Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Flagships Taking Centre Stage in 2021
The partnership of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) and the Mary Rose Trust (MRT), in conjunction with Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (PNBPT), has announced that Portsmouth Historic Dockyard will reopen to visitors on Monday 17 May at 1000hrs with tickets already on sale, and timed booking slots made available online […]
Port Solent based retailer Pavers donates £1,000 to help life-limited children through the Pavers Foundation.
The Pavers Foundation, an employee-led charitable initiative, has donated £1,000 to the Oakley Waterman Caravan Foundation, following a grant application from Rick Ashby, branch manager at Pavers, Port Solent. Rick applied for the grant funding after speaking with his local friend Leigh Bollard, who regularly fundraises for the charity, providing respite care for children with […]
Portsmouth Guildhall to re-open for shows from 29th May!
In accordance with the Government’s Roadmap out of lockdown, at Step 3 from 17th May, Portsmouth Guildhall is able to re-open with a range of Covid secure measures in place. The iconic venue is ‘Good to Go’ having successfully met the Industry Standard Mark of Visit Britain and ‘See it Safely’ mark of UK […]
Blake Morgan on why Portsmouth will grow back stronger
With its strong roots in the Portsmouth region, law firm Blake Morgan‘s Managing Director, Mike Wilson, explains why the firm is a long term supporter of Portsmouth and why he believes the City is so well placed to come out of the Covid crisis stronger than before the pandemic. With a large number of business […]
Shaping Portsmouth is joining forces with the Federation of Small Businesses
Shaping Portsmouth are pleased to announce that the Federation of Small Businesses has joined us as an Associate partner, and that we have become a member of the FSB. Emma Weatherstone, the FSB Membership Advisor in the Portsmouth Area, said “At FSB, our mission is to help smaller businesses achieve their ambitions. We are proud […]
Phlex boosts hospitality and workers with new pub co-working spaces
Co-working business Phlex has partnered with local pub chain Brewhouse + Kitchen and The Host Space to offer co-working spaces in the Southsea and Portsmouth areas. Phlex has also agreed a deal with Brewhouse & Kitchen to use their venues as co-working spaces nationally. Co-working platform, Phlex, focuses on running dedicated co-working spaces in towns and cities in the […]
Centre Director Yvonne Clay on reopening Gunwharf Quays
Having spent several years in retail marketing, Yvonne’s passion has been to put the customer at the centre of everything she does. This customer centricity has been present during Yvonne’s time as a retail management graduate at Boots, to working for Virgin in product development and ecommerce, through to her current role. Having joined Landsec […]
Small business confidence rebounds as shops re-open in England and Wales
Close to two thirds (58%) of small businesses expect their performance to improve this quarter, and fewer than one in three (31%) expect theirs will worsen, according to the latest FSB study of almost 1,700 business owners. With trading restrictions easing across England and Wales today, the business group reports that its UK SBI confidence […]
Opportunity to join us at Shaping Portsmouth with the Kickstart Programme
An opportunity for someone aged between 16 and 24 and claiming some form of Universal Credit has arisen to join us at Shaping Portsmouth as a Business and Admin Support Assistant. The job role involves: Providing support to the CEO of Shaping and the Head of Events & Programmes. Your main responsibilities will be: Organise […]
Go safe as more businesses re-open
Residents are reminded to go safe, go local and follow any guidance as non-essential businesses re-open from Monday 12 April 2021. Portsmouth City Council hopes residents will keep doing their bit to protect Portsmouth as retail, personal care, outdoor door areas at hospitality venues and indoor sports and leisure open their doors. The council has […]