Business News

Ryde-based Vision Accounting is celebrating continued expansion with the launch of Vision Financial, a new sister company offering mortgage advice and insurance services to both its existing client base and new clients alike. For a number of years, Vision Accounting...

Businesses on the Isle of Wight are being recognised for their excellence at an awards ceremony later this year. The Tourism South East Beautiful South Awards celebrate the best of the best in the tourism industry in the region. This...

Local business owners across the Solent region who are looking to achieve their full potential are encouraged to sign up for free expert support with the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The LEP’s Growth Hub team is working in partnership...

A popular optometrist from an independent practice in Cowes is retiring after nearly 40 years of service. Dr Ross Doig, of Willetts and Doig Optometrists in the High Street, is hanging up his ophthalmoscope on 21st November, following a long-standing...

Over 100 guests recently joined Top Mops at the Lakeside Park Hotel & Spa to celebrate 25 years in business for the Sandown-based company. Starting with a drinks reception, guests then enjoyed a specially prepared 4-course meal and a cabaret...

The Wight Aviation Museum team had the pleasure of hosting a GKN Aerospace networking event at the museum, attended by more than 30 GKN staff, last Wednesday (4th October). The event was led by Rupert Dix, Vice President of Defence...

A new Isle of Wight branch of Screwfix has quietly opened at Spithead Business Centre in Lake. As previously reported by Island Echo, Screwfix unveiled plans back in April to open a 2nd Island branch at the site of the former...

Island Referrals, the Island’s only specialist referral hospital, is celebrating its 1st year of scanning the Island’s pets this month in collaboration with Burgess Diagnostics and their state-of-the-art MRI scanner. The Burgess Diagnostic’s visiting MRI scanner is hosted at Island...

Isle of Wight winners at the Maritime UK Solent Awards 2023 were announced at a stylish ceremony held in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard last Thursday (5th October). The very best of the Solent’s world-class maritime sector was celebrated at the 2nd...

The Charter Lounge has opened this week on Newport's St Thomas' Square, offering 'global street food at affordable prices'. It is the latest venture by Jake Rigby and Peter Greenhalgh, the team behind The Sun Inn at Calbourne and, The...