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Crowdcube opened and closed its own bid to raise £1.2 million today after taking just 16 minutes to hit its target.

This was 12 times faster than the previous record for the fastest crowdfunded pitch and set a world record for the fastest equity crowdfunding raise.

The crowdfund, hosted on Crowdcube’s own website, followed the announcement last week of £3.8 million of investment from venture capital firm Balderton Capital.

141 investors backed Crowdcube’s Series B round of crowdfunding. The average amount invested was more than £8,500.

Darren Westlake, CEO...

Award winning digital agency WNW Digital formerly known as WNW Design, has relocated its headquarters to the hub of Exeter business centre in prestigious offices in Dix’s field, having left its Exmouth base after eleven years.

The new offices will bring us closer to the majority of our clients and enable us to attract more of the high calibre staff we require to support our clients in the future.

The change of name is being made to better reflect the range of services WNW Digital offer, design being only one element of the digital toolbox. The re-brand and relocation of WNW...

Leading property consultancy JLL is warning that a continual lack of available industrial and distribution space in Exeter and the region is curbing economic growth.

JLL’s Exeter team has been inundated by enquiries from businesses seeking commercial space to grow their operations, but it does not have the supply to meet the demand.

According to the firm’s latest figures, Exeter, by example is currently operating at less than two per cent availability, compared to three per cent last year. In previous years, the figure has been as high as 15 per cent of industrial property...

Exeter’s Matford Green and Marsh Barton motor dealership hub has taken pole position in the South West automotive sector boasting the biggest concentration of facilities in Europe, according to sector experts Colliers International.

The joint agents appointed to market Matford Green Business Park are reporting a surge of enquiries for the 27 acre business park.

Will Jolly from Colliers International's Automotive and Roadside team said: "Exeter has become the hub for dealership operations in the South West and now comprises the biggest grouping of facilities in Europe with...