Business

An Exeter digital marketing specialist is aiming to help the city’s businesses make more from their internet presence having set up his own company.

Mark Worden, previously responsible for online marketing at city law firm Stephens Scown LLP and regional insurance company Cornish Mutual, has created MiHi Digital.

The company will offer assistance on all aspects of online marketing including website design, social media, search engine optimisation and online training courses.

Mark said: “More and more businesses in Exeter have embraced marketing their products and...

The UK's rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the year to September, remains at 2.7%. The rate is unchanged since August.

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), changes in the consumer categories used to measure the rate were relatively small compared with most months. The largest upward contribution came from air fares, though this was offset by a downward contribution from petrol and diesel prices.

Inflation as measured by the retail price index (RPI) fell by 0.1% to 3.2% from 3.3% in August.

The ONS said the latest...

An independent recruitment agency is toasting its on-going success after celebrating its landmark 25th anniversary.

Cathedral Appointments, based in Exeter’s Southernhay, opened in 1988 and specialise in providing permanent, temporary and interim staff across the region. Areas of expertise include Sales, Marketing, HR, IT, Engineering, Office, Manufacturing, Logistics, Accountancy, Financial Services, Legal and Executive Appointments.

The company began in a small office in Gandy Street in August 1988 after the Founder Directors, who had previously worked for a high street...

The Chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), Sir Merrick Cockell, addressed public service leaders from across Devon yesterday, saying that economic growth was being stunted because of the way Whitehall allocates and spends taxpayers' money.

Sir Merrick Cockell used his keynote address to local government leaders, councillors and public service leaders from across Devon to demand a radical overhaul of the way public money is distributed and spent to deliver a fair deal for English residents, boost economic growth and completely rewire a public sector which has become...