The pandemic has been a game-changer for local businesses, and when Covid-19 hit, local entrepreneur and founder of StartUp Disruptors, Becky Lodge, was galvanised into action. Here she explains why she wanted to get involved [… read more ]
Contributing Editor and community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling reports on Portsmouth’s SME manufacturers being urged to take their share of a £6.5m funding boost as firms try to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Portsmouth’s small to [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian & Simon welcome two local business owners onto the show to ask them how they’ve found trading as the lockdown [… read more ]
We’re collating support, resources and grants available to small businesses in Portsmouth. If you know of a resource that we’ve missed, let us know and we’ll add it to the list (contact details at the [… read more ]
Jill Farmer from Portsmouth’s Workwise Ergonomics – who work with employees to create ‘healthy, happy, and productive work environments’ – shares advice for employers on how to support staff who are now home-working, and a [… read more ]
Wild Thyme Wholefoods are well known across Portsmouth as Southsea’s go-to place for vegan, natural and organic food, but less well known is that it’s a worker co-operative. Co-operative member Stuart Mills reports. Note: This [… read more ]
Siobhan Coleman reviews the official launch of a new Portsmouth creative business, Paint Chill Co, and discovers the joys of mixing art with alcohol. At ten o’clock on Thursday evening, the official launch party for [… read more ]
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