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Why the Card Machine Is Now Part of a Shop's Branding

Walk into any well-designed cafe or boutique and you'll notice the owner has thought about almost everything. The counter, the lighting, the signage, even the font on the menu. Then you go to pay, and a scuffed grey card machine appears that looks like it belongs in a different shop entirely.

The Last Thing a Customer Touches Before They Leave

Most people pay and go without a second thought. But the payment moment is the final interaction a customer has with your shop, and it's the bit they walk away with. With 62% of all UK card payments made contactlessly in 2024, according to...

Food security conference confirms speaker

The Exeter Initiative for Science and Technology 2014 conference has announced a new speaker to its programme – Mark Shepherd, Branch Manager at Waitrose. Mark, who also acts as the Retail Lead on the Waitrose Local and Regional Sourcing working party will be speaking about sustainability and reliance upon localised production and sourcing in a ‘greedy’ world.

The conference, which is titled ‘the impact of data, science, and technology on food security and production’ is being held on 4th September at the University of Exeter Forum and aims to bring together leading figures from...

Exam success for Exeter-based accountants

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Fri, 08/15/2014 - 10:45am

Exeter-based Chartered Accountants, Haines Watts specialising in the owner managed business sector, announces Ryan Lewis (26) is now a fully qualified Chartered Accountant following successfully passing his Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) exams.

Recently, the Haines Watts group was voted ‘Accountancy Firm of the Year – Small, Medium Size Entities (SMEs’), at the annual Financial Directors (FDs) Excellence Awards. The award was announced on the back of the Haines Watts group winning ‘Auditor of the Year’ in the SME category for two consecutive years.

Patrick Tigwell,...

Burts Chips announces sporting partnerships

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/12/2014 - 3:20pm

Artisan snack producer Burts Chips has announced a series of sporting sponsorships for 2014 which will see the brand supporting sporting events.

Running throughout the current British Touring Car Championships (2014 season), Burts Chips is proud to be an official sponsor of the Motorbase Performance squad with branding for Burts Chips featuring across the Motorbase team helmet, along with prominent wing mirror branding of a touring car.

With 20.5 million UK TV viewers and 55 million people listening to the championships via the airwaves, the British Touring Car...

New business offers companies debt advice

Recently launched, 4Squared South West is a new business with its head office in Exeter, offering debt advice and insolvency solutions to companies across Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Although the 4Squared team specialises in helping all types of companies deal with debt and insolvency, they are on a mission to prevent such companies from getting into trouble in the first place.

Whilst working with individuals and sole traders to partnerships and limited companies, the 4Squared team has all too often witnessed people leaving it far too late to save their...

Kobashi Essential Oils invest in renewable energy

Scott and Lynda Ballard, owners of Kobashi Essential Oils in Dunsford on the outskirts of Dartmoor National Park, are living proof that personal experiences really can influence the way you approach your business. Scott's upbringing in 1970s America gave him first-hand experience of the desperate scenes that fuel poverty can evoke, which has ultimately driven the couple's determination to become self-sustainable at their business's farm and warehouse.

As a result the Ballard's have recently invested in a 61 kW ground-mounted solar PV system, designed and...

MBSS secures deal with Digby Park & Ride

Marsh Barton Security Services (MBSS) has secured a three year security contract with Digby Park and Ride, part of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital transport system to Wonford Hospital.

The three year contract will see MBSS supply security services at the site, which is used by a large number of hospital staff, patients and visitors throughout the week. The contract was signed when the previous three year contract between the two parties was deemed a success, due to the thriving relationship between the security team and the transport team at the hospital, as well as the...

New businesses offered a helping hand

One of Exeter’s busiest and liveliest networking clubs is extending a helping hand to fledgling businesses with a free membership offer.

Exeter Business Club, renowned for its mutual support and shared knowledge in its regular meetings and seminars, has decided to take on five new start-ups, waiving the membership joining fee for a year.

The club operates a one member one sector policy to ensure no competition between members and this rule would be applied to start-ups applying to join.

"It occurred to us recently that our members have a huge amount of combined...

Everys rural affairs team enjoy Honiton Show

Authored by Everys
Posted: Fri, 08/08/2014 - 8:09am

Everys Solicitors’ agriculture and rural affairs team were on hand to welcome existing and potential clients to the Honiton Show.

The firm set up its base amid the Honiton & District Agricultural Association’s 140-acre site in the heart of the East Devon countryside.

Invited guests were treated to a buffet lunch and afternoon tea, while glasses of Pimms, Otter ale and hot beverages were available throughout the day, along with face painting for children.

Everys’ investment management team also had a pitch and were serving up Pimms and canapés along with...

Rebrand for Exeter Peugeot dealership

Local Peugeot Dealership, Truscotts Exeter, has been awarded Peugeot Business Centre status after delivering superior standards for customers in Exeter.

Truscotts Exeter, on Matford Park Road, had to achieve excellence across 35 specific business areas to be awarded the status and join a network of 88 other Peugeot Business Centres across the UK.

The Peugeot Business Centre scheme means that customers in Exeter, whether business or consumer, are guaranteed consistently high quality service. To make sure these service levels are maintained, every dealer is regularly reviewed...

Devon's businesses need to combat skills gap

Action is required to stem a skills crisis in the South West, warns new research today.

The Prince’s Trust and HSBC report suggests that 69 per cent of South West businesses believe a significant skills crisis will hit their organisations within the next three years while 43 per cent predict it will happen within the next 12 months. Two thirds of South West businesses surveyed fear skills shortages will halt the UK's economic recovery, while a third fear it would cause their business to fold.

The report, based on interviews with UK business leaders1 suggests that 81 per...

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