IW Lottery Loan helps Brightbulb shine even brighter

IW Lottery Loan helps Brightbulb shine even brighter

Brightbulb Design has created three new jobs and expanded to new offices thanks to a £20,000 interest free loan from the Isle of Wight Lottery Wootton based Brightbulb Design is the latest Island business to benefit from the support of the Isle of Wight Lottery. The...

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IW Lottery helps Three Little Buds

IW Lottery helps Three Little Buds

Katie Ennis is setting up her first ever business with the help of the Isle of Wight Lottery. She’s borrowed £2,500 as an interest free loan, to help her open a shop in Ryde’s Victoria Arcade. “My shop is called Three Little Buds, named after my three young children,...

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Red Funnel’s freight ferry spotlights UK shipbuilding

Red Funnel’s freight ferry spotlights UK shipbuilding

Red Kestrel, the newest addition to Red Funnel’s fleet, has been officially named at a traditional ceremony attended by 200 invited guests including the Minister of State for Employment at Department of Work and Pensions. Alok Sharma MP’s speech highlighted the...

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Rapanui and Teemill profile

Rapanui and Teemill profile

Ten years ago brothers Martin and Rob Drake-Knight went into business. It was an inauspicious start; they were based in a shed, in their parent’s garden. A decade later Kate Moss is wearing their t-shirts and new expansion plans will see them employ 175 people at...

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Sustainable future demonstrated at Smart Island Live

Sustainable future demonstrated at Smart Island Live

Organisers have confirmed that planning will start shortly for Smart Island Live 2020, after more than 150 businesses and 200 attendees took part in the inaugural event held at CECAMM in East Cowes. The networking event promoted ideas and opportunities around...

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BPCA invite Hillbans Pest Control to PestEx at Excel, London

BPCA invite Hillbans Pest Control to PestEx at Excel, London

Hillbans Pest Control attended this year’s PestEX at Excel in London as guests of Kevin Higgins Membership Manager of the British Pest Control Association (BPCA). The exhibition and conference is the UK’s trade exhibition for the pest control industry and the largest...

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Fresh international success for Made By Hippo

Fresh international success for Made By Hippo

Newport-based web technology company Made By Hippo is celebrating an extremely successful eight years working with an American tech startup company to build and manage their hardware and software architecture. When Made by Hippo started working with US firm Fresh...

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Double celebration for Larry and Barry

Double celebration for Larry and Barry

Good Skills Training Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have been delivering First Aid and Health and Safety Training and Consultancy for over two years. Larry Martin and Barry Grant work with all industry sectors, from scaffolders and window fitters through to...

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Sustainable Tourism – is your business meeting the demand?

Sustainable Tourism – is your business meeting the demand?

Last year The Seaview Hotel launched an electric bike sightseeing package for their guests. The offer was part of an initiative to promote non-car tourism to the Isle of Wight. The results were electrifying! By Tracy Mikich Tourism is incredibly important to the Isle...

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Island Business July / August 2025

Island Business July / August 2025

Events

september

05sep7:30 am9:00 amNetworking Breakfast at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary

10sep9:00 am11:00 amNetworking Brunch at Pinnacle Suites

15sep(sep 15)9:00 am16(sep 16)4:00 pmPaediatric First Aid (2 Days) – Delivered by Good Skills Training

17sep3:30 pm5:00 pmCoffee and Cake Networking

22sep9:00 am4:00 pmEmergency First Aid at Work Course – Delivered by Good Skills Training

22sep(sep 22)9:00 am24(sep 24)4:00 pmEmergency First Aid at Work Course (3 Days) – Delivered by Good Skills Training

25sep9:30 am4:00 pmRed Funnel Business Start Up Course

26sep7:00 pm10:00 pmCasino Night at Snacks & Ladders

29sep9:00 am12:30 pmFire Marshal Course – Delivered by Good Skills Training

30sep9:00 am5:00 pmMental Health First Aid (Ofqual regulated) – Delivered by Good Skills Training

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