'Lessons learned' after TT Vision Nine affair

Tuesday, 23 May 2017 00:00

Government will 'learn from its mistakes' from the collapse of a deal to appoint a new motorsport promoter.

That's the message from the Chief Minister who says he doesn't believe the fall out over the shelved plans will overshadow this year's TT.

The issues - between the Department of Economic Development and Vision Nine - have been recently documented by a Tynwald Select Committee which is investigating what went wrong.

However with the two week festival just four days away Howard Quayle says he believes it's time to move on:

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