Red Jet 7 enters the water
Red Jet 7, Red Funnel’s new Hi-Speed passenger catamaran has entered the water for the first time in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The £7m addition to Red Funnel’s Red Jet fleet was ordered from Wight Shipyard on the Isle of Wight in August 2017, following an...
South coast award nomination for Brightbulb
Brightbulb Design is the first Isle of Wight business to be nominated for the South Coast Business Awards. The Wootton based design company has been shortlisted for Small Business of the Year across the South Coast. The awards recognise dynamic companies with less...
Esplanade is key to Ryde regeneration
Ryde Esplanade has been identified by IW Council as one of five potential Island sites for regeneration. It could provide an area for recreation, leisure and commerce, as well as meeting the identified priorities of local people. Improving the seafront area would...
E-Taxi’s 15,000 miles in six months
The Island’s first 100% fully electric taxi service has already clocked up around 15,000 miles and taken around 1,500 fares. The business was launched six months ago and is based in Newport, run by owner Matt Malkin. “We’re feeling optimistic for the future and hope...
Strings Bar & Venue celebrates first birthday
The Island's newest live music venue is getting ready to celebrate a successful first 12 months of business. Strings Bar & Venue in Newport was founded in June 2017 by local musicians Ian Davison, Claydon Connor and Guy Page. “Strings really is a venue run by...
50 new jobs created at Amey waste site
The Isle of Wight Council is welcoming the creation of 50 new jobs at its new waste recovery site at Forest Park, Newport. The full time positions are being created by Amey and will include maintenance staff, mechanical technicians, machinery operators, weighbridge...
Greeff’s Beef Biltong shop launched on The One Show
Greeff’s Biltong’s new shop had an exceptional first day. Nick and Sarah opened their new premises on Seaview’s High Street in the morning and that night Sarah was live on the One Show, talking about biltong with guest Alan Carr! “It was a fantastic marketing...
Online scholarship for speech and language therapist
SaLT by the Sea’s Bryony Rust has received a scholarship to attend an acclaimed online startup business programme. Bryony has over ten years’ experience working as a speech and language therapist and she founded SaLT by the Sea three years ago, an independent service...
WightFibre’s Gigabit Island – interview with John Irvine
“Gigabit Island is an enabler, making the Island a much more attractive place for other businesses to invest. It will also make the Island a much more attractive place for businesses looking to relocate. The total potential for job creation runs to the many...
MEMBER BENEFIT Chamber Primary Health Plan
IW Chamber members can get employee health cover from just £6.89 per month with Westfield Health “I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Westfield Health. It’s worked really well for our team. Having access to the scheme alone would be a good enough reason for joining the...
Island Business July / August 2025
