Hundreds of businesses in Exeter invited to make a claim for a grant to help them through the Coronavirus outbreak have yet to do so, Exeter City Council has revealed.
The Council is helping distribute £25 million of government funding in the form of either Small Business Grants or Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants.
Last week, the Council wrote to 2,000 businesses in Exeter inviting them to make a claim.
And on Thursday evening, only around a third to a half of those businesses eligible had responded.
All businesses in Devon and Somerset can now access regulatory advice free of charge until the end of July.
Devon Somerset & Torbay Trading Standards offers an award-winning regulatory advice and support service, and to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic that advice is now free.
The service’s specialist team of officers can provide advice on all aspects of trading standards law.
This includes helping businesses to diversify into different areas and develop a different business model that could operate during the government’s current lockdown...
Jannes Kirsten knew he was joining a quality team when he swapped life at the Bulls for a new start at the Exeter Chiefs last summer.
However, the imposing South African admits his new start in England has surpassed even his own expectations and that life with the Chiefs has proved a smash hit for him, on and off he field.
Just days after agreeing to extend his stay at Sandy Park for the foreseeable future, the 26-year-old forward is already looking to the future and the part he hopes to play in helping Rob Baxter’s side when they return to competitive action.
The recently-appointed chairman of the Forestry Commission, Sir William Worsley, has spoken of the importance of maintaining the timber industry for its essential role in supply chains during the coronavirus lockdown.
Sir William has outlined his views in a blog published on the Forestry Commission website .
Keeping the timber industry operating is important because it produces items such as pallets that are vital to be able to transport goods such as food to shops and medicines, as well as fuel for homes and businesses.
You are probably well versed with placing sports related bets and wagers, if you have been doing so for any length of time, but if you are part of the Gamstop scheme then you will no longer be able to place any type of bet at UK based and licensed bookies sites, for that scheme is a UK betting industry wide self-exclusion scheme that has helped many punters kick their gambling habit.
However, for the many people that have signed up to Gamstop but have always regretted doing so, never forget that being only a UK wide scheme, if you do want to bet again online all you will be...
Remodelling your home is a great way to make a property your own. With the opportunity to strip back a house and enhance its structure, you can make it infinitely more functional and even more visually appealing. To get the most out of your renovations, however, careful planning is required. If you want to ensure your remodel goes without a hitch, be sure to bear these three things in mind…
1. Get to know the space
Many people decide to renovate a recently acquired property before they settle into their new home. This can certainly be advantageous, as it means you won’t...
There are many different styles of play when it comes to sport all around the world. This is because every country has their own ideas about how to organise and regulate the competitive professionals who compete every year. In England, a method called the pyramid system is used for football.
If you haven’t ever heard of this one before it might be pretty confusing to you. There are several things to understand, and we’re going to be looking at all of them here and now.
How Does the System Work?
So how does the English football league pyramid work? Well, try and...
One of the most frequently asked questions in the vaping industry is: "What is the best vape juice?". If you ask hundreds of different people who vape every day, you will end up receiving hundreds of different answers.Here's the trick: Using things like popularity, reviews, the number of times e-juice is purchased, etc., you can assess whether a flavor is considered one of the best vape juices in the industry dank vapes.
We have compiled a list based on our own data we received from the years we sold vape juice and Dank carts , and with this list, we can show you what some of the...
Mortgage Advice Bureau has released its top money saving tips to help people manage their finances during these unprecedented times we’re living in.
Some of the money saving tips include potentially pausing your Sky Sports subscription (don’t worry, live sport will be back soon!), freezing your gym membership and finding cheaper energy tariffs through online tools such as Look After My Bills . You can read the top 10 tips here .
As part of the initiative, Mortgage Advice Bureau has also launched a new calculator tool to help people work out their new salary and income if...
With lockdown only set to continue, bolster yourself with a few good reads…
We've selected five of the best new books out right now including The Address Book by Deirdre Mask which uncovers what the humble address reveals about us in a multitude of ways – from how we perceive and make sense of our world, through to what constitutes a social legacy, and on to the very timely usefulness of the address in helping us deal with epidemics
