Business

An Exeter opticians is hosting a collection drive for old and unused glasses in aid of Vision Aid Overseas (VAO) throughout June. Specsavers, located at 247 Highstreet, is asking locals to search high and low for old pairs of specs, as staff aim to collect a record number of glasses for the UK-based charity. Specsavers Exeter store director Jonathan Baumber says: ‘We have a donation bin taking pride of place in store and our goal is to reach over 3000 pairs of glasses by July. We have invited local business owners, sportsmen, community groups and council members to come down and donate...

Following the announcement of strong year end results, Michelmores Solicitors has further strengthened its real estate and business teams with the appointment of Simon Rose as Head of Tax.

He joins from Nabarro where he chaired their International Tax Network and becomes Michelmores 62nd partner.

Simon Rose is a solicitor, Chartered Tax Advisor and an Associate of the Institute of Indirect Taxation with more than 20 years' experience advising on all taxes in relation to a wide variety of structures. He advises on UK and offshore funds in the real estate and private equity...

South West small businesses could be inadvertently damaging their growth prospects by paying accountants who aren’t even qualified, warns ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

The warning comes after research from cloud accounting software provider ClearBooksPro showed just eight per cent of small businesses considered an accountant’s qualifications when choosing one.

ACCA points out that there is no law preventing anyone from calling themselves an accountant, and that as a result small businesses could be unknowingly paying someone without the...

The Calista Group, a new renewables business operating from Uffculme, is celebrating after its leader, Paul Brown, Ex-Connaught regional director and green champion, has been shortlisted in the Entrepreneur of the Year category in the renewables industry’s equivalent to the ‘Oscars’, the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards.

Now in their fourth year, the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards celebrate the leading businesses, executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and campaigners from across the green economy, highlighting how these pioneers are driving the emergence of innovative and sustainable new...