Manx Financial Group – the parent company to Conister Bank and Edgewater Associates – has announced its interim results.

This week, the group said it had made ?255,000 profit in the first six months of this year – while its trading profit has more than trebled compared to last year.

The group is Manx-based and owned with almost 90 per cent of its staff based on-Island.

Conister Bank’s Managing Director Juan Kelly says the bank’s local connections are extremely important to the company, and says the Isle of Man needs a strong domestic bank.