Government spends £4,000 sponsoring Liverpool business awards

Enterprise minister Robert Cowell says the Isle of Man spent £4,000 sponsoring a business award in Liverpool - but he won't say which businesses from the Island joined government representatives.

Douglas East MHK Andy Saunders quizzed him in the House of  Keys this week about the Liverpool Innovation and Impact Awards at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in October.

DfE paid £4,000 to sponsor the award and local businesses and groups joined government staff at the event.

But Mr Cowell said he didn't want to name the companies that attended: