The minister for economic development believes his department will be a much stronger force once all the staff are under the same roof.
Allan Bell says they have been 'the nomads of the Manx government' since the department's creation earlier in the year, which has hampered progress.
However, when everything is centralised in the New Year things will be much improved.
He admits the last few months have been difficult with personnel spread over eight or nine different buildings (play audio file):
You can hear more of that interview on Manx Radio's Business Review of the Year, with John Moss, this Thursday, December 30, at 5.30pm