At the first meeting of the newly elected Isle of Wight Council following the local government elections of 4 May, Councillor Dave Stewart, leader of the Conservative Group, which holds 25 of the 40 seats on the council, was elected its leader until the next local...

Hampshire Constabulary is working to support the National Crime Agency (NCA) and City Of London Police, who are leading on the response to the international co-ordinated Wanna Cry ransomware attack. Whilst the attack is very much under control at this stage,  it is...

The NCSC's latest statement regarding the international cyber incident. The latest statement from the NCSC (14/05/17): Since the global coordinated ransomware attack on thousands of private and public sector organisations across dozens of countries on Friday, there...

Hovertravel has embarked on an ambitious initiative to recruit nine new apprentices for positions across their business. The Hovertravel team are still looking for six people to join the business in engineering, finance and operations. Neil Chapman, Managing Director...

Up to 600 jobs could be created on the Isle of Wight, from September 2017, with the support of the Isle of Wight Council’s regeneration programme - subject to a decision of its new Executive on 18 May. In line with the council’s Regeneration Strategy, this major...

Results of the Isle of Wight Council elections announced at Newport this morning show: 25 Conservative; 8 Independent; 3 Other/Unknown; 2 Liberal Democrat; 1 Labour; 1 Green. The complete breakdown of results for all wards is available...

Apprenticeships are definitely the way forward at NFU Mutual in Newport. Rebecca Burt has officially joined the full-time team after starting work as an apprentice in May last year. Senior agent John Heather is now looking to recruit a second apprentice for the...

Bate Brand Communications with TR Register have been awarded 'Outstanding Website of the Year' at this year's National Car Club Awards. The annual prize-giving ceremony, held at Birmingham's NEC, saw 230 members of the classic motoring community gather to celebrate...

Pete Collinge, well known to many across the Island as WightFibre’s Sales Director is set to retire after a career in telecoms spanning over four decades. Pete hands over the role to Hayley Turner, who has worked closely with Pete for the past two years as Business...

Ben Rouse has been sworn in as the Island's new High Sheriff. Ben is a Chartered Financial Planner and managing director of Newport financial planners, Rouse Limited. He succeeds Robin Courage in the role. “Fundraising is fundamental to the role and I hope that Island...