Care in the Garden’s Operation Geranium also came back into force from May until July 2021, and during those 8 weeks Age UK IOW volunteers

Along with 2020 came the dreaded “C” word – COVID (or Corona virus as it was called in the early days). This pandemic brought a

2019 was a huge year for activity with the NBA and it really made an impact! In January 2019 we challenged the on-street parking charge

2018 was another fantastic year for the Newport Business Association!  We Joined and became one-third owners of the Shaping Newport, the Isle of Wight Council

Our Christmas Window Competition in 2017 was called “The Elf Days of Christmas”, with shoppers tasked with finding 26 elves across town. Every elf had

As we all know the Euro football competion happend in 2016 and had us all donning the England shirts to support the lions on their

In May 2015 NBA businesses got together to promote the Newport Jazz Festival. Shops all over town “jazzed up” their windows and even offered room

2 years after the new NBA was formed – we held our very own first Christmas Window Competition. It was a town-wide event where we

In the summer the Isle of Wight Council launched their new interactive 3D Dinosaur points around the Island. Blackgang Chine, who never fail to deliver,

This is where it all started! The current NBA came into being in 2012, and what an exciting year it was! We had the Queen’s