PROTECTION
Professional advice on a wide range of topics including employment disputes, tax and VAT inspections. Access to 24 hour legal and HR advice line, Health & Safety documentation and legal insurance cover.
SAVINGS
Access a range of business discounts offered by other IW Chamber members. Also includes preferential rates for debit and credit card processing as well as AA membership. Legal, HR and Health & Safety products as part of membership are valued at over £1000 of protection.
SUPPORT & INFORMATION
Information, advice and guidance covering business planning and development, access to interest free business loans and how to access overseas markets. Access to training and quality improvement standards.
PROFILE
We provide a range of opportunities for you to increase your profile and to promote your business, products and services, including advertising opportunities, sponsorship, articles in Island Business magazine, access to participate in major Chamber events as well as profile through the IW Chamber’s on-line media channels.
NETWORK
Regular networking meetings to provide you with opportunities to connect with like-minded businesses and potential customers and suppliers.
REPRESENTATION
Make your own views heard on both a local and national level through the IW Chamber. Benefit from having input to local, regional and national economic surveys and campaigns.Island Business News
EXPO 2017 Gallery
Thanks to everyone who made EXPO 2017 a great success! Thanks to all of our exhibitors, sponsors and visitors who helped make the event a great day for the Island’s business community. Look out for EXPO coverage in the next issue of Island Business as well as...
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Get set for Expo 2017
The Island’s biggest business-to-business event returns to the Lakeside Park Hotel in Wootton on Wednesday September 13th. Expo 2017, organised by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce, will see more than 50 businesses exhibiting to hundreds of visitors. Entry is free...
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Red Funnel’s new Red Jet 7 “to inject £7m” into Island economy
Red Funnel has placed an order with Wight Shipyard Ltd in East Cowes for another 41 metre high-speed catamaran which will inject £7m into the Isle of Wight economy and secure 85 highly skilled jobs. The order for Red Jet 7 marks the first major investment in Red...
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Wightlink’s new ferry named Victoria of Wight
Wightlink’s new £30million environmentally friendly car ferry for the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route will be named Victoria of Wight. The name was chosen by a panel of staff who considered 186 suggestions from 73 members of staff. Work is well underway on the new ship at...
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Sponsor an Island hero for Isle of Wight Day
Can your business support Isle of Wight Day? The team behind the event are looking for Island businesses to sponsor Island Heroes. Isle of Wight Day is about joining in as a community, showcasing the Isle of Wight as a great place to live, work and visit. We are in...
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Island businesses back UKSA’s new dinghy fleet for children and young people
Isle of Wight businesses have leant their support to UKSA’s youth development programmes with the sponsorship of five new RS Quba dinghies. The dinghies have been sponsored by Spinlock, Wightfibre, Red Funnel and Barton Estate and will be used by children and...
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TripAdvisor award for Wightlink’s Yarmouth team
Staff on Wightlink’s Lymington-Yarmouth route are celebrating the award of a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield presented the shore teams at Lymington and Yarmouth terminals and crew members on board the ferries...
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Island businesses elected to Solent LEP board
Two Isle of Wight business leaders have been elected to the board of the Solent LEP. Kevin George from Red Funnel and Rachael Randall from HTP Apprenticeship College have joined the LEP board of directors after being appointed by member businesses. The Solent LEP...
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Red Funnel sponsors Isle of Wight Literary Festival
Red Funnel has been announced as title sponsor of 2017’s Isle of Wight Literary Festival, now in its sixth year. The Red Funnel Isle of Wight Literary Festival takes place from 12-15 October across various venues in Cowes including Northwood House and will welcome big...
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The Brexit vote one year on: Island businesses and the economy after Article 50
We polled Island businesses to find out if the outcome of the Brexit vote has changed the way they are doing business. We also asked for their predictions for the future. Tom Stroud looks at the data. This article was first published in the July/August edition of...
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- BCC comments on Prime Minister’s Florence speech September 22, 2017Commenting on the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech in Florence, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:
- British and Finnish Chambers in joint call to minimise potential Brexit trade barriers September 14, 2017On the occasion of the visit of a high-level Finnish business delegation to London, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), and the Finnish Chambers of Commerce (Kauppakamari) are today (14 September 2017) jointly calling for UK and EU negotiators to minimise trade barriers - and prioritise shared economic ties beyond Brexit.
- BCC Workforce Survey 2017: Skills Shortages September 13, 2017On 13 September 2017, BCC, in partnership with Middlesex University London, releases part two of its annual workforce survey, which looks at how businesses try to plug skills and labour shortages.
- BCC: UK labour market resilient but challenges remain September 13, 2017Commenting on the labour market statistics for September 2017, released today by the Office for National Statistics, Suren Thiru, Head of Economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:
- BCC: Firms invest in local labour but still need foreign skills to plug shortages September 13, 2017Today BCC and Middlesex University London release the results of our survey looking at how businesses try to plug skills and labour shortages.
- BCC forecast: Fall in sterling failing to lift UK growth September 8, 2017The British Chambers of Commerce publishes its latest forecast, looking at GDP growth, inflation, exports and other economic indicators for 2017-2019.
- BCC: Trade mission opportunity to strengthen ties with Japan August 30, 2017Commenting as part of the Prime Minister’s trade delegation to Japan, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said:
- How resilient are UK businesses to the growing threat of terrorism? August 29, 2017Paul Bassett, from insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher, discusses their research into small-to-medium business’ preparedness against the growing security threat in the UK.
- BCC and DIHK: Joint UK-German call to put shared economic interests first in Brexit negotiations August 28, 2017The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), and the Association of German Chambers of Commerce (DIHK) have called for UK and EU negotiators to put a clear focus on our shared economic interests as Brexit talks reconvene in Brussels.
- BCC Workforce Survey 2017: Impact of Costs August 25, 2017On 25 August 2017, BCC, in partnership with Middlesex University London, releases its annual workforce survey, which looks at the cost implications for business of changes in employment legislation.