to tweak the privacy settings<br />
of every aspect of your profile. In<br />
comparison, Twitter and Instagram<br />
are quite simple; public or private. If<br />
you want to share your content with<br />
the world, by all means, go public<br />
(the default setting), but if you’re<br />
not too keen on the wider world<br />
seeing your content, then maybe<br />
opt to switching to a private profile.<br />
SOCIAL BUTTERFLY OR<br />
SOCIAL HERMIT?<br />
In conclusion? Social media is more<br />
important now than ever for finding<br />
a new job, so make sure you’re<br />
LinkedIn is up to date and try and<br />
get some new recommendations<br />
if you can. As for your personal<br />
social media activity, mind what<br />
you post and always check your<br />
privacy settings regardless of your<br />
current career status. There’s<br />
no need to go into complete<br />
anonymity, it’s all about making<br />
sure that your public content is<br />
controlled and responsible, just as<br />
much as you would review your<br />
CV before sending to recruiters.<br />
If you think your LinkedIn profile<br />
needs a once over or you need any<br />
help, do get in touch with one of our<br />
consultants, who will be happy to<br />
help as part of our ADvisory Scheme.<br />
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Business<br />
BUSINESS<br />
INNOVATION<br />
THROUGH DIGITAL<br />
TRANSFORMATION<br />
BY PIERRE JEHAN<br />
CLIENT SERVICES DIRECTOR<br />
Innovation is key to business<br />
success. As are competitiveness,<br />
flexibility, continued growth<br />
and an unparalleled customer<br />
experience. It’s technology that<br />
is helping businesses to achieve<br />
this and, more specifically, digital<br />
transformation. And if you’re<br />
after a statistic to back it up, the<br />
World Economic Forum estimates<br />
that the overall economic<br />
value of digital transformation<br />
to business and society will<br />
top $1100 trillion by 2025.<br />
Put simply, digital transformation<br />
is the use of digital technology<br />
in all areas of business so that it<br />
fundamentally changes the way<br />
you do business. It’s not about<br />
making one or two separate<br />
changes and thinking you’ve ticked<br />
the digital box. You haven’t. You’ll<br />
still be working in an environment<br />
of individual silos, unwittingly<br />
duplicating work and continuing<br />
with deeply entrenched business<br />
inefficiencies, being left behind<br />
by the digitally transformed<br />
competition. Digital transformation<br />
involves taking a strategic view<br />
of the whole business and<br />
literally transforming the way<br />
it is run, from top to bottom.<br />
So what does this have to do<br />
with an average-sized Guernsey<br />
business that has done very well<br />
in the past and thinks it can ride<br />
out the fluctuating local economy?<br />
The short answer is: everything.<br />
Digital connectivity has opened<br />
up a world of global opportunities<br />
for Guernsey-based businesses.<br />
However, what it’s also done is<br />
highlight how some of them are<br />
not ready to meet that demand<br />
when competing against others<br />
who are far more technologically<br />
able. It’s shone an unwelcome<br />
spotlight on the vulnerabilities of<br />
those businesses who continue to<br />
do things the way they’ve always<br />
done it, simply because it’s always<br />
worked for them in the past.<br />
All the statistics are showing<br />
the pressing importance of<br />
digital transformation. A recent<br />
Microsoft report on digital<br />
transformation revealed 53% of<br />
UK businesses and IT leaders say<br />
their industries will face significant<br />
digital disruption within the next<br />
two years but, crucially, only<br />
47% say they have no digital<br />
transformation strategy in place.<br />
INNOVATION IS KEY TO<br />
BUSINESS SUCCESS. AS<br />
ARE COMPETITIVENESS,<br />
FLEXIBILITY, CONTINUED<br />
GROWTH AND AN<br />
UNPARALLELED<br />
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.<br />
However, there needs to be<br />
a cultural change with some<br />
businesses in Guernsey if they<br />
are to not only survive but have a<br />
viable and prosperous future. You<br />
can’t have a successful change<br />
of technological infrastructure<br />
and processes without a cultural<br />
change and that starts from<br />
the top, working its way down,<br />
throughout the whole business.<br />
Yet many people running these<br />
businesses and sitting on these<br />
Boards have an understanding of<br />
office technology that probably<br />
goes no further than knowing they<br />
need a computer with email and a<br />
mobile phone. Technology alone<br />
will not transform your business,<br />
it is the tripartite combination of<br />
technology, people and business<br />
which will make it a success.<br />
Remember, the workforce<br />
entering the market now,<br />
Generation Z, is the demographic<br />
most associated with technology.<br />
They’re looking to work for<br />
organisations that are modern<br />
and tech-savvy and if not, they’ll<br />
look elsewhere. They expect<br />
technology to be as much a part<br />
of the job package as a lunch<br />
break and a parking space.<br />
Another pressing case for<br />
digital transformation is data<br />
classification. This is swiftly<br />
and easily achievable with<br />
digital processes and the right<br />
technology in place, not so<br />
much if you’re still running<br />
on traditional file shares and<br />
bulging filing cabinets.<br />
We’ve been advising businesses<br />
for a number of years now on how<br />
they can digitally transform and<br />
have noticed a definite increase<br />
in interest in the last few months.<br />
They’re really beginning to<br />
understand the incredibly exciting<br />
and useful technologies available<br />
to them, such as data modelling,<br />
business intelligence, client portals<br />
and automation. They all help a<br />
business to save time and money<br />
and, ultimately, dramatically<br />
improve the customer experience<br />
which should be at the heart of<br />
any digital transformation strategy.<br />
Meanwhile, digitally transforming<br />
your business will empower and<br />
motivate your workforce to come<br />
on your innovation journey with<br />
you. Who doesn’t want that?<br />
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Business<br />
A PERFECT<br />
STORM IN A<br />
BREXIT TEACUP?<br />
BY JASON MORGAN, PARTNER AND HEAD OF<br />
PROPERTY AT CAREY OLSEN IN GUERNSEY<br />
Whilst the trigger for the<br />
improvement in the Local Market<br />
in Guernsey has undoubtedly<br />
been the consequence of<br />
domestic conditions and the<br />
downward correction of the<br />
market having naturally run<br />
its course, the recent increase<br />
in Open Market interest and<br />
transactions is unquestionably<br />
due to external factors and,<br />
