BCC: Manufacturing remains in long-term decline, despite small March rise Manufacturing output in March 2016 was up 0.1% on the month, but down 1.9% on the year Total industrial production in March 2016 was up 0.3% on the month, but down 0.2% on the year Commenting on...

The Isle of Wight Council is asking for your views about parking.  A draft Parking Strategy has been produced, which looks at all aspects of parking across the Island and makes a series of proposals for how to best and better manage parking Island-wide in the future....

BCC EU Survey: Business vote tightens as referendum campaign heads to the finish line Final BCC pre-referendum survey shows that, with less than 50 days to go, a majority of businesspeople surveyed (54%) say they will vote for the UK to Remain in the European Union...

The Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre project, based off St Catherine's Point, has been given approval by the Marine Management Organisation. The state-of-the-art tidal energy generation project's off-shore elements have now received the go-ahead, following the onshore...

You can learn more about the proposed future for the Island's tourism industry by reading the full DBID proposal document, which is available on-line now. The WIGHT BID will be funded through a levy that is raised from visitor economy businesses and invested in a five...

Wightlink Ferries has signed a contract to build a new ship for its Fishbourne – Portsmouth route. The new ferry will be the most environmentally friendly ever to cross the Solent. It will cost over €30 million and enter service in 2018. This investment is part of a...

Cowes based Seacat Services has confirmed a two year, 4-workboat crew transfer deal to support construction operations at Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm, off the Norfolk coast. With all 91 turbines at DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank to be fully commissioned by 2018,...

An innovative Isle of Wight company has been handed Britain's top business award for its part in boosting the country's international trade. Spinlock, based in Cowes, was today named as the winner of a coveted Queen's Award for Enterprise for its domination in the...

Sensée, the UK’s leading homeworking outsourcing provider, today announced it has chosen the Isle of Wight for its next recruitment drive. Offering a highly educated population, and with almost 98 per cent of the Island already connected to superfast fibre broadband...

Wightlink Ferries has received conditional planning permission from Isle of Wight councillors for improvements to port facilities at the company’s Fishbourne car ferry terminal. Work will begin in the autumn to install a new double deck boarding ramp to enable...