Wightlink announces its summer 2023 timetable

Wightlink is announcing additional FastCat services between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier starting on Monday 27 March 2023. There will also be changes to the Lymington-Yarmouth timetable to improve connections with South Western Railway (SWR) trains. The extra FastCat evening sailings will be the 21:20 and 22:45 from Portsmouth and the 22:00 and 23:10 from Ryde. […]
Solent Freeport seeks views on projects to receive funding

The Solent Freeport is seeking views on the first business cases published for consultation to receive funding for capital projects. Brian Johnson, Chair of the Solent Freeport Consortium Ltd, said: “With formal designation of the Solent Freeport announced at the end of last year, national seed capital funding has now been unlocked which brings investment opportunities. […]
Join the Portsmouth Guildhall with a Working with Young People in a Cultural Environment luncheon

Portsmouth Guildhall is delighted to be taking part in Portsmouth & South Coast Business Week and invites businesses that engage with young people to join them for a networking luncheon. They host over a dozen businesses at the Guildhall and annually host 80,000 people to meetings, conferences and events. Portsmouth Guildhall is strong advocate on […]
Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre hosts PRIDE LGBTQ+ Film Festival as part of LGBTQ+ History Month

The Portsmouth Film Society’s 9th Pride LGBT Film Festival will take place at its new home, Southsea Cinema & Arts Centre throughout the month of February. The Festival will be showing a range of films, will have guest speakers, and aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and […]
Shaping Portsmouth welcomes 3 new Programme Leads

Shaping Portsmouth is pleased to welcome three new Programme Leads to the team. Rachel Dare, Sarra Gravestock, and Stephanie Parker. Rachel Dare is the new Programme Lead for our Workplace Health & Wellbeing programme. Rachel is the Director of Training for Cordell Health and has been with the company for two years. Prior to this, she was […]
Inspirational Women of Portsmouth Awards announce headline sponsors for 2023

Pamodzi’s annual Awards celebrate Portsmouth-based individuals who make a positive impact within their communities, whatever context that may be. The award evening marking International Women’s Day is open to men and women. It will also celebrate the creative industry within Portsmouth, including musical and dance theatre performances. The Headline Sponsors for this year’s event […]
Portsmouth leads the way in digital education with plans to close the digital gap and up-skill the whole city, with new first-of-its-kind programme

The city is pioneering a programme to improve digital skills as an innovative new initiative is launched. The Portsmouth Education Partnership (PEP) has teamed up with Primary Goal to improve the digital skills of people in the city and close the digital education gap. The Digital Champion Programme will allow young people and adults to […]
Portsmouth and Halifax, Nova Scotia to become sister cities to progress trade opportunities

Portsmouth and Halifax Nova Scotia in Canada will formalise their “sister city” agreement to expand on both cities’ work to develop opportunities for business on Thursday 19 January. The agreement will be signed by Mayor of Halifax, Mike Savage and the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Councillor Hugh Mason. The signing of this formal agreement opens […]
Business Leaders wanted to shape future skills and ensure success of Solent Freeport

The Solent Freeport is calling on business leaders with experience at a senior and strategic level to apply for one of three voluntary positions of Chair of a Solent Freeport Skills Forum, designed to deliver ambitions to kick–start regeneration and level up the Solent region. The Solent Freeport was announced as one of […]
New year, new beginnings with Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council are holding their first foster carer recruitment event of 2023 on Saturday, 21 January, from 10 am-1 pm at Portsmouth’s Holiday Inn Express, Farlington. As you clinked flutes or joined the countdown this New Year’s Eve, what resolutions did you make? How about one that changes your life… and theirs? The first fostering drop-in event […]