Business

RGB Building Supplies has been named on Real Business magazine’s Hot 100 list which reveals the fastest growing private businesses in the UK.

Based on turnover and profit growth over a four-year period, to make the list a company had to achieve sales of more than £10m and post an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) of more than £1m. With a turnover of £54.3m and EBITDA of £2.1m, RGB is the only Devon based company to make it on the Hot 100 list.

The builders merchant completed a family and management buyout deal at the end of 2015 to secure...

How to Make Pop Ups Like a Reputable E-Commerce Site There are many ways to increase the sales on your e-commerce website. But, there is one method that consistently outperforms all others. That method is email marketing.

However, there is a lot to consider when it comes to email marketing for e-commerce websites. There are plenty of ways things could go wrong which may leave you abandoning email marketing for good.

But, abandoning email marketing for good is the worst possible thing you could do. Instead, take a little time away from your busy schedule and learn how to use...

Companies from across the South West will shape plans for the region’s fastest-growing sector, technology, at Exeter Science Park in January. Tech South West Connect will explore and agree plans on Tech South West’s main priorities for 2017, including showcasing the region’s technology sector, attracting and retaining talent, working with schools and the commercialisation of university research. The event, on Wednesday January 25, follows a series of consultation workshops in Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth in Devon and Pool in Cornwall, where the views and ideas of hundreds of people from...

Nineteen members of staff from one of Devon and Cornwall’s leading law firms have been looking a little hairier this month, as they take part in Movember. As well as growing some spectacular moustaches, the team from Stephens Scown LLP has raised over £800. The Movember Foundation is the leading global organisation committed to changing the face of men’s health. Movember is an annual event with a simple idea: to grow a moustache in November and raise money and awareness of men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer. The money raised by Stephens Scown will be split between...