Isle of Man News

A DVD of the day the Bee Gees were given the Freedom of Douglas has been released.

In many ways, the Isle of Man Courier is our most successful product. It's read by more people than this website or our paid-for newspapers and it's the Island's most important advertising medium.

TO coincide with the publication of the Financial Times supplement 'Doing Business In the Isle of Man', the newspaper hosted a debate at the Sefton Hotel last week.

Jurby Community School pupils will become the first youngsters on the ice at Sure Skate when they have a private lesson with Kyran Bracken.

The former England rugby international and past winner of the ITV series ‘Dancing on Ice’ will spend an hour teaching the children, aged 7 to 9, how to skate.

From a press release issued by Team Go-Scooter-Go Racing: 3 time ASRA National Endurance Champion and AMA Pro Road Racer Scott Harwood has announced the formation of Team Go-Scooter-Go Racing, whose primary focus for the 2010 season will be traveling to- and competing in- the Isle of Man TT.

By RICHARD ALLEN THE Financial Times presented a positive view of the Isle of Man in a special supplement published last week and also received praise from the FT's business and employment editor when he visited the Island.

A pleasing additional benefit of the event was that those taking part genuinely enjoyed the opportunity to find out more about their fellow businesses and how they could benefit from working together.

By LOTTIE RAY ANNE Frank's step sister will visit the Island in the new year to talk about surviving Auschwitz and to raise the profile of a new exhibition about the tragic diarist.

THE Isle of Man featured in two UK media opinion pieces last week which offer an alternative to the 'tax haven' bashing diatribes of recent months.

ZAC Efron will be back in town tomorrow night. The 22-year-old heart throb is unveiling his new film a ' Me and Orson Welles a ' shot in the Gaiety Theatre last year.

Lottie Ray and John Turner interview the Awards for Excellence winners, including Lady Walker - recipient of the lifetime achievement award for 2009 By RICHARD ALLEN 'IN the good times we fight, we argue and we fall out,' he said.

LIGHTNING struck more than one home as an electrical storm shook the Isle of Man on Saturday morning.

The highest profile female racer in the UK, from Northampton, was forced to resort to her favourite mode of transport in the rush to get to Buckingham Palace on time.

By LOTTIE RAY THE Isle of Man could become a police state if a new criminal justice bill goes ahead, warned David Callister MLC.

Bank of Ireland (I.O.M.) Limited has been re-accredited with the Investors in People (IIP) standard, which was first awarded to the bank in March 2002.

In 2006 Bank of Ireland became the first company on the Isle of Man to be partially assessed using the Investors in People Profile Framework. Profile was a framework of good practice that provided further stretch, going beyond the scope of the IIP standard into broader areas of people management and development.

LLOYDS Bank jobs in the Island will remain safe following a proposed shake-up of the bank's offshore operations.

FREE electric blanket testing is on offer across the Isle of Man next week. The fire and rescue service will provide free testing of blankets between 10am and 4pm at Ramsey Town Hall on Monday , Castletown Civic Centre on Tuesday and in Douglas at the TT Grandstand press office on Wednesday .

By JOHN TURNER THE newly-formed Isle of Man Good Trader Scheme to promote a better service for consumers and support legitimate businesses is aiming to include members of the motor trade.

A "Rich List" Manx millionaire found guilty of money laundering and false accounting has been jailed for six years at Douglas courthouse.

By ADRIAN DARBYSHIRE AN MHK is making waves as he calls for Manx territorial water limits to be redrawn in the wake of the VAT crisis.