IWCHAMBER BUSINESS AWARDS 2019 Don’t miss out – entries close July 31st!
Get set for the biggest night of the year for the Island’s business community! Enter your business for the Island’s most prestigious awards. Entries close on July 31st so don’t miss out on the chance to tell your business success story. As always the Chamber’s...
Mountbatten engages with business community
The support of the Island’s business community is invaluable in sustaining the growing demand for end of life services for people across the Isle of Wight. Mountbatten is fortunate to have forged strong partnerships with many local companies over the years and,...
Royal hospitality promotion with HTP
HTP Apprenticeship College and The Royal Hotel are working together to promote careers in hospitality and tourism, as well as address the severe skills shortage in the industry. HTP and The Royal planned and delivered an opportunity for Isle of Wight school pupils to...
The Wight Book now on sale now following launch event at Nunwell House
The Wight Book is a lavish, large format, hardback publication that promotes the Isle of Wight as a positive and progressive place to live, work and play. The not-for-profit, independently published book has been two years in the making and within its pages readers...
Red Funnel’s ‘Red Goes Green’ environment strategy update
Red Funnel launched its new three-year environment strategy ‘Red Goes Green’ in September 2018, when it announced a raft of new initiatives to help improve and conserve the environment. Nine months on, it has already implemented many of the changes set out in its...
IW Lottery Loan helps Brightbulb shine even brighter
Brightbulb Design has created three new jobs and expanded to new offices thanks to a £20,000 interest free loan from the Isle of Wight Lottery Wootton based Brightbulb Design is the latest Island business to benefit from the support of the Isle of Wight Lottery. The...
IW Lottery helps Three Little Buds
Katie Ennis is setting up her first ever business with the help of the Isle of Wight Lottery. She’s borrowed £2,500 as an interest free loan, to help her open a shop in Ryde’s Victoria Arcade. “My shop is called Three Little Buds, named after my three young children,...
Red Funnel’s freight ferry spotlights UK shipbuilding
Red Kestrel, the newest addition to Red Funnel’s fleet, has been officially named at a traditional ceremony attended by 200 invited guests including the Minister of State for Employment at Department of Work and Pensions. Alok Sharma MP’s speech highlighted the...
Rapanui and Teemill profile
Ten years ago brothers Martin and Rob Drake-Knight went into business. It was an inauspicious start; they were based in a shed, in their parent’s garden. A decade later Kate Moss is wearing their t-shirts and new expansion plans will see them employ 175 people at...
Sustainable future demonstrated at Smart Island Live
Organisers have confirmed that planning will start shortly for Smart Island Live 2020, after more than 150 businesses and 200 attendees took part in the inaugural event held at CECAMM in East Cowes. The networking event promoted ideas and opportunities around...