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As 2024 comes to a close, we're giving one last shout out to our treasured #Gef30Under30 2024 winners! 🏆 In today's Isle of Man Examiner, Gef has snagged 16 pages to recap all the highlights of this year's campaign, with all the photos and parties and smiling faces you could ask for. We've even thrown in a handy flowchart so you can figure out which #Gef30Under30 category you might belong in...because nominations for 2025 will be opening up before you know it. A huge thank you to our 2024 Partners once again (same time next year?): London Institute of Business & Technology, Isle of Man Department for Enterprise, Zurich Insurance, Capital International Group, Frank Matchams, Comis Hotel & Golf Resort, Isle of Man Arts Council, Manx Wildlife Trust, Startup Grind Isle of Man, UNESCO Biosphere Isle of Man, Net Zero Isle of Man, & Love Tech Isle of Man 💙

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at Frank Matcham's for our Gef's 30 Under 30 Christmas Party! What an incredible way to celebrate the festive season and round off the year alongside our 2024 Winners, Partners, and the amazing Media Isle of Man team. 🤩 Want to get involved in 30 Under 30 2025? Partnership opportunities launching soon. 👀

Reunited and it feels so good! 🎉 It was such a joy to get some of #Gef30Under30 winners past and present together in the same room again for a Christmas mixer event at the stunning Frank Matcham's with JAKS GROUP LTD, we’re still thinking about all those cocktails and canapés 🍹 And a big thank you to all of Gef’s 30 Under 30 Partners, judges and friends for joining us too, we couldn’t do this huge annual campaign without you!

We got the #Gef30Under30 gang back together last night for an exclusive Christmas party at Frank Matchams with JAKS GROUP LTD, our Community Impact Category Partner. Their musical theatre theme reminded us of this hot question we asked our 2024 winners... 🎤

Today may be Thanksgiving on the other side of the pond, but here at Gef our Yankee-in-residence has some tips for the Manx version of this food coma-inducing tradition. #gef #isleofman #manxgiving 🦃

Have you ever had a phone call saying you’ve been specially chosen for a cash prize? Or, how about a call from someone claiming to be from your bank saying they’ve spotted suspicious activity on your account and need your full passwords and card details to fix it? THESE ARE SCAMS. I’m sorry to shout, I just don’t want you to get taken advantage of. But, just to reiterate. THESE. ARE. SCAMS. Brought to you by the Isle of Man Bankers Association. https://lnkd.in/eGPhPuG4

Sound on! 🔊 🔊 With shop owners and staff all going the extra mile, think local first this Christmas... As every pound spent on our Small Island, powers our Big Community ✨ 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Hello Little People 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨: 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘛𝘰 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 (𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵) 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 9-TEN Media Group This year, we're celebrating the incredible customer service that makes our Island's community so special. Through friendly faces, guidance, bespoke gifts and beautiful gift wrapping (the list goes on!), shopping local is made a true joy.❤️ Thank you to all the businesses that participated 🙌 - Woodbourne Deli, Model World, Elaine's Flowers, Mantons Cards, Noa Bakehouse, Isle of Man Young Farmers, The Event Stylists and The Mill House ...and last but not least - thank you to 👏 : Judith Fullerton (costume), Stephanie Gray (props), John Anslow (Santa) and Sophie, Alistair, Ellie & Henry (family) #supportlocal #isleofman #lovemanx

Drumroll please...congratulations to Gef's #HopTuSlay Winner, Harvey-J Wagstaff as a headless henchman! He's the winner of 2 free tickets on The Polar Express train experience from our friends at Isle of Man Transport, but we wouldn't advise wearing that outfit on the train. We picked our winner based on the costume’s creativity, craftiness, and spooky factor, but we've decided to also share a few honourable mentions to celebrate our community's creativity! Happy Hop Tu Naa once again from Gef, we'll see you back here next year 👻

A very happy Hop Tu Naa from all of us at Gef! 🧟♂️ We've been loving all the entries for Gef's #HopTuSlay so far, but fear not! There's still plenty of time left to celebrate spooky season. Send us your Hop Tu Naa costume snaps by 3 November at tinyurl.com/hoptuslay and you could be the winner of two tickets for Isle of Man Railways Polar Express Train Experience 🚂

Entries for Gef's #HopTuSlay have started rolling in, and needless to say we're scared silly! 👻 Could you be the winner of two tickets for Isle of Man Railways' Polar Express Train Experience? 🚂 Send us your Hop Tu Naa costume snaps by 3 November at tinyurl.com/hoptuslay