Tell us about your businesses Workplace Health & Wellbeing
We would like Portsmouth to be the leading City in the UK on Employee Health and Wellbeing support. Our Workplace Health & Wellbeing programme team are asking all Portsmouth businesses to help support our programme by filling in a short questionnaire to tell us about your current health and wellbeing priorities, provisions, barriers, or resources. […]
Port Solent gets into top gear for Summer Car Meets
Summer evenings at Port Solent are back on track, with the return of the group Car Meets running every Thursday from 31st May to the end of August. Motor fans from across the region will be en route for the weekly auto fix, featuring sensational supercars and cool classics. These will run in addition to […]
Ports Fest 2022 Goes Live – Four days of epic experiences
Ports Fest is back From June 30th to July 3rd! This year the theme has evolved to Remember, Reimagine, Reignite and Ports Fest are thrilled to present a summer programme packed with ambitious events and truly immersive experiences, all for your enjoyment in real life! The festival springs into action on Thursday 30th of June […]
Portsmouth’s teaching heroes recognised in awards shortlist
Teachers, learning support assistants, teams and head teachers have been shortlisted for the annual Teach Portsmouth Awards, which take place at Portsmouth Guildhall on Thursday 9 June 2022. In March, nominations opened for senior leaders in schools and colleges to recognise their staff. The people’s choice award also launched allowing members of the Portsmouth community […]
Glittering exhibition tells city’s story
A major exhibition of beautiful silver objects opens in Portsmouth this month, telling the stories of historical figures and ordinary local people alike. Silver City: 500 years of Portsmouth’s History, will display treasures from Portsmouth City Council’s collection of civic silver, one of the most nationally significant outside London. Also on show will be precious […]
Engineering projects and inventions impress visitors to HSDC South Downs
Floating tables, petrol-powered push bikes and lightweight Bluetooth speakers are just a handful of incredible projects and inventions designed by HSDC Engineering students. Engineering Project Day at the South Downs Campus took place on 12 May, with resourceful students demonstrating their creative engineering skills to HSDC staff, other students and more than 30 local companies. […]
Rock up to Totally Tributes at Port Solent
The best of Queen, The Beatles, Madness and Bon Jovi – and many more music legends – will be raising the tempo at Port Solent’s free Totally Tributes event on Saturday 23rd July. Dress up, dance and sing along with some of the best tribute acts around who will be performing a magical musical […]
Gunwharf Quays to host the British Street Food Awards across the Platinum Jubilee Weekend
Gunwharf Quays is partnering with The British Street Food Awards to host the Southern heats of the competition at the South Coast’s biggest outlet shopping destination. The event will span the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend, open Thursday 2nd – Saturday 4th June from 12 pm – 8 pm and Sunday 5th June from […]
Museums welcome visitors for spring
Portsmouth’s museums are gearing up for a busy spring. Two of the city’s best-loved venues ̶̵ Charles Dickens’ Birthplace Museum and Southsea Castle ̶̵ are fully open to visitors again. And the popular café at Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery has re-opened too. Since the pandemic began, visitors to Charles Dickens’ Birthplace Museum have had to […]
Hovertravel celebrates a successful season of late-night Pompey FC flights
For the 2021/22 football season, Hovertravel has operated a record number of late-night flights with the specific purpose of giving Portsmouth FC supporters on the Isle of Wight the opportunity to watch the entire game and catch a hovercraft flight home. Pat Sowerbutts, Commercial Manager at Hovertravel, explains: “Thanks to our staff who volunteer […]