Wight Shipyard Co in East Cowes has secured a £6.3 million order to build two new passenger boats for MBNA Thames Clippers. It's the largest fast passenger ferry order for a UK shipyard in over 25 years. The building of the new 170 capacity passenger boats will see...

Island businesses are backing the new Mini MBA qualification which has been officially launched at this year’s Expo. The innovative new qualification is being run by the Isle of Wight Chamber and supported by CPD. The Mini MBA is designed to help business people...

The Island’s High Sheriff is praising supporters of September’s inaugural Isle of Wight Day.  Robin Courage has thanked the business community for supporting his event, which saw many Island locations bedecked in bunting. “I have been absolutely overwhelmed by the...

The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has opened a £3m fund for science and innovation projects in the Solent. The announcement comes ahead of the Government's Autumn Statement, widely anticipated to prioritise continued investment in productivity through the...

This year’s Expo 2016 is the biggest and best yet, with more than 60 Island businesses exhibiting at the event and hundreds of people attending. The B2B expo is organised each year by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce and was held at the Lakeside Park Hotel for...

The newly launched WightAID foundation will enable Island businesses to support local good causes, raising funds from businesses operating on the Island, and distributes grants to a range of charities and good causes on the Isle of Wight. The charity is a new...

Isle of Wight Lottery Scratchcards are now on sale at more than 50 Island retailers. The scratchcards are the instant way to play the Isle of Wight Lottery and are the only scratchcard where all of the money raised stays on the Island. There’s a one in five chance of...

Want to get back on your bike? Interested in trying a new Red Squirrel Electric Bike? Come along to one of our free Bikes In Business drop-in sessions where you can give your bike a free health check and try going electric! The Chamber of Commerce is hosting Bikes In...

Since making its first order of Goddards FuggleDeeDum on 16th January 1995, staff at The Anchor in Cowes has kept a tally of precisely how many pints they have served and now more than 250,000 pints have been pulled, with the 250,000th pint being pulled by Anchor Inn...

Wightlink Ferries is holding a ‘drop in’ consultation session on Tuesday 20 September 2016 to update neighbours, stakeholders and customers of progress on its £45million investment in a new ship and improvements at Fishbourne and Portsmouth Gunwharf car ferry...