Dog mess meeting on this week
A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the issue of dog mess in Peel will take place this week.It will be held at the Corrin Hall, in the grounds of St German’s Cathedral, on Wednesday, April 24, at 7pm.Peel Town...
View ArticleNedbank’s profitable start
NEDBANK Private Wealth, which changed its name from Fairbairn Private Bank in October last year, announced a strong year of growth for 2012 and encouraging continued growth levels into the first...
View ArticleThe mountain climb starts now
IT may be a well-travelled fundraising adventure these days, but that shouldn’t diminish the challenge ahead of friends Hayley Phillips and Bernie Dempsey, the latest Manx contingent to tackle the...
View ArticleOFT is investigating the scale of the pay day loan problem
THE Office of Fair Trading is investigating the scale of problem of pay day loans in the island.Chief Minister Allan Bell revealed that the Council of Ministers would consider whether a change in law...
View ArticleChief Minister’s statement on the Sefton Group
CHIEF Minister Allan Bell this morning made a statement to the House of Keys on the Sefton Group bailout.He was speaking after Liberal Vannin leader Peter Karran MHK (Onchan) asked him to speak on the...
View ArticleRival hotel boss criticises government’s Sefton deal
THE boss of a rival to the Sefton Group has criticised the government’s decision to prop up the indebted hotel group.Mark Wilson, managing director of Sleepwell Hotels Group, said: ‘This intervention...
View ArticleUnholy row as former Lt Gov targets Bishop
AN unholy row has broken out between an ex-Lieutenant Governor and the Bishop.Sir Laurence New has resigned as church warden and licensed reader at St Matthew’s church, North Quay, Douglas.In an open...
View ArticleTesco continues to eye Callow’s Yard
TESCO still has its sights set on Callow’s Yard, in Castletown, it has been confirmed.In October the supermarket giant was refused an alcohol licence for a proposed Express store for the second...
View ArticleBid for your own piece of TT history on TT auction site
TT FANS have a chance to bid for a genuine part of the races’ history since the launch of a dedicated auction site to sell off TT course memorabilia.The idea was spawned after the runaway success of a...
View ArticleKayaking curtailed
BAD weather has forced a Douglas man kayaking round the Scottish islands to curtail his trip.George Shaw of Willow Terrace set out ten days ago and has already completed 125 miles of his kayak trip...
View ArticlePitfalls patently there
DOCTOR Who, Bacardi Breezer and Ferrari were among the references employed by solicitor Patricia Barclay of Edinburgh-based firm Bonaccord when she gave two seminars on intellectual property (IP)...
View ArticleProject on sculpture inspires school’s art work exhibition
From a replica sink with real taps to a stick in a piece of clay, a project on sculpture inspired up to 300 different art works that were displayed at The Buchan School in Castletown on April 19 and...
View ArticleDamage to farm boundary fencing
IN acknowledgment that some farmers suffered damage to their boundary fencing during the recent adverse weather the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture has opened the Farm &...
View ArticleTechnology chief at MT
MANX Telecom has appointed a new chief technology officer and customer service director who has a CV that includes senior roles with eircom Group and Vodafone UK. Kevin Paige has more than 30 years’...
View ArticleA remarkable woman
A VASE of flowers stood on the press bench on Friday morning to mark the place where Isle of Man Newspapers’ court correspondent Esther Richmond sat for more than 40 years - both in the current...
View ArticleIsle of Man Airport figures soar 6% in March
THE airport has posted an increase in passenger numbers of 1.9 per cent in the first three months of the year compared with 2012.The big boost came last month when 6 per cent more passengers flew...
View ArticleConference market not a good investment for Manx taxpayer
The economic downturn in the UK looks to have put paid to hopes of turning the Isle of Man into conference destination, MHKs were told.Economic Development Minister John Shimmin was quizzed in the...
View ArticleSefton Group wasn’t about to collapse.
THE Sefton Group wasn’t about to collapse, according to its chief executive.Brett Martin talks to today’s Manx Independent as the controversy about the government bailout mounts.The paper also included...
View ArticleTax return deadline looms
The deadline is approaching for submitting contractor’s and employer’s tax returns.A £250 penalty will be charged on tax returns for the year ending April 5 2013 not received by the Income Tax Division...
View ArticleBell challenges critics to a no confidence vote
The Chief Minister challenged the Liberal Vannin leader to put down a vote of no confidence in his leadership over the controversial Sefton Group £4.5 million bail-out deal.In a bad-tempered exchange...
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