Business

Following completion of the CILEx Apprenticeship Scheme, Ashfords is thrilled to announce that five of their promising and enthusiastic apprentices, who joined the firm in September 2016, have been offered full-time positions at the firm.

Ashfords started their apprenticeship scheme in 2016 and its success means that the firm now looks forward to welcoming new apprentices each year, bringing with them a wealth of enthusiasm and passion to learn while they start developing their careers.

Ken Bryant, Head of Human Resources at Ashfords, commented: " Our apprenticeship scheme...

More than 150 companies from across Devon are expected to attend a special business day focused on achieving greater growth next month.

The Growth Day run by Fast Track to Growth is being held at Rockbeare Manor near Exeter on Wednesday 18th April.

The day will be packed with business advice, expertise and support with workshops, presentations and 1-1 sessions on topics including social media for growth in 2018, cloud, apps and productivity, useful tax and compliance tips for start-up businesses, GDPR, brand protection, developing a winning culture for growth and being...

New research* from the region’s leading cyber security compliance specialist, Exeter-based Securious, has revealed that fewer than 5% of the region’s largest businesses have achieved Cyber Essentials, the minimum level of cyber security compliance set out by the Government.

Created to help businesses demonstrate that they have technical and organisational controls in place to defend against the most common and unsophisticated forms of cyber-attack, Cyber Essentials also helps businesses meet their GDPR requirements.

It enables businesses to demonstrate that they have...

Onelife Training UK Ltd, based in Marsh Barton in Exeter, has launched their first Parent First Aid course. The company have been teaching first aid, fire safety, health and safety and a whole range of courses for many years, and celebrate their 10 year anniversary in October of this year.

Their first aid in the workplace or Parent First Aid course is aimed at parents, grandparents and carers of children and babies and covers very topical areas such as basic life support, choking, meningitis and childhood diseases. The course is being held at the company’s training centre in...