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Jamie Pelmear joins to open Foresight’s new Exeter office

Foresight Group (“Foresight”), a leading regional private equity and infrastructure investment manager, has announced the opening of its new office in Exeter and the appointment of Jamie Pelmear as Investment Associate.

Jamie joins the Private Equity team and will support the deployment and management of the Foresight South West Fund, which recently reached a second close at £100 million following investment from Devon Pension Fund and Avon Pension Fund. The Fund is dedicated to supporting the growth of SMEs across South West England, including Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset,...

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Unwanted tools to help change lives in Africa

Following the launch of RGB Building Supplies’ Tools for Africa appeal in January, the builders merchant is thanking trades and the community local to Exeter for helping to donate 15 bulk bags full of preloved tools which have been passed to Devon-based charity Amigos.

Amigos works closely with another UK charity called Work Aid, which will now refurbish the donated items before sending them to Africa. The tools will be used by young people so they can learn construction skills and help lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

For the past 13 years the charity...

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Stagecoach helps businesses bounce back with new tailored solutions to help employees, customers and the education sector

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/23/2020 - 11:26am

Stagecoach is helping businesses, the education sector and event organisers to bounce back from Covid-19 with a range of tailored solutions through a ‘one stop shop’ approach to help employers, pupils and customers.

As the UK comes out of lockdown, public transport continues to play a vital role in the country’s recovery ahead. As well as helping to restart the economy, it is vital in bringing normality back to many areas of people’s daily lives.

Covid-19 has brought about many societal changes such as home working, more targeted travel and more flexible working. A...

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The benefits of using packaging robots

Material handling robots make packaging applications easy. The Universal Robots are fitted with collaborative technology for automated bin picking ana packaging. The collaborative arms can perform different tasks in a production plant with precision.

Packaging, palletizing, bin picking and kitting applications make the processes easy to handle. The following are the benefits of using packaging robots .

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Some tasks in an industrial plant involve a lot of repetition, which can reduce the workers' motivation. Packaging robots perform these tasks instead...

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Employers urged to consider mental health as employees return to the workplace

Managing employees experiencing mental ill-health is one of the biggest challenges employers face and never more so than during the current pandemic which has produced for some employees a perfect storm of isolation from colleagues, family and friends, the pressures of managing home working and worries about the future.

Even before the pandemic, research in 2016 and 2017 found that 1 in 6 employees in the UK reported mental ill-health each week and a third of fit notes with a known diagnosis note mental or behavioural disorders as the reason for absence.

Employers will be...

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A Guide to Your First Marketing Campaign

A good marketing campaign could decide if the product or service you’re advertising is successful or not, so it’s useful to put the time in to ensure that you’re doing it correctly. Online marketing can be difficult and overwhelming for first timers, as there’s a lot of specialist terminology and jargon you have to navigate through and embarking on a campaign can perhaps be the most challenging. There’s a lot of things to consider, but with this guide to break it all down, there’ll be no reason why you can’t create a killer marketing campaign to boost your business.

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Is this a good time to invest in oil shares?

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Tue, 07/21/2020 - 11:34am

The oil market shows signs of recovery

Following a few challenging months, the oil market is showing signs of recovery. Will it last or will the aftermath of the coronavirus and Saudi Arabia-Russia oil war lead to another drop?

This question is not only important for Brent or WTI crude traders. The oil industry involves numerous companies and affects indices, oil ETF futures and many other financial instruments. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at what’s been happening in this volatile market, discuss what could happen next and then explain how it relates to oil...

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10 benefits of using free live chat software on your website

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Fri, 07/17/2020 - 6:10pm

Running a business online is all about being visible in the best possible way. Now, when we say the best possible way, it means that you are always available to engage with not only the existing but also the prospective clients . When you have a free live chat software on your website, you will be able to do just that. There are a number of reasons why your business needs the best free live chat software. Before we go deeper into the reasons, let us understand what free live chat actually is. This is a communication tool that is automated and your can use it to keep in touch with our...

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247 property auctions

New online property auction service launched in Exeter

Authored by SBS
Posted: Fri, 07/17/2020 - 2:21pm

A new virtual property auction facility has been launched in Exeter offering Westcountry based clients an exclusively online approach to buying and selling land and property.

247 Property Auctions is a RICS regulated firm of auctioneers and offers users a convenient and flexible approach to buying and selling land and property through its easy to use online auction platform. The 247 Property Auctions’ team also works directly in partnership with estate agents and commercial agents, enabling these businesses the opportunity to offer online auctions as an expansion of their...

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Future of Bitcoin in the UK and innovative blockchains startups

Bitcoin is a game-changer with its new innovative and kind of money. The concept started way back in 2009 and is still going strong. An anonymous person released it through the alias, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Bitcoin works like money but without the involvement of middlemen, or more specifically, banks. You can do almost anything with bitcoins that you can do with money. You can book hotels on Expedia or buy Xbox games with bitcoins. You can even purchase a property by a company called bitcoin real estate.

According to statistics , more than 100,000 merchants worldwide accept...

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Coinepro Review: The Investment Brokerage Platform

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 07/16/2020 - 11:29am

Prior to settling for an investment decision, a lot of factors must be considered to get the best profitable return on such investment opportunity. No investor goes into business to make a loss, but the challenge with investment is that once you don’t get your priorities right, it is inevitable to experience the opposite of profit. Before engaging in any investment or business, it is vital to have a prior and basic knowledge of the business and its profitability rate.

Every business venture is a risk, and any investor that cannot take or handle risk is not prepared for the...

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