Business

Businesses in Devon have the opportunity to apply for Devon County Council’s Business Promotion Grant this month.

Grants of up to £1,500 are available through the scheme which aims to help companies who are looking to promote their products and services to wider audiences.

The funding, which is offered through a competitive bidding process, is to help local firms cover their exhibiting costs at high profile UK trade shows and events. Applications need to be submitted by noon on Monday 20 May 2019.

More than 40 companies have so far benefited from the funding scheme...

With growing competition between online and shop-based sales, it is increasingly important that physical stores maintain their appeal. A shop should not only be a place that a customer needs to go but also a place that they want to visit. One of the major benefits a store has over a website is that it is able to showcase items to customers that may have otherwise not been considered. While enjoying the atmosphere and design of a shop, people are likely to associate positivity with a brand or pick up an unexpected item. This is why your store design is important and should serve to...

A local digital marketing agency will be hosting a free event next month for tourism business owners who are looking to make the most of the region within their marketing.

The event, to be held on Tuesday 9th April 2019, will focus on how Devon and Cornwall tourism businesses can tweak their current promotional activity in order to drive extra bookings and enquiries.

Now in its sixth year, MiHi Digital has already helped a number of award-winning regional tourism businesses to improve their digital marketing, and will be sharing their specialist insight at the event, along...

Jamie Bartlett, journalist, BBC presenter and author of the famed work, The Dark Net, will be visiting Exeter on Wednesday 6 March to present to business owners at a free to attend event.

Jamie is the keynote speaker at the south west-based Bluegrass Group’s one-day conference, "Protect, Detect, Mitigate", during their Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) .

An engaging speaker, Jamie will be giving delegates an insight into the digital underworld and the real threat to SMEs. Having interviewed trolls and pornographers, drug dealers and hackers, political extremists and...