Business News

Calbourne Classics is celebrating this week having been awarded not only the Countryside Business Award, but also the Overall Isle of Wight Rural Business Award at this year's Royal Isle of Wight County Show. The awards, which honour those who...

A Premier convenience store in the heart of Shanklin is 'coming soon'. As previously reported by Island Echo Popular shoe retailer Shoe Zone vacated the Regent Street premises back in September 2023 and has remained empty since then. But recently...

Isle of Wight firm Solent Beds & Furniture will be opening a new superstore on the High Street in Newport, it has been revealed. The premises was, until recently, the Island's only Poundstretcher store but many Islanders will fondly remember...

Isle of Wight firm Pure Green Energy has announced that it has gone into liquidation.  Adverse market conditions have been blamed for the 'difficult decision' to cease trading as of 17:00 today (Thursday). Pure Green Energy has been operating across...

Commercial radio station Nation has teamed up with Angel Radio Isle of Wight to apply for a small-scale DAB digital radio multiplex licence from Ofcom. If the application is successful, it will enable radio stations to broadcast to just the...

Cowes-based architect Leah Mew is celebrating a double success at the prestigious Isle of Wight Society Conservation Awards and RIBA Design Awards. It was the first time Leah had entered the awards yet she won both the RIBA Martin Pearce...

A well-established Chinese takeaway in Newport is to expand its operations by opening a second takeaway in Ryde. Loys, on Upper St James' Street, has been serving hungry customers across the Island's county town for decades. Now, owner Li Yatao...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) has partnered with SWEF to deliver an initiative that supports young entrepreneurs across Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to take their business venture to...

The former Diamond Pet Supplies store in Ryde is to become a charity shop for the RSPCA. Signs have been erected in the window of the High Street premises, opposite Costa, alerting shoppers to the forthcoming opening. The RSPCA previously...

More than 70 Island businesses will come together at Ryde School next Wednesday (10th July) for the annual Isle of Wight Business Expo. Presented by IW Chamber and supported by main sponsor WightFibre, Expo 2024 is open to everybody and...