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More than 80 professionals attended a 'Working Together to Reduce Reoffending' conference that took place on the Isle of Wight this week. Organised by the Isle of Wight Community Safety Partnership (CSP), the event provided specialists with updates on key...

How Wightlink's new 'Victoria of Wight' flagship will look Wightlink has announced that from October it will be cutting its half-hourly sailings on the Fishbourne to Portsmouth route as a result of the introduction of a new, larger ship. The...

Barratt Developments, which has a number of new homes developments on the Isle of Wight, has built 520 homes in the region during the past year and brought more than £43million to communities where it is constructing new developments. The...

The founders of The Quarr Group, which started on the Isle of Wight and now has 3,000 staff, have agreed a Management Buy-Out (MBO) with the directors of its 3 subsidiaries: Mountjoy, Nviro and Pabulum. The companies specialise in building maintenance and...

Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP for the South East of England, will be visiting the Isle of Wight next weekend to lead the campaign against the licence to drill for oil in Compton Bay. The extraction of oil from fractured...

How the complex could look in the not so distant future Work to demolish Sandown's Wight City complex has finally begun this week, marking another milestone in the regeneration of the seaside town. Contractors Ryde Demolition have moved onto the...

MP Bob Seely has today (Wednesday) said that a post-Brexit green farming policy is an excellent opportunity for the Isle of Wight to further cement its reputation as a producer of top-quality food. Environment Secretary Michael Gove recently announced that...

Working age Islanders who claim council tax support may lose around £2 a week from next April – as the council searches to find £7.5 million of savings in its annual budget. Low income claimants can currently get 80% support...

Red Funnel has announced a number of non-executive director appointments to its board and a change in role for the Chief Executive, Kevin George. The appointments follow the acquisition of Red Funnel by a consortium of UK and Canadian pension funds...

Land known as Pennyfeathers, where 900 homes are set to be built Residents living in the Ryde East ward, together with Councillor Michael Lilley, have set up a monthly meeting to invite developers, council officers and agencies such as Island...