Capacity audience for Better Business event
140 delegates from 98 businesses joined Dale Howarth at the Lakeside Park Hotel & Spa for his ‘Practical Lessons for Better Business’ seminar and networking event. The event was sponsored by Hose Rhodes Dickson, Lifeline, Moore Stephens, PC Consultants, Premier...
Cyber attack seminar at CECAMM
Island businesses are being urged to find out how they can protect themselves before, during and after a cyber-attack. Swinton Insurance, ESID, Fusion Insurance, Rothmans and Glanvilles Damant Legal Services are hosting a business breakfast at the new CECAMM centre on...
IW Chamber Annual General Meeting 2017
The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting was held on Friday 13th October at the Royal Ocean Racing Club in Cowes. The meeting was chaired by Steve Porter, Chairman of the Chamber board. The Chamber’s Chief Executive Kevin Smith presented the annual...
£10,000 Isle of Wight Lottery celebrations for Lesley
“It feels amazing! I’m so grateful,” says Lesley Brown who lives in Ventnor and is the latest winner of £10,000 on the Isle of Wight Lottery. Lesley moved to the Island in 2015 and has been playing the Isle of Wight Lottery ever since. “I’ve been playing for three...
Wightlink welcomes Daryl Palmer
Wightlink’s new Operations Director will focus on customer experience and promoting Island products. Daryl Palmer began his career as an apprentice engineer in Yorkshire then spent 20 years with Royal Mail and 11 years at Heathrow Airport in roles including Head of...
Wight BID forum events for Levy Payers
Island tourism businesses are being urged to have their say and help to shape activities for the next 12 months. Visit Isle of Wight will be hosting a series of Wight BID levy discussion forums, to hear – directly from levy payers – how the 2018 £440,000 budget should...
EXPO 2017 Gallery
Thanks to everyone who made EXPO 2017 a great success! Thanks to all of our exhibitors, sponsors and visitors who helped make the event a great day for the Island's business community. Look out for EXPO coverage in the next issue of Island Business as well as with our...
Get set for Expo 2017
The Island’s biggest business-to-business event returns to the Lakeside Park Hotel in Wootton on Wednesday September 13th. Expo 2017, organised by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce, will see more than 50 businesses exhibiting to hundreds of visitors. Entry is free...
Red Funnel’s new Red Jet 7 “to inject £7m” into Island economy
Red Funnel has placed an order with Wight Shipyard Ltd in East Cowes for another 41 metre high-speed catamaran which will inject £7m into the Isle of Wight economy and secure 85 highly skilled jobs. The order for Red Jet 7 marks the first major investment in Red...
Wightlink’s new ferry named Victoria of Wight
Wightlink’s new £30million environmentally friendly car ferry for the Portsmouth-Fishbourne route will be named Victoria of Wight. The name was chosen by a panel of staff who considered 186 suggestions from 73 members of staff. Work is well underway on the new ship at...
Island Business July / August 2025