most notably, the direct and<br />
indirect effects of Brexit.<br />
Such a contention, given how<br />
difficult even the most wellinformed<br />
appear to find predicting<br />
the likely effects of Brexit on<br />
Guernsey, warrants further<br />
explanation. In particular, why<br />
should the high-level negotiations<br />
between the UK and EU around<br />
future trade agreements and their<br />
wider relationship, have a direct<br />
influence on people making the<br />
decision to up sticks in the UK<br />
(although there is interest and<br />
movement from elsewhere too)<br />
and relocate to Guernsey?<br />
The answer to that question<br />
and the reason for the noticeable<br />
increase in interest being<br />
shown by people in moving to<br />
Guernsey would appear to have<br />
more to do with the ongoing<br />
uncertainty surrounding Brexit<br />
and the potential for a snap<br />
general election in the UK that<br />
could result in a win for the<br />
Labour Party. Such a prospect,<br />
given Labour's vastly different<br />
approach to economic policy<br />
and objectives, that includes<br />
the introduction of swingeing<br />
property and wealth taxes on the<br />
better off, appears to be leading<br />
many people to consider voting<br />
with their feet (rather than risk<br />
doing so at the ballot box) and<br />
to make a move to the island.<br />
Allied to and running in tandem<br />
with the concerns regarding<br />
Brexit, is the threat of a significant<br />
decline in the growth of the UK<br />
economy (predicted to be as<br />
high as 15% in some quarters,<br />
regardless of what Brexit deal<br />
is concluded). If that should<br />
be the case, then a move to<br />
Guernsey is an increasingly<br />
attractive proposition.<br />
To add to Guernsey's appeal<br />
new tax rules were introduced<br />
at the start of 2018, designed to<br />
encourage relocation to the island<br />
by high net worth individuals<br />
(HNWIs) and their families. The<br />
changes have seen an income<br />
tax break for new residents who<br />
spend at least £1.5 million on an<br />
Open Market property (giving<br />
rise to a Document Duty take of<br />
£50,000 or more). A new lower tax<br />
cap of £50,000 will be available<br />
to such HNWIs for the year of<br />
charge in which the individual<br />
takes up permanent residence<br />
and will then apply for the<br />
following three years. The States<br />
proposed the initiative as part of<br />
its 'Future Guernsey' manifesto<br />
with a core objective to make the<br />
island 'one of the healthiest and<br />
happiest places in the world'.<br />
On top of this, the island's<br />
pragmatic, proactive and<br />
efficient approach to assisting<br />
new businesses and individuals,<br />
coupled with the unique culture<br />
and lifestyle people find once<br />
they arrive here, make Guernsey<br />
a very strong contender for those<br />
looking to relocate from the UK.<br />
It is to be hoped that the<br />
noticeable increase in interest<br />
and improvement in the good<br />
fortunes of the Open Market that<br />
has been seen in 2018 - with 49<br />
Open Market sales in the first nine<br />
months of the year compared<br />
to 27 at the same point in 2017<br />
- will continue into 2019 and<br />
THE STATES PROPOSED<br />
THE INITIATIVE AS<br />
PART OF ITS 'FUTURE<br />
GUERNSEY' MANIFESTO<br />
WITH A CORE OBJECTIVE<br />
TO MAKE THE ISLAND<br />
'ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST<br />
AND HAPPIEST PLACES<br />
IN THE WORLD'<br />
well beyond that. Certainly, if the<br />
analysis of the likely cause and<br />
effect of the renewed interest<br />
in the Open Market provided by<br />
this article is correct, it could<br />
be said that Guernsey will not<br />
only benefit from the storm<br />
created by Brexit, but it will also<br />
provide a safe haven from it.<br />
If you are considering relocating<br />
to Guernsey, you are advised<br />
to talk to a member of our<br />
team at the start of the process<br />
in relation to your personal,<br />
business and tax affairs.<br />
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IS A WARM WELCOME HOME<br />
WAITING FOR YOU?<br />
Whether you’ve been travelling to sunnier climes or just<br />
away on business for a short trip, at this time of year,<br />
you’ll want to come back to a cosy home.<br />
ADVERTORIAL<br />
But what if you’re getting a less<br />
than warm welcome when you<br />
walk through the door? Perhaps<br />
your existing heating system<br />
is just not working properly,<br />
or maybe it’s just proving too<br />
expensive to run?<br />
Either way, you need to take<br />
action but do consider your<br />
options carefully. Just because<br />
there’s a cold snap, don’t make a<br />
snap decision.<br />
There’s a wide range of heating<br />
alternatives available and it’s<br />
important to choose a system that<br />
is going to work for you in the<br />
long term.<br />
Just because there’s<br />
a cold snap, don’t<br />
make a snap decision<br />
There is so much that needs to<br />
be factored in to making the right<br />
choice of heating for your home<br />
including: cost, choice of system,<br />
safety, reliability and increasingly,<br />
sustainability.<br />
Cost can vary considerably<br />
depending on the type of system<br />
and the type of fuel you choose,<br />
but it’s important to remember<br />
that a good heating system should<br />
last you over 10 years so don’t<br />
just consider the initial installation<br />
costs, make sure you factor in to<br />
your decision what it will cost you<br />
to run each year.<br />
When it comes to reliability, there<br />
is not much difference between the<br />
most popular systems, but to be<br />
sure of longevity, you might want to<br />
consider the long-term security of<br />
your fuel choice. Will it continue to<br />
be readily available and will it also<br />
be consistently priced?<br />
When correctly installed, most<br />
modern heating systems are very<br />
safe but because there is a potential<br />
risk of deadly fumes, fossil fuel<br />
boilers do require carbon monoxide<br />
detectors to be installed and will<br />
also need flues for waste gases.<br />
Our individual impact on the<br />
environment is something we can<br />
no longer afford to ignore and a<br />
more sustainable choice of home<br />
heating is one way we can help<br />
lower our carbon footprint.<br />
No matter how efficient oil and<br />
gas systems are, their extraction,<br />
refinement, transportation and<br />
combustion contributes a higher<br />
proportion of greenhouse gases to<br />
the atmosphere than non-fossil fuel<br />
alternatives.<br />
Of course, personal preference<br />
will also play a large part in your<br />
final decision. You want something<br />
that suits your home, your lifestyle<br />
and your budget.<br />
Make sure you factor<br />
in to your decision<br />
what it will cost you<br />
to run each year<br />
