Scillonian purser retires to shore after four decades at sea The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s popular purser Marcia Still is leaving the iconic Scillonian III passenger ferry 41 years after she first began working onboard the ship. Marcia initially joined the ship as a stewardess in 1980 making daily, sometimes twice-daily, crossings from Penzance…
A pioneering drone delivery flight has paved the way for a new lifeline connection with the idyllic yet remote Isles of Scilly and opened up the prospect of drone operations between airports across the UK. Today’s successful return flight from Land’s End Airport in West Cornwall to St Mary’s Airport on the Isles of Scilly…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company is gearing up to bring Christmas to the Isles of Scilly as staff prepare to manage over 1,000 passengers, tonnes of freight and thousands of items of mail over the festive period. Located 28 miles South West of Cornwall, the only way for passengers to reach the islands this…
Yesterday, saw the start of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company trialling a new freight consolidation system as part of their vessel replacement project. The FlexMax system is an aluminium alloy collar which is placed on either side of a delivered pallet and secured using built-in retractable ratchet straps. Once the collar is secured it…
Anyone wanting to buy into one of the UK’s longest-established transport companies has the opportunity from this week when the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company starts trading its shares online. The Steamship Company has provided passenger and freight services to the remote Isles of Scilly community 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall for 100…
At the end of 2019, we launched our ninth round of the Community Fund – the project first launched in 2016; we’ve supported many worthy projects in that time totaling close to £85,000. One of the projects from round 9 that we supported with funding of £2,500 and the carriage of freight from the mainland;…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company has been admitted to the electronic trading platform Asset Match, which allows investors to buy and sell shares in the company. Asset Match provides a market platform for existing Isles of Scilly Steamship Company shareholders to partially or fully realise the value of their share capital, and also facilitates…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has appointed specialist ship designers BMT to advise on new vessel designs to provide lifeline passenger and freight services to the Isles of Scilly. The Steamship Group is seeking to replace its marine assets including the purpose-built Scillonian III passenger ferry which entered service in 1977 and was refitted…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company has announced a partnership with unmanned aircraft company Flylogix to trial an enhanced freight delivery service based at Land’s End Airport operating to and from the Isles of Scilly. The two-year collaboration will explore the feasibility of a regular unmanned logistics service for the Isles of Scilly community, initially…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has bounced back into the black with a pre-tax profit of £1.02m for the year to March 31, on revenues of £18.4m. The figures mark a significant turnaround for the business which in the previous year recorded a loss of £4.56 million The group, which provides lifeline sea and…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group is marking its 100th anniversary with a major community celebration for islanders and visitors on the Isles of Scilly this June. The Steamship Group was formed in 1920 to help provide lifeline travel services between the islands and the Cornish mainland, and the group’s centenary year is being celebrated…
Isles of Scilly Travel is offering 100 photographers and videographers the chance to visit the Isles of Scilly for free in 2020 if they take part in an anniversary competition. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, which was founded on 26th March 2020 to help islanders travel more…
Scilly Folk Festival has been future proofed thanks to a £1,113 donation from the Steamship Company’s Community Fund. The money has allowed the folk club to buy new professional sound equipment, including a mixing desk and PA system. Better kit means more visiting bands will be attracted to perform at the folk festival as they…
Five Islands Academy football team is celebrating a huge victory after winning the ESFA Small Schools football competition for the first time. The tournament, played at Archbishop Benson School in Truro last week, included teams from nine Cornish schools. Adam May, from Five Islands Academy, praised the young team, saying: “They were magnificent throughout the…
Local projects and good causes are being encouraged to apply for a share of the final pot of money to be given away in 2019 by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company’s Community Fund, which opens today (October 1st). The Community Fund has donated more than £72,000 to 47 different community projects and charities based…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has appointed Kevin George, Chairman of Red Funnel Group to its Board of Directors after they say goodbye to Henk Wiekens after serving 12 months. Kevin’s early career was with British Airways as an avionics engineer, progressing through to senior roles in marketing and operations. In 2007 Kevin joined…
Stuart Reid has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group. Stuart has been in post as Acting Managing Director since September 2018, before which he was Group Chief Operating Officer. The appointment recognizes Stuart’s success in stabilising the Group’s core services and the need to provide certainty and continuity…
A passionate environmental campaigner says “it means so much” to be awarded the money to pay for his next trip to clean marine plastic waste in the Isles of Scilly. Steve Green, co-founder of Clean Ocean Sailing (COS), made a last-minute application to the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s Community Fund in the hope it…
A lifeline service for people in Cornwall who are suicidal or in crisis is being funded for an entire year by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s Community Fund. Cornwall Samaritans’ emergency room answers phone calls, texts, emails and drop-ins from people in their hour of need. The service, run by 120 volunteers, costs £3,380…
A scheme to collect unwanted toiletries from the Isles of Scilly and donate them to vulnerable women has had a boost this week. The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, via its Community Fund, has offered to transport the items from St Mary’s to Penzance, where they will be destined for homeless shelters and women’s refuges…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group welcomed its 4.5 millionth ferry passenger aboard the Scillonian III ferry today (Tuesday 21st May). Jacky Shepley from Paignton boarded the ferry to visit the Isles of Scilly with her husband and two dogs on 21st May and was greeted by the company’s Deputy Travel Centre Manager, who presented…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has announced the appointment of Judith Piper to its board of directors with immediate effect. Judith joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in October 2018. Before joining the group, Judith worked for W. Stevenson & Sons Ltd as Finance Director, Company Secretary and Acting Managing Director. Her earlier…
One lucky pupil from Cape Cornwall School won a special trip to the Isles of Scilly after coming first in a poster competition to promote Land’s End Airport. Year 8 student Grace Broughton-Pickard, who has never flown before, said she was “shocked and happy” to win two fly/sail tickets to the islands, courtesy of the…
A new partnership has been agreed between the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group and the Isles of Scilly’s nature conservation charity the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust to help better protect the unique environment of the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust will be working closely with the Steamship Group to help…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has announced that it is to cease its Island Helicopters operation from Land’s End Airport to St Mary’s owing to a lack of demand. Instead it will concentrate on its core passenger and freight shipping services from Penzance, and Skybus flights from Land’s End, Newquay and Exeter airports, which…
The Scillonian III passenger ferry is preparing to start her seasonal sailings to the Isles of Scilly. This summer, to offer greater choice to both visitors and local residents and to support growth of the visitor market, Isles of Scilly Travel will be offering double return sailings on Saturdays throughout the peak summer months, providing…
Local groups and good causes have got until February 28th to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 from the Isles of Scilly Steamship Group’s Community Fund. The charitable fund has donated a milestone £50,000 to 35 different groups over the past three years. 2018 saw the Community Fund’s single biggest donation yet –…
Children at Mount Hawke Academy have thanked the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company for “the best New Year gift we could ever have wished for”. An impressive new made-to-order adventure playground was installed in the school grounds over the Christmas holidays, replacing old, tired play equipment which was no longer fit for purpose. The £23,000…
A milestone £50,000 has been donated to local groups and good causes over the past three years by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company’s Community Fund. The grand total was revealed this week as the company announced it has more money to give away in 2019, with applications for the next round now open. This…
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group announces changes to its marine and freight team; a team that will guide the Company through to its next stages of vessel activity. The marine team will be led by Kevin Ayres, as Head of Marine Services. Kevin worked for the Company between 1999 and 2015 before leaving to…
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