The Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched a new Rural Business Resilience Fund for Isle of Wight businesses in response to the coronavirus outbreak as it works tirelessly to support the region’s businesses. The fund, managed by Natural Enterprise on...

At IW Chamber we welcome the measures outlined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to support the self-employed and sole traders whose businesses have been affected by Coronavirus. As ever we await the full detail on what will be a complex scheme that goes...

The Isle of Wight Council and the funding body WightAID have joined forces to ensure frontline charities to the coronavirus response receive the support they so desperately need. For the next few months, WightAID will focus its grant giving to those in the most...

IW Chamber – Your business voice in the Coronavirus crisis By IW Chamber Chief Executive Steven Holbrook The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce has always been the voice of Island businesses, representing hundreds of member businesses and in turn, many thousands of...

Dear IW Chamber member, We are living in unprecedented times. The situation is evolving every day and many Island businesses will be bracing themselves for difficult situations and possibly difficult choices. At the IW Chamber we want to support you as best as we can....

In light of recent developments around containing the spread of Coronavirus, it has been decided to postpone Smart Island Live to later this year. The event will not now take place on May 28th. We would like to assure all delegates, exhibitors and sponsors that the...

Protect yourself and others. For the latest on Coronavirus (COVID-19) see the Governments information for Employers and Businesses here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-employers-and-businesses-about-covid-19 The latest Coronavirus advice from the NHS...

When Emma Spinelli found a long-lost key to a filing cabinet at the IW Chamber she was surprised to find it full of out-of-date pads of paper, pens and other promotional items that had been sent to the Island by the British Chamber for a campaign that was never...

Smart Island Live is back for 2020, returning to CECAMM in East Cowes. The event, designed to be the Island’s environmental and sustainability Expo for the business community, will take place on Thursday May 28th 2020. Last year’s inaugural event was a major success...

Drivers could soon be able to park for 30 minutes in Newport High Street for a convenient £1 — in a move aimed at supporting businesses and boosting local trade. The Isle of Wight Council said the tariff was aimed at people who wanted to pull up, nip in one or two...