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Big Society Fund makes a difference on the Isle of Wight

June 17, 2011 Business

Big Society Fund makes a difference on the Isle of Wight Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, has welcomed the news that grants from the Government’s Big Society Transition Fund have been awarded to two organisations on the Isle of Wight.  The funding, part of the £107 million Transition Fund, has been secured by Young Chamber [...]

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Dance with A Difference™ on the Isle of Wight

June 16, 2011 Business

Linda and Ken Smith are proud to announce the launch of Dance with A Difference™, on 1st July 2011. The winner In “The Best New Activity for Children” Category. in the prestigious http://www.whatson4littleones.co.uk Dance with A Difference™ is a totally new concept in dance using music, movement and mime, where children have so much fun, [...]

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Shalfleet CE Primary School and Little Explorers, Nursery and Pre-school

June 16, 2011 Events

Shalfleet CE Primary School and Little Explorers, Nursery and Pre-school Ready for the future!   Located only 10-15 minutes out of either Newport/Carisbrooke or Totland/Freshwater, just off the Yarmouth Road at the Horse and Groom Pub, Shalfleet CE Primary School and Little Explorers pre-school have had a make over and are now ready for the [...]

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Employment statistics

June 16, 2011 Business

FSB Comments on Employment statistics Commenting on the figures from the Office of National Statistics, which show that unemployment has fallen by 88,000 and the number of people in work has risen by a similar number, Ken Moon, FSB Wessex Chair, said:“It is good news that unemployment has fallen and employment has risen, having remained stagnant [...]

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Student finance 2012: the facts, not the politics

June 16, 2011 Featured

Student finance 2012: the facts, not the politics If you are writing on the back of the launch of the major new independent taskforce to fight student finance confusion, the following top facts from Martin Lewis may be useful: The changes ONLY hit new September 2012 undergraduates. The new maximum £9,000 tuition fees for full-time [...]

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How the Armed Forces can strengthen economic recovery

June 15, 2011 Business

From the frontline to civvy street – how the Armed Forces can strengthen economic recovery Helping ex-services personnel to become self-employed will strengthen the recovery, says an FSB and Heropreneurs report.       The Government should work with businesses to help people who leave the Armed Forces to set up their own business, according [...]

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Island MP Shortlisted for Award

June 9, 2011 Business

Island MP Shortlisted for Award Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, has been shortlisted, with three other MPs, for the prestigious ‘Constituency MP of the Year Award’.  The annual competition, organised by Dods who provide information on parliament, highlights excellence in a number of fields and is known as the Parliamentary ‘Oscars’.  Nominations are made by [...]

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Now you MUST have car insurance,

May 20, 2011 Featured

Now you MUST have car insurance, if you drive or not Insurers may use the change to increase costly auto-renewals If you’ve got a vehicle, and it isn’t insured, you’re breaking the law whether you drive it or not under rules that came into force this week, unless you officially declare it ‘off-road’. The Continuous [...]

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Osborne House Isle of Wight

April 6, 2011 Events

Public Consultation on the Future of Osborne House Andrew Turner, the Island’s MP, has organised a public meeting in East Cowes Town Hall on Saturday 16th April at 2pm to give Islanders a say on the future use of the currently unused parts of Osborne House. The Osborne Estates Act of 1902 says that the parts of [...]

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Budget for growth did no harm, but won’t boost small businesses

March 29, 2011 Business

Budget for growth did no harm, but won’t boost small businesses A snap poll of more than 800 members of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) ‘Voice of Small Business’ survey panel has shown that the Budget will have no real impact on the day-to-day running of their business. The poll, which ran on 24 [...]

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Mayville High School Southsea.

March 23, 2011 Featured

AT MAYVILLE WE KNOW EDUCATION ISN’T AN EXACT SCIENCE While parents and teachers are bombarded everyday with the latest research to help their children learn, we at Mayville rely on a system that has been getting results for more than a decade. Do girls and boys learn better in different temperatures, maybe, but what we [...]

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Prince Harry marks the next milestone in the history of the Mary Rose

March 18, 2011 Events

Prince Harry marks the next milestone in the history of the Mary Rose Prince Harry has today (Friday 18th March, 2011) visited the Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to mark the next milestone in the history of the Mary Rose. The Prince was given a tour of the current museum and its collection before [...]

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YMCA Fairthorne Group

March 16, 2011 Featured

YMCA to Develop Future Leaders YMCA Fairthorne Manor is proudly championing a new scheme for ‘future leaders’ aged 16 – 18 year olds. The Young Leaders in Action is a brand new residential camp at YMCA Fairthorne Manor, designed especially for 16-18 year olds. Claire Percival, Community Projects Co-ordinator, said; “I am really excited about [...]

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European judges have ruled it is illegal for insurers to offer different prices to men and women.

March 2, 2011 Featured

European judges have ruled it is illegal for insurers to offer different prices to men and women. The change will come into full force in December 2012. Martin Lewis, creator of MoneySavingExpert.com says: “This new sexless insurance ruling is a massive game changer. “With car insurance I think there’s some logic to this ban – [...]

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Government merely tinkering with tourism’s potential, says FSB

March 2, 2011 Business

Government merely tinkering with tourism’s potential, says FSB The Government is merely tinkering with tourism’s potential at a time when tourism development looks set to be halted locally, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said in a new report. Launching its tourism strategy, which is expected later this week, the Government is set to suggest [...]

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Yarmouth Harbour

February 18, 2011 Featured

Welcome to the Western Yar Over the next few weeks visitors to the banks of the Western Yar will see the results of new investment in two waterside areas. The Yarmouth Harbour Commissioners are landscaping two stretches of the riverside to improve facilities for residents and tourists. “This is all about access to the water [...]

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