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Sep 15, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
Cheapest non- supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Distance : 2.92
Price : 126.9p
Updated : 08-09-2008
Sep 15, 2008 in Business, Community, Conservation, Environment, Green Issues, Retail, Ventnor
With all quiet on the public front over the last few months as far as Ventbag has been concerned, we were pleased to receive this update over the weekend below from the Ventbag team. Ed
Ventbag is the project name for Ventnor becoming the first town on the Island to be Plastic Carrier Bag Free.
This unpaid volunteer project is supported both by Ventnor Town Council and the Isle of Wight Council.
As we set an original (tough target) of achieving this in September this year, we thought it would be a good idea to give everyone an update on progress.
The biggest challenge we faced was looking at the production of an alternative bag for Ventnor. This was planned to be an organic fair trade sourced cotton bag.
Sep 12, 2008 in Business, Community, Ventnor
At Monday’s Town Council Meeting, Leader of the Council David Pugh was questioned by Cllr Brian Lucas about the lack of a Tourist Information Centre in Ventnor.
As residents will know, the Tourist Information Centre which was previously housed at the Coastal Visitors Centre in Dudley Road, closed nearly three years ago.
With Ventnor being a holiday destination, the lack of tourist info didn’t sit well with the town, so last year, Season’s newsagents in the High Street kindly agreed to display information in their window and help with tourist enquiries.
Sep 12, 2008 in Business, Powerboats, Sailing
Hybrid Marine, a company based at the IW Enterprise Hub in Newport are, we hear from the Economic Partnership, launching a new product at the Southampton Boat Show.
We’re no expert about these things, so the prospect of a new diesel-electric hybrid marine propulsion system for leisure craft is not something that excites us immensely, but seeing new innovation coming out from the Island is something we’re always happy to celebrate.
Sep 04, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
Cheapest non-supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Price : 125.9p
Updated : 02-09-2008
Station : Whitwell Garage
Address : High Street, Whitwell, Ventnor, PO38 2PY
Brand : Texaco
Price : 127p
Updated : 01-09-2008
Sep 02, 2008 in Business, Ventnor
Has anyone else noticed the novel approach that one Ventnor home-owner has taken in selling their property?
Rather than marketing the the actual house, the home-owner (a friend of ours) has made the decision to focus on the view from the property. After all, it’s one of Ventnor’s biggest selling points.
As with many properties in Ventnor, the view from this one in Upper Gills Cliff Road is stunning.
It looks out over the Victorian rooftops across town, and then beyond to the huge expanse of beautiful blue sea - or rather dark and atmospheric - if you’re looking today.
Sep 01, 2008 in Business, Island-wide, Shop Local
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We’re really pleased to announce another advertiser has come on board with VentnorBlog.
AJ Wells and their sister company, Charnwood, are two of the most respected companies on the Island.
They design and manufacture on the Island using skills from the Island and distribute their products worldwide.
Hand warming
We’ve worked with them and design company, Didomi, to create an animated advert. Pretty good, eh?
If you’re feeling a bit chilly, you can hold your hands in front of your monitor to warm up to. Clearly, having an actual own Charnwood woodburner at home would do an even better job 
Advertise with VentnorBlog
We’ve been really busy with maintaining the coverage and number of stories that we put out on a daily basis, so haven’t yet had the opportunity to contact companies around the Island to let them know of the benefits that VB could bring them. That doesn’t mean that we don’t welcome advertisers.
If you’d like to benefit from your company being displayed over 25,000 a day on VentnorBlog, just get in touch with us on 898 777. We’ll be happy to help.
Aug 28, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
Cheapest non-supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Price : 125.9p
Updated : 27-08-2008
Station : Whitwell Garage
Address : High Street, Whitwell, Ventnor, PO38 2PY
Brand : Texaco
Price : 127p
Updated : 27-08-2008
Aug 21, 2008 in Business
Organic Egg Farmer, Matt Bowman is flying the flag for the Isle of Wight in Farming UK today.
As has been covered in the media previously, Matt is the only Soil Association certified organic egg producer to be selling his eggs to Tesco.
In the interview, Matt tells readers of Farming UK how he manages to juggle running the ‘Stoneground Flour Company’ whilst introducing livestock, in the form of 400 birds, earlier this year.
Well done to Matt for his success and achievements, as well as raising the profile of the Isle of Wight.
Read the article in full.
Image: Courtesy of the wonderful Julian Winslow
Aug 20, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
We realise that we haven’t included supermarket petrol prices here, but are keen to support the smaller independents. Here are the latest updates.
Cheapest non-supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Price : 125.9p
Updated : 19-08-2008
Aug 19, 2008 in Business, Festivals, Music, Ventnor
After the Ventnor Town Council meeting last night we caught up with members of the public who had asked questions of the Town Council, in response to letters published in the SW Chronicle regarding a booking from the organisers of the Jazz Festival for April 2009 to be held at the Winter Gardens.
One such person was John Wortham, a man who has been fighting the corner of creditors for three years.
He originally got involved in the saga as musician friends of his, Julian Mark Stringle and Digby Fairweather had to wait eight months for payment from the organisers.