Gas, oil and electric systems<br />
all offer the choice of traditional<br />
central heating and ‘wet’ underfloor<br />
heating, but electric heating is also<br />
available as radiant underfloor,<br />
pipe-free central heating, storage<br />
heaters and panel heaters, which<br />
does give it the edge over the<br />
other fuels in terms of flexibility and<br />
choice.<br />
Underfloor heating has become<br />
a very popular choice for many<br />
homeowners as it provides invisible<br />
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It can be retrofitted, the electric<br />
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unless you are undertaking major<br />
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There is a lot to consider before<br />
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Guernsey: a gateway<br />
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At ABN AMRO our investment managers pride<br />
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If you would like to learn more about how ABN<br />
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do not hesitate to contact us.<br />
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ABN AMRO (Channel Islands) Limited<br />
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Business<br />
THE GUERNSEY<br />
TRUSTS INDUSTRY<br />
- MOVING WITH THE TIMES<br />
The explosion in the number of trusts being<br />
established in the Channel Islands began in the<br />
1970s as a result of a number of factors including<br />
an increase in the sophistication of international<br />
tax planning, the UK's exchange controls, and<br />
the migration of wealthy residents to Guernsey<br />
and Jersey. As the industry evolved, so too did<br />
the types of structures being set up; by the 2000s<br />
the simple vanilla vehicles that had proved so<br />
popular during the 1980s and 1990s began to be<br />
replaced by more complex, bespoke structures.<br />
Nowadays, while there are fewer new private wealth<br />
structures being established on a daily basis, those<br />
that are being set up are generally of much higher<br />
value, and are significantly more complicated, than<br />
the trusts of past decades. The previously archetypal<br />
format of a simple trust holding a company is no<br />
longer predominant on the fiduciary scene; instead<br />
there are typically multiple entities within a given<br />
structure, with existing vehicles being used in novel<br />
ways. For example, there has been an increase in<br />
the use of private trust companies to act as trustee<br />
of one or more family trusts, while the Foundations<br />
(Guernsey) Law, 2012 has enabled the use of<br />
foundations as fully orphaned trust corporations.<br />
Further evolution in this space has seen clients<br />
exploring options such as using private protector<br />
companies (held by purpose trusts and run by<br />
directors with the assistance of specialist advisers) as<br />
alternatives to the traditional protector committee.<br />
The motivating factors behind such structures'<br />
creation have also changed, now tending increasingly<br />
towards succession planning, asset protection and<br />
privacy rather than tax strategising. A constant in this<br />
fast-moving market is the popularity of Guernsey as<br />
a jurisdiction of choice, which is widely credited to its<br />
robust legislation, well-respected judicial framework,<br />
and decades' worth of case law, inspiring trust<br />
participants and advisers alike with confidence as to<br />
how the court will apply and interpret the legislation.<br />
In addition, Guernsey's reputation as a well-regulated<br />
jurisdiction has seen an influx of structures moving<br />
to the island pursuant to the 'flight to quality';<br />
Guernsey having placed, nearly ten years ago, on<br />
the OECD's “White List” of approved jurisdictions in<br />
recognition of its adherence to the internationally<br />
agreed principles of transparency and co-operation<br />
for the exchange of tax related information.<br />
BY PARTNER GAVIN FERGUSON AND<br />
SENIOR ASSOCIATE ALICE BRICOGNE,<br />
PART OF OGIER'S GUERNSEY PRIVATE CLIENT AND TRUSTS TEAM.<br />
Meanwhile fiduciary service providers and advisers<br />
have had to adapt to a number of significant<br />
changes and challenges over the last half century,<br />
such as the ever more complex and wide-reaching<br />
compass of the regulatory framework; the increasing<br />
sophistication and demands of trust and foundation<br />
participants; the emergence of knotty historic<br />
problems amongst older trusts; and issues arising<br />
as wealth is transferred between generations, as<br />
new generations of trust participants engage with<br />
trustees, and as global financial troughs occur.<br />
Turning to what the future may hold for the private<br />
wealth sector in Guernsey, it would appear that the<br />
trend towards higher value, more bespoke structures<br />
is likely to continue; that more robust structures<br />
will be developed as a result of lessons having been<br />
learnt from past issues; that trusts and foundations<br />
will be used in increasingly innovative ways; and that<br />
more family offices will be established in Guernsey.<br />
Technology is bound to disrupt and improve the<br />
industry, with those fiduciaries and advisers that<br />
embrace the development in this area gaining a first<br />
mover advantage on their competitors. The demand<br />
for highly specialist service providers, who bring with<br />
them a thorough understanding of the underlying<br />
legal principles and technicalities of trusts and<br />
foundations and who are able to adopt a flexible and<br />
agile approach, is also sure to increase. Clients will<br />
continue to be able to choose from a wide selection<br />
of trust companies and advisers (notwithstanding the<br />
likely continued consolidation of these companies<br />
and advisers) who are able to assist with every aspect<br />
of their fiduciary needs while having confidence<br />
in the excellence of Guernsey as a jurisdiction.<br />
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Sport<br />
GUERNSEY<br />
HOCKEY<br />
IMAGES ©GUERNSEY HOCKEY<br />
Guernsey Hockey LBG is winning on and off the pitch with<br />
thriving leagues, a training programme for juniors, and<br />
four club members representing <strong>En</strong>gland in Masters’<br />
world cups last summer. <strong>En</strong> <strong>Voyage</strong> spoke to<br />
Guernsey’s Hockey Development Officer,<br />
Steve Eulenkamp, to find out what the sport is<br />
doing to continue to attract players.<br />
Guernsey Hockey LBG has five ladies’ clubs and six<br />
men’s on the island. It runs three weekend leagues; one<br />
for ladies and a first and second division for men with<br />
the representative 1st XIs participating in the <strong>En</strong>gland<br />
Hockey National Championships.<br />
There is also a business league which encourages<br />
