Business

Exeter firm Old Mill has expanded its dedicated Corporate Finance team to further enhance its already comprehensive offering and support the firm’s overall growth plans.

In November 2021, Old Mill announced plans to grow by 15% pa for the next five years and double staff numbers by 2026. With a team of just two - Partner Mark Neath and Adviser Kathryn Mansell - and a growing demand from business owners for their collaborative style of help and advice, particularly around succession plans, the Corporate Finance team was one of the obvious areas for growth.

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If there’s one factor almost all businesses have in common, it’s a desire to cut costs without a loss in quality when it comes to customer service or the standard of your products. While this might sound like wishful thinking, when you start to look at the details there are often plenty of changes you can make that will add up to big savings. Want to find out more? Here are four top tips that can make a noticeable difference to your budget.

Advertising often eats into company budgets quite considerably, however there’s often a better way to market your products or...

An Exeter based business that was founded in 2016 has quickly grown into the UK’s biggest recruitment agency for the veterinary industry and is on track to double in size over the next 12 months, as well as establishing an overseas client base.

JHP Recruitment was founded by Justin Powlesland and now employs a team of 12 at offices at Airport Business Park. The company specialises in recruiting both permanent and locum vets and nurses, as well as other staff, for veterinary practices throughout the UK and is now winning an increasing amount of work in both Europe and the USA....

During the pandemic, we saw a massive shift in how employees interacted with their supervisors. The typical day spent within the office, warehouse or manufacturing environment was replaced by remote access and Zoom calls. Many unfortunate employees found that their companies could not survive the upheaval caused by the virus and had to close their doors.

In addition to the changing economic conditions affecting workers, the endless hours spent at home and outside of the normal routines caused people to start re-evaluating their lives. The status quo they counted on, the very way...