Business

Time is running out for employer and training providers to nominate their apprentices into 2014’s Brathay Apprentice Challenge, with nominations closing on Friday13th December.

The Challenge has already seen entries flood in from organisations across England including NITP (National IT Partnership) a training partnership that delivers IT Apprenticeships, Southend Citizens Advice Bureau, Arqiva and last year’s winners Innovia Films from Cumbria who have entered to defend their title.

The Brathay Apprentice Challenge, which is supported by the National Apprenticeship Service...

Virgin Money is the main sponsor of the South Pole Allied Challenge 2013, which is the third expedition staged by Walking With The Wounded to raise awareness and vital funds for the re-training of wounded servicemen and women, and to assist them in finding new careers outside the military. The challenge is underway and this week sees the bank launch a campaign in its Exeter Store to help customers and members of the public to get involved and support this important charity. The Virgin Money South Pole Allied Challenge is set to be the biggest expedition of its kind, with three teams racing...

In this video local expert Nigel Wilkinson from WNW Design discuss the future of ecommerce.

Nigel gives his opinion on how the change in mobile technology is changing the way we do business and what he thinks we will happen in the future "Other technologies will be driving change in the next few years. Most Smartphones already have Near Field Communication or NFC capability, which allows contactless payment systems, which retailers in the UK have been slow to respond to but are now seeing the benefits."

To find out more you can contact Nigel by email at info@wnwdesign.co....

A renewable energy lawyer with South West legal firm Stephens Scown LLP has been elected to the board of directors of Regen SW, a leading not-for-profit centre of sustainable energy expertise based in Exeter. Sonya Bedford, Partner and head of renewable energy law at Stephens Scown, was elected as a non-executive director at the Regen SW AGM this week. Sonya said: “I am delighted with my appointment to the team and look forward to working with Regen SW and promoting further the renewable energy industry in the South West and nationally. I have long supported the work Regen SW undertakes...