a mix of experienced players and those picking up a stick<br />
for the first time.<br />
According to Steve, anyone can play hockey, but it is<br />
essential to have good teamwork skills and a positive attitude<br />
on and off the pitch. ‘You have to work hard as well because there<br />
are some difficult techniques to learn, but once you have grasped the<br />
basics it is a really enjoyable sport to play,’ he said.<br />
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Sport<br />
IMAGE ©GUERNSEY HOCKEY<br />
The season runs from September until March or<br />
the Easter holidays. It culminates in an annual interinsular<br />
against Jersey, where three island men’s teams<br />
and three ladies’ teams, chosen from the Guernsey<br />
Hockey membership, take on their opposite numbers<br />
from Jersey. Matches against Jersey also take place at<br />
junior and veteran (over 35) level during the season.<br />
‘Like many organised team sports on the island<br />
we have seen a small decrease in new joiners,<br />
particularly amongst 18 to 25 year olds,’ said<br />
Steve. ‘Many of our current junior members<br />
move away to university.’ But Guernsey Hockey<br />
is developing ways to play, from a new indoor<br />
competition requiring smaller teams, #HockeyFest,<br />
a new look business league and developing its<br />
facilities to make it more family-friendly.<br />
All children in primary school are able to access<br />
hockey through the Guernsey Sports Commission’s<br />
PE in Schools programme. This is the main avenue<br />
for young people to become involved in the sport.<br />
Guernsey Hockey is developing its links with the high<br />
schools to encourage more youngsters to join. ‘We<br />
try to ensure that all young people have a positive<br />
experience of hockey by making our training sessions<br />
fun and inclusive,’ said Steve. ‘We are also developing<br />
an area of our clubhouse for use by young people to<br />
support them to feel more included and involved in<br />
the club.’ Training is offered to five to 11 year olds on<br />
Sundays and 11 to 16 year olds on Tuesday evenings.<br />
Those aged 14 and above are also encouraged to<br />
join the senior leagues. ‘For the last few years the<br />
club has also run #HockeyFest and ‘Back to Hockey’<br />
sessions at the beginning of the season,’ said Steve.<br />
‘These are <strong>En</strong>gland Hockey initiatives and run at many<br />
clubs across the UK, often over the same weekend.’<br />
There are a number of talented young people<br />
currently playing hockey in the island and a<br />
few who are making their way through the<br />
<strong>En</strong>gland Hockey Player Pathway, which has<br />
performance-focused hockey throughout<br />
the summer term and holidays. ‘Over<br />
the last decade we have also seen a few<br />
young people represent <strong>En</strong>gland at age<br />
group 1,' said Steve. In recent years the<br />
U16 boys and girls have played in the<br />
<strong>En</strong>gland Hockey National Championships.<br />
‘There are a number of other young<br />
people who are currently making their<br />
way into the men’s and ladies’ first XI<br />
teams and showing great potential.’<br />
Guernsey Hockey has plenty of established<br />
playing talent as well, with four club<br />
members representing <strong>En</strong>gland in Masters’<br />
world cups over the summer – Steve Waldrom,<br />
Andy Walley, Jayne Carter, and Adrian Gidney.<br />
Steve said he loves playing hockey because he<br />
has met so many fantastic people, both at home<br />
and at other clubs. ‘We have a great facility and<br />
a brilliant atmosphere in the clubhouse. Hockey<br />
is a high-energy sport and competitive on the<br />
pitch. But once we cross back over the yellow<br />
line, we all have a drink and a chat together in the<br />
clubhouse.’ As all hockey is played on the same<br />
pitch at Footes Lane, there is an opportunity to<br />
get to know players from other teams within the<br />
Guernsey Hockey family on game day. ‘That, I<br />
think, is a real difference to playing for a club in the<br />
UK where you may only get to interact with other<br />
members on rare occasions throughout the season.<br />
In Guernsey, it really doesn’t matter what team you<br />
play for – well most of the time anyway,’ he said.<br />
For more information about Guernsey Hockey email<br />
steve@guernseyhockey.com, call 07781 161213, or<br />
you can find Guernsey Hockey on Facebook.<br />
IMAGE<br />
©GUERNSEY HOCKEY<br />
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GUERNSEY HOCKEY<br />
HAS PLENTY OF<br />
ESTABLISHED<br />
PLAYING TALENT AS<br />
WELL, WITH FOUR<br />
CLUB MEMBERS<br />
REPRESENTING<br />
ENGLAND IN<br />
MASTERS’<br />
WORLD CUPS<br />
OVER THE<br />
SUMMER<br />
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Sport<br />
PADEL<br />
TENNIS<br />
<strong>En</strong> <strong>Voyage</strong> finds out why padel is ‘the easiest sport to play’<br />
and how its popularity is growing in Guernsey.<br />
They say it’s the fastest-growing<br />
sport in the world. It’s a racket sport<br />
that combines aspects of tennis,<br />
squash and badminton. And it’s now<br />
growing in popularity in Guernsey.<br />
But if you’ve never heard of padel,<br />
you’re not alone.<br />
Let’s start with the basics.<br />
Its origins date back to the 1960s to<br />
Mexico, where <strong>En</strong>rique Corcuerra invented<br />
padel. It uses the same scoring method<br />
as tennis and the matches are the best of<br />
five sets, but the rackets are solid rather<br />
than strung, and it’s always played as a<br />
doubles sport in glass box courts where<br />
the ball can be played off the walls.<br />
By the mid 1970s, the game had been<br />
exported to Spain where its popularity grew.<br />
The very first Padel World Championships<br />
took place in Madrid in 1992, the same<br />
year that a British padel group was set up.<br />
While not there at the start, Guernsey is<br />
now making up for lost time after opening<br />
a club in 2017, meaning the number of<br />
courts across the British Isles is growing<br />
all the time. That’s something British Padel<br />
president Peter Vann is delighted to see.<br />
He said: ‘I played it first in 2002. Now there<br />
are 31 courts in Great Britain. The challenge<br />
for the sport is to let people know what it<br />
is. Once they do they know how fun and<br />
sociable it is, and then they’re hooked.’<br />
‘Padel is the easiest sport to play because<br />
you strike the ball very close to your hand,<br />
you don’t need very much technical skill,<br />
so you can enjoy it very quickly. You need<br />
to try this sport. It’s the best thing!’<br />
IMAGES ©GUERNSEY PADEL TENNIS<br />
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THEY SAY IT’S THE FASTEST-GROWING SPORT<br />
IN THE WORLD. IT’S A RACKET SPORT THAT<br />
COMBINES ASPECTS OF TENNIS, SQUASH AND<br />
BADMINTON. AND IT’S NOW GROWING<br />
