Simpkins Edwards, the Barnstaple-based chartered accountancy firm, is calling on North Devon’s brightest brains to compete in its 9th annual Really Big Quiz in aid of local charities. Taking place at the Barnstaple Hotel on Wednesday 14th November from 6.45pm, the annual Really Big Quiz brings the region’s brightest professional brains together to compete for the coveted title of Barnstaple’s and North Devon’s brainiest ‘eggheads’. The event raises vital funds for the Mayor of Barnstaple’s chosen charities, which this year include Over & Above: The North Devon Cancer and Wellbeing...
Having received significant funding from an international investor, Exeter based tech company Re-flow has seen major growth over the last quarter, including doubling operational staff, new offices and the onboarding of a series of national clients. 2019 is set to be very bright for the company and there is a call for more talent to come and join them.
Re-flow is an app-based workforce tool for businesses with staff working outside the office, on location, that need a solution to improve planning, communication and evidencing in the field.
Water retailer Pennon Water Services has been named as a national finalist in the Chamber Business Awards.
The firm, which trades regionally as South West Water Business, has already won the southern regional Workplace Wellbeing Award and now goes forward to compete against five other organisations from across the UK in the national final.
Since 2017, Pennon Water Services has provided water and waste water services to businesses, charities and public sector organisations. PWS helps companies to save money and water by understanding their water usage better, identifying...
Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Ltd has acquired ARR Craib Transport Ltd, whose headquarters are in Aberdeen, with additional operations in Cumbernauld, Stockton and Great Yarmouth.
Like Gregory’s, Craib’s is a private family company with an exceptional reputation gained over nearly 50 years of trading. Initially the business was linked to the paper industry and thereafter developed as a major supplier to the Oil and Gas industries. Subsequently the business expanded to include running the Scottish hub for Palletline as well as being the largest pallet network operator in Scotland...
A local digital marketing agency is aiming to help businesses across Devon and Cornwall understand how to use Pay Per Click advertising effectively in order to generate new and cost effective leads.
In the latest of MiHi Digital’s series of free masterclass events, the session will explain how to establish what people are searching for, when they’re searching and how businesses can drive those people to their products and services at the lowest possible cost whilst avoiding some of the most commonly made mistakes.
The event, which is to be held on Tuesday 25th September,...
Equiniti (EQ) Data, an Exeter based marketing solutions provider and the data division of Equiniti Plc. is proud to announce the launch of EQ Amplify- a new way for marketers to access a centralised UK consumer database, including a flagship classification model. The use of consumer data in business is changing, and at pace. At the same time, consumer expectations are higher than ever. For most marketers, who are competing with corporate giants like Amazon and Google, the question is how to intelligently and compliantly access this data to deliver a more personalised customer experience....
Phonic FM is Exeter’s community radio station. Broadcasting across Exeter since 2008, it provides a locally-rooted alternative to mainstream radio, on FM and online.
Staffed and funded by around 70 volunteer members (representing a diverse mix of backgrounds, cultures and musical preferences), it aims to support the arts – in the widest sense – in and around the city. The core offering of music is augmented by programmes featuring film, theatre, art (both visual and sonic) and more besides. Phonic FM has supported countless local artists of every type and genre – many of whom have...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Benjamin Mee, CEO of Dartmoor Zoological Park will speak at this year’s Exeter Business Dinner, taking place on Friday 2nd November 2018 at Sandy Park Conference Centre.
In 2006, Benjamin Mee and his family discovered Dartmoor Wildlife Park, which at the time consisted of a private, exotic animal collection, in financial hardship. Mr Mee and his family stepped forward to save the animals and the zoo, starting a year-long struggle to get the zoo ready to re-open.
They achieved this in 2007, under the new name of...
Source for Business has been awarded a £2.14 million water and waste water retail contract with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Source for Business is the national trading brand for Pennon Water Services, part of the Exeter-based Pennon Group, which had previously provided water services to the Trust. Source for
Business was awarded the retail contract for both services after a competitive process that saw the retailer focus on its expertise in water efficiency and the cost savings it could help the Trust to achieve.
