The Isle of Man is home to the world’s leading space and satellite communication companies working in sectors as diverse as spectrum, manufacturing, finance, insurance, media, satellite and launch services procurement, and more.
Why do some of the world’s biggest names in satellite operation, accounting, law, manufacturing, and so many other market leaders choose to establish operations on the Isle of Man? Quite simply, it benefits their businesses and improves their bottom line.
History
Located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man is a Crown Dependency: an internally self-governing dependent territory of the British Crown. Tynwald, more than 1,000 years-old and the oldest continuous Parliament in the world, makes its own laws and oversees all internal administration, fiscal, and social policies. By agreement, the UK Government administers the Isle of Man’s external interests including foreign representation and defense. The Island makes an annual payment to the UK Government for these services.
Sustainable Growth
The Isle of Man’s diverse economy boasts strong traditional industries such as agriculture, fishing, and tourism along with growth in e-commerce, e-gaming, financial services, film making, shipping, aircraft, space, and high-tech manufacturing. Finance and high-tech manufacturing have become key drivers of the Island’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Thanks to prudent fiscal policies and sustainable economic growth, the Isle of Man has maintained an investment grade rating for many years. Unemployment hovers around 1% and GDP has grown continuously over the last 30 years
The Isle of Man’s prosperity, fiscal policies, transparent regulatory environment, stability, and tremendous history have been broadly recognized by international organisations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and World Trade Organization (WTO).
Pro-Space
The Isle of Man is a pro-space jurisdiction. There is an appreciation for the business of space. It fascinates, but also informs policies in areas ranging from taxation to insurance to regulation. It drives key elements of the economy that in turn leverage the very best of established banking, e-commerce, data warehousing, telecommunications, shipping, and aviation industries.
It’s not just business advantages that draw organisations to the Island. Sound regulation and the application of the rule of law are important too. For this reason, leading industry non-profits such as the Space Data Association, Satellite Interference Reduction Group, and ISU’s International Institute of Space Commerce also choose to make the Isle of Man home.
The Isle of Man has long been a low tax area independent from the UK with regard to direct taxation. Beyond regulation, rule of law, and taxation, the Isle of Man also offers many other unique advantages to global space ventures—complimentary to their home jurisdictions—expanding opportunities for growth and investment.
In a competitive world every advantage is needed.
Discover what the Isle of Man has to offer your space venture.
To learn more about the Isle of Man, please explore the Digital agency and other Isle of Man resources