IN POPULARITY IN GUERNSEY.<br />
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And one person who knows<br />
that’s true is Jamie Murray.<br />
While he’s made his name<br />
internationally with his tennis<br />
career, including playing mixed<br />
doubles alongside Guernsey’s<br />
very own Heather Watson,<br />
he’s no stranger to padel.<br />
Jamie said: ‘I’ve played padel<br />
a handful of times. It’s a very<br />
social sport. I can play it with<br />
my friends. We can get some<br />
good games going, some<br />
amazing rallies. I would like to<br />
play more. It’s a lot of fun and<br />
it’s very competitive as well.’<br />
That mix of fun and competition<br />
is now being experienced in<br />
Guernsey after three brand<br />
new courts were opened at the<br />
Guernsey Tennis Club site at<br />
Longcamps. They offer single,<br />
family and corporate memberships<br />
as well as ‘pay and play’ options<br />
for those who want to get a taster<br />
and see if padel is for them.<br />
The British Padel Tour included<br />
Guernsey for the first time in 2018,<br />
with a two-day tournament hot<br />
on the heels of other events in<br />
Essex, Scotland and London.<br />
British stars of the sport Javier<br />
Serrats and Jon Leach lived up<br />
to their reputations as padel<br />
powerhouses, cruising to a 6-0<br />
6-1 victory over local players<br />
Jon Young and Rob West.<br />
Rob said: ‘These guys are another<br />
level. It’s been really enjoyable to<br />
play against them and hopefully<br />
they’ll be back to play again next<br />
year. Everyone who comes down<br />
and plays it loves it, so our goal is<br />
to get more people down to try it.’<br />
While so many sports are<br />
focused on solely the wins, padel’s<br />
place in the Guernsey sporting<br />
community is all about growing<br />
both awareness and interest in it. A<br />
top French coach visited the island<br />
in the autumn to help players of<br />
all abilities brush up their skills.<br />
Kristina Clement is seen as<br />
one of the best of them all.<br />
British Padel veteran Barry<br />
Coffey said: ‘Kristina has coached<br />
me from complete novice to<br />
tournament winner in a relatively<br />
short time. She is enjoyable to<br />
work with and makes learning fun.’<br />
And judging by the feedback<br />
from those who met Kristina<br />
during her coaching sessions,<br />
Barry’s far from alone in that view.<br />
So, if you’re thinking of taking<br />
up a new sport but perhaps don’t<br />
THAT MIX OF FUN AND<br />
COMPETITION IS NOW<br />
BEING EXPERIENCED<br />
IN GUERNSEY AFTER<br />
THREE BRAND NEW<br />
COURTS WERE OPENED<br />
AT THE GUERNSEY<br />
TENNIS CLUB SITE AT<br />
LONGCAMPS<br />
know where to start, why not try<br />
something completely different?<br />
People regularly use the words<br />
‘social’ and ‘fun’ to describe padel.<br />
The new courts at the Guernsey<br />
Tennis Club are spot on, and<br />
when you combine them with<br />
the centre’s existing facilities<br />
which include a steam room,<br />
sauna, licensed bar and café,<br />
you’ve everything you need in<br />
one place to make your first<br />
padel experience a positive one.<br />
As Jamie Murray said: ‘It’s a great<br />
sport, it’s a lot of fun, a lot of crazy<br />
rallies. It’s a good experience.’<br />
Find out more at<br />
guernseypadelclub.gg<br />
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FOOTBALL<br />
GUERNSEY FC HOME GAMES<br />
Footes Lane<br />
Wednesday 6 February 19:45<br />
v EAST GRINSTEAD TOWN<br />
Sunday 17 February 14:00<br />
v SEVENOAKS TOWN<br />
Saturday 2 March 14:00<br />
v VCD ATHLETIC<br />
For more info visit guernseyfc.com<br />
FUN/SPECTATOR<br />
Every Saturday 09:00<br />
PARKRUN 5km<br />
Pembroke Bay car park<br />
Please register in advance at<br />
parkrun.org.uk<br />
Thursday 10 January 18.30<br />
SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT<br />
AWARDS 2018<br />
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Saturday 2 February<br />
v RAMS<br />
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Saturday 16 February 14:00<br />
v TONBRIDGE JUDDIANS<br />
For more info visit grfc.gg<br />
TRIATHLON<br />
COASTAL CHALLENGE<br />
SERIES 2018<br />
TBC<br />
Sunday 6 January 09:00<br />
1st event<br />
Sunday 27 January 09:00<br />
2nd event<br />
Sunday 10 February 09:00<br />
3rd event<br />
Sunday 3 March 09:00<br />
4th event<br />
SAVE THE DATE<br />
30-31 March 2019 TBC<br />
HERM ROCKS 2019<br />
5km and 10km run. Includes party<br />
and overnight stay in Herm.<br />
Herm Island<br />
For more info visit<br />
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TABLE TENNIS<br />
Sunday 6 January 09:00<br />
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PONG CHALLENGE<br />
Guernsey Table<br />
Tennis Centre<br />
ROWING<br />
Saturday 12 January 10:00<br />
Saturday 9 February 10:00<br />
HAVE A GO ROW<br />
Guernsey Yacht Club<br />
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‘Have a Go Row’ session. All are<br />
welcome, 16 and over.<br />
SPORTS<br />
DIARY<br />
ATHLETICS<br />
Tuesday 1 January 11:00<br />
NEW YEAR'S DAY<br />
CROSS COUNTRY<br />
Rocque Balan<br />
4.75 mile run<br />
Sunday 20 January<br />
TBA<br />
FNB CROSS COUNTRY<br />
SERIES FINALE<br />
TBA<br />
Sunday 3 February 10:00<br />
CHERTSEY HOUSE ROAD<br />
SERIES – RACE 2<br />
L'Ancresse Lodge<br />
5 mile race<br />
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Community<br />
COMMUNITY SPIRIT<br />
GUERNSEY’S FIRST ACCESSIBLE<br />
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS EVENT<br />
Butterfield has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the community<br />
by sponsoring the island’s first Accessible Christmas Lights event, as part of<br />
the Accessible Town Project.<br />
The project, which ran from 3 December 2018, International Day of Persons<br />
with Disabilities, is part of a collection of initiatives to improve Guernsey’s<br />
accessibility for disabled islanders. These initiatives include a number of<br />
events, educational workshops and media campaigns to assist islanders in<br />
becoming more disability confident.<br />
Butterfield sponsored the children’s area at the island’s first Accessible<br />
Christmas Lights and shopping evening, which aimed to provide a more<br />
accessible environment for disabled adults, children with disabilities, carers,<br />
family and friends to enjoy shopping and the Christmas lights.<br />
Lindsay Ozanne, Deputy Managing<br />
Director at Butterfield Trust<br />
(Guernsey) Limited said: ‘We’re<br />
proud to have supported such an<br />
important event and a first for the<br />
island. The Accessible Christmas<br />
Lights event is such a worthwhile<br />
initiative for us to support as part of<br />
the on-going campaign to make<br />
Guernsey more accessible for all.’<br />
‘WE’RE PROUD<br />
TO HAVE SUPPORTED<br />
SUCH AN IMPORTANT<br />
EVENT AND A FIRST<br />
