The Department for Enterprise (''Rheynn Gastid Dellal'') is one of eight departments of the

Isle of Man Government The Isle of Man Government ( gv, Reiltys Ellan Vannin) is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of Charles III. The executive head is the Chief M ...

. It was created on 1 April 2010 as the Department for Economic Development, largely replacing the former Department of Trade and Industry as well as taking on the tourism function from the former Department of Tourism and Leisure and several other functions from the

Isle of Man Treasury An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * I ...

and the former

Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

. The department was renamed as the Department for Enterprise in November 2017 under Statutory Document No. 2017/0325. The current (in 2022) Minister for Enterprise is

Lawrie Hooper Lawrie Lee Hooper is a Welsh-born Manx politician who is the leader of Liberal Vannin Party and current Minister for the Department of Enterprise. He represented Ramsey Ramsey may refer to: Geography British Isles * Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, ...

MHK.

Functions

''Executive Agencies'' *Finance Isle of Man *Visit Isle of Man *Digital Isle of Man *Business Isle of Man ''Registries'' *Isle of Man Central Registry *Isle of Man Aircraft Registry *Isle of Man Ship Registry ''Strategy & Policy'' *Locate Isle of Man *Economic Development *Work Permits

Non Governmental Agencies reporting to the Department

Isle of Man Post Office The Isle of Man Post Office ( gv, Oik Postagh Ellan Vannin), which formerly used the trading name Isle of Man Post, operates postal collection, ancillary mail services, philatelic goods and delivery services and post office counter services on ...

Ministers for Enterprise

MHK, September 2022 - present *

Alfred Cannan Alfred Louis Cannan MHK is an independent Member of the House of Keys for Ayre & Michael and is the current Chief Minister of the Isle of Man. He was previously the Minister for the Treasury. Cannan sought the position of Chief Minister in 2 ...

MHK, May 2022 - September 2022 *

Alex Allinson Alexander John Allinson (born 1966) is an English-born Manx physician and politician who serves as an independent member of the House of Keys, representing Ramsey since 2016. Allinson serves on the Council of Ministers as the current Minist ...

MHK, Oct 2021 – May 2022 *

Laurence Skelly Laurence David Skelly MLC is a Manx politician, who has served as President of Tynwald since July 2021. Political career He was elected as one of the three MHKs for Rushen in 2011, with 19.4% of the vote and was re-elected in 2016 as one ...

MHK, 2017-2021

Ministers for Economic Development

MHK, 2014–17 * John Shimmin MHK, 2011–14 *

Allan Bell Allan Robert Bell (born 20 June 1947) is a Manx politician who was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, having been elected to that position on 11 October 2011. He was an Independent Member of the House of Keys for Ramsey from 1984 to Sept ...

MHK, 2010–11

External links

Department for Enterprise - Isle of Man Government

Locate Isle of Man (relocation)

Visit Isle of Man

Finance Isle of Man

Digital Isle of Man

Business Isle of Man
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