Free film to highlight fair trade
A church in Dalby is staging a free film screening as part of Fairtrade Fortnight.St James will be showing Amazing Grace tomorrow (Friday) night.The period drama follows the story of politician William...
View ArticleLecture on use of bronze age weapons in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society (IoMNHAS) continues its winter series of presentations on Saturday, with Dr Rachel J Crellin speaking on ‘Violent Times? Use-wear analysis of...
View ArticleIce cream boss baulks at hike in cost of pitch at TT Grandstand
A Peel businessman has hit out over rental increases for stallholders at the Grandstand during TT.Ian Davison, who owns Davison’s Ice Cream, says that the cost of renting a stall has increased by...
View ArticleManx government under pressure over company secrecy
The Manx government is bowing under international pressure to set up a central register of the real owners of companies.But Chief Minister Allan Bell insists there will be no public access to any...
View ArticleBrexit and Mango for breakfast
You have to admit, and we are going to hear it a lot over the coming months, that Brexit does sound like a breakfast cereal. Just chew on that for a moment while I investigate the way other EU...
View ArticleIsle of Man property sales, March 3, 2016
Mariana Readi Nasser, of 19 Poacher’s Pocket, Ballasalla, bought 3 Abbots Close, Abbotswood, Ballasalla, for £320,000.It was bought from Peter Carl Darnill and Nicola Jane Darnill.Other recent...
View ArticleA great place to work - and that’s official
High levels of staff engagement at Nedbank Private Wealth have yet again placed the company on The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For listing for 2016. The listing and a three-star...
View ArticleAverage pay up 2%, median pay down 2.5%
A government survey says that average full-time earnings in the Isle of Man have risen by 2 per cent in the last 12 months.It says that average gross weekly pay of full-time employees in the sample was...
View ArticleHey boy! Go out west to take a skeet at this!
A meeting to discuss the demise of the Manx dialect will take place on Saturday, at 7.30pm, at the Tynwald Hill Inn in St John’s.It is being organised Ned Kennaugh and John ‘Dog’ Callister who say they...
View ArticleCurtins scoops award
A company involved in the creation of many well-known island landmarks has scooped a leading award.Curtins has been named among the best places to work in the British Isles in a leading workplace study...
View ArticleSamantha Barks on the box tonight
Manx actress and singer Samantha Barks will be on TV screens tonight as one of seven celebrities aiming to win the second series of Bear Grylls’ Mission Survive 2016.She will be joined by actresses...
View ArticleDeadline day looming for directors’ awards
The annual awards launched this year by the Isle of Man branch of the Institute of Directors aimed at celebrating outstanding business leadership are attracting a steady flow of nominations as the...
View ArticleWeather warning for rain, sleet and snow overnight
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for this evening and overnight.Heavy rain is expected to set in and continue while snow is likely to accumulate on higher ground.The warning is valid from...
View ArticleAviation museum buys pictures of Douglas Head crash
Four photographs giving a vivid window into a unique period of Manx history have been bought by the Manx Aviation and Military Museum.The museum, based by the airport at Ronaldsway, bought the black...
View ArticleNew Mount Murray is good news, says Chief Minister
Chief Minister Allan Bell has welcomed the sale of the Mount Murray Hotel and Country Club.Comis Holdings has announced plans for a ‘world class’ hotel and leisure development after a deal to buy the...
View ArticleAre things cheaper or more expensive?
The cost of living has risen on one measure and fallen on another.According to the Consumer Prices Index, in February things on average wre 0.7 per cent cheaper than they were a year earlier. In...
View ArticleSame sex marriage opt outs rejected
Legislation of same sex marriage has moved a significant step closer after the bill’s clauses stage won overwhelming support in the House of Keys.And following a successful amendment from Ramsey MHK...
View ArticleIsle of Man Government draws up enforced EU ‘Manxit’ strategy
A report is being drawn up on the implications on the Isle of Man of the UK voting to leave the European Union.Chief Minister Allan Bell told the House of Keys: ‘Work is in hand on a report for the...
View ArticleCyber criminals and fraudsters looking to hit island companies
Business leaders must remain alert to the dangers from cyber criminals, an island expert has warned.Alison Cregeen said: ‘It would be naïve to think that we are insulated here from what is happening...
View ArticleManx Sound Exchange: Post War Stories and In The Blood to play double bill
This Saturday sees the Amber Bar in Douglas opening its doors to host a pretty special double header.On one side you’ll see the excellent trip hop, heavy psychedelia rock behemoth that is Post War...
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