This year’s nominations for the IW Chamber Business Awards For Excellence in association with Red Funnel will be announced on-line at midday tomorrow (23rd October). The shortlist of nominees will be published here at https://iwchamber.co.uk  and via the Chamber’s...

MHI Vestas is to hire hundreds of additional people in the coming weeks. The offshore wind turbine manufacturer is looking to recruit the new positions to keep pace with growing demand. “Today marks the start of an ambitious program to increase the capacity of our...

Expo, Awards and the future - by the Chamber's CEO Steven Holbrook There have been an awful lot of changes happening at the Chamber these past few months. I wanted to pause and take a moment to share some of these with you and also give a taste of the initiatives to...

Thanks to everyone who supported Expo By Steven Holbrook, the Chamber’s Chief Executive The Chamber’s Business Expo has grown in size and stature every year and this year was by far our busiest and best yet. The Chamber team worked very hard to bring the event...

The naming of Wightlink’s environmentally friendly flagship, Victoria of Wight has marked the completion of a £45million investment in the Fishbourne to Portsmouth route. The new £30 million hybrid energy car ferry can carry 178 cars and more than a thousand...

Vectis Radio has won bronze at the prestigious National Community Radio Awards. The trophy recognises the 4Ps Training Project which was one of five nominees in the Community Development Project of the Year category. The station was shortlisted from more than 360...

Vectis Ventures Holdings has announced plans for a multi-million pound indoor waterpark to be built at Robin Hill Country Park. Plans for ‘The Springs’ will be submitted formally to the Isle of Wight Council as a planning application supported by an environmental...

WightFibre held the first of its ‘Gigabit Island’ briefings to over 50 specially invited guests at Cineworld Newport. The event brought together councillors from the Isle of Wight Council, Town and Parish Councils plus leading businesses, business groups and the...

Top quality business networking this morning at Strings Bar and Venue in Newport with more than 50 Island business people attending. It's the first morning event for Claydon Connor and the team at Strings who have recently celebrated their first anniversary. [gallery...