Delivered Social partners with Shaping Portsmouth

Shaping Portsmouth are pleased to welcome Delivered Social as our newest Partner. Delivered Social is a Guildford-based Digital Marketing Agency which is expanding to Portsmouth and opening its new location very soon. They offer services such as Web design, Social media support, SEO, Video Production, LinkedIn engagement and App creation. Terence Carvalho, Regional Director of Delivered Social, said […]

Shaping Portsmouth to help local businesses lower their carbon footprint

Shaping Portsmouth is going to lead a new and vital programme that seeks to start arresting the carbon footprint created by our Business community and we are delighted to confirm that a number of our Patrons & Partners have agreed to join this management group. Approximately 40% of the City’s carbon emissions are generated by […]

Maritime UK Solent launches awards celebrating the best of maritime across the region

  Maritime UK Solent has launched its awards for companies in the Solent region to celebrate and gain recognition for their contribution to the continued success of the sector. The inaugural awards are organised by Maritime UK Solent, the voice of the region’s maritime sector providing leadership for a thriving maritime region.  The launch of […]

First Solent Freeport tax site buildings break ground

  Construction is set to begin in early August on three new state-of-the-art units at Dunsbury Park – the first new facilities of this type to be built within the Solent Freeport. The new units will build on the success of Dunsbury Park as a prime southeast employment location with the added benefit to occupiers […]

New awards to recognise local government support for small businesses

Local councils across Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight have been encouraged to take part in a new national awards scheme to have their partnerships with small businesses recognised and celebrated. Britain’s biggest business representation group – the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) – will host the inaugural FSB Local Government Awards on 14 October, […]

A promotion in the Shaping Portsmouth Team

Shaping Portsmouth is pleased to announce that Sam McGrath has been promoted to Director of Operations & Marketing within the organisation. Sam’s new role will include driving our programmes and projects across our Business, Education and Community Pillars with the CEO and ensuring we deliver against a set of objectives alongside our brilliantly supportive and […]

Portsmouth businesses could benefit from share of £30m energy fund

  Portsmouth could be set to benefit from an investment of £30m in renewable energy that could help businesses across the city improve their energy efficiency. Councillors will review plans for up to £30m investment fund to be spent on renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Funding will be structured so the council generates income […]

International conference to help end plastic pollution comes to Portsmouth

Revolution Plastics at the University of Portsmouth is holding an international conference to help end plastic pollution from 1-3 November 2022. PlasticsFuture 2022 is a mission-driven conference which aims to inspire new solutions to end plastic pollution. It will be an opportunity to share global research and innovation across disciplines and communities, and forge future […]

Business Digital Resilience programme shares 2022 cyber security breach statistics

Shaping Portsmouth’s Business Digital Resilience programme has shared new statistics from the 2022 Cyber Security Breaches Survey, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport as part of the National Cyber Security Programme. Digital risks are changing and increasing as IT and connectivity evolve. Businesses must be resilient against these risks. The Business Digital Resilience programme aims to […]

Meet the new lead of our Armed Forces Covenant Programme

Shaping Portsmouth is pleased to welcome Andy Spencer as our new Armed Forces Covenant programme lead. For the past couple of years, Andy has been the Armed Forces Lead for Solent NHS Trust and is part of the Trust’s leadership team for the development and operation of NHS OpCOURAGE services in South-East England. He also […]