Promoting diversity and equality with workforce
Against the background of the growing diversity of the island’s population Lloyds Banking Group’s Isle of Man operation has formed a branch of its Group Ethnic Minority (GEM) network. The aim of the...
View ArticleHansard Global boss is looking to the future
Specialist long term savings provider Hansard Global said it won 13 per cent more new business in the second quarter of its financial year than in the first quarter.But new business for the whole of...
View ArticleCivic Centre move guarantees police presence
If the police station in Castletown doesn’t move into the Civic Centre, Chief Constable Gary Roberts said he could not guarantee a continued police presence in town.The comment was made in an email...
View ArticleTidy up or face another fine, owner is told
The owner of a run down house in Douglas has been fined by magistrates after failing to act on an order from the council to finish off repairs.Howard George Osborne, who is aged 53 and lives at...
View ArticleCall for probe into spending £5m on Tetra upgrade
Liberal Vannin MHK Peter Karran has called for a Public Accounts Committee investigation into the upgrade of the Tetra emergency communications system.Tynwald voted in November to approved spending...
View Article‘Wealthy effectively exempted from paying any income tax in the Isle of Man’
Arguments about the pros and cons of a tax cap are a distraction.The real issue is that our tax system ‘effectively exempts’ wealthy residents from paying any income tax at all - the burden of income...
View ArticleNew phone rings changes
The ringtone on my mobile phone is George Formby singing ‘Riding in the TT Races’.Not long ago a friend told me: ‘That’s appropriate for you. TT can also stand for Techno Twit.’This is true enough. I’m...
View ArticleGood news for mindful shoppers
Isle of Man Friends of the Earth are always heartened by the number of enquiries fielded from people keen to shop more ‘mindfully’ – that is, in a way that means consumers get good, healthy produce...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales, February 12, 2015
Thyme Limited, whose registered office is situated at Top Floor, 14 Athol Street, Douglas, bought land at junction of St George’s Street and Hope Street, Douglas, for £775,000.It was bought from...
View ArticleDavid to drive business forward
David Land has been appointed general manager at Kingswood Honda.David, 43, will be responsible for the day to day running of the business. He says he will maintain a hands on approach and will...
View ArticleMillie loses locks and raises money
A 13-year-old girl has had her hair cut to raise cash for two local charities.Millie Turner, from Onchan, had her long hair cut off at the village’s Vanilla Room on Friday and is donating the money...
View ArticleFinal chance to see Knox’s industrial village?
Cronkbourne Village opened its doors to the public for what historians fear could be the last time.The Isle of Man Family History Society held an open day at No 39, Cronkbourne Village, filling the...
View ArticleManx health chiefs travel to New Zealand to get ideas
Health chiefs from the Isle of Man are to travel to New Zealand in search of ideas to help the Manx health service.They’ve already been to Spain.This week’s Manx Independent reports on proposals that...
View ArticleGovernment contract with Manx Telecom extended
The government has renegotiated and extended its major contract with Manx Telecom for telecommunications and network services. The Cabinet Office says the new contract will generate significant cost...
View ArticleSenior promotion part of client team development
Stuart Nelson has been promoted to director at Barclays in the Isle of Man.Mr Nelson is already head of corporate and intermediaries at the bank but his promotion recognises the importance of this...
View ArticleDriver is cut out of his car
A motorist was cut free from his car by firefighters on Tuesday night after an accident at the Bungalow on the Mountain Road.The Renault had hit the embankment and rolled onto its side. Fire crews...
View ArticleRow over childcare contracts resurfaces in the House of Keys
Controversy over the awarding of childcare contracts has resurfaced - amid claims of a private social meeting between government officials and a representative of the charity that went on to win the...
View ArticleBatteries start house fire
The fire service has released photographs of the aftermath of a blaze with which they dealt last night.They show a severe fire that started in the kitchen of a house in Nursery Avenue, Onchan.At about...
View ArticleMore transparency needed over waste, says commissioner
Even members of the local authorities don’t know the details of the government’s contract with SITA who run the island’s incinerator, an Onchan commissioner has revealed.Rob Callister said despite the...
View ArticleBen-my-Chree docks ... eventually
The Steam Packet has cancelled tonight’s sailing from the Isle of Man to Heysham and its return after the Ben-my-Chree got into difficulties in Douglas harbour this evening.The company simply described...
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