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The UK’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, today unveiled plans to pioneer secondary liquidity and offer more investment opportunities in venture and growth-stage businesses as it moves to accelerate potential investor returns.

This follows recent news about the Company’s intention to raise over £5 million growth finance using a prospectus in its latest funding round, which will give the public the opportunity to invest alongside existing venture capital backer Balderton Capital. The Company, which has invited investors to register for early access to its raise, has...

EXETER’S Quay will be buzzing this August Bank Holiday weekend as it plays host to some of the world’s top climbers at a spectacular climbing competition.

Thousands of spectators are expected to attend the thrilling climbing event on the Quay - and if you fancy dropping off a seven metre wall into the canal - they’ll also be a chance for novices to have a go.

Quay Climbing is staging its third annual Deep Water Solo Festival of Climbing over the August Bank Holiday weekend; the event sees a temporary seven metre high climbing wall erected in the city’s canal basin.

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July is National Scams Awareness Month, an initiative by Citizens Advice which aims to empower UK consumers to get advice, report scams and tell others about their experiences. Call blocking specialists, CPR Call Blocker, is getting behind the initiative by highlighting the top telephone scams that are catching consumers out in order to ensure that people in Devon are not victims of financial fraud. Telephone scams continue to be the most prolific type of scam with Action Fraud reporting that 33% of scams take place over the phone followed by 16% through online sales, 13% on email and 7%...

Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez is giving eight local organisations new money to help child victims of sexual abuse and exploitation. Each will get a share of £140,000 provided by the Ministry of Justice to ensure practical and emotional support to victims. The awards have been made to: Children’s Society Devon Rape Crisis North Devon Against Domestic Abuse Tor Support Victim Support Spiral Pathways (collaboration involving CLEAR (Cornwall), Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, and Cornwall Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre) The decision to award funding to...