Business News

Businesses on the Isle of Wight are being encouraged to enter the prestigious Rural Business Awards before tomorrow (Friday). The Rural Business Awards, supported by Amazon, is the only UK-wide programme dedicated to showcasing the success of rural businesses. Entries are...

As the VPS services get more and more popular amongst entities, sometimes it could get a bit more challenging to find what you need and want. Since there are quite a lot of choices out there, let us introduce some...

Wildlife conservationist and zoo biologist Martyn Ridgley has joined the Hillbans Pest Control team, bringing his expertise to the business and extending their already extensive capability in working to support the Island's native wildlife. Martyn is passionate about conservation and...

Ryde Town Council, in conjunction with their dedicated Youth Service, are applying to become a Kickstart area representative supporting local Ryde area businesses to participate in the scheme. The Kickstart Scheme aims to create new 6-month job placements for young...

The Isle of Wight’s entrepreneurs of the future are being offered FREE places on an acclaimed workshop to turn their hobbies and dreams into a business The hugely popular PopUp Business School, backed by the Isle of Wight Council, will...

The Chief Executive and Board Director of Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Anne-Marie Mountifield, has been announced as the winner of the prestigious New Chartered Director category at the Institute of Directors (IoD) London and South’s annual Director of the...

Sir Ian Cheshire, Chair of Barclays Bank UK PLC and former CEO of Kingfisher PLC, will join leading business owners and managers of Isle of Wight companies as a guest speaker at the forthcoming LinkedInLocal Isle of Wight ‘Live’ event....

The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is seeking 2 business leaders to join the Solent Skills Advisory Panel.  The Solent LEP is a business-led collaboration between private, public and education sectors, where influential private and public sector leaders act as...

The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce has announced that it is now ready to aid the Island’s business community with applications for the Kickstart Programme as a Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) Intermediary. The Kickstart Scheme creates new...

The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is seeking applications for a share of a new £375,000 small to medium enterprise (SME) grant fund. The Restart and Recovery & Kickstarting Tourism Grants have been created specifically to help SMEs in the...