As a business owner, navigating the ups and downs of entrepreneurship on your own can be difficult. From financial challenges to marketing roadblocks, the obstacles can often feel impossible to get around. However, connecting with other business owners can provide the guidance and support that you need to overcome the hurdles and achieve long-term success.
The Power of Peer-to-Peer Support
Joining a business growth club and connecting with other business owners in a range of ways, such as networking events or support groups, can provide a wealth of knowledge and experience to you...
As spring approaches, you might want to start thinking about the work that needs to be done in your garden. The wet, cold weather may have prevented you from doing any more work towards the end of last year, and those jobs might have been slowly building up. By prioritising your work, ensuring you have the correct knowledge and tools, and even thinking about a few other factors you may be able to get your garden in peak condition, ready for the warmer weather and more time spent outside.
Increase your knowledge
If you aren’t familiar with many of the plants in your...
Children and young people, eligible for benefit-related free school meals, have the chance to take part in four days of exciting activities over the Easter Holidays.
Once again parents and guardians have the chance to apply for their child to take part in Devon County Council's (DCC) government-funded Holiday Activities and Food programme.
The programme, for eligible five to 16-year-olds, provides free activities and healthy meals during school holidays.
This year DCC has teamed up with more than 50 activity providers across Devon to offer a very wide range of...
Get ready to experience all your favourite 80s anthems and sing, dance and party along with the UK's award-winning and International A Capella super-group, The Magnets , presented by SS1 Entertainments.
The Magnets are the UKs No.1 A Cappella super-group featuring the hottest vocal and beatboxing talent on the international a cappella scene and London’s West End. The band have revolutionised British a cappella by combining virtuosic beatboxing with glorious harmonies, and have gone on to become a must-see act on the international music scene, playing festivals and theatres...
Home security is a very important part of keeping your family and belongings safe. Burglars are always looking around for vulnerable homes which is why taking measures to make your home less vulnerable by increasing the security system can help in keeping the burglars away.
In this blog post, we have listed down many effective ways through which you can make your home more secure and prevent burglaries.
From installing the right type of smart locks to security cameras and developing good home security habits, we'll provide you with all the knowledge you need to protect...
Outdoor retailer, GO Outdoors, has raised over £200,000 in funds for Mind, the mental health charity, through its winter hat campaign - #HatsOnForMind.
Kicking off in November 2022, the range of limited-edition hats were designed by a panel of GO Outdoors brand ambassadors, including TV presenters Julia Bradbury, Helen Skelton, Sean Fletcher, and ex-England goalkeeper David Seaman.
Available online and in GO Outdoors , Blacks , Millets and Fishing Republic stores, the business pledged to raise at least £100,000 to support Mind. To date, that figure has more than doubled...
After its sell-out success at London's Omnibus Theatre, Ella Dorman-Gajic’s Trade comes to Exeter Pheonix for one exclusive night on 6th April, as part of a UK Tour. Trade explores the fate of a young woman plunged into a perilous underground world, spanning post-war Bosnia to the UK.
Trade was awarded an OffComm by the revered OFFIE Awards, and was hailed as “a thought-provoking and purpose-driven play, portraying the traditionally victimised protagonist in a more realistic light, making her relevant and sympathetic” by North West End.
Exeter has been ranked the 5th best location in the UK for micro-businesses.
BusinessFinanced.co.uk said it set out to find and rank the places across the UK where there was the highest concentration of thriving microbusinesses and self employed people.
"Across the length and breadth of the UK, our nation’s history is marked by the creative and bold people who strived to establish their own business enterprise," said a spokesperson.
"But where is that happening now? Which towns and cities are the leading hotspots for entrepreneurs, startups and very small...
Award-winning travel blogger and digital content professional Claire Hall says that coworking has helped her branch out her business interests over the last couple of years.
She has been blogging for more than a decade through her Tin Box Traveller website which is one of the top-ranked family travel blogs in the UK.
Claire started her freelance career a couple of years after moving to Devon in 2015. With a background of more than 20 years in journalism and public relations, Claire set up her own business to support others with content for their websites and social media...
People invited to share their feedback in online survey
Devon’s health and care services are inviting feedback from local people on their experience of campaigns and messaging over the busy winter period.
Health and care services in Devon work together each winter to develop messages that support people to find the right service for their needs.
This includes how and where to find vaccination clinics, where to find urgent medical advice when you need it, and what to do when your child is unwell.
Dr Nigel Acheson, Chief Medical Officer at NHS Devon, said: “We...
