Business News

Colin Palmer Director and Shareholder at WCE Wight Community Energy has announced another opportunity to purchase a stake in the Island’s only community-owned solar farm. Established in 2015, WCE is an Island-based Community Benefit Society that exists to share the...

Goddards Brewery has submitted a planning application seeking to extend the time it can serve food and drink until, from 16:00 to 23:00, 7 days a week. As previously reported by Island Echo, Goddards opened the doors of their new premises in...

Stotesbury's - believed to be the Isle of Wight's oldest fish & chip shop - is under new ownership. The famous chippy, which was established nearly 130 years ago, has been taken over by its former chef, Danny Ditton. Danny...

Game On - a retro gaming café and bar - will open tomorrow (Saturday) and, for the opening weekend, customers can enjoy 90 minutes half price. As previously reported by Island Echo, the team have been busy transforming the former...

Homecare provider Right at Home Isle of Wight has been rated as being in the ‘Top 20 Homecare providers in the South-East of England’ by homecare.co.uk. The Bembridge-based company was ranked an impressive 12th out of 1,803 home care providers...

The University of Portsmouth welcomed a new group of Isle of Wight SMEs to its government-backed ‘Help to Grow: Management Course’. This is the 2nd cohort of businesses that will benefit from the ‘Help to Grow: Management Course’, which includes...

The Isle of Wight’s MMC Diving Services has assisted in completing the salvage of a 750-tonne sunken restaurant in Essex. The Miller and Carter 'steamboat steakhouse' was situated on a paddle steamer at the Lakeside shopping centre's lake and went...

India-based domestic commuter airline Spirit Air has signed a Letter of Intent for the purchase of 6 factory-new Islander aircraft, which will be built on the Isle of Wight by Bembridge-based aircraft manufacturer, Britten-Norman. The BN2T-4S is the largest variant...

The Isle of Wight's Charlie Panayi has received a special industry award, marking his role as a 'jolly good person' in the estate agency sector. The annual Agents Giving Fundraising Champions of the Year Awards 2023 were held at Epsom...

More than 60 exhibiting businesses and hundreds of visitors took part in IW Chamber’s Business Expo on Wednesday (12th July), held at Ryde School. The business networking event has been hailed as a huge success, with a record number of...