FOR THE ISLAND’<br />
Karen Blanchford, Vice Chair at<br />
Access for All and Partnership Director at ‘We All Matter, Eh?’ Guernsey<br />
Disability Alliance (GDA), said: ‘We’re thrilled Butterfield sponsored the<br />
children’s area for the island’s first ever Accessible Christmas Lights event.<br />
Attending the main Christmas Lights event is not possible for some disabled<br />
islanders so running a specific, more accessible event is key.<br />
‘The aim of the Accessible Town Project is to make customer-facing<br />
businesses more aware of these opportunities and challenges, and<br />
inspire them to make changes to improve the disabled customer<br />
experience over the long term. By increasing accessibility and<br />
the disability confidence of businesses, we will encourage more<br />
of our 13,000 disabled islanders and more than 4,000 carers to<br />
shop, eat out and take an active part in our community.’<br />
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LE MURIER SCHOOL<br />
RECEIVES FUNDING<br />
FOR A TRAILER AND<br />
HI-VIS JACKETS<br />
Le Murier School has benefitted<br />
from the donation of a large<br />
trailer and hi-vis jackets for its<br />
students thanks to funding from<br />
The Ana Leaf Foundation.<br />
Following an appeal by the school<br />
for a trailer to help transport a lot of<br />
bulky and heavy equipment used<br />
by the students during their Duke<br />
of Edinburgh Expeditions as well<br />
as trips on and off island, the Ana<br />
Leaf Foundation stepped forward<br />
having previously supported<br />
the school’s expeditions.<br />
Twelve hi-vis jackets were also<br />
donated to the school by the Ana<br />
Leaf Foundation. These jackets will<br />
be used by students in the sensory<br />
and communication group and<br />
C5’S SPEED QUIZ RAISES<br />
OVER £2000 FOR<br />
GUERNSEY MIND<br />
C5 Alliance’s fifth annual digital<br />
speed quiz has raised over<br />
£2000 for local mental health<br />
charity Guernsey Mind.<br />
The quiz, which was initially<br />
created to transform the traditional<br />
‘pub quiz’ format, saw staff from<br />
the Channel Island technology<br />
business and their guests compete<br />
using only an app run on smart<br />
devices such as phones or tablets.<br />
Marc Lainé, Managing Director<br />
of C5 Alliance, said: ‘The support<br />
the language and communication<br />
group whenever they go on<br />
walks to aid sensory stimulation,<br />
exercise and road awareness.<br />
Gary Dovey, Learning Outside<br />
the Classroom Coordinator at Le<br />
Murier School, said: ‘The trailer<br />
will be such a great help for our<br />
school trips. Some of our students<br />
are wheelchair users and need<br />
specialist lifting equipment which<br />
can often be heavy and bulky.<br />
‘It’s important that we find<br />
solutions for our students’<br />
specific needs and this trailer<br />
will now allow them to travel<br />
off the island and learn in new<br />
and exciting environments.<br />
Amanda Simmons, a trustee of<br />
the Ana Leaf Foundation, said ‘We<br />
have supported Le Murier School<br />
for several years and are glad to<br />
continue to help make a difference<br />
to both the teachers and students.'<br />
that Guernsey Mind provides<br />
can transform lives so anything<br />
we can do to help that is a nobrainer.<br />
We’d also like to thank<br />
everyone who donated gifts for<br />
our raffle and auction as without<br />
that we wouldn’t have been able<br />
to raise the money.<br />
‘It’s important for us to keep<br />
the conversation about mental<br />
health on the local agenda; we<br />
want to make every effort to<br />
help overcome the stigma often<br />
attached with mental health.<br />
Guernsey Mind is our charity of<br />
choice because of the fantastic<br />
work they do to help tackle this.’<br />
THE CHANNEL<br />
ISLANDS CO-<br />
OPERATIVE SOCIETY<br />
LIMITED COMMITS<br />
TO SUPPORTING<br />
ISLANDERS WITH<br />
DISABILITIES<br />
The Channel Islands Co-Operative<br />
Society Limited has announceed<br />
its Hidden Disabilities Sunflower<br />
Scheme is now a permanent<br />
service across all of its stores.<br />
The trial scheme was launched<br />
last June to help raise awareness<br />
amongst Co-Op colleagues of the<br />
diverse and unseen disabilities they<br />
may come across in islanders, so<br />
that they can recognise, reassure<br />
and respond accordingly. As part of<br />
the scheme, islanders with hidden<br />
disabilities have the option to wear<br />
a sunflower lanyard or pin badge,<br />
which says, ‘I may need support’.<br />
Hidden disabilities can include<br />
dementia, people with hearing loss,<br />
the visually impaired and those with<br />
learning difficulties amongst others.<br />
The Co-Op is continuing to run<br />
training sessions for its colleagues<br />
to support and improve the<br />
shopping experience for islanders<br />
with hidden disabilities. The<br />
Hidden Disabilities Sunflower<br />
Scheme is part of the Society’s<br />
disability and inclusion strategy,<br />
which aims to change attitudes<br />
and improve the quality of life for<br />
disabled islanders and their carers.<br />
The Channel Islands Co-<br />
Operative Society’s Community<br />
Officer, Tanya Dorrity, said:<br />
‘We are delighted with the<br />
feedback we have received from<br />
service users of our Hidden<br />
Disabilities Sunflower Scheme.<br />
As a community retailer, hearing<br />
such positive feedback from<br />
our customers, proves why this<br />
scheme is so important and is just<br />
one of the reasons why we wanted<br />
to make it a permanent service.<br />
Our announcement is timely with<br />
the Purple Tuesday event and<br />
we encourage businesses and<br />
customers alike to take part where<br />
they can.’<br />
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Community<br />
IVY TRUST CREATES MEMORY BOXES<br />
TO HELP BEREAVED PARENTS<br />
Trust Corporation International<br />
has made a donation towards<br />
the Ivy Trust’s memory boxes,<br />
an initiative which provides<br />
much-needed support to<br />
parents who have experienced<br />
the loss of a baby during<br />
pregnancy or soon after birth.<br />
The memory boxes are given<br />
to parents who have suffered<br />
the loss of their baby and<br />
provide a safe place to keep<br />
precious items such as hand<br />
and footprints or a lock of hair.<br />
The purpose of the memory<br />
boxes is to help families create<br />
lasting memories of their baby<br />
and the keepsake items included<br />
will help to do this. The boxes<br />
also play a vital role in the grieving<br />
process. They are prepared by<br />
one of the Ivy Trust’s trustees,<br />
Shelley Samson, with all items<br />
inside provided by the Ivy Trust<br />
carefully and thoughtfully.<br />
The Ivy Trust provides personal<br />
support for parents, maintains<br />
the Ivy Room on Loveridge Ward<br />
and offers them equipment to<br />
