HSBC is closing all accounts on Jersey belonging to customers living in the UK. It is part of a move by UK banks carrying out checks on the identity and addresses of thousands of their customers on the Channel Islands. HSBC is among those carrying out the move, according to documents seen by BBC News. […]

Chief Minister, Ian Gorst, has told Ed Miliband he was disappointed to read his statement in the papers earlier this month. UK Labour leader Ed Miliband’s threatened that if his party is voted into power in the next elections, he will give British tax havens six months to open their books. Miliband had said he […]

Maintaining and promoting Jersey’s status as a “leading” international financial centre, and maintaining “an attractive operating environment” for financial businesses, are among the key objectives identified in a policy framework document published today by the island’s Government. The document “sets out the underlying principles for the government’s support of Jersey’s main industry, and outlines the […]