Chris Lorimer from South West Growth Service shares his advice on driving business growth with consultant support in Bitpod's latest In a Nutshell video.
“Business consultants can help bring additional expertise in areas where your business needs a boost - whether its defining the strategy, sales and marketing, operational improvement, or funding your growth. They will be able to offer a valuable alternative perspective and a good one will help you think strategically - moving you away from the detail of the day to day - and, ideally, holding you accountable for achieving long...
RSPCA inspectors are investigating after a dog was found dumped with a severely infected ear in Exeter.
The dog warden collected Trixie, who is thought to be a Staffie Sharpei cross, who was left tied up outside the One Stop Shop on Topsham Road. They contacted the RSPCA after she was found to be suffering from a skin condition and a really bad ear infection on September 4.
Trixie is now being treated at an RSPCA centre for her infection and investigations are underway into what happened to her. It is hoped she will make a full recovery and eventually be rehomed.
The Children’s Charity of Rugby, Wooden Spoon, and the Chiefs’ Charity, the Exeter Foundation, have joined forces to deliver a new Christmas Lunch with great food and excellent entertainment.
Taking place at Sandy Park on Friday 9th December, the event will include a three-course festive lunch, a guest speaker and comedian plus comperes former Chief Chris Bentley and former Bath and England player David Trick.
Tickets for this event are £55 and can be booked by contacting either the Wooden Spoon or the Exeter Foundation – devon@woodenspoon.org.uk or events@sandypark.co.uk
A group of 10 Devon businesses have been awarded funding to help them reach new audiences.
The latest round of Devon County Council’s Business Promotion Grant has been announced – providing up to £1,000 to cover exhibiting costs of attending trade shows or events.
The grant scheme, which is organised through the County Council’s Devon Delivers programme, aims to enable businesses to gain valuable exposure at high-profile industry events across the country, promoting them to national and international audiences.
Devon and Cornwall Police have launched Youth Week - a dedicated week of action aimed at tackling some of the issues young people encounter.
Each day will focus on a specific topic which will include drugs, sexting, internet safety, bullying, sexual consent and hate crime; and will provide help, support and crime prevention advice to young people at secondary schools and colleges across the region.
The campaign will be focused online to encourage engagement with young people and will be supported by local neighbourhood teams and community groups across the Devon and...
If you’re soon to be starting at The University of Exeter, you’re probably gearing yourself up for some fun and games during fresher’s week. Fresher’s week in Exeter is a huge affair, with students from all corners of the city hitting the town every night. If you’ve just happily accepted your offer from the University of Exeter and have your student accommodation all ready to move into, you’re probably feeling both excited and nervous at the same time. But, there’s nothing to worry about – fresher’s week is going to be the perfect time for you to make new friends and get to know people as...
Exeter Cathedral has announced the return of its popular team quiz night. Comedian and author Tony Hawks has once again agreed to host the event, which takes place on Thursday 13th October 2016 in the medieval Nave of the Cathedral. A regular on the Radio Four show “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue” and is author of several best-selling books, including “Round Ireland With A Fridge”, Tony will be pitting the assembled team's wits against one another from the pulpit. The Cathedral’s Development Director, Paul Courtney, said “After the success of last year we’re delighted that Tony has agreed to...
With increasing numbers of couples choosing to live together outside of marriage, a family law expert has turned his hand to writing to help unmarried couples understand their position better.
The resulting book, Living Together and the Law: A Guide to Cohabitation provides essential information for unmarried couples, whose rights when in a relationship or when separating are a conundrum - even for the legal community.
The author is David Cobern, Director and Shareholder with The Family Law Company in Exeter. David has worked in family law for 27 years and has a particular...
The new season begins at Exeter Racecourse on Thursday, October 6, the first of 17 racing fixtures that race through until May, and this year’s curtain raiser is a fundraiser for the charity Hannah’s Willberry Wonder Pony.
The charity was founded by 18-year-old event rider Hannah Francis who passed away in August just 15 months after being diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called Osteosarcoma.
A talented horsewoman, in 2015 Hannah had been accepted onto a Rider Development Eventing Pathway camp with the aim of upgrading her mare Mavis to intermediate level. Her...
Smokers across the country are being urged to take part in Stoptober (the mass quitting challenge from Public Health England (PHE) starting on 1 October) and join nearly 15 million people who have already quit.
Last year, out of the 2.5 million smokers who made a quit attempt, 500,000 people (20%) were successful; the highest recorded success rate and up from just 13.6% 6 years ago.
And the South West recorded one of the highest success rates from 18.7% to 15.5%.
This increase in successful stop smoking attempts reflects the high number of people using quitting aids...
