Newport’s Caffe Isola – where a family business is outdoing the national chains by growing their own Island Roasted brand in a distinctive setting. Many of us start our day with a coffee. For the Burgess family, coffee has been the beginning of a business that is now...

Accessibility matters! Can you afford for your business to continue to restrict the number of potential customers you have, or to prevent talented people from working for you? By Jan Brookes, Isle Access Why do businesses need to think about accessibility? As well as...

New figures compiled by Tourism South East show that more tourists are coming to the Island and the amount they spend while here has increased. 2018 saw an increase in the total visitor spend over the year - up by 9% to £303 million – which means an average spend per...

A brand new 24 hour access Defibrillator is now available in Newport. The unit has been paid for by WP Recruitment & HR Ltd and can be found in their car park on Mill Street. It was installed by Berry Electrical with the assistance of the Ambulance Training...

Island apprentices can now benefit from cheaper bus travel as part of a bid to encourage sustainable transport. Connect To Work – the project to promote work-based sustainable travel – has agreed a deal with Southern Vectis to enable apprentices to benefit from an 80...

WRS Systems is the first Island business to make a ‘pod’ part of their office. Last year the software business relocated to bigger office premises in Newport’s St Cross Business Park. Their business and team have expanded significantly in the last year and WRS was...

Tree consultant Wayne Isaacson is proud to have achieved chartered status for his work on all tree related matters and is now the only Chartered Arboriculturist currently on the Isle of Wight. This high-level qualified grade, established by The Institute of Chartered...

The date has been set for the biggest night of the year for the Island’s business community. The 2019 Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Business Awards for Excellence will be presented on Friday 18th October 2019 in a glittering ceremony at Cowes Yacht Haven’s Events...

Newport based employment law solicitors Real Employment Law Advice have started 2019 with the recruitment of a third specialist solicitor. Albert Bargery, who went to Carisbrooke High School, has been working for a firm of solicitors in Buckinghamshire for the last...

Morrisons customers across Hampshire are now able to add beans from the Island Tea and Coffee Company to their weekly shop. Stores in Portsmouth, Southampton, Waterlooville and Gosport will be stocking the bags of freshly roasted beans. The move to the mainland...