MHK wants more transparency over Pinewood dealings

Fri, 21 Nov 2014

Secrecy surrounding government's dealings with Pinewood Studios is causing a spat between MHKs.

South Douglas MHK Kate Beecroft raised issues with the media development fund in Tynwald again this week.

She claims there was a conflict of interest in using Steve Christian as an advisor to government when it was first initiated - as he sits on the boards of both Pinewood and Gasworks Media.

She says if it turns out to have been a wrong move, the Minister for Treasury is - by his own admission - responsible: