At the end of what he describes as 'an exhausting year', the treasury minister is warning the 'there is likely to be little let up in the pressure'.
Allan Bell and his team have spent much of 2009 travelling to the United Kingdom and Europe and across the Atlantic, signing tax information exchange agreements and promoting the Isle of Man as a well regulated, top class financial centre.
He says it has been physically testing but worthwhile work:

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