Island businesses are trying out sustainable travel as part of Green Travel Month. The activity is being organised by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce and will see businesses including Isle of Wight College, Stainless Games, GKN, Island Roads and the Isle of...

February is Green Travel Month and Islanders are being encouraged to cut carbon and change the way that they travel to work. Island businesses are finding out more about how they can “drive less, see more”, by considering alternative ways of commuting. During Green...

The ‘Solent Deal’ has been described as “dead in the water” by the Island’s MP Andrew Turner after he attended two meetings of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight All Party Parliamentary Group. Andrew Turner is Vice chairman of the group and he was joined at the second...

The new Leader of the Isle of Wight Council, Councillor Dave Stewart, has named his Executive. The team will take care of the leadership of the authority until the local council elections in May 2017. Conservative Councillor Wayne Whittle will manage Tourism and...

The process to elect a new Leader of the Isle of Wight Council will take place at Full Council on Wednesday. John Metcalfe, Chief Executive of the Isle of Wight Council, has acknowledged receipt of the resignations of Councillors Jonathan Bacon and Steve Stubbings,...

Wightlink has announced a partnership with Island based company Wight Crystal who will become the preferred supplier of bottled water across all the ferry company’s 12 retail outlets onshore and afloat. Under the deal, Wightlink will become Newport-based Wight...

Isle of Wight Council has launched a new scheme to support jobseekers with travel to interviews and employment. The sustainable travel support scheme will focus on providing one to one travel advice and training for active jobseekers on the Island, and offer support...

TALKING BUSINESS By Kevin Smith, Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive This article was first published in the January / February edition of Island Business magazine Last year I talked a lot about ‘economic’ development for the Isle of Wight and some of...

Happy New Year from all the team at the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce. We have lots of events coming up including networking breakfasts, networking evenings and start-up course and are looking forward to working with the business community throughout 2017.