Aug 15, 2008 in Business, Ventnor
Back in February we applied to the Ventnor Town Council (VTC) for a grant towards a new project which we hope will be of great benefit to Ventnor town.
We are in the process of creating a new online visitors guide to Ventnor, highlighting everything a visitor to the town might need to know. It’ll be a comprehensive guide to accommodation, restaurants, services, events, etc.- with visitors comments and reviews.
The outline budget for the project is quite considerable, so when an advertisement calling for people to apply for grants from the VTC came up, we thought we’d apply for £1,000 as a contribution to the large set up costs.
Aug 01, 2008 in Business, Travel
Here’s a great tip for drivers that Simon spotted from the Institute for Advanced Motorists Magazine recently.
Apparently, if you reverse into a parking space, you could save yourself possibly up to £2 per week on fuel, as well as practising safe driving procedures.
We read that if you reverse your car out of a space when the engine is cold, it uses around 20 to 25 times more petrol in the first few seconds than it does when warm and they tell us that average five year old car takes a minute and a half to warm up.
Jul 31, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
They’re still dropping.
Cheapest non-supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Price : 131.9p
Updated : 30-07-2008
Jul 29, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
At last, prices are starting to come down. Fill up quick before they go up again.
Cheapest stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Price : 131.9p
Updated : 27-07-2008
Jul 28, 2008 in Business, Health, Ryde
There’s another mention of the Isle of Wight in the national broadsheets this weekend, as Liz Earle is interviewed for The Telegraph celebrity pages.
Liz moved to the Island back in 2001 and brought her hugely successful business with her.
Jul 25, 2008 in Business, Food & Drink, Shop Local, Ventnor
Great to see so many people going into Goodman’s — the new Deli in Ventnor — on their opening day, today.
Perched on one of the tables, we saw a constant stream of people coming in to taste and drink the delights on offer.
Jul 24, 2008 in Business, Ryde
Island MP, Andrew Turner is not a happy man. Well, not happy with one particular business on the Island.
Everyone is well aware of the increased petrol/diesel prices at the moment and may have heard how some supermarkets have slashed their petrol prices.
Tesco are offering 5p off per litre, but you have to £50 in store first. What Andrew is not happy about it the fact that infant milk formulae is excluded from counting towards the £50 spend.
Jul 24, 2008 in Business, Charity, Ventnor, whitwell
At the last meeting of Ventnor Town Council, just after the public were excluded from the Winter Gardens Management Committee, the next agenda item to be discussed was the 2009 Jazz Festival - if they would sanction the hire of the Winter Gardens.
You might remember the black cloud over the festival with unpaid debts from both the 2007 Jazz Festival and the 2007 Folk and Blues Festival.
Chair of the Winter Gardens Management Committee (WGMC), Maureen Cawley, had agreed to pencil the 2009 festival in to take place at the Winter Gardens, subject to there being no negative publicity and all debts paid by September 2008.
Jul 22, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
Cheapest non- supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Price : 135p
Updated : 19-07-2008
Jul 17, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
Massive hike in Diesel at Whitwell - Blimey! 22.5p a gallon increase in four days.
Cheapest non- supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Sandford Garage
Address : Godshill, Sandford, Ventnor, PO38 3AL
Brand : Unbranded
Price : 134.9p
Updated : 16-07-2008
Jul 15, 2008 in Business, South Wight, Travel
Cheapest non- supermarket stations within 5 miles of “PO38″ for Diesel
Station : Whitwell Garage
Address : High Street, Whitwell, Ventnor, PO38 2PY
Brand : Proteus
Distance : 3.76
Price : 133p
Updated : 14-07-2008
Jul 14, 2008 in Art, Business, Charity, Community, Ryde
Many thanks to Cora Wade from The Park Centre for sending through news of events and services you can get involved with. Ed
New Park Centre Website
We have now launched our new website which covers everything the Park Centre offers, from minibus, to courses, to IT to carnival…it’s all there! All profits made on all of our activities got to our charity No. 1096459 and are ploughed straight back in to the community.
Carnival Workshops
Carnival workshops are now being held on Tuesday afternoons (12-2pm) everyone is welcome - we’re looking for performers and creators alike. (more…)
Jul 11, 2008 in Business, Newport, podcast
Last week we went along to the launch of the Isle of Wight Economic Partnership’s (IWEP) Touchdown Lounge.
At the end of the event, we caught up with Chief Executive of IWEP, Graham Biss to talk about what the Touchdown Lounge has to offer.
Graham told us that he hopes this space will contribute to extending the package to the Island business community, making business on the Wight as easy as possible.
Using new technology and innovation, the IWEP are working with partners to allow businesses to prosper.
Jul 10, 2008 in Business, Newport, podcast
Last week we popped down to the Innovation Centre in Newport to see the launch of the new Touchdown Lounge.
One feature of the lounge is free WIFI which is being provided by BT for the first six months.
We caught up with Peter Cowen, who is Partnerships Director for BT in the South East.
He explained that this project was part of a region wide programme with SEEDA, intended to encourage flexible working.
