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Isle of Man Pony Club is delighted to announce that Mylchreests Group is to sponsor the Clubs Annual Spring One Day Event on Sunday 29th April 2012. This event will be held at Oatlands, Santon, with kind permission from Mr & Mrs D Shacklock.

Each rider competes at Dressage, Show Jumping and Cross Country. The Cross Country course consists of four courses, these being 60cm, 75cm, 90cm, 100cm and 110cm.

The event has ten classes covering Juniors and Seniors of differing abilities and ages ranging from eight years to adult.

The sport, part of the Olympic programme since 1912, is a combined competition discipline in which men and women compete as equals. It demands considerable experience in all branches of equitation and a precise knowledge of the horses ability and character. It covers every aspect of horsemanship: the harmony between horse and rider that characterise Dressage; the stamina and extensive experience essential for the Cross Country; the precision, agility and technique involved in jumping.

Mylchreests Group is pleased to sponsor this event and David Mylchreest, Managing Director Mylchreests Group, said We are delighted to be associated with the Isle of Man Pony Club and to support their Annual Spring One Day Event. The event itself demands considerable experience and skill from both rider and horse/pony in the areas of Dressage, Show Jumping and Cross Country setting the standard across all the disciplines. We are looking forward to an exciting day.

Mylchreests Group have provided prizes for winners of each class, rosettes up to sixth place in each of the ten classes, Best Dressage rosette for each class plus Pony/Horse sash for winners of each class.

Presentation of awards will be made at 4.30pm on the day (unmounted but dressed in dressage attire).

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We are looking forward to an exciting day.

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by Leah Dunford

Although Isle of Man residents are up to 30% better off than US citizens, the ageing population could be destined to have a serious impact on Manx prosperity in future, according to RBS Group economist, Stephen Blackman.

Addressing a gathering of finance professionals in the Isle of Man, Stephen Blackman warned that the Isle of Man was entering a period when the proportion of the population who were not of working age would be on such a scale that local prosperity would be adversely affected, unless measures were taken to address the issue.

He told the audience that the Isle of Mans standard of living was under threat simply from natural demographics.

He reached this conclusion through an analysis which compared the wealth of the Isle of Man with the USA and competitor jurisdictions such as Jersey. By comparing GDP (gross domestic product) per head, based on how many people as a proportion of the population were of working age, how many hours on average they worked and how productive they were for every hour they worked, he produced figures that showed that the Isle of Man and Jersey were broadly similar in terms of their prosperity per head, and three times richer than the US. However the figures also highlighted that this position was under threat because of the ageing population. He commented:

The Isle of Man like the rest of the world is seeing a rise in the old age pensioner ratio compared to the number of working age and the number in employment is going to be hit because of it. In order to maintain its standard of living in terms of GDP per head therefore, either people are going to have to work harder or become much more productive or the Isle of Man is going to have to boost its population.

He added:

The big debate that is going to have to take place in the IoM, and its already started in Jersey, is how do the Islands manage to maintain the quality of life which they have become accustomed to and which are essential for Island life and balance that with the need to increase population. Without an increase in population with an ageing society, and based on these figures, the standard of living in terms of GDP per head is going to naturally fall.

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people are going to have to work harder or become much more productive or the Isle of Man is going to have to boost its population.

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16.22 Chancellor George Osborne has been invited to put his pasty where his mouth is and see how a pasty tax would work in a branch of Greggs. The chief executive of the bakers, Kennedy McMeikan, has offered Mr Osborne the chance to see why the tax would be difficult to enforce.

16.17 The chief executive of the West Cornwall Pasty Company, Gavin Williams, has spoken out about the pasty tax. He said:

We thank him for his glowing endorsement of our quality product and for helping to spread the news that a West Cornwall Pasty Company pasty is the best around.

However, what we really need from Mr Cameron right now is not advertising but clarity and leadership.

We would have hoped that if he had been rubbing shoulders with our customers he'd better understand the impact that this move will have on them, and our sector and all the great suppliers within it.

This is not about the West Cornwall Pasty Company but about the Cornish pasty industry as a whole and as the country's biggest specialist retailer we need to stand up for everyone within it.

16.11 He may be unsure of exactly where he bought his last pasty but David Cameron was certainly filmed eating one in May 2010 in footage from ITV News.

David Cameron tucks into a pasty during his final weekend of campaigningin Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

15.49 Why should the Chancellor stop at taxing pasties? asks Jenny McCartney.

Take chips, for example, and not just the ones that so many of Georges critics seem to have indelibly embedded on their shoulders.

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The sweeping new IRS licensing scheme endangers the livelihood of an estimated 350,000 tax preparers and harms the nearly 100 million taxpayers who rely on paid tax preparers. That's why the Institute for Justice recently filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three independent tax preparers, challenging regulations that require preparers to get the IRS' permission before they can work.

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The IRS claims this is for consumer protection, pointing to error rates on tax returns. But the tax code is so complex that, according to a government study, even IRS employees answer tax questions correctly and completely less than half the time. To reduce errors, perhaps we ought to simplify the tax code, not create more red tape.

The real effect of this licensing scheme is to raise prices.

Compliance will be expensive for preparers, and those costs will be passed on to taxpayers. Further, these regulations will force many preparers out of business. That's precisely the purpose of licensing schemes: reduce competition, drive up prices.

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Most editorials are accompanied by an opposing view a unique USA TODAY feature that allows readers to reach conclusions based on both sides of an argument rather than just the Editorial Board's point of view.

So who do these regulations really protect? Investment bank UBS found that the regulations help H&R Block by creating "barriers to entry" for "small preparers." That's why major tax prep firms supported the regulations; they can absorb compliance costs that drive smaller competitors out of business.

Despite these serious drawbacks, the IRS offers no evidence that the licensing scheme will be any more effective than a voluntary certification program, which would allow taxpayers freedom to choose. Some taxpayers might prefer a certified preparer, while others might favor a friend, relative or preparer they have used for years.

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