Sponsor an Island hero for Isle of Wight Day
Can your business support Isle of Wight Day? The team behind the event are looking for Island businesses to sponsor Island Heroes. Isle of Wight Day is about joining in as a community, showcasing the Isle of Wight as a great place to live, work and visit. We are in...
Island businesses back UKSA’s new dinghy fleet for children and young people
Isle of Wight businesses have leant their support to UKSA's youth development programmes with the sponsorship of five new RS Quba dinghies. The dinghies have been sponsored by Spinlock, Wightfibre, Red Funnel and Barton Estate and will be used by children and young...
TripAdvisor award for Wightlink’s Yarmouth team
Staff on Wightlink's Lymington-Yarmouth route are celebrating the award of a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. Wightlink Chief Executive Keith Greenfield presented the shore teams at Lymington and Yarmouth terminals and crew members on board the ferries with...
Island businesses elected to Solent LEP board
Two Isle of Wight business leaders have been elected to the board of the Solent LEP. Kevin George from Red Funnel and Rachael Randall from HTP Apprenticeship College have joined the LEP board of directors after being appointed by member businesses. The Solent LEP...
Red Funnel sponsors Isle of Wight Literary Festival
Red Funnel has been announced as title sponsor of 2017’s Isle of Wight Literary Festival, now in its sixth year. The Red Funnel Isle of Wight Literary Festival takes place from 12-15 October across various venues in Cowes including Northwood House and will welcome big...
The Brexit vote one year on: Island businesses and the economy after Article 50
We polled Island businesses to find out if the outcome of the Brexit vote has changed the way they are doing business. We also asked for their predictions for the future. Tom Stroud looks at the data. This article was first published in the July/August edition of...
GALLERY: IW Chamber Cowes Week Lunch 2017
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THE INTERVIEW Cllr Dave Stewart, Leader of Isle of Wight Council
Dave Stewart was elected as leader of Isle of Wight Council in January this year. In May his Conservative group won 25 of the 40 Island council seats. Tom Stroud went to see him to talk business. You’ve been leader for a little while now. Have things changed at County...
15 years of Travel Counsellors
Mandy Westmore and Sue Plummer are celebrating 15 years of working as Travel Counsellors on the Island. Mandy and Sue took the decision to launch their own business when the American Express Travel office at GKN Aerospace, Cowes, was relocated to Redditch. “We were...
Transport Task Force recommendations for Council
A new report commissioned by Isle of Wight Council makes a series of recommendations about future transport policy for the Island. The document has been produced by the Isle of Wight’s Transport Infrastructure Task Force and its findings will be considered by the Isle...
Island Business July / August 2025
