Feb 10, 2021
THE level of support for new employees provided by the government’s Co-funded Payroll Scheme is ‘unacceptable’, a small-business owner has said.
Ana Gomes outside Splendida Hair and Beauty Studio in Gas Place next to the Town park. Picture: PETER MOURANT (30200783)
Close-contact businesses, including hair and beauty salons, are due to reopen today.
But Ana Gomes, who owns Splendida Hair and Beauty Salons and who helped set up the Support Jersey Family Business campaign, said that the support package, which allows firms to apply for a refund to offset staff wages, did not provide cover for employees who started work after the pandemic began.
GROWING tea could provide a multi-million-pound boost for the rural economy and help secure the future of the agricultural industry, the Economic Development Minister has said following successful trials of the crop.