Department for Enterprise (Isle of Man)

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Department of Enterprise
Department overview
Formed1 April 2010
Preceding Department
Jurisdiction Isle of Man
Headquarters1st Floor, St. George's Court, Upper Church Street Douglas, Isle of Man
Employees227
Annual budgetGBP34.4m for 2011-2012
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Mark Lewin, Chief Executive Officer
Website www.iomdfenterprise.im

The Department for Enterprise (Rheynn Gastid Dellal) is one of eight departments of the Isle of Man Government. 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 and the former Department of Education.

Contents

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 Tim Johnston MHK.

Functions

Executive Agencies

Registries

Strategy & Policy

Non Governmental Agencies reporting to the Department

Ministers for Enterprise

Ministers for Economic Development

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References

  1. "Tim Johnston appointed Minister for Enterprise". Isle of Man. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. "Tim Johnston: MHK becomes fifth enterprise minister in 16 months". 14 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.