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How better packaging can reduce product returns

When people order something online, they expect it to arrive in perfect condition. A damaged item can quickly turn a happy customer into a disappointed one. Product returns cost businesses money, take up valuable time, and can harm a company's reputation. While many factors affect return rates, packaging is often overlooked. Good packaging protects products, improves the customer experience, and reduces the chance of items being sent back. Investing in the right packaging is a simple step that can make a real difference for businesses of every size.

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Hundreds of businesses not yet applied for Covid-19 funding

Hundreds of businesses in Exeter invited to make a claim for a grant to help them through the Coronavirus outbreak have yet to do so, Exeter City Council has revealed.

The Council is helping distribute £25 million of government funding in the form of either Small Business Grants or Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants.

Last week, the Council wrote to 2,000 businesses in Exeter inviting them to make a claim.

And on Thursday evening, only around a third to a half of those businesses eligible had responded.

City Council Director Bindu Arjoon said they...

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Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

Laid-off Devon tourism workers asked to take Care jobs in COVID-19 crisis

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Thu, 04/09/2020 - 3:46pm

DEVONIANS laid-off or made redundant from tourism, hospitality or catering roles due to restrictions and business closures related to the Coronavirus are being asked to become carers (April 2020).

As COVID-19 cases rise, Devon’s homecare service providers, who are at the frontline like other healthcare professionals, are urgently seeking more staff to care for the vulnerable and elderly.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which has teams operating in Exeter and surrounding areas, said: “Approximately 49,000 people normally work in Devon’s tourism industry...

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Guardian Homecare Manager, Catherine Porter.

Guardian Homecare helps those unemployed and laid-off due to COVID-19 back to work

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Wed, 04/01/2020 - 3:51pm

AN EXETER care agency is offering to take-on those unemployed and looking for work due to business closures following the Coronavirus crisis and to re-train them as qualified home carers (April 2020).

Guardian Homecare needs hundreds of new staff to help boost its teams, so it can shield the vulnerable and elderly it looks after and keep them safely at home.

Catherine Porter, Manager for the service provider, which operates in the Exeter and surrounding areas, says: “We’re currently coping very well, and our teams are fulfilling their roles as normal. However, as frontline...

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Workplace fatalities increase - how safe is your business?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released their key accident figures for 2018/19. They provide stark reading;

147 workers killed at work (an increase of 6 since 2017/18)

69,208 injuries to employees reported through businesses under the HSE reporting scheme RIDDOR

28.2 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury

£15 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2017/18)

The figures make it very clear how important it is that South West businesses maintain a focus on health...

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National accreditation for Exeter College counselling qualification

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Fri, 03/13/2020 - 11:39am

Exeter College’s Advanced Professional Diploma in Counselling Theory and Therapeutic Practice has been accredited by the National Counselling Society (NCS), providing professional backing to the Level 4 qualification being offered by the College for adult learners.

The accreditation means that the NCS, one of the country’s leading professional bodies in this area, has signed off on the teaching and learning on the qualification and believe that the course develops students who are safe, competent and ethical to practice counselling professionally.

As part of the...

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Family barrister, Elizabeth McCallum from Children in the Middle

Put children first on Mother’s Day

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:44am

MOTHERING Sunday (March 22, 2020) can be difficult for parents who don’t live with or can’t be with their children and also for youngsters who are unable to be with their parents.

For mothers, or any parent, not seeing or having contact with their offspring on any special occasion may be heart-breaking but it can have a lasting detrimental impact on children.

Family barrister, Elizabeth McCallum, who is the co-founder of the Bristol legal service Children in the Middle, along with her fellow Exeter-based barrister Sarah Evans, says: “Despite the cards, chocolates, flowers...

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Mark Simic, partner at Exeter-based Simpkins Edwards LLP,

The Budget 2020: A shot in the arm for the economy

Commenting on the 2020 Budget Mark Simic, partner at Exeter-based Simpkins Edwards LLP, said: “In what was billed as a budget to vaccinate the economy, the Chancellor announced a series of measures to cope with the predicted fallout from COVID-19, which Chancellor Rishi Sunak described as a serious but temporary disruption.

“Alongside an ambitious program of long-term capital investment, a £30bn stimulus package was unveiled. Business owners concerned about staff being off sick and in self-isolation will have welcomed the £2bn set aside to cover the cost of sick pay for up to 14...

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Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

Students invited to fit care work around their studies

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 03/09/2020 - 11:26am

A SOUTH Devon care provider is calling for job seeking students in the Exeter area to get in touch as it has vacancies to fill this month (March 2020).

Guardian Homecare is looking for carers to join its teams that provide services in south Devon and says it can offer evening and weekend work to students looking to earn extra cash to fit around their studies.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, says: “We’re in urgent need of new carers to join our team and provide care to service users in the Exeter area and we can be very flexible in our approach, as care is a...

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Electrical wholesaler is finalist in national awards

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:09am

South West electrical wholesaler Devondale Electrical has been shortlisted in the 2020 Electrical Wholesaler of the Year Awards in not just one but two categories - Best Wholesaler 6-25 Branches and Best Individual Branch for the company’s Bideford Branch.

Devondale has been in business for almost 40 years and has grown to have nine branches across the region, supplying a huge range of electrical products to contractors large and small with a personal service backed by experience and expertise.

Managing Director, Paul Wood said: “Everyone at Devondale is delighted that the...

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Explore care roles at Proud to Care South West in Exeter on March 7

Explore care roles at Proud to Care South West in Exeter on March 7

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Wed, 03/04/2020 - 2:39pm

AN AWARENESS day run by Proud to Care South West is taking place in Exeter this weekend (March 7, 2020) to enable people to find out about care roles in the area.

The Proud to Care fair, hosted in partnership with Local Authorities and Health Education England, is at the Rougemont Hotel in Exeter on Saturday, March 7 from 10am until 3pm.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which operates homecare services across south Devon, says: “We heartily support and welcome the activities of Proud to Care South West, which is working at a regional level to raise the...

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