Always make sure anybody doing work for you is a professional, qualified and certified.
That’s the advice from the Office of Fair Trading after 72-year-old Francis Hannigan was prosecuted for servicing fire extinguishers unsafely.
Chairman David Quirk MHK says the case highlights the dangers of allowing people to carry out work without knowing whether they’re competent to do so.
And he says the OFT’s advice is simple:
Confusion over cause of issues for IOM residents selling on Vinted
Manx users say they've not been able to use site for around a month
Peel Commissioners first to announce rate increases
Its general rate will be raised to 275 pence in the pound
Price of cod on par with sirloin steak, says chippy owner
Onchan chip shop speaks out on the cost of much-loved whitefish
'A number of' bladed items handed in as part of police amnesty
Offices say it's to improve public safety, not to target people
Woman's 'resilience and courage' praised after rapist jailed
A woman who was raped in a sustained and "extremely harrowing" attack on the Isle of Man has been praised by police for her bravery following the jailing of her attacker.