Technology has completely revolutionised how we conduct business, but the crux of the problem with this technology is that it is forever changing. You need to keep up with the times and the current trends as a business in order to succeed. You need to be able to manage your business better and offer your customers excellent service they are starting to expect. You need to have these five technologies in your business in order to succeed:

Faster More Efficient Payment Methods

Very few people carry cash on them anymore, but that does not mean you should ever be losing out on...

Eight races at Exeter’s penultimate meeting of the season today begin with the first division of the 188Bet Handicap Hurdle where Victor Dartnall’s good run of form could continue with Ambion Lane.

The well bred eight-year-old has pulled up on his last three starts but drying ground could see a turnaround in his fortunes, with the Jeremy Scott-trained Gonnabegood also likely to benefit from better going, while the Laura Young-trained Admiral Blake was running a big race at Taunton last month until falling two from home. If he’s not the worse for that, and reproduces that same form...

Experts from the University of Exeter will bring their research out of the laboratory and into city watering holes, as the world’s largest festival of public science talks arrive in Exeter.

Pub goers will hear talks on everything from habitable exoplanets to online social identity detection at the three day Pint of Science festival. Local researchers will take to the stage as Exeter joins more than 100 cities around the world who will be taking part in the global event from the 14th-16th May. Tickets are now on sale .

The international, three day event will see thousands of...

Many people perceive diversity as a box-ticking exercise by organisations that is used to promote fairness and equality. You will already be familiar with the term diversity; you may have seen it in the many job advertisements published in newspapers and websites, but the benefits are very real and far-reaching.

Diversity holds many different characteristics under its umbrella. The most talked about are race, ethnicity, disability, gender and sexual orientation, but there is far more to diversity. Diversity is about inclusivity no matter where you are from or your life experiences...

Every third Monday of the month Shelly Tobin, Costume Curator at Killerton, and her assistant Charlotte Eddington, open their workshop door to the public, giving them an insight into the largest fashion collection in the National Trust. Visitors can gain exclusive access to part of the Killerton fashion store, handle some items in the study collection, take a guided tour of the current fashion exhibition Branded: fashion, femininity and the right to vote and enjoy a chat over tea and biscuits. Shelley Tobin, Costume Curator said: ‘We are really excited to be offering this opportunity to...

Emerging theatre company Get Out Of My Space, in collaboration with Theatre with Teeth, will be taking over Exeter's historic Poltimore House with new production Umbra, an immersive theatrical experience inspired by Woyzeck, Christian Shaw and the Peaky Blinders opening this May. Stepping inside the crumbling hallways of Poltimore House, audiences will be taken back to 1919 and immersed in a dark world of drinking, religion and organised crime as twisted demonic forces gradually worm their way into the minds of its inhabitants.

Featuring an ensemble cast of vividly realised...

Exeter-based Lightfoot, the connected car technology company that rewards better drivers, today announces that it is the first recipient of a £1 million Innovation Loan from Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency. Lightfoot will use the loan to develop its technology and driver rewards platform towards a consumer launch later this year.

Often described as ‘the Fitbit for cars’, Lightfoot is a device that helps users maintain a smoother driving style, enabling them to stay within the engine’s efficiency sweet spot. Lightfoot also incentivises drivers by offering them access...

Have you had your current car for a while now and want to spruce it up a little without having to make a lot of expensive modifications? Then you have come to the right place! What’s great about customising your car is that it really does not have to cost a fortune and there are lots of little things that you can do to make it almost feel like new.

For more information on how you can customise your car to suit your personal style from private number plates to customised seat covers, carry on reading!

Insert A Built-In Visual Display

If you are driving a slightly...

Harmonie-Rose Allen is helping to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of meningitis on World Meningitis Day.

The four-year-old from Bath, contracted meningitis when she was 10 months old, and sadly lost all four limbs to the disease.

However, she hasn’t let her tough start in life dampen her spirit, as she confidently stars in Meningitis Now’s new awareness video.

Harmonie-Rose can be seen introducing herself and listing the signs and symptoms of meningitis, before stardom gets too much and she needs to have a little lie down!

The video aims to inform...