The organizers have overcome a logistical challenge to ensure the Olympic Flame traveled within an hour of 95% of people in the UK, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey during the 70-day Torch Relay.
Mr Keen said the loss of a tax-loophole allowing Jersey companies to sell low value good to the UK VAT free had had a "massive impact" on his business.
And it's not a comment on the nature of the Jersey, the hosts - one of the Channel Islands whose precise relationship with the UK would take an entire blog post to set down.