Author Archives: Isle of Man Government News

Optometry best practice drives sight test change

Free sight tests will be offered to Island residents every two years from 1 October 2018 in line with professional guidance on best practice and with the current regime in England, Wales and Scotland.
The change is part of the Eye Care Strategy which h…

Isle of Man Ship Registry Awarded Best Shipping Registry 2019

The Isle of Man Ship Registry has been awarded ‘Best Shipping Registry 2019’ by World Commerce Review. The awards celebrate achievement, innovation and excellence across several fields of endeavour.
Laurence Skelly MHK, Minister for Enterprise, comment…

Mountain Road closure on Thursday 4 October

The Mountain Road will close between 9.30am and 3pm on Thursday 4 October to enable filming to take place.
A closure order has been granted to allow Ford to record a future edition of their ‘Europe’s Greatest Roads’ series.
The short promotional films …

Department for Enterprise awards Dot Performance a contract to build new official TT Races website

Following a competitive tender, the Department for Enterprise has awarded Isle of Man based digital company Dot Performance Ltd. a contract to design, build, and maintain a new official website for the TT Races and Classic TT Races for a period of up t…

Laxey School opens up ‘The Youth Den’

Laxey School has opened up its very own ‘Youth Den’, a purpose-built room within the school designed for sole use as a youth centre for the Laxey & Lonan Junior Youth Club.
Previously a room has been made available by the school but after holding a…

Financial Sanctions: Libya

This news release is issued in respect of the asset freezing measures relating to Libya.
Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 2016/44 has been amended with effect from 25 September 2018, following the publication of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 20…

STEP Projects Showcased at Programme Final

The quality of this year’s 2018 STEP student projects was recently recognised at the STEP Programme Final, with 33 undergraduate students completing projects covering a variety of industries and specialisms within the public, private, and third sector….

New teleport enhances Isle of Man’s status as media cluster

The Department for Enterprise has welcomed the opening of a new teleport by world-leading satellite operator SES in the Isle of Man today (21st September). 
Laurence Skelly MHK, Minister for Enterprise, formally opened the new state-of-the-art facility…

Changes to Enterprise Development Scheme

As part of the ongoing review of the Department’s Enterprise Support schemes a mutual decision has been made to an early termination of the contract with the current fund managers of the Enterprise Development Scheme (EDS), SPARK Impact.
SPARK Impact w…