25% of jobs in hospitality are zero hours contracts & therefore with 64% entitled-to-work, up to 40% of sector's entitled-to-work on zero hours, as registered migrants on visa must be on 40 hour permanent contracts.

With downturn in sector, locals may be short of work in '24.

Hope many have given their views on NationalTrustJersey use of Grève de Lecq. Not keen on charity shop idea. I think we need low impact car park, minimal facilities and to let nature do its thing.

National Trust Chapel Porth in Cornwall is perfect model.

nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cornwall…

Today the Benedict Blythe Foundation personally delivered an open letter to the Secretary of State for Education at 10 Downing Street urging the UK Government to take action and implement measures to #protectpupilswithallergies .

Jersey needs to do more too 🌈Deputy Rob Ward (Reform Jersey)🌈

Let’s make some noise about food allergies! Fill in our Allergy Awareness Survey today: surveymonkey.com/r/SD6K2DK We want to make change happen for people living with food allergies. Because #foodallergies are everyone’s problem! Tell us what you think and help us make some noise.

Jersey needs to take this more seriously too- and we are already way behind the UK and EU and other countries such as USA and Australia. #toobigtoignore

Swallows have arrived and the island has woken from its wet and windy slumber. Grouville and St Martin looking good this weekend.

#theislandbreak #visitjerseyci

You are in good company andy sibcy

'There've been repeated calls to make it easier to park' Yes andy sibcy and jepnews.

Last night I counted 20 building trade vans parked over night in Beresford Street /Halket Place/Central Market at 8 p.m. How about time restricted parking near night time economy Simon Crowcroft?

Talking to a Hotel worker who is back on the Island pleased with his rise in the minimum wage, less pleased with his rent going up 30% presumably to more than cover the wage rise..
£650 a month to share a studio with 2 others…have told the leader of Reform ..no response as yet!

Christmas trees are prettier in Spring than at Christmas. 🎄

When will the tiger mosquito which can transmit viruses such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika arrive in Jersey?

The French authorities announced yesterday it has arrived in Normandy, the last part of France where it hadn't yet spread.

lamanchelibre.fr/actualite-1106…

School food allergy management failings in 70% of schools found by study.

In Jersey all schools would fail at least one of the four tests in the study (some at least one more) as spare auto-adrenaline injectors remain illegal.

#foodallergy

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Still as true today as it was when my great-grandfather spoke these words in 1930.

Low water. Gorey a few centimetres off chart datum.

“It’s estimated that as many as 250 million people around the world may now be suffering from food allergies. In Australia it’s now classified as a disability.”

In Jersey we don’t have a food allergy law.

The UK’s major food businesses fund research.

thegrocer.co.uk/food-safety/th…

Andrew Jones Dominic Jones The project requires a full study and critical economic evaluation. Headline economic comparators are Monaco, Gibraltar, Lux and Switzerland where commuting cross border contributes to half of respective GDP.

“Studies will indicate the potential financial surplus gained from utilizing the excavated rock. The Norwegian tunnelling method (drill & blast), will make such a profit possible & also provide a cost-effective method to excavate a tunnel”.
norwegiantunnelling.com/post/fixed-lin…

La Motte Street has been under construction for a year. Due to end in June but.... road re-surfacing of La Motte Street ( which hasn't been done) due to start in Autumn '24! gov.je/Travel/Roads/R…