Lisa Singleton, the owner of graphic design company, Zebra Design, based in Tedburn St Mary, is thrilled to have won the Natwest Venus Award Devon for Home Based Business and picked up her award at a glittering ceremony last week. The successful evening was held in the Great Hall of Exeter University and was hosted by Tara Howard, founder of the Venus Awards and Celia Delaney. Tara Howard, Managing Director of Langtry Manor Hotels, started the awards to celebrate and recognise the growing number of women in business and take place currently in Dorset, Southampton, Brighton and Devon but...
Devon businesses are being offered a unique opportunity to showcase their products and services at Sandy Park, the home of the Exeter Chiefs.
The day will feature seminars, workshops and 40-plus exhibitors.
Speakers already confirmed include the rugby club’s head coach, Rob Baxter and the founder of The Exeter Daily, Marc Astley.
The aim of the event, called b2b@Sandy Park, is to provide a forum that will help businesses to not only engage with each other but also develop and grow.
Bev Gratton of Sandy Park said: “Although there is a vibrant business...
Westpoint Arena in Exeter is pleased to welcome back award-winning, “Ecobuild on wheels”, The Energy Efficiency Exhibitions incorporating Renewables Roadshow. The free, one-day event will bring local businesses up to speed with the big energy issues currently affecting the business climate, including Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Deal, Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and much more. The event includes a varied programme of informative and easy-to-digest presentations and demonstrations by industry experts which will be hosted in a series of special exhibition areas, including: the...
Growing large vegetables is a pursuit that is largely underrated. For, to produce a giant carrot, onion or cabbage takes persistence, an intimate knowledge of your subject and dedication. At the Chagford Show in Devon recently I marvelled at the incredible specimens on display. This humungous harvest was the result of months of effort, blood, sweat and tears and yes, sometimes, failure. Everything from the choice of seed and the time of planting to the watering regime and the thinning out process went into producing these incredible results. The extra minutes spent eliminating bugs or...
City contract cleaning company, Exeter Cleaning has launched a new website aimed at shedding light on its contract cleaning service. The company, based in Broadclyst, made the announcement during popular social media event #DevonHour.
Exeter Cleaning’s new site at http://www.exeterofficecleaning.co.uk will become the hub for the company’s professional specialist services which include offices, medical and food handling businesses.
Speaking about the new site, Exeter Cleaning’s Mark Walker said “Clients tend to like us to work when there is nobody else about, so while there...
High demand for premises from small firms has seen East Devon District Council let all its available business units over the last month.
Four units have been taken up in Axminster at Millwey Rise with the new firms trading including commercial vehicle agents for Italian car manufacturer Piaggio, a fishing bait manufacturer, a caravan refurbishment business and a glazier.
In Seaton a car cleaning and valeting business has moved into the one of the Riverside Workshops whilst in Sidmouth a unit at the Manstone Workshops has just been taken on by a bespoke carpenter and joiner...
Look around you. What do you see? If you were asked to be a witness at a trial, would you be able to remember details and conditions? One of the qualities of successful people in all walks of life is keen observation of things about them. They notice things about people, human nature and the general world around them. Many of us, unfortunately, go through life with our eyes half closed. Perhaps you remember the story of the two streakers who interrupted a New York Yankees baseball game when Yogi Berra was the catcher for the Yankees. In the bottom of the ninth inning, two young people...
Here at The Plum Consultancy, we are big fans of the well known saying, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’, and our love for visuals has naturally made us fans of the visually driven App Pinterest. Pinterest enables users to search through images (‘Pins’) and collect them by Re-pinning them onto boards, or by Pinning them directly from Pinterest-abled websites when browsing the internet. Whether Pinned directly or Re-pinned, every image on Pinterest links back to the source of the image, driving traffic back to the original website from which it was sourced. Pinterest can also help...
The CBI has raised its growth forecasts for 2013 and 2014 from 1.0% to 1.2%. But the UK's leading business lobbying organisation says the rebalancing away from consumption towards investment and trade is taking longer than expected.
The CBI says it has increased the figure from its May forecast, after a better than expected second quarter and signs of a pick-up in confidence across a broad range of sectors, including services, construction and manufacturing.
In 2014, the CBI expects the economy to gather pace, forecasting 2.3% GDP growth up from 2.0% in May, as disposable...
70 decision makers from the local business community attended the summer Business Networking (SW) lunch held at Sandy Park, Exeter.
Guests were welcomed with a glass of wine and enjoyed a two-course sit-down lunch followed by a presentation from Spencer B. Hodgetts on Nature’s Brilliance in Business.
There was also a free pre-lunch seminar on ‘Sales through Service’ hosted by Guy Arnold.
