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The West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF), a membership trade organisation that is passionate about all aspects of aerospace and defence, has announced the South West’s first major Aerospace and Advanced Engineering networking event, post the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. The event will take place on the 7th of October 2021 at Westland Centre, Yeovil and invites as many Exeter based aerospace companies as possible to attend.

The SW Aerotech Expo will bring together keynote speakers, exhibitors, and visitors from across the aerospace and advanced engineering sectors, and its...

Businesses in the South West can now apply to The Heroes of Net Zero competition, launched by the Together for Our Planet campaign with partners BT, NatWest and SSE to find the UK’s best small businesses taking innovative steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The best entries will be invited to attend the COP26 international climate change summit in Glasgow on November 2, where the winners will be announced and receive an exclusive prize package worth £4,500:

• 21 hours consultancy with an Energy Manager and one-year free access to ‘Business Energy Intelligence’
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Are you looking for ways to take your mid-sized business to the next level? Then some solid marketing strategy is just what you need right now. Marketing is, of course, a very diverse term and can be confusing for a starter. So here are ten tried and tested ways that are actually helpful for mid-sized establishments:

Promotional Products

As a mid-sized business, creating brand recognition should be a top priority for you. Leading names such as Camaloon.co.uk can help you achieve just that. Start by creating some personalised merchandise that you can give out to your...

Before a trader goes into the market and risks his capital, one of the most important things he must do is understand his trading strategy. Looking back through historical trading data gives one an idea of how the strategy performed and if it can be replicated in future trades.

Backtesting refers to testing your trading strategy on historical data and analysing its performance over time. This will show where the strategy stood out and where it fell short. It helps to generate results and evaluate risks and profitability without the risk of losing actual capital. The idea of...