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When Local Businesses Outgrow Simple Card Payments

Running a business online used to mean getting a card machine and calling it a day. That no longer cuts it once chargebacks rise, overseas payments appear, or subscription billing enters the picture. Plenty of smaller firms around Exeter are discovering that payment systems become far more complicated once the business itself starts growing.

Businesses around Exeter rely on digital payments far more heavily than they did a few years ago. Food traders take bookings online, local shops sell through Instagram, and even weekend markets now expect card readers beside the old cash tin...

New contract to provide ShoreTel telephone system to Plymouth academy

South West Communications Group has been awarded the contract to provide a new ShoreTel telephone solution to All Saints Academy in Plymouth, Devon.

The Academy, which services the educational needs of over 1,000 students and employs 200+ members of staff, is about to embark on the second phase of a construction and refurbishment programme which will see the existing Avaya telephone system removed from its east wing.

Rob Bromidge, network manager, said: “All Saints has embarked on an exciting period of redevelopment with a new building and refurbishment work worth £12...

Autism as an asset in the workplace - a talk by Robyn Steward

Author, consultant and trainer Robyn Steward, one of the UK’s leading experts on autism, will be speaking at a free breakfast seminar hosted by award-winning Exeter business Brain-In-Hand.

Robyn Steward is an international speaker, an ambassador for the National Autistic Society and recently hosted her own programme on BBC Radio 4.

Her talk ‘Autism as an asset in the workplace’ takes place on Friday 28 June 8.30am for 9-10am and will include a question and answer session.

Afterwards Robyn will be running an Autism/Asperger's Awareness workshop between 10.30am - 12....

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park receives top performing award from TripAdvisor

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has received the highly regarded TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award thanks to exceptional reviews from visitors to the park. The accolade, which honours hospitality excellence, is given to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding reviews, with only the top-performing 10 per cent of businesses listed on the website receiving this prestigious award.

Chris Down, Chief Executive of Crealy Great Adventure Parks said: “We are thrilled to have received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. It is a reflection of what visitors to...

Why should you get better at your job?

When I am hired to speak to a company or association, I typically talk ahead of time to six to eight people who will be in the audience to get a better sense of the group. I ask them a series of questions about creative selling, teamwork, negotiations, how they get close to their customers and so on. Then I surprise them and ask what they do to get better at their jobs? Over the years some of the typical answers I’ve received include: going back to school to learn new skills or get another degree, joining trade organizations and attending events, networking, listening to speakers, reading...

Female company directors are better judges of longer-term company performance

Groundbreaking research by the University of Exeter Business School reveals that female company directors defy negative gender stereotyping by astutely valuing future company performance.

The stock market responds more positively to trades made by male directors in their own company stock than their female counterparts, new research reveals. However, over the longer term (3-12 months), returns made by female directors on trades in their own company stock are at least equal to, or exceed, those of their male counterparts.

The study by the University of Exeter Business School...

South West Communications Group wins contract to provide multimedia customer service solution to Farrow & Ball

South West Communications Group has recently been awarded the contract to provide a new unified communications solution to Dorset-based Farrow & Ball to enhance its world-wide delivery of excellent customer service.

The Exeter-based telecommunications experts will install a ShoreTel Enterprise Unified Communications solution to some 200 users at Farrow & Ball’s headquarters in Wimborne, as well as at its outlets in Paris, Frankfurt and Toronto.

Already an existing customer, the luxury paint and wallpaper manufacturers and distributors turned to South West...

Local business people invited to exclusive IBM event at University

As part of the Business Leader’s Forum programme of events, Caroline Taylor, Vice President of Marketing, Communications & Citizenship with IBM UK & Ireland, will be talking to an invited audience at the University of Exeter on Wednesday 12 June 2013. Taking place in the Great Hall between 5.15 pm - 8.30 pm, this is a rare opportunity for non-members to participate in what promises to be a revealing insight into brand and reputation management from one of the UK’s most senior female executives. Based in London, Caroline leads the teams responsible for go to market strategy,...

Conveyancing accreditation for Everys Solicitors

Authored by Everys
Posted: Wed, 06/05/2013 - 7:50pm

Everys Solicitors in Devon and Somerset has been awarded membership to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) - a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices and is a mark of excellence in the home buying process.

Law firm saddles up for cancer charity's bike ride

Members of Devon law firm, Gilbert Stephens LLP, are taking to the saddle for FORCE’s Century Cycle Challenge, which takes place on Sunday 30 June from Topsham Rugby Club.

The event offers either a 55- or 100-mile cycle from Topsham Rugby Club to Tiverton. The 100-mile ride heads up to Dulverton and over the top of Exmoor, down to South Molton and then meets up with the 55-mile cyclists. Participants then head across country to Morchard Road and back to Topsham via Crediton.

Four members from Gilbert Stephens will be riding to raise money for the cancer charity, which is...

Kitsons expands presence in Exeter with Armitage & Co acquisition

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/05/2013 - 12:36pm

Devon law firm Kitsons has acquired Exeter-based Armitage & Co and appointed the principal and renowned private client specialist Simon Armitage as a Partner with effect of 1 June 2013.

Kitsons, which is headquartered in Torquay, Devon and has offices in Exeter and Plymouth, seeks to enhance its private client and conveyancing offering from the firm’s Exeter office.

Simon Armitage founded Armitage & Co in September 1979, following several years in Local Government, firstly in Maidenhead, and subsequently with Mid Devon District Council. Having operated as a sole...

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