Traders

Gary, aged 13, with his grandmother at their family's fruit and veg stall

Stallholder writes book about beloved Charlotte Street Market

A skater tests out the ramps at the Pitt Street Skatepark. Picture: Mike Cooter

Send It 100 festival to feature Europe's largest vert ramp

Lulu Whitmore

"Champion of Portsmouth" Lulu backs city of culture bid - here's why

Beach Dubbin' will take place on Southsea Common on Sunday

Beach Dubbin' 2026 set for Southsea this weekend

Pictured: Pirates at the festival

Picture: Habibur Rahman

34 pictures capturing the fantastic Southsea Food Festival

Paige Callard at her Anchored in Gosport market stall on June 27.

Traders and high street shops react to Gosport market ending

Plates4Less says it first noticed a significant increase in business-related enquiries during 2022

Ad Feature Business number plate sales double

Paige Callard (26) from Gosport, is following in her father's footsteps by opening a market stall at Gosport Market.

'Grateful' market trader continues family legacy and set to open stall

BiGDUG’s modular van racking system helps tradespeople turn a cluttered van into an organised mobile workspace with dedicated storage for tools, fittings and equipment.

BiGDUG slashes van racking prices in trader clearance sale

Rogue traders have been going door-to-door in Portsmouth with a roofing company scam, according to the city council.

Rogue traders are posing as roofing companies in new Portsmouth scam

Ribbon cutting event to mark completion of Castle Road works in Southsea, Portsmouth on Monday 23rd March 2026

Pictured: Artist Pete Codling with Cllr Steve Pitt marking the completion by cutting the ribbon

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Fun-filled fete to celebrate popular road's pedestrianisation

Boarded up shops "bane of our lives" for Arundel Street traders

Staying organised on the go feels easier with a business phone built for long days, just like the Google Pixel 9a on Vodafone Business.

Google Pixel 9a on Vodafone Business for less

Managing communication with clients, logging receipts and expenses and filing tax returns took up the most time.

The typical self-employed worker spends 17 hours a month on admin

The tool is designed to equip traders with smarter and faster insights

Ad Feature New AI research tool launches for retail traders

It comes at a time when the Bank of England has recently lowered interest rates by 0.25% to 4%

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George Jones

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Soaring price of Bitcoin hits £90k – the truth behind the surge

British Street Food Awards

British Street Food Awards set to return to Gunwharf Quays next month

(Photos: Getty Images/CNBC)

UK pensions at risk as Trump tariffs spark fears of 'Black Monday 2'

Comedian Kate-Lois Elliott was resigned to renting for life

A lifelong renter became an estate agent to buy her first home

The Big Eat has opened its application form for traders across Hampshire to pitch up at next May’s food festival which supports local charities.

The Big Eat 2025 open food and drink applications for vendors

High street in crisis: Traders battle against new challenges

Police

Arrests made after rogue traders target elderly homeowners

Natalia Yakovleva, left, chooses mixed olives and peppers. Southsea Food Festival on Palmerston, Clarendon and Osborne Roads
Picture: Chris Moorhouse (200724-29)

WATCH: People flock to Southsea Food Festival

Ben Newman The Spudman, who has built an online community of two million people on TikTok selling jacket potatoes at his trailer in Tamworth.

Watch: Tiktok's Spudman gets kicked off his patch by local council

Large crowds gathered at the historic horse fair to race, trade and watch the animals in May 2023.

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Road closures announces ahead of Wickham Horse Fair

Croxton's Kitchen and Tap House is one of The News' recommended venues.

Stylish kitchen in Southsea marvellous venue that dishes up tasty food
Seeped in style, Croxton's Kitchen and Tap House, in the heart of Palmerston Road, is a marvellous venue that serves up a range of sublime dishes.
Sophie Lewis

Havant Borough Council will be prosecuting four traders for selling flowers in Waterlooville without a licence.

Unlicensed flowers traders selling in street to be prosecuted

Pictured is: (l-r) Sgt Paul Marshall and PC Jonathan Tallent patrolling Guildhall Walk in Portsmouth.

Watch: Police officer on "brazen" Portsmouth shoplifting

Some of the team on the Emsworth shore

Local company named Which? Trusted Trader of the month

A visitor at the model railway exhibition in Admiral Lord Nelson School. Picture: Mike Cooter (181123)

13 pictures of exceptionally detailed model railway exhibition

UK is facing a record high deficit in skilled tradespeople

Bailey Doe on a horse

24 pictures from Wickham Horse Fair 2023

People watching the horses at the fair Picture: Habibur Rahman

Hundreds attend Wickham Horse Fair 2023

Calling all Del Boy wannabes, a car believed to have featured in Only Fools and Horses is up for auction.

Only Fools and Horses: Del Boy’s iconic three-wheeler up for auction

The popular food competition will return to Gunwharf Quays on the bank holiday weekend beginning on Saturday, May 6.

British Street Food Awards returns to Gunwharf Quays

Rohit and Richa on the seafront

Here are 11 pictures of people having fun at the beach today

Pictured is: (l-r) Lee Players Peter Appleton, Angela Torroni and John Maude.

Picture: Sarah Standing (020622-8647)

Lee-on-the-Solent hosts massive 5,000-strong street party for Queens' Jubilee

Roy Gillingham with fellow resident Jane Kemm outside Fareham Wine Cellar, High Street, Fareham. Picture: Habibur Rahman

Traders hit out as county council plans £1 street parking charge

Sue McCombie of Southsea Models and Games, Albert Road, Southsea

Picture: Habibur Rahman

Traders reveal no ‘stampede’ of customers amid 'excitement' and 'nervousness'

Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a fifth SEISS grant - here’s everything we k...

Rishi Sunak will outline the terms of the fourth SEISS grant when he delivers the budget (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

This is when the fourth self-employment grant will be paid and who can claim

Commercial Road in Portsmouth has secured more than £3.9m in funding from central government.

Almost £7 million in funding for high streets across the city

Applications for the third instalment of the self employed grant are open - here...

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Residents and businesses had their say on plans for a clean air zone in Portsmouth

Portsmouth's busiest roads could be removed from £10 a day clean air zone

Albert Road, in Southsea. Picture Ian Hargreaves (171692-1)

Portsmouth traders wanted for safer shopping app trial

Pedestrianisation work in Palmerston Road, Southsea, as it began yesterday and, from left, venue managers Dave Walker, Ionut Munteanu and Matt Bond. Pictures: Byron Melton

Traders hope for boom as Southsea hotspot is pedestrianised

UK has gone into recession. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

UK enters recession after record slump

Cllr Steve Pitt, deputy leader of Portsmouth City Council.

Picture: Sarah Standing (090320-9866)

£10.5m funding bid to help Portsmouth traders is backed

Paul Maidment (left) and Eric Cousins outside Sounds in Southsea

Portsmouth traders and shoppers raise frustrations over 'suffocating' face masks

A van in Southsea. Picture: Paul Jacobs (132272-1)

Traders hit out at possible £10 a day charge in Portsmouth clean air zone

The barricades in Market Parade, Havant. Picture: Mike Wooldridge

Havant traders distraught after council blocks off free parking

Rosemary Saunders, 81, in North End.
Picture: Steve Deeks

Traders in North End Portsmouth say they couldn't wait to reopen

Tape outside Footasylum, Commercial Road, Portsmouth.
Picture: Habibur Rahman

How Portsmouth shops will change as they reopen