IW Council leader Dave Stewart is reminding business people of the benefits of Chamber Health workplace health checks. In 2017 the Chamber Health team screened 1,000 Island employees at around 90 businesses. Of those screened, 63% had a BMI over 25 which is considered...

The Cowes floating bridge is scheduled to reopen to the public this coming Monday (11 December) as part of an extended trial period that will take place this month. Cars and passengers will be able to use it from 11 December for the normal fees. In addition, and in a...

The 2017 Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Business Awards for Excellence have been presented. The prestigious annual event celebrates the best in Island business and the ceremony was held at Cowes Yacht Haven Events Centre tonight (Friday 1st December 2017), hosted...

Chamber members Desk Digital are holding a skills event tomorrow night - read more Desk Digital, a digital marketing agency on the Isle of Wight, is pleased to announce a brand new community event designed to help digital marketers and creatives swap skills locally....

Wightlink won Best Family Ferry Operator 2017 and was presented with the award at the third annual Family Traveller awards ceremony, on Tuesday 21 November. Attracting a record 45,000 votes from the popular magazine and website’s readership, every element of a family...

Cowes based Employment Law and HR specialist firm REAL Employment Law Advice has expanded in more ways than one this year. After opening a new office in Salisbury in April and welcoming Miranda Amos as a practicing solicitor, September saw the arrival of Abigail...

An innovative logistics and distribution partnership between Red Funnel Ferries, Steve Porter Transport and Meachers Global Logistics garnered recognition at this year’s Supply Chain Excellence Awards because of the positive impact it’s having on the environment....

The construction of Red Funnel’s second state-of-the-art high-speed passenger ferry, Red Jet 7 is rapidly taking shape at Wight Shipyard Co in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The £7m, 41 metre vessel is expected to enter the water ahead of schedule in May 2018. The...

WightFibre has unveiled plans for a “full-fibre, future proof, ultrafast broadband network” across the Isle of Wight which will deliver some of the fastest speeds in the world. Up to 1Gb (1,000Mb) or faster will be made available to over 50,000 homes and businesses...