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The Future is bright – The future is e-business!
In 2004, Government undertook an exercise to project how the Isle of Man economy would look, 10 years ahead in 2014. The exercise was called “2014 – the can do economy”. Basically this exercise looked at how the existing sectors of the Isle of Man economy would change over the next ten years looking at worst, average and best scenarios. The exercise also attempted to identify brand new sectors which could emerge during the next 10 years. Perhaps not surprisingly, e-business was identified as one of the sectors with the most growth potential. In fact, the 2014 report concluded that the e-business sector is “…likely to witness significant growth ( by 2014 ) to become potentially the second largest sector behind banking.” It also states that e-Business “…offers the greatest potential for the future” and that GDP growth within the sector is anticipated to increase “five – fold.”.
Euromanx Cease Flying
Isle of Man-based EuroManx Limited has, this morning, announced that it has ceased all flying operations and the company has been placed in the hands of the official receiver.
EuroManx has been operating from the Island since 2002 and carried over 266,000 passengers from and to the Isle of Man in 2007. It has most recently been flying four scheduled service routes linking the Island with London City, Liverpool, Manchester and Belfast City.
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander 2008 International Manx Classic
Corkill reigns supreme at the Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander 2008 International Manx Classic
Former rally driver Ian Corkill rolled back the years to secure victory in the Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander 2008 International Manx Classic.
Driving a 1979 Ford Escort rally car, Ian saw off the challenge of 90 vintage, post-historics, modern and classic cars over the three-day event on the Isle of Man.
The Classic was re-launched in 2006 by the Manx Motor Racing Club and this year competitors tackled three challenging hill climbs – Bray Hill, The Sloc in the south of the Island, and Lhergy Frissell, which is part of the TT course climbing out of Ramsey in the north.
New Terminal Manager Appointed
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has appointed Wayne Lisy as Terminal Manager.
Local man Wayne has worked for the Company for almost 15 years, since leaving Castle Rushen High School, and has worked his way up from his first role as Travel Consultant.
As Terminal Manager, his responsibilities include overseeing all Douglas Terminal operations. This combines Isle of Man Steam Packet Holidays, the Ferry Travel Shop front desk and Call Centre Reservations into one customer focused department.
Commercial Director John Watt said: “Wayne is a fine example of the Manx work ethic. He has truly worked his way up from the bottom rung of this career ladder and is now a key member of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s management team. He is a credit to this company, approaching his responsibilities with enthusiasm and energy.”
NEED SPACE TO THINK?
Time goes by…so slowly”. Do you know the song I mean? I can understand that some people experience life like that and it may seem like a bad thing to them. But when that haunting refrain drifts out of my radio I just think “If only!”
Life races along for me – the compulsive “to do” list rarely gets shorter and I’m scrambling to finish work by deadlines. I pack meetings and networking opportunities into the diary like a demon, pleased that I’ve made another great contact and that they want to talk to me. Every morning I wake up with a task prioritisation struggle already going on in my head and a feeling that I’ll never get it all done in the time available. Well I do (get it all done), generally, and I feel great about my achievements. But there is something I’m failing on – badly. And it’s been happening like that for years. Space to think.