ensure the most vulnerable babies<br />
have the best possible chance of<br />
survival. ‘When you have a baby,<br />
your instinct is to protect them.<br />
When you lose a baby your instinct<br />
is to protect their memory. We<br />
hope these boxes will help to bring<br />
some comfort to all bereaved<br />
parents. The Ivy Trust would like<br />
to thank Trust Corporation for its<br />
donation towards the memory<br />
boxes and we’d also like to<br />
thank Wishgem, Little Dreamers<br />
and Grace Alexander flowers<br />
for their support in providing<br />
precious items.’ said Shelley.<br />
Trust Corporation made the<br />
donation as part of 15 donations<br />
to mark its 15th anniversary year,<br />
during which time it is supporting<br />
15 different charities nominated<br />
by staff members. Other charities<br />
to benefit from support include<br />
Headway Guernsey, Caritas and<br />
Guernsey Disability Sports.<br />
Katie Wallen, Senior Operations<br />
Manager who leads the Trust<br />
Corporation’s CSR committee,<br />
said: ‘We wanted to support the<br />
very important work the Ivy Trust<br />
does, including the charity’s<br />
special initiative of memory boxes.<br />
We are firm believers in giving<br />
back to the local community<br />
and the Ivy Trust is such a<br />
worthwhile cause that we were<br />
very happy to help support it as<br />
part of our 15th anniversary.’<br />
SAVING LIVES AT<br />
NORMAN PIETTE<br />
Norman Piette has funded and<br />
installed a life-saving defibrillator<br />
in its Showroom Department at<br />
Bulwer Avenue.<br />
The electronic device was installed<br />
by the builders’ merchant inside<br />
the entrance to the store and can<br />
be accessed by staff and members<br />
of the public during normal<br />
working hours.<br />
Norman Piette CEO Paul Rogers<br />
says the installation will help save<br />
lives as early CPR and defibrillation<br />
is essential for survival:<br />
‘Following an incident with a<br />
member of staff we felt it was vital<br />
to make an important contribution<br />
to the health and safety of all<br />
our staff and customers. AEDs<br />
(Automated External Defibrillators)<br />
are electrical devices that analyse<br />
the heart beat and administer an<br />
electric shock, if necessary, to try<br />
and restore a normal rhythm. They<br />
are specifically designed to be<br />
used by members of the public as<br />
well as first responders.’<br />
‘The placement of AEDs in public<br />
places helps reduce the time<br />
delay between cardiac arrest<br />
and shock and can really help<br />
in the vital period before the<br />
patient can get to hospital. As a<br />
member of the local community<br />
it is very important that we do<br />
our bit and we would call on<br />
other businesses to also look at<br />
installing these fantastic devices.<br />
Our company slogan is “helping<br />
build a better Guernsey” and that<br />
is not just about bricks and mortar<br />
but also about responsibility and<br />
commitment to fellow islanders.’<br />
Jan Looijenga, Health & Safety<br />
Coordinator, said: ‘We have<br />
registered the machine with<br />
the Guernsey Public Accessible<br />
Defibrillator Programme and the<br />
Cardiac Action Group have trained<br />
staff on its use. It is one of those<br />
things that you hope is never used<br />
but you want it to be in tip-top<br />
condition<br />
if it is ever required.’<br />
If you would like more information<br />
on AEDs and cardio pulmonary<br />
resuscitation or on courses<br />
provided by Cardiac Action<br />
Group please contact them on<br />
07781129539 or email<br />
info@cag.org.gg.<br />
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CHARITY QUIZ RAISES £4,500 FOR CAREY<br />
OLSEN’S TWO GUERNSEY CHARITIES<br />
Carey Olsen Guernsey’s annual<br />
charity quiz has raised £4,500 to be<br />
shared between the firm’s chosen<br />
local charities – the Guernsey<br />
Cardiac Action Group and the<br />
Guernsey Child Contact Centre.<br />
The event, which was held<br />
at St Pierre Park Hotel with<br />
the help of Centre Stage and<br />
expertly hosted by quiz question<br />
masters Nick Carver and Ryan<br />
Williams, attracted 27 entries<br />
from Guernsey businesses and<br />
challenged teams with a series<br />
of interactive rounds, testing<br />
not only their brains but also<br />
their senses with questions<br />
related to listening, touch, voice<br />
recognition, memory and speed.<br />
Federal Trust Company were<br />
crowned the 2018 winners<br />
and will now have their name<br />
engraved on the quiz’s perpetual<br />
trophy and we hope they will<br />
NEW GHA WEBSITE WILL BE<br />
PRACTICAL RESOURCE FOR<br />
ISLANDERS AND RESIDENTS<br />
The Guernsey Housing<br />
Association (GHA) has upgraded<br />
its website to incorporate more<br />
services and advice for residents<br />
and other interested islanders.<br />
The new website, built by<br />
Indulge Media, is designed to be<br />
a useful resource that contains<br />
key information for tenants<br />
and partial owners - including<br />
details about their homes,<br />
new developments and repairs<br />
– presented in a clear and<br />
transparent way.<br />
‘Our old website was a<br />
shop-front which housed<br />
information about the GHA as<br />
return in 2019 to try to retain the<br />
trophy. Second place went to<br />
Carey Olsen with Artemis Trustees<br />
taking third place.<br />
The quiz takes place annually<br />
in Guernsey as part of Carey<br />
Olsen’s ongoing support of local<br />
charitable causes.<br />
Senior associate Adrian Sarchet,<br />
chairman of Carey Olsen’s<br />
Guernsey charities committee,<br />
said: ‘The Carey Olsen charity<br />
quiz has become a must-attend<br />
event in the social calendar of<br />
many Guernsey businesses in<br />
recent years and we are extremely<br />
grateful to all the firms who<br />
support the evening by entering<br />
teams. It is a really fun event to<br />
organise and everybody who takes<br />
part has a great time, but the most<br />
important thing is that we’ve once<br />
again been able to raise money for<br />
two fantastic local charities.’<br />
an organisation but didn’t focus on<br />
practical insight for our residents.<br />
We recognise that our tenants<br />
and partial owners regularly seek<br />
information online and now, at the<br />
click of a button, they can find out<br />
things that they want or need to<br />
know,’ said Chief Executive Steve<br />
Williams. ‘It is also important for<br />
us to demonstrate to the wider<br />
community the role that the GHA<br />
plays in the local housing market.<br />
‘The team at Indulge have done a<br />
stellar job in building a brand new,<br />
interactive and functional website<br />
designed with islanders’ needs in<br />
mind. The website - gha.gg - will<br />
develop as we roll out increased<br />
functionality and upload more<br />
useful information and we’re<br />
