Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us today.
Here with me at the podium is the Minister for Health & Social Care, and on Zoom we have the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture and our Director of Public Health.
I hope you have had the opport…
Public views are being sought on the proposed Animal Welfare Bill 2021 that aims to protect animals such as cats, dogs and horses from harm and mistreatment.
The Bill was drafted following recommendations by a Tynwald Select Committee that in line wit…
The Government has revised the rules around exercise for people who are in certain types of self-isolation.
The review reflects the challenges some people could face where the virus spreads amongst members of a household, resulting in the self-isolati…
People are being reminded that postal goods, received from outside of the UK, may now be subject to import duties.
It comes after Isle of Man Customs and Excise reported an increase in queries since changes were introduced from 1 January 2021 followin…
Isle of Man Government has released a framework for the Isle of Man’s long term approach to COVID-19.
The document outlines three key stages (Preparation, Transition and Release) that the Council of Ministers expects to move through as the vaccine roll…
VAT-registered businesses and individuals are reminded that they will be required to submit Value Added Tax (VAT) returns online and make payments electronically from 1 April 2021.
Three-quarters of VAT returns are currently submitted electronically u…
The Government will not be progressing the planned changes to vehicle duty until later in the year.
The Vehicle Duty Order 2021 was due to be considered by Tynwald in March but will not now be moved until after the effects of the current circuit break …
In accordance with the guidance for the Salary Support Scheme, any business which has been adversely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak can apply, subject to certain conditions. For this scheme, adversely affected means a reduction in revenue of at leas…
Increased measures to protect the Earth’s atmosphere from ozone depleting substances, under an international treaty, have been extended to the Isle of Man.
Having ratified the original Montreal Protocol the latest amendments bring the Island in line w…
110 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the Isle of Man in the past 24 hours.
All individuals are self-isolating along with members of their household and further tests will be offered. Contact tracing continues.
The current number of active ca…
