Business

Marian Weston from Young Enterprise UK focused her In a Nutshell video on explaining how enterprise programmes could be beneficial for businesses. She talks about how enterprise education is a joint enterprise between educational establishments and businesses and how such initiatives help make the business world relevant to the daily lives of young people.

'The benefits for businesses is that by sharing their skills/expertise with students, they are helping shape the future workforce, while inspiring and motivating employees’ professional development' Marian explains.

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International businesses are postponing investment in Britain in the wake of EU uncertainty a new paper by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed.

The RICS EU Referendum Paper which examines the pros and cons of the UK remaining and exiting Europe includes new survey data showing that there has been a steady easing in international demand for UK office, industrial and retail property since the referendum was confirmed in Q2 2015. However, the demand indicator among international investors for South West commercial property shows 17 per cent more members...

The Heart of the South West LEP is running a series of free Pop-Up Business Cafés at established café venues across the area and will be coming to Exeter on 27th April at Fresha Cafe between 8am and noon.

They are informal events co-hosted with local business organisations offering one-to-one ‘no pressure, no sales pitch’ advice from volunteer business experts, White Bruce, Elm Hansard, Step Up Business, Coombe Reed Associates, Claire Cooper HR, Spring South West, Satellite Finance, Francis Clark Chartered Accountants, Stephens Scown, Plymouth Software, Hinkley Point Nuclear Power...

Halsall has expanded its South West reach with the opening of a new office at Exeter Business Park.

The company, which delivers construction services throughout the region across the residential, education, health and commercial sectors, will use the new office initially as Centre of Operations for residential construction and development in the Devon, Cornwall and South Somerset region. The opening of the new office coincides with the appointment of Patrick Kneafsey as Operations Manager who will lead Halsall’s operations team throughout Devon and Cornwall. Previously Head of...