Jersey News
Jersey finance industry's profits down
Finance industry profits in Jersey halved last year to their lowest level since records began, according to official figures recently released.
The island
Jersey News
Jersey considers sweeping tax increases
Jersey residents should brace themselves for considerable tax hikes as ministers unveil options for new taxes worth
Jersey News
Jersey not affected by UK budget
The UK emergency budget will have little effect in Jersey, according to Island tax experts.
Chancellor George Osborne recently announced huge spending cuts as well as some tax increases to help bal...
Berlin News
Unemployment figures for Berlin show fall
Unemployment in the Berlin-Brandenburg region has fallen year on year and month on month. Official figures for May show 17,500 fewer registered unemployed in the region than in the previous month, and...
Barcelona News
Banks in the Barcelona region shut an office for every day of last year as a result of the collapse of the banking and real estate sectors.
According to figures just released from Banco d
Jersey News
The latest Jersey House Price Index figures show that between January and March this year there was a five per cent fall in house prices compared to the last three months of 2009. This is also a five...
Barcelona News
Thousands of young Catalans not in employment or education
More than 100,000 young Catalans are not working or studying, according to the Consell de la Joventut de Barcelona (CJB), which heads 90 youth organisations in the city.
Unemployment in the 16 to...
Madrid News
Few private pensions in Madrid
Only one in every five workers in Madrid has a private pension plan, according to a report by the ministry of economy and housing. Around 4.5 million Spaniards hold a private pension plan, into which...
Jersey News
Jersey top offshore jurisdiction
Jersey has been named as the top offshore finance centre in the world.
The island is now the only offshore jurisdiction ranked in the top 20 of the world
Barcelona News
Barcelona council takes on unemployed
Under a new anti-crisis strategy Barcelona city council is to provide jobs for over 2,000 residents who have been out of work for six months or longer and who no longer receive unemployment benefit. I...
Jersey News
Jersey's government to cut spending
Unprecedented cuts have been signalled by the States of Jersey as government ministers have announced ambitious plans to cut spending by
Jersey News
Unemployment figures in Jersey have soared to their highest levels for 30 years.
According to official statistics, 1,200 people were registered as unemployed at the end of January
Amsterdam News
Over 100 foreign companies opened a base in Amsterdam in 2009, according to figures released by the city council says Dutch News online, generating 1,200 new jobs for the city.
Of these companies,...
Barcelona News
Barcelona has seen the first drop in unemployment since the beginning of 2008. Figures released by the economic and employment commission for the last quarter of 2009 show that over 7,000 people more...
Madrid News
Residents of Madrid are the most expensive workers in Spain after those in the Basque country, earning on average
Jersey News
Jersey tax increases thrown out
Ministerial plans for duty increases were defeated recently in a surprise rebellion in the island
