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Buoyant business sector offsets tourism slump By Sue Stuart 2.9 percent GDP predicted for 2001 Registered companies up 10 percent 94 new insurance companies domiciled Tourism arrivals fall by 7,000 A prediction of a slow down in the growth of th...
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percent -- with big International businesses not getting the break they had hoped for.
In what the Government sees as a compromise, high earners in both the local and international fields are going to pay less tax, and the total collected is expected...
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in the growth of the US economy this year.
The Economic Review compiled by the Ministry of Finance saw Government acknowledge that real gains in the tourism picture are not likely to happen soon.
But Government's success in demonstrating the excellen...
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There is essentially no change in land tax across the board. But a new tax band has been introduced for higher end Annual Rental Values of $90,000 or over or the top two percent. However, the Minister said that in cases where, for example, an elderly...
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budget by seven percent this year.
Finance Minister Eugene Cox said education remained one of Government's top priorities, allocating it one of the largest increases in his 2001 Budget.
Last year the Ministry was given a budget of $85.7 million. This...
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irresponsible increase in spending against a slowdown in the economy''.
He said the "little man'' would have to pay in tax hikes to finance the spending increases.
Dr. Gibbons said it was appalling that there was no major initiative to tackle the dec...
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allocation from the Budget -- as the Ministry was forced to slash $3.3 million and make do with a small overall revenue increase.
Overall, Tourism Minister David Allen's budget rose from $36.79 million last year to $37.56 million for 2001-2002 -- an ...
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By Mairi Mallon The Island's struggling shopkeepers yesterday said they were "very disappointed'' at the lack of provision for them in the Budget.
They said that the Budget would lead to a rise in costs and still had not addressed the Progressive La...
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Plans for Crawl Hill Esso in Hamilton parish to be demolished and a modern service station rebuilt in its place have received approval from the Development and Applications Board (DAB).
Plans are for a bigger shop to be built and new underground stor...
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sentence halved after a court heard he was devastated by a love split.
Shane Leech, 30, took the money from another flat in the Sunset Lodge Apartments in North Shore Road, Pembroke in August last year but it was still under his bed when Police raide...
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