sure it will serve our tenants and<br />
prospective residents well,’ he said.<br />
SKIPTON SWIMARATHON<br />
CELEBRATES VILLAGE<br />
PROJECT WITH CORPORATE<br />
AWARDS CEREMONY<br />
The Skipton Swimarathon chose<br />
to recognise the top corporate<br />
fundraisers of the 2018 charity<br />
event at a special awards<br />
ceremony held at Le Murier<br />
Village Hall. The ceremony not<br />
only celebrated the efforts of the<br />
island’s corporate swimmers, but<br />
also that the target for the main<br />
beneficiary had been reached,<br />
allowing the Village Project to<br />
reach completion.<br />
The event saw a record number<br />
of corporate teams competing for<br />
the Corporate Awards, with the<br />
committee handing out a Gold<br />
Award to Skipton International, a<br />
Silver Award to Collas Crill and ten<br />
Bronze Awards. These Awards can<br />
be displayed by local businesses<br />
to celebrate the part they have<br />
played in helping local charities,<br />
Gold Awards recognising those<br />
that have raised £1,500, Silver for<br />
£1,000 and Bronze for over £500.<br />
Nick Guillemette, Chairman of the<br />
Skipton Swimarathon Committee,<br />
said: ‘Having the involvement<br />
of corporate teams has made<br />
such a large difference in raising<br />
large sums from the charity<br />
event. Having only launched the<br />
Corporate Awards in 2017 we have<br />
been pleased by how many more<br />
firms are looking to participate<br />
and we will be looking to further<br />
expand upon this next year.’<br />
Le Murier School was presented<br />
with a cheque for £30,000 towards<br />
the Village Project, which will<br />
allow it to complete the building of<br />
four wooden log cabins to teach<br />
independent living skills to students<br />
and the wider community.<br />
Gary Dovey, Ambassador for<br />
the Skipton Swimarathon Coordinator<br />
for the Village Project,<br />
said: ‘We have been overwhelmed<br />
by the community’s support for<br />
the Village Project and thrilled<br />
at the number of people who<br />
were involved with the Skipton<br />
Swimarathon. Thanks to this<br />
generous contribution from the<br />
Skipton Swimarathon we are<br />
now able to push forward with<br />
the final phase of the project,<br />
getting our independent living<br />
village up and running much<br />
sooner than we had anticipated.’<br />
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COMPETITION<br />
UP, UP AND AWAY!<br />
We’d like to see how you would<br />
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to glitter, feathers and collage.<br />
Save at the Cave<br />
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POETRY<br />
If you have a poem about Guernsey<br />
or flying that you’d like to see in print,<br />
please send it to the editor<br />
natalie@oi-you.com<br />
5 2 1<br />
6 5 9<br />
8 9 7 3<br />
9 4 3<br />
7<br />
3 8 6<br />
4 6 7 3<br />
SUDOKU<br />
MEDIUM<br />
Each of the<br />
nine blocks has<br />
to contain all the<br />
numbers 1-9 within<br />
its squares. Each<br />
number can only<br />
appear once in a row,<br />
column or box.<br />
2<br />
9<br />
See if you can<br />
find this selection<br />
of winter words...<br />
Snow<br />
New Year<br />
Scarf<br />
January<br />
Winter<br />
Hot chocolate<br />
Snowflake<br />
Cold<br />
February<br />
Ice skating<br />
Frozen<br />
Mittens<br />
Resolutions<br />
Chilly<br />
Snowman<br />
Frost<br />
Hibernate<br />
White<br />
Coat<br />
Fireplace<br />
Icicle<br />
Gloves<br />
Sledge<br />
WORDSEARCH<br />
I E Y D J S I Q H X Q G B S A Q K S A K<br />
C C R A T D P S C H I L L Y O W T L E A<br />
U Q I Q E L A T H K U T P A Q I S E L R<br />
W L O C W O N S O L F R O Z E N A D A E<br />
I S S S L C E B C A I C S C V T K G T S<br />
T I F K S E W P O N B X G A I E P E S O<br />
V B Y A V E Y T L S U L S C A R F B P L<br />
W H I T E S E E A L O U I V S B S K N U<br />
Q S L I S C A R T V K C L T P U C O A T<br />
G J A N U A R Y E L F E H P C N L K L I<br />
O C L G K B T S E A Y R A U R B E F U O<br />
C U T I S M I T T E N S O B K S K C Q N<br />
F S A Q E U A N C Q T V A S E M A N V S<br />
R C M I T N E N S L U S K P T C L T U E<br />
O N P T R E S L B H N T D U L H F P I A<br />
Z O S E A V T P K A L M E Q N V W O N S<br />
E F B E K Q E T A L O C O H C T O H S P<br />
T I R U S H A I I C E S K A T I N G K T<br />
H I S N O W M A N E B T S O D V S S E Q<br />
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Maltesers Big Bag £1.50<br />
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Coca Cola 150ml £1<br />
Diet Coke 150ml £1<br />
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Breda Lager, Magners Cider<br />
£4 330ml<br />
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£6<br />
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Baileys<br />
£4 50ml<br />
SPECIAL<br />
OFFER<br />
DUTY FREE<br />
SPIRITS<br />
The Famous<br />
Grouse Whisky<br />
£10 or<br />
2 FOR £18<br />
1 litre<br />
Gordon’s<br />
London Dry Gin<br />
£10 or<br />
2 FOR £18<br />
1 litre<br />
SPECIAL<br />
OFFER<br />
MIX AND MATCH<br />
FAMOUS GROUSE WHISKY<br />
AND GORDON'S DRY GIN FOR<br />
£18<br />
2 FOR £7<br />
2 FOR £7<br />
Spirits £4<br />
Bacardi, Courvoisier, Gordon’s, Jack Daniel's,<br />
Smirnoff Red, Bombay Sapphire or Famous Grouse 50ml<br />
Bombay<br />
Sapphire Gin<br />
£16 or<br />
2 FOR £26<br />
1 litre<br />
Smirnoff<br />
Blue Vodka<br />
£12 or<br />
2 FOR £20<br />
1 litre<br />
PLEASE NOTE: Items will not be exchanged/<br />
refunded, please check your duty free<br />
purchases before departing the aircraft<br />
SPECIAL<br />
OFFER<br />
2 SPIRITS AND 2 MIXERS £9<br />
ALLERGENS<br />
Please be aware that some of our products<br />
may contain allergens and some of our<br />
customers may bring onboard their<br />
own products containing allergens.<br />
If you are susceptible to serious<br />
complications arising from allergens<br />
it is your responsibility to make our cabin<br />
crew aware of this immediately.<br />
CIGARETTES & TOBACCO<br />
Golden Virginia Tobacco 5 x 50g £35<br />
Benson & Hedges 200 £42<br />
Silk Cut 200 £42<br />
Lambert & Butler 200 £42<br />
Marlboro Gold 200 £42<br />
Benson & Hedges 400 £54<br />
Silk Cut 400 £54<br />
Lambert & Butler 400 £54<br />
Marlboro Gold 400 £54<br />
200 pack equivalent to £4.20 per 20 pack<br />
400 pack equivalent to £2.70 per 20 pack<br />
HOT DRINK<br />
AND KIT KAT<br />
OR MALTESERS<br />
OR DAIRY MILK<br />
£3.50<br />
SOFT DRINK<br />
AND KIT KAT<br />
OR MALTESERS<br />
OR DAIRY MILK<br />
£2<br />
On flights between the Channel Islands and the UK, the allowance<br />
includes 200 cigarettes and one litre of spirits. Duty free services are not<br />
available on services to and from Alderney and Southampton. You must<br />
be 18 or over to purchase tobacco or alcohol. Most major credit and<br />
debit cards as well as cash payments are accepted.<br />
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