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BBC News
20-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Government made losses of £5m running Fort Regent since 2020
The Government of Jersey made a loss of £5m running Fort Regent over the past five years, a Freedom of Information request has officials said the losses in running the 19th Century fort and leisure centre on Mont de la Ville in St Helier occurred between 2020 and 2025 and were compounded by the Covid was a period of closures at the fort during the pandemic during which staff were kept on full are currently plans to close the centre for a £110m redevelopment. 'Discounted memberships' Staff costs during the pandemic came to £1.2m per year while income dropped due to discounted memberships and said the site reopened in 2022 with income rising to more than £ costs also fell to £702,503 because the opening hours 2023 income dropped to £379,058 because gym and fitness services moved to Springfield but the centre still cost the government almost £900,000 in running 2025 the centre is expected to cost more than £600,000.
BBC News
12-03-2025
- BBC News
Gender pay gap narrows for States of Jersey employees
A report shows the gender pay gap between men and women employed by the States of Jersey is getting median hourly pay gap has dropped to 10.3%, down from 12.5% in 2023, according to the Government of Jersey report includes data from 3,016 male and 5,272 female employees, with women making up 63.6% of the workforce - a slight increase from 63.5% in government said it had implemented structured and transparent pay grades and increased flexibility for employees with carer responsibilities to close the pay gap. A gender pay gap shows the difference in the average gross hourly earnings between all men and women in the is influenced by the distribution of roles traditionally dominated by one gender, according to the report, which said:90% of teaching assistants are female.82% of nurses and midwives are female.70% of teachers are female, excluding headteachers and deputy headteachers, where just over 62% are female.97% of fire and rescue employees are male.81% of prison employees are male.67% of police employees are male.66% of manual workers are States Employment Board said it had also issued codes of practice to ensure equal opportunities and support for all 2021, there had been a steady increase in the number of females appointed to senior roles, said the government said it had also launched a network to support women's career development and increase their representation in senior positions.
