Guernsey's housing licence system has been attacked by a number of local business figures.

BBC: Guernsey businessmen attack housing licence system

Twyford Orchards has been a traveller site for more than 30 years and operates under a licence system, with one licence per pitch.

BBC: Twyford Orchards Gypsy site will be expanded

In a contractual masterstroke, Microsoft was allowed to licence the operating system to other manufacturers, spawning an industry of "IBM-compatible" personal computers which depended on Microsoft's operating system.

BBC: Bill Gates

Meaningful fines and a points system, similar to the driving licence scheme, so traders who get pulled up more than three times can automatically lose their licence.

BBC: Warning over 'rip-off' lenders

Ms Abeiderahmanne says she has had interest from upmarket stores like Harrod's and Fortnum and Mason, in London, and is trying to find an acceptable certification system in a bid to get an export licence.

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First, junior doctors are now aware that a qualification in plastic surgery is a licence to print money by enabling them to circumvent payment ceilings and other constraints on the public system.

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