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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…

Help shape the new Sea Services Agreement by taking part in survey

Residents and businesses can contribute to the future of the Island’s ferry services following the launch of an online survey on Monday (24 September 2018). 
Contributions will help inform the development of a new Sea Services Agreement, to replace the…

Financial Sanctions: Ukraine

This news release is issued in respect of measures taken against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine.
Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 has been amended with effect from 15 September 2018, following the…