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BBC News
07-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Jersey GST reclaim a 'stepping stone' to luring visitors
Jersey shops are being encouraged to sign up to a scheme allowing international visitors to claim back Goods and Services Tax (GST) on self-service kiosks have been installed at the harbour and airport for visitors to submit receipts and claim £4 in GST for every £100 spent. The government is working with tax refund firm Global Blue on its Tax Free Shopping scheme in a bid to boost Jersey as a retail Youden, the director of fashion outlet de Gruchy, which is taking part in the scheme, believed it would help boost sales and part of a "stepping stone to the wider picture" of increasing visitation. Derrick Hardman, regional chief operating officer for Global Blue, said a handful of shops had signed up to the scheme but more had expressed an this month the threshold on how much visitors have to spend to claim back GST decreased from £250 to £100 on purchases from the same retailer on the same Youden said customers had spent more as a result of the scheme."[If customers spend £90] it's a way of the sales colleague to introduce just an extra £10 and they get a little bit of money back," he goods include fashion and accessories, cosmetics, watches and jewellery and leather qualify, shoppers must present their passport and depart Jersey within 31 days of purchase.
BBC News
15-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Liberation 80th badges given to Jersey primary school children
All primary school children in Jersey will be given a badge commemorating the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day. Issued by the Bailiff's Chambers, the design was based on the stories of islander Enid de Gruchy who was four years old when Jersey was liberated in image depicts her memory of going into St Helier on Liberation Day with her family and a soldier giving her a sweet to try for the first time. A limited number of the badges will also be available to purchase from parish halls from 22 April, with proceeds going to Age Concern Jersey. Mrs de Gruchy was born on 28 February 1941 and died in 2024. The Bailiff's Chambers said: "It was felt to be fitting to keep the legacy of her story alive in this year's logo."
