The first public tour of Guernsey Electricity's Power Station since the commission of the new engine was organised and held by thebestof Guernsey recently and attended by local business owners, parents, children and other attendees.

A talk by Sean Gillease from Concept Group, hosted by thebestof Guernsey at Le Petit Café as part of their 'Guernsey Means Business' series, covered pension options in Guernsey, including ongoing plans by the States of Guernsey to introduce compulsory employer-sponsored secondary pensions.

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Last month we hosted an awards evening at La Reunion for the Guernsey Business of the Year Awards to celebrate all of the local winners from among thebestof Guernsey business members, and the evening was a great success enjoyed by all who attended.

The Business of the Year Awards is organised by thebestof, and here at thebestof Guernsey we are committed to raising the profile of local, independent, recommended businesses serving Guernsey. Accordingly we have announced the winner of the Guernsey Business of the Year 2017 Awards.

This coming Red Nose Day you will be able to further accessorize with Specsavers’ comedy waving hand glasses, which are already on sale locally in their Specsavers Opticians Market Street store.

Local bar and restaurant The Captains hosted a Little Chapel Foundation Fundraiser last week and helped to raise over three thousand pounds for this local charity.

The second session of thebestof Guernsey's "Guernsey Means Business" initiative was held last week at Les Douvres, comprising a talk by Diane de Garis from de garis accounting covering cloud-based accounting solutions using the excellent Xero software suite.

Local people are being encouraged to show their support for their favourite businesses in thebestof Business of the Year 2017 Awards. The Awards are open to all members of thebestof.

Local fish & chip shop Beetons has run a charity day event and has raised over four thousand pounds for a local charity.