by Tom | Sep 14, 2017 | News
Thanks to everyone who made EXPO 2017 a great success! Thanks to all of our exhibitors, sponsors and visitors who helped make the event a great day for the Island’s business community. Look out for EXPO coverage in the next issue of Island Business as well as...
by Tom | Aug 25, 2017 | News
The Island’s biggest business-to-business event returns to the Lakeside Park Hotel in Wootton on Wednesday September 13th. Expo 2017, organised by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce, will see more than 50 businesses exhibiting to hundreds of visitors. Entry is free...
by Tom | Aug 22, 2017 | News
Red Funnel has placed an order with Wight Shipyard Ltd in East Cowes for another 41 metre high-speed catamaran which will inject £7m into the Isle of Wight economy and secure 85 highly skilled jobs. The order for Red Jet 7 marks the first major investment in Red...
by Tom | Aug 21, 2017 | 50 plus Success Stories
Moira Sugden is a lifecoach, mentor and speaker. She’s about to become her own boss, for the first time in her working life, thanks to the support of the Over50s Start Me Up programme. “I’ve worked for 43 years in the public sector,” Moira explains. “I worked for the...
by Tom | Aug 15, 2017 | News
Wightlink’s new £30million environmentally friendly car ferry for the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route will be named Victoria of Wight. The name was chosen by a panel of staff who considered 186 suggestions from 73 members of staff. Work is well underway on the new ship at...
