Business

Savers who are anticipating the launch of the Nisa on July 1st shouldn’t forget the other options available to them to save tax, says leading wealth manager Brewin Dolphin.

“It’s possible to shelter many more of your assets from the taxman than most realise, as long as you remember to put together all the pieces of the tax jigsaw puzzle,” says Tim Walker, Head of Office at Brewin Dolphin. “While the increased flexibility and rise in Isa limits is welcome, it is also important that savers consider other forms of tax planning.”

Here are some tips to complete the jigsaw...

Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has become the first customer in the world for a brand new green product.

The compacted foam logs are made by a Plymouth company. Manuplas, based in Estover, manufactures a range of buoyancy and protection products for the marine, offshore, renewable energy, composites and leisure markets.

Paignton Zoo Environmental Officer Peter Morgan said: “I came across Manuplas at a National Industry Symbiosis Programme sustainability workshop at Paignton Zoo. Their work generates offcuts of plastic and foam. It costs them a lot to dispose of this waste...

A collaborative business start up support project with links to Exeter has been ranked as the top university business incubator in Europe and second best in the world.

SETsquared is a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which supports high tech start-up companies, providing student enterprise and enabling academics to maximise the impact of their research.

The ranking, published today by the University Business Incubator (UBI) Index, places SETsquared as one of the world’s leading three incubators, ahead of SCUT Science...

A team of people made up of members from businesses around Crediton have completed the Three Peaks Challenge, and attempt to walk the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours.

The intrepid adventurers have raised just over £600 of a £2014 target for The Devon Community Foundation.

George Clover and James Fyfe from Helmores Estate Agents, Chris Eaton and Sam Watkins from Viator Electrical Contractors, Colin Heard of Colin Heard Landscapes, Damo Cross of Colourburn, Barny Butterfield of Sandford Orchards and Graham Webber of GW Fitness completed the...