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Why UK Businesses Are Choosing Full Service Digital Marketing Agencies Over Multiple Freelancers

Hiring freelancers has never been easier.

Need someone to write blog posts? There's a freelancer for that.

Need Google Ads? Hire a specialist.

Need a designer? Find one in an afternoon.

On paper, building a marketing team this way makes sense. You get specialist skills, flexible contracts, and control over who works on each project.

Many businesses discover the downside once everything goes live.

The SEO consultant has one roadmap. The PPC specialist has another. The copywriter is working from a different brief, while the web developer...

University of Exeter Business School shortlisted fo­­r CMI Higher Education Partner of the Year award

University of Exeter Business School shortlisted fo­­r CMI Higher Education Partner of the Year award

The University of Exeter Business School is among the finalists for the Chartered Management Institute's prestigious HE Partner of the Year award 2021.

The Chartered Management Institute is the UK’s leading authority on management and leadership, working with business and education providers to increase the number and standard of professionally qualified managers and leaders.

Its annual HE Partner of the Year is a national award given to Higher Education partners who have made an outstanding positive impact on student experience, professional development and...

This Cornwall based company is looking to reduce our plastic waste

There are many excellent initiatives that businesses undertake to save the environment and create a sustainable space. Ecology-friendly items that reduce our carbon footprint are soon becoming the norm. Most eco-friendly companies are going out of their way to improve their products and promote sustainable products.

One such company is Circular & Co.

Cornwall-based Circular & Co believe that practical change in the right direction can help reduce plastic waste in the world. Waste dumping, landfills, and pollution are constant threats to the environment. To combat...

5 ways to use conversation intelligence to boost your customer engagement

Authored by Frank Parker
Posted: Thu, 07/01/2021 - 12:39pm

An organisation's profit depends on efficient customer engagement. After all, fully engaged clients bring a 23% bigger share in profitability and relationship growth.

To effectively acquire, convert and retain your customers and turn them into your brand’s dedicated advocates, you have to engage them.

Check out these top five proven tips on how to skyrocket your customer engagement!

  1. Make the best of conversational AI software

Traditional methods such as post-conversation surveys and NPS scores will tell you only part of the story, but using...

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SunGift expands commercial team to manage influx of largescale solar projects

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Thu, 07/01/2021 - 8:54am

We’re delighted to announce the addition of two experienced managers to our commercial team to streamline the handling of largescale solar projects across the UK.

New Contracts and Commercial Manager Tom Ransley brings a wealth of experience from his time in the construction industry where he worked in project management and operations in highways and maintenance, on projects ranging from pothole repair to £multi-million road improvement schemes.

After a stint with Bombardier in Austria managing electrical systems supply for trams, Tom returned to the UK and gravitated to...

Calling local business owners! University of Exeter Business School offers free support through Peer Networks programme

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/28/2021 - 8:11pm

Exeter's Business School is looking to recruit South West businesses for the Peer Networks programme, which will see their owners coached in a powerful leadership development method designed to build their resilience and help them adapt to the new economic climate.

The ‘action learning’ sessions will be free, as part of the government’s Peer Networks programme , funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and co-ordinated by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP).

The Business School has been commissioned to deliver the Peer Networks...

Four new Partners join Michelmores, boosting the Firm's national growth

Michelmores is pleased to welcome another four new Partners to the Firm, promoting Michelmores' investment in talent for growth and bolstering the Firm's Private Wealth offering across the UK. The recruits come hot on the heels of the recent hire of Christian Massey, who brings with him a breadth of experience across landed estates and rural property.

Through the recruitment of leading lawyers across the UK, Michelmores aims to extend its network of influence, and to offer its clients holistic and strategic guidance. Three of the new partners are women, adding strength to...

New Vice Chair appointed at South West Institute of Directors

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/28/2021 - 12:02pm

Steve Hill has been appointed Vice Chair of the Institute of Directors South West region.

Steve is a qualified Chartered Director and volunteer Ambassador representing the SME community in the region. He will support the transition to a new Chair later in the year when Muir Macdonald steps down after his three year term.

Steve started his career working for GEC Marconi in the 1980s. Having worked in a variety of roles he moved into project management and business leadership and also attained a post graduate degree in Project Management. In 2000 Steve took up his first...

More support needed for health at work post-pandemic if State Pension age is to continue to rise, experts warn

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 06/27/2021 - 11:04pm

New research by the Centre for Ageing Better and the Institute for Employment Studies has highlighted the challenges faced by employees with long-term health conditions, warning that more support is needed to help people manage their conditions in the workplace if the state pension is to rise further. With one in three workers now over the age of fifty, and one in five men and women aged 50-54 managing at least one long-term condition, poor health is by far the most common reason for people aged 50-64 to leave work prematurely. The Centre for Ageing Better says more action is needed to...

IWF welcomes Jurassic Fibre into membership bringing a safer internet experience to communities in t

IWF welcomes Jurassic Fibre into membership bringing a safer internet experience to communities in Devon

Award-winning Network Operator and Internet Service Provider Jurassic Fibre Limited (JFL) have joined the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) as Members. Their membership enables them to further enhance the security of their services, demonstrating how serious Jurassic Fibre are in protecting their customers, especially children, to keep them safe online.

JFL in the south west of the UK is a new alternative fibre-optic network. As similar networks are rolled out across the UK, implementing IWF tools and services to block access to child sexual abuse material is essential.

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