Rise in unemployment is no surprise – Eddie Teare
THE number of unemployed people has risen by 121 (0.3 per cent), the latest Treasury figures show.At the end of January the number out of work stood at 1,100, an unemployment rate of 2.5 per...
View ArticleJob losses at Lloyds
LLOYDS Banking group hopes to keep job losses to fewer than 10 following its announcement it is going to withdraw from the offshore bond market by closing Clerical Medical International to new...
View ArticleVagabonds ease past Moore to go fifth
SURE Vagabonds produced a solid performance in difficult conditions to beat Moore at Ballafletcher and consolidate their fifth place in the South Lancashire and Cheshire Division Two standings.Vagas...
View ArticleJohn McLaughlan: Residents happy under John’s watch
JOHN McLaughlan plays down the impact he’s had in is role as resident warden at Cooil Roi sheltered housing in Laxey, by saying: ‘The job is just basically being a good neighbour’.But resident Campbell...
View ArticlePeter Crebbin: Service with a smile
A QUICK survey of regular patrons to the Manx Co-op in Port Erin is enough to gather that staff member Peter Crebbin is the kind of guy for which nothing is too much trouble.Racing off down the aisles...
View ArticleWill Isle of Man government job losses be compulsory?
A GOVERNMENT department has warned that compulsory redundancies cannot be ruled out as it restructures its operations following a review of staffing.As revealed by Isle of Man Newspapers last month,...
View ArticlePolice officer asked to resign after complaints
A POLICE officer has been asked to resign after being found guilty of two offences of neglect of duty and one of discreditable conduct.The move follows complaints being made by members of the...
View ArticleEnd to End entries filling up fast
ENTRIES are filling up quickly for this year’s Sleepwells Hotel End to End Mountain Bike Race, with almost 1,600 already entered for September 9’s event.Online entries only opened on February 1, but...
View ArticleAnnemarie becomes a director of law firm
DOUGHERTY Quinn, one of the island’s leading law firms, has announced the appointment of Annemarie Hughes as a director of the firm.Annemarie has also been appointed head of DQ’s specialist trust and...
View ArticleSports Coach UK workshops
THE Sport Development Unit are running two exciting new Sports Coach UK workshops in conjunction with Isle of Man Athletics Association. An introduction to the FUNdamental of movement takes place on...
View ArticleEight more island records
The first swimming league match of 2012 showed that local swimmers have fully recovered from any seasonal celebrations, with eight new island records from Sports Aid recipient Charlotte Atkinson and...
View ArticleCork crash report highlights faulty sensor
AN interim accident investigation report into the Cork plane crash has been published on the first anniversary of the disaster.Six people - the two crew members and four passengers - were killed when a...
View ArticlePerformance related pay at MEA
A TOTAL of 59 employees at the Manx Electricity Authority received performance related pay totalling more than £250,000 in the last financial year.Questions about the cost of performance related pay in...
View ArticleQUIRKS OF LIFE: Feeling Facebook fatigue
AT one point in time, I was in the grip of a diary habit so forceful that documenting my daily activities in detail left me with little time to do anything else. The ironic outcome you’ll already have...
View ArticleCRINGLE: It’s time to come clean for licence
OH JOY! It’s hey-ho for the open road again!All right, not so open as the roads used to be in the Isle of Man, I freely admit. But my driving licence runs out on March 4 and the Department of...
View ArticleHow loss of AAA rating is costing you
THE Isle of Man’s loss of its prized triple-A credit rating could cost taxpayers half a million pounds – and leave ratepayers paying tens of thousands of pounds more.When US ratings agency Standard and...
View ArticleLive exports not politically acceptable
IT is not politically acceptable to have livestock being exported for slaughter, MHKs were told.In the House of Keys, Agriculture Minister Phil Gawne was asked by fellow Rushen MHK Laurence Skelly if...
View ArticleWealth of experience
JO Thomas, former head of children’s safeguarding at the Isle of Man Government’s Department of Social Care, has joined The Children’s Centre as practice director. She is now based at the charity’s...
View ArticleRescheduled FA Cup matches take place
A SENSE of déjà vu grips the footballing fixture list this weekend as no fewer than five of last weekend’s postponed games in the first round of the Cu-Plas FA Cup take place around the island’s...
View ArticleSaints aim to close gap on St George’s
ST MARY’S could apply a little pressure to St George’s at the top of the Canada Life Premier League standings this weekend when they play RYCOB at Scooil Ree Gorree on Saturday.If Peter Langridge’s...
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