business advice

Help to Grow: Management Course

Help to Grow: Management Course - Exeter

Event Date: 
30/01/2023 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park
Help to Grow: Management is a 12-week practical management training course designed to support senior managers of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to boost performance, resilience, and long-term growth.

Delivered by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), Help to Grow: Management offers short, focused sessions to allow you to complete the course alongside running your business. The programme combines online sessions with face-to-face learning, alongside peer support and mentoring.

SMEs may be from any sector but must employ 5-249 people and participants must be...

New Exeter offices for PKF Francis Clark

Authored by Proteus
Posted: Thu, 07/20/2017 - 10:17am

Leading chartered accountants and business advisers PKF Francis Clark have announced that they are relocating their Exeter operation to larger premises in November.

160 staff members will move to Peninsula Business Park, Exeter, just a stone’s throw from the firm’s current premises at Vantage Point on Pynes Hill. The new office building will be renamed from Argal House to Centenary House.

The move has been prompted by year on year growth for the UK Top 20 accountancy firm which now has 8 offices across the South and South West of England of which Exeter is the largest. In...

Free Business Advice with Cartridges Law Business Hub

Event Date: 
12/07/2016 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Looking for business advice with the personal touch? Come and drop into Exeter Library on the second Tuesday of each month 4-6pm to network, get advice on starting or growing your business or developing your business idea from our range of expert business advisors.Cartridges Business Hub in collaboration with Exeter Library is providing a regular drop-in business advice service to businesses starting up or growing on the 2nd Tuesday every month from 4pm to 6pm.

Cartridges Business Hub gives you access to free initial business advice and signposting to a range of vetted and trusted...

Business Hub provides workshop to Royal Marines Charity

Authored by khulland
Posted: Sat, 03/05/2016 - 9:51am

Following the success of last year’s event at the Royal Marines Commando Training Centre, Cartridges Business Hub provided a further workshop to The Royal Marines Charity to assist in their transition as they leave the Marines and look into other career options, for many this is setting up their own business using the skills learned whilst serving. The Royal Marines Charity inspires business to support Royal Marines in need whilst they are serving, in transition to civilian life and thereafter aspires to:

  • Support any Royal Marine whose military career has ended prematurely
  • ...

Free E Devon business advice event

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Thu, 09/10/2015 - 9:51am

The first business advice event run as a joint venture by the Honiton Chamber of Commerce and the East Devon branch of the Federation of Small Businesses looks set to be a great success.

27 confirmed exhibitors will be available at ‘Honiton Together for Business’ on September 24 at the Beehive to offer expert advice to attendees, including Beviss & Beckingsale, EDDC, Cosmic, Hours4Work, Trading Standards, Workways, Archant Media, Thomas Westcott, Carter Dawes, BIP and Dimonds, as well as FSB and the Honiton Chamber.

Colin Wright, Chairman of Honiton Chamber said: “We’re...

Honiton Chamber and FSB announce joint business advice event

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Tue, 06/23/2015 - 2:41pm

Honiton’s Chamber of Commerce and the East Devon branch of the Federation of Small Businesses have joined forces to put on a free business advice and networking event at the Beehive in Honiton, and they are looking for exhibitors to take part.

The ‘Honiton Together’ event on September 24 will see representatives from local banks, accountants, law firms, printers and other organisations coming together under one roof to give advice on a variety of issues from setting up a business to corporation tax, business banking and support services.

Event organiser and Chairman of...

Inspiring business advice from 373 Group

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 06/17/2015 - 6:33am

The next networking event of the 373 Group on July 2 looks set to offer inspiration and advice for SMEs in Mid and East Devon.

The Creation Station founder Sarah Cressall will be giving her take on how to achieve success without losing yourself. Sarah founded her franchise business, which focuses on nurturing creativity in children, after she realised parents needed support to enjoy creative time with their children. 13 years down the line, her company has over 80 franchisees and has won many awards, encouraging many other mums to build up their own businesses.

In addition...

Free online digital resources

Online marketing company, Loop, has launched a host of digital marketing resources that local businesses are able to access and use for free.

The Loop team has created an entirely new area on their website – called Your Content Central – which houses everything from e-books and films to cheat sheets and how-to guides.

Each resource has been written and designed by members of the Loop team, with the aim of offering insightful and useful online marketing tips and tricks for businesses of all sizes.

Creating Your Content Central has also proved an opportunity for the...

How resilient is your business?

Event Date: 
17/07/2014 - 7:30am to 9:00am
Venue: 
Southernhay House, Exeter, EX1 1NX

Do you know how well you would face adversity as a leader?

Do you know how you would react under the pressure of failure?

Business leaders in our very turbulent world need to be able to react to both positive and negative situations. They need to be resilient in order to take their organisations through difficult environments and situations and yet they need to be clever enough to know when to change direction.

This session will allow you to understand the importance of resilience to a leader. It will look at how resilience and mental toughness work within an...

Masterclass series for small business owners

Speaking Success owner, Celia Delaney, is running a series of 6 masterclasses to help ambitious small business owners define their goals and achieve a greater level of business success.

Celia, who is known locally as Regional Partner for the Venus Awards, has also run her own business - Delaney & Hart Ltd - successfully for the last three years.

Responding to demand, she has crafted a Masterclass Series, which will see an exclusive group of local businesses come together to receive insightful business advice and peer support to enable their business to grow.

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