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How to become an ISA Millionaire

The traditional routes to becoming a millionaire – marriage, inheritance, the lottery or a genius business idea – might seem a bit fanciful to many of us but, with ISA season upon us, reports suggest that there may be many ISA millionaires in the UK already. In fact several ISA investors at Brewin Dolphin, through judicial investment directly in equities, have amassed ISAs worth over £1 million. Brewin Dolphin has 15 clients with ISAs worth millions each and 40 with ISAs over £750k; though these clients pursued a direct equity strategy and were certainly prepared to take risks. The total...

The Benefits of hosted email systems – In a nutshell

Authored by Bitpod
Posted: Tue, 02/25/2014 - 1:45pm

In this video local business expert Matt Barton from Ostrich It Services explains the benefits of using a hosted email system.

Matt explains why he thinks using a hosted email system is best and then goes onto describe the pro’s and cons of using a hosted email system to not using a hosted email system “But why should you pay for your email? After all isn't email free? Yes it can be free to you, but somebody has to pay for the service. Maybe you receive a lower level of service than you should? At the height of the Conficker virus in 2010 it was stated that up to 20% of all traffic...

Blue Chip Holidays Goes For Growth In East Devon

Authored by Ewan Davy
Posted: Tue, 02/25/2014 - 11:04am

Blue Chip Holidays, the South West’s largest provider of four and five star self catering holiday homes, has today announced the appointment of Mark Williams as Portfolio Development Manager with responsibility for property acquisition in East Devon.

Mark, who lives in Sidmouth, has over 20 years’ experience as a country homes agent in Devon and specialises in advising owners on property investment to help maximise returns.

Mark’s appointment is part of Blue Chip Holidays’ plans to increase its property portfolio in East Devon over the coming twelve months.

The...

The search is on for the region’s most promising start up

Is your fledgling food or drink brand the next big thing? The search is on for the region’s most promising start up

Four South West businesses have joined together to form The Seed Fund – a start-up business incubator designed to offer one young, regional food or drink brand the support needed to grow and build a future-proof brand. The 2014 Seed Fund launches this week and is calling for entries to find the next Pieminster, Weston’s Cider or Wyke Farms Cheese. Applicants should apply online at www.seedsw.co.uk before 14 March 2014.

Owners or managers of brands or...

Flybe considers £150m share issue

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Thu, 02/20/2014 - 1:03pm

Flybe is looking to raise up to £150 million though a share issue to invest in the group in a move announced today. The offer for 141,501,920 new ordinary shares, costing 110p per share is hoped to raise money for a new investment to improve the company’s customer services and infrastructure. The offer price is a discount on the closing mid-market share price on February 19 which stood at of 118.5p.per ordinary share. Flybe said that, funding raised by the share issue would be spent to improve the airline’s flexibility, strengthen its balance sheet and improve its product range and brand...

Exeter Law Firm Moves Forward With New Head of Insolvency

Devon law firm Kitsons has announced the appointment of insolvency specialist Andrew Pay as its new Head of Insolvency.

Andrew replaces Emma Davy as Head of Insolvency in the firm’s Exeter office with the role of leading Kitsons’ Insolvency Team, building on existing valuable contacts, driving expansion and developing relationships with new clients across the South West.

Formerly an Associate Solicitor with Ashfords LLP, Andrew has more than 10 years experience dealing with personal and corporate insolvency matters, as well as advising construction teams on issues such as...

Utilising your Linkedin Connections – In a nutshell

Authored by Bitpod
Posted: Wed, 02/19/2014 - 6:26am

In this latest In a nutshell video local business expert Chris Wood at Q Social Media discusses how to utilise your Linkedin connections.

Chris gives great advice on how to make LinkedIn work for you. He also explains the importance of using your connections to help your develop new connections. “Advanced People Searches -- you can utilise existing connections to introduce you to shared connections - people you don't know but that your connections do. Helping you to develop new connections. This will give you new opportunities to: Drive sales leads Be seen as industry experts...

Expert advice for innovative SMEs

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Tue, 02/18/2014 - 12:53pm

The Government is offering small and medium-sized high-tech companies free workshops to support their growth.

The workshops organised by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will highlight the government support available for cutting edge companies.

A range of tax incentives, grants and other support offered to help companies develop new technologies and industries could save local businesses money.

“Innovation lies at the heart of our culture. British ideas and inventions have helped shape our world, from the...

Switch Systems achieve certification in ISO 9001:2008

Switch Systems Ltd in Exeter have achieved Certification in ISO 9001:2008 which demonstrates their ongoing professionalism and attention to quality for themselves and their clients. It enhances their reputation even more and helps with tendering for new contracts.

Switch Systems Ltd is an IT company are located at 31-32 Southernhay East, in the centre of Exeter and are a team of dynamic young people individually very talented and completely dedicated to all things connected with IT. They have gained respect for their work with recommendations from Universities, Schools, Charities...

Perfect 10 for Sapphire team

Exeter’s leading kitchen and bathroom showroom has been awarded a perfect 10.

The highly respected Kitchens Bedrooms and Bathrooms magazine (KBB) recently carried out a secret shopper survey in the city and gave Sapphire Living Space top marks.

And proud owners Mark Newbery and Ross Pollard were delighted to be told that this was only the second time a maximum score had been achieved in the past 30 years.

Mark said the team had been flattered by the praise.

“It’s obviously great to receive such a high commendation from a respected and independent publication...

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