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Is Your Ecommerce Platform Holding Back Growth? 7 Signs It May Be Time to Migrate

For many independent retailers, an online store begins as a practical way to reach customers beyond the local area. A business serving Exeter and Devon can gradually attract buyers from across the UK without opening additional physical locations.

Growth, however, changes what a retailer needs from its ecommerce platform. A system that worked well for a small product range and a manageable number of weekly orders may struggle when the catalogue expands, traffic rises or new sales channels are introduced.

The difficulty is knowing when the platform has become a genuine...

Foot Anstey's Private Equity team sees significant rise in 2021 deal activity

The Private Equity team at Foot Anstey LLP reported a record level of activity for 2021, completing 30 private equity backed deals in the calendar year, despite continued turbulence and uncertainty. Highlights during this exceptionally busy period saw the team strengthen existing relationships with private equity firms August Equity and Livingbridge, and their portfolios, and support the Access Group on multiple acquisitions.

Private equity-backed buyouts and portfolio bolt-on acquisitions are a deep specialism for Foot Anstey's nationally focused private equity team and these...

BGF leads £2.5m investment round into sustainable female underwear brand, Stripe & Stare

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active growth capital investor, has led a £2.5 million investment round into sustainable female underwear brand, Stripe & Stare, alongside a consortium of high-profile investors. BGF provided £1.5 million of growth capital with the remaining amount coming from private backers, including Richard Longhurst, co-founder of Lovehoney and Sam Galsworthy of Sipsmith Gin.

Headquartered in Devon, Stripe & Stare was founded in 2017 by friends and business colleagues Katie Lopes and Nicola Piercy, with the aim of creating the most comfortable and eco-...

Devon start-up promises sustainable slumber

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/21/2022 - 7:08am

Eco Sleep London, a start-up from Plymouth has launched the UK’s first mattress company that ethically manufacturers mattresses and recycles customer’s old ones in a responsible way, ensuring none contribute to the 5.6 million that end up in UK landfill every year.

Founded by entrepreneurs Darren Lee from Plymouth and Mark Ward from Exeter, the Eco Sleep London collection is made in Britain. It uses100% recyclable materials, including re-engineered foam and use ‘EcoAdvance’ comfort technology.

As well as promising a super-comfortable space for sleeping, Eco Sleep London...

Trowers & Hamlins welcome new partner Charisse Crawford to Commercial Litigation team in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/20/2022 - 7:52pm

Top 40 law firm Trowers & Hamlins has bolstered its Commercial Litigation team in Exeter with new recruit, Charisse Crawford.

Charisse specialises in private wealth disputes and contentious asset protection issues including trust disputes, removal of trustees, removal of executors, financial abuse claims and Court of Protection work, contentious deputyship and attorney issues, claims between unmarried partners and the preparation of cohabitation agreements, claims against estates including will validity claims, the doctrine of proprietary estoppel, claims under the...

Entries open for unique awards that support the future of Cider in the UK

Authored by kath@raw
Posted: Thu, 01/20/2022 - 9:50am

Following the success of the inaugural Breakthrough Cider Maker Awards, entries are now open for 2022. These remarkable awards are free to enter and offer aspiring cider makers advice, guidance and guaranteed listings with the on and off trade.

The closing date for applications is 28th February.

Barny Butterfield, Chief Cidermaker at Sandford Orchards explains:”The Breakthrough Cider Maker Awards are nothing like any other cider competition. It’s the competition that I wish I could have won when I was starting out. Without a budget, without much help and support, it can be...

How do the best Forex robots work and where to find them

Authored by Frank Parker
Posted: Wed, 01/19/2022 - 10:52am

To ensure a profitable outcome from their trading sessions, people utilize different types of tools and strategies. Best forex robots are made to assist people as they trading by indicating the best time to open/close a particular trade. With forex robots, one does not have to spend a significant amount of time doing technical analysis because all of that is taken care of by the best forex robots available in the market.

How to find the best forex robots?

Differentiating between an average and a high-performance forex robot might get easier once we understand the...

Care home marketing strategies for 2022

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Wed, 01/19/2022 - 6:24am

2022 is here and the care home industry continues to boom. Now more than ever, it’s important to plan out your marketing activity and identify your main focus areas. In this industry, the emphasis is on the people. Families and residents. But how do you appeal to such a diverse target audience in a sensitive subject matter?

Read on as we guide you through some of our top tips for implementing a marketing strategy for your care home business this year.

  1. Have a clear strategy

Before we get into the specifics of how to put together a marketing strategy...

Launch of Devon’s £9.3m Community Renewal Fund programme

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/18/2022 - 6:11pm

Team Devon partners are embarking on the UK’s largest Community Renewal Fund programme.

Devon County Council’s successful bid on behalf of the Team Devon partnership to the Community Renewal Fund was announced by the Government in late November, with the £9.3 million funding allocation the largest in the UK for a single area.

The investment will support 13 innovative projects over the next six months, including a range of employment and training, environmental and community investment across Devon through to mid-2022.

In total, the £9.3m programme is expected to...

OnBuy reveals new Bournemouth HQ as it continues to drive the ‘Silicon Beach’ tech start-up scene

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/18/2022 - 5:12pm

UK-based online marketplace, OnBuy , continues to support the Southwest, announcing a deal for new office space in Bournemouth Town Centre.

The move follows an incredible year of growth for the eCommerce innovator, resulting in a need to scale up its headquarters to accommodate the influx of new employees joining the company. After a recruitment drive that mirrors its impressive company growth, OnBuy has seen its team expand from a humble few to more than 100 members. Furthermore, this number continues to rise after the launch of its employee equity scheme in December 2021,...

Government support and expert advice for tackling the talent shortage

Authored by Program
Posted: Tue, 01/18/2022 - 11:40am

A recent survey of the South West tech sector commissioned by Tech South West revealed that over half of tech companies in the region are finding it impossible or very difficult to recruit.

This is perhaps par for the course given the meteoric growth of the region’s tech sector, which has seen an increase in Venture Capital investment of over 500% since 2016 and a corresponding boom in job roles to fill.

Tech companies are also increasingly forced to compete with national companies for homegrown talent, as remote working makes it easier for people in the region to work for...

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