The freelance economy is booming. More than half of all U.S. workers are freelancers, and that number is only expected to grow in the coming years. This shift toward a freelance economy has many positive benefits for businesses that embrace it, but it also comes with its fair share of challenges and risks as well.
To get the most out of hiring freelancers, you need to know both their pros and cons so you can make the right decision for your company going forward. If you’re ready to explore more about hiring freelancers as a business strategy, keep reading because we have some...
There’s still time to sign up for the fantastic city centre Santa Run - ensuring you kick off the festive season in style.
Organised by Exeter City Community Trust, the run, which covers 5k or 2.5k, is the perfect family event and a real seasonal spectacle, with hundreds of Santas of all ages taking over Exeter High Street. And it all takes place this Sunday <DEC 4>.
The first runners set off at 9am and you can run or walk for fun, for a charity of your choice, or you can raise money for Exeter City Community Trust and support our work in the community.
Illegal vapes with a street value of approximately £7400 worth has been seized from a store in Plymouth following an operation by Trading Standards and Devon and Cornwall Police.
Heart of the South West Trading Standards and Devon and Cornwall Police have visited a number of knife retailers as part of the Police’s Operation Sceptre campaign. Trading Standards were ensuring that traders were following age restrictions on knife sales.
Trading Standards also used the joint working opportunity to follow up on intelligence they had received regarding non-compliant vapes being...
The British Science Association (BSA) and the University of Exeter are pleased to announce that the British Science Festival will take place in Exeter across four days next September.
The Festival will be held between Thursday 7 and Sunday 10 September 2023, with events located across the city centre and university campus. A myriad of free events will be on offer for visitors from Exeter and beyond to attend.
Celebrating the 192nd anniversary of the Festival, and working in partnership with the University, the BSA will bring its flagship event to the South West for the...
More than 28 tonnes of carbon dioxide will be prevented from going into the atmosphere thanks to Devon County Council’s (DCC) eleven new electric vans.
It’s estimated that the vans, which were delivered last week, will each save 2.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
They are replacing diesel vans that had come to the end of their lives – they will now be sold at auction.
It’s all part of DCC's ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030 - between 2013 and 2020/2021 DCC’s carbon emissions fell by 53 per cent.
DCC’s target is to reduce carbon emissions by 70 per...
The Heart of the South West LEP has announced further funding to support the Heart of the South West Growth Hub in providing support to local businesses across Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay.
The Heart of the South West Growth Hub offers free, impartial, expert business advice, and has a range of programmes and grants available to help support businesses with growth, resilience, trade, marketing, recruitment, and more.
The Heart of the South West LEP has awarded £208,000 to the Growth Hub, to ensure its services continue from March 2023, providing certainty to local...
Staff from South Devon’s Buckfast Abbey have clubbed together to donate over 100 teddy bears to help comfort children experiencing distress caused by conflict, starvation or abuse worldwide.
Led by Buckfast Abbey’s Education Manager, Alison Gagg, the project has seen colleagues from across all the Abbey’s departments joining forces to collect soft, cuddly teddy bears over the summer months, ready to send to children in areas of conflict or crisis, such as Ukraine, Syria and Pakistan.
The Abbey’s congregation of bears was packaged up and sent to the small, Herefordshire-...
Exeter Science Park has further strengthened its management team with new appointments and promotions.
The appointments have been made across a number of areas of the organisation.
Matt Roach has joined Exeter Science Park as Head of Operations. Chartered accountant, Matt, who was formerly managing director of Exeter Airport for nine years, will be a key member of the science park’s leadership team. He will lead on the operational aspects of Exeter Science Park and will work collaboratively to develop and implement the organisation’s strategy for growth.
BOYS and girls from Devon who qualify for Santa’s ‘nice’ list will be able to meet him at a Christmas tree farm on the Devon/Somerset border next month (December 2022).
Father Christmas will be taking up residence once again at Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm this and next weekend (December 3 & 4 and 10 & 11) onwards with donations going to Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW).
Nick Hendy from Langford Lakes Christmas Tree Farm, which is based at Middle Hill Farm in Langford Budville, said: “We’re delighted this year to have Father Christmas with us once again on...
Aldi is supporting local charities, foodbanks, and community groups in Devon through its Emergency Winter Foodbank Fund this Christmas.
The supermarket’s Emergency Winter Foodbank Fund will see it donate £250,000 to help organisations as they prepare to face heightened demand on their services.
The fund builds on Aldi’s successful partnership with community engagement platform Neighbourly which enables all of Aldi’s 980 UK stores to donate surplus food seven days a week, all year round.
Aldi will also be introducing new signage in stores this Christmas to help...
