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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...

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BAM to build £50m research centre

BAM Construction has been appointed to build the £50 million research centre known as the Living Systems Institute, for the University of Exeter. The construction value is £32 million.

BAM has offices in the Devon city and will use a predominately local supply chain to deliver the new building.

The centre will bring together mathematicians, scientists and engineers in a bid to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of human, animal and plant diseases.

It will consist of two linked buildings on a split level site, with a tower block nine storeys...

Michelmores lawyers ‘Leaders in their Field’

Thirty-six lawyers at Michelmores LLP have been singled out as "Leaders in their Field" by Chambers & Partners, one of the highest regarded directories in the legal market.

The total shows an increase of five over last year and six of those to achieve this exceptional professional accolade do so for the first time. These include litigator Sarah Chisholm-Batten, education experts Antony Power and Charlotte Antoniou, property law specialists Emma Honey and Lucy Smallwood and property litigator Rob Nicholson.

Louise Edwards, Marketing Director, said: “We are delighted that...

Michelmores celebrates Best Companies Award

For the second year running law firm Michelmores is celebrating a 'One Star' accreditation in the prestigious Best Companies Awards, which are recognised as the 'Michelin stars' of the business world. The ambitious firm is one of only 20 Law Firms to be listed in the Best Company Guide 2014 scoring well in the competition on its levels of engagement with staff, its commitment to personal growth and how the firm’s employees think Michelmores puts something back into society. The news coincides with Michelmores announcing that all of its trainees have opted to stay with the firm, having...

Independent brewery takes special delivery

Some of the team at Exeter Brewery were on hand to take delivery of an exciting new piece of kit.

The 20 brewery barrel fermenter with a 4,000 litre capacity is made in stainless steel, and has been manufactured in the UK to a bespoke design.

Now taking the total of fermenters at their site on Cowley Bridge Road, Exeter to five, it will be used to brew their full range of seven beers including award-winning ales.

The brewery distributes to around 400 customers across Devon and more recently into parts of Cornwall and Somerset, with around 75 per cent of its beer...

Tourism businesses invited to Devon's Crealy

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park invites staff and family members of local tourism-related businesses, including holiday parks, hotels, guest houses, B&Bs and tourist information centres to its Annual Tourism Weekend on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July.

The Park has made a significant investment into the business and tourism industry with its continual effort to improve the offering to its local guests and to attract more visitors to the South West.

Local tourism partners will have the chance to network and meet other like-minded local business associates, looking to...

As Nisa day approaches, don’t forget the rest of the tax ‘jigsaw puzzle’, says Brewin Dolphin

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...

Exeter businesses at capacity

The latest Exeter Business Survey, carried out by Exeter Chamber of Commerce, shows the highest number of Exeter businesses working at capacity levels since March 2008.

In addition to this, members have also reported the highest level of business confidence since September 2007.

Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with the Bank of England, on 26 June 2014 to report the findings of their Business Survey, for the last quarter.

The Business Survey also shows that investment has increased in the last quarter with 53% of members investing in their company, up 10...

Zoo first for eco product

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...

Leading lawyers to mentor young entrepreneurs

Staff from one of Devon and Cornwall’s leading legal firms will be volunteering as mentors to young people starting out in business, through the New Enterprise Allowance scheme.

The mentors include lawyers from a variety of disciplines including property, dispute resolution, renewable energy and employment law, as well as specialists in marketing, finance and IT from Stephens Scown LLP. The mentors are drawn from the firm’s three offices in Exeter, St Austell and Truro.

The New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) scheme is available to people under the age of 30 who are out of work...

Collaborative Exeter University business support project named Europe's number one

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...

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

BAM to build £50m research centre

Michelmores lawyers ‘Leaders in their Field’

Michelmores celebrates Best Companies Award

Independent brewery takes special delivery

Tourism businesses invited to Devon's Crealy

As Nisa day approaches, don’t forget the rest of the tax ‘jigsaw puzzle’, says Brewin Dolphin

Exeter businesses at capacity

Zoo first for eco product

Leading lawyers to mentor young entrepreneurs

Collaborative Exeter University business support project named Europe's number one

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