Business

Asset finance provider, Ignition, has arranged a £60,000 Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS) loan to support the expansion of Brooklands Events & Marquees Ltd, enabling the business to take over the management of a well-established gardening festival.

The funding has helped Brooklands acquire The Garden Fest Co Ltd, the company behind Toby’s Garden Festival, which takes place annually over the early May bank holiday weekend at Powderham Castle near Exeter.

Founded 11 years ago by gardening broadcaster, Toby Buckland, the festival has grown into a popular fixture in the...

There's a strange pattern that keeps showing up with small businesses and their websites. They'll invest properly in the design, maybe hire someone decent to build the thing, and then sort of... leave it. Like a shopfront nobody sweeps. It seems like the assumption is that once a website exists, the work is done. But that's probably the bit where things start going sideways for most of them.

So here are a few of the more common slip-ups, and honestly, some of these are more surprising than they should be. A lot of businesses that are otherwise quite sharp still fall into these...

Exeter and the wider Devon region continue to grow as significant hubs for technical innovation, live entertainment, and high-end manufacturing. For operations managers and production professionals across the South West, the logistical challenge of moving sensitive equipment remains a top priority. Whether it is audio-visual gear for a festival at Powderham Castle or delicate laboratory instruments for the Science Park, ensuring items arrive in perfect working order is essential for maintaining business continuity.

Many procurement buyers often ask how to balance weight with...

Email spoofing remains one of the most common tactics used in phishing and cyberattacks. When attackers send emails that appear to come from a trusted domain, organizations risk brand damage, data breaches, and loss of customer trust. An Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record helps prevent this by specifying which mail servers are authorized to send emails on behalf of a domain. However, even small configuration mistakes can weaken this protection. That is where an SPF record checker becomes an essential tool for identifying errors and validating your email authentication setup.

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