Archive for April, 2009

FAIRBAIRN PRIVATE BANK RENEWS SPONSORSHIP OF CROSBY CRICKET CLUB

Isle News, 30 April 2009 – As the Manx cricket season sprang into life this weekend, Fairbairn Private Bank announced the renewal of its support for Crosby Cricket Club. The longstanding sponsorship agreement has now been assured for another three years.
The club continues to increase its membership and can now field three senior teams for [...]

MANX MUSICIANS JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

Isle News, 30 April 2009 – The Isle of Man Anti Cancer association is proud to announce the launch of its brand new ‘1 in 3′ CD as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.  For the first time on one CD, the cream of Manx music has come together in a collection that showcases the [...]

ISLE OF MAN SET TO HOST A SECOND MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVAL

Isle News, 30 April 2009 – Organisers of the 2007 Peel Bay Music Festival are delighted to announce that they will be holding another music festival in the Isle of Man in 2010.
‘The Isle of Man Bay Festival’, as it will now be known, will take place between Friday 18th June and Sunday 20th June [...]

BARCLAYS WEALTH TEAM PLAY BALL TO HELP RAISE A FURTHER £3,000 FOR MANX CANCER HELP

Isle News, 29 April 2009 – Staff at Barclays Wealth took part in an inter-bank football challenge which saw teams from Barclays Wealth, Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland International, battle it out against each other to help raise money for local charity, Manx Cancer Help.
Each year staff at Barclays Wealth choose a different [...]

MANX TELECOM STAFF GETTING THERE BY ANY MEANS!

Isle News, 29 April 2009 – If you are out and about this Sunday (3rd May 2009), you may come across various cyclists, joggers, dog walkers – even horse riders and sailors – all with a special goal in mind.
They all work for Manx Telecom and they’re out on their annual quest to travel round [...]

Master Class: Financing Your Business

Isle News, 29 April 2009 – Jersey Enterprise, in partnership with the Jersey Bankers Association, is holding a Master Class entitled ‘Financing your Business’ on Thursday 7th May from 8.15am at the Radisson SAS Hotel.
The Master Class, is designed to give members of the Jersey business community an opportunity to learn about the different types [...]

New Listing on CISX follows restructure and move away from AIM

Isle News, 29 April 2009 – The Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) has admitted El Oro Ltd onto its Official List following the El Oro Group’s restructure.
El Oro & Exploration Company Plc, which invests in mining, energy, pub estates and utilities amongst its activities, de-listed from the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM) following the completion [...]

Valentino Rossi to attend 2009 Isle of Man TT Races

Isle News, 29 April 2009 – Rossi to lap the course with Giacomo Agostini before Dainese Superbike TT Race
Eight-time MotoGP world champion, Valentino Rossi, has confirmed today that he will make his first visit to the world-famous Isle of Man TT Races in June this year.
The 30-year-old winner of 97 Grands Prix will visit the [...]

ITEX PREPARES TO UNVEIL VMWARE’S ‘VSPHERE’ TO JERSEY BUSINESSES

Isle News, 28 April 2009 – Channel Islands-based businesses will be given an opportunity to discover the very latest “cloud-computing” based virtualisation technology to come to the global IT market at a VMware Business Breakfast to be hosted in May by Itex.
On Thursday 21st May Graham Crich, the UK Hosting Manager of VMWare, will address [...]

CASTLETOWN FIRST TO GET SUPERFAST BROADBAND

Isle News, 28 April 2009 – Businesses and residents in the Castletown exchange area (numbers beginning 82) are to get even faster broadband from the 1st May, thanks to the introduction by Manx Telecom of ADSL2+, a new service which offers faster upstream and downstream speeds.
People opting for the new faster service will be able [...]