by Molly Power | Mar 1, 2015 | Company profiles
The Rock Shops in Shanklin and Sandown aren’t just traditional sweet shops. It’s nearly 70 years since the first store opened and they now offer much more than penny sweets and summer souvenirs, as Tom Stroud discovers In 1948 Charles Kureen opened a traditional...
by Molly Power | Feb 25, 2015 | Lottery news, News
ISLE OF WIGHT LOTTERY SCRATCHCARDS LAUNCH IN APRIL * The new, instant way to play the IW Lottery – costing only £1 with a 1 in 5 chance of winning * The only scratchcard where all the money stays on the Island and supports the local economy * Scratchcards will fund...
by Molly Power | Feb 23, 2015 | News
Cowes based Seacat Services are celebrating the launch of Seacat Courageous, the firm’s second 26-metre offshore energy crew transfer vessel and their ninth to be built on the Island. In February Seacat Services confirmed a £6 million order with South Boats, also...
by Molly Power | Feb 16, 2015 | News
Wightlink Ferries has a new owner. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP (BBIP) has purchased the company from Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund (MEIF) for an undisclosed sum. Chief Executive Russell Kew, Chief Operating Officer John Burrows, and their...
by Molly Power | Feb 6, 2015 | News
Over 200 full time skilled jobs are being advertised for positions at MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s blade production facility in Newport. Serial production of 80m composite blades will begin in May. Vestas CEO Jens Tommerup said the creation of over 200 skilled jobs...
