A recent survey by BDO Greenlight found 45% of island businesses are aware of GDPR and believe they are already compliant.  The survey, which asked businesses in Jersey ‘How aware are you of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)?’ also found 21% of businesses are aware of what they need to do to become compliant, while another 10% are aware of GDPR but don’t know what they need to do. Just 18% of those surveyed said they were not aware of GDPR, while 6% claimed they would not be affected by it.

Greenlight’s Chairman Nigel Le Quesne is to step down from the board following the company joining with BDO Jersey and Sator.

Greenlight and Sator join forces with BDO Jersey to provide comprehensive advice to clients operating in a fast changing regulatory and digital environment. BDO Jersey, Greenlight and Sator Regulatory Consulting announce that they have joined forces to form a leading integrated professional services firm spanning audit, tax, outsourcing, financial services regulatory advisory and change consulting.

Greenlight has appointed two new consultants to meet growing demand for change management services in Jersey.

Mary Frawley and Sam Baldwin join the Greenlight team, working across a range of clients notably in the Financial Services sectors.

Greenlight has appointed IT expert Thomas Sporle to join its team of change management experts, expanding its service offerings to financial firms in Jersey.

Thomas comes to Greenlight from the finance industry, where he has worked with a number of Global Fund Administration firms, specialising in Fund Accounting system implementation and Real Estate and Private Equity change projects.

A survey by local project and change management specialist Greenlight shows pressure on margins, and business growth are the most important issues for businesses in Jersey.

Over 23% of people surveyed cited pressure on margins, productivity, and the need to get more for less as the main issues affecting their business, while nearly 22% of people indicated business growth as the most significant issues for them.

Nine change management specialists from Greenlight have become the first consultants in the Channel Islands to become certified PRINCE2 Agile® practitioners.

PRINCE2 Agile® is the world’s most complete agile project management solution, combining the flexibility and responsiveness of agile with the clearly defined framework of PRINCE2®.