Businesses in Devon looking to reach new customers are being encouraged to apply for the latest round of Devon County Council’s Business Promotion Grant.
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to help firms in the county to promote their products and services to wider audiences at trade shows and events.
More than 20 companies have benefited from the funding scheme launched by Devon County Council last year as part of its Devon Delivers programme, which promotes Devon as an innovative business location with great businesses.
Emotional intelligence (EQ) has been shown to be 3 times more likely to predict success than cognitive intelligence. So, what is it and how can we develop it? EQ is the capacity for
• Recognising our own feelings and those of others • For motivating ourselves and others • It is a key attribute of effective leaders • For managing emotions effectively in ourselves and in others.
It describes the behaviours that sustain people in challenging roles, or as their careers become more demanding, and it captures the qualities that help people deal effectively with change. It...
The talents of a Devon film maker and branding expert are playing a key role in the development of a museum more than 7,000 miles away in the Falkland Islands.
Tim Roberts’ Fatcalf Media business has been working with the Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust since 2014 when a chance meeting with the museum’s manager led to a contract to produce a film chronicling the 1982 Argentinean invasion through the eyes of islanders who were children at the time.
As well as featuring emotional interviews with the now adult residents, the film also features material from the...
Business confidence in the South West rose to an 18-month high in the last six months, according to the latest Business in Britain report from Lloyds Bank, based on data gathered after the snap election had been called. The confidence index – an average of respondents’ expected sales, orders and profits over the next six months – increased to 27 per cent, up from January’s score of 17 per cent and from 10 per cent immediately following the EU referendum vote. The Business in Britain report, now in its 25th year, gathers the views of more than 1,500 UK companies, predominantly small to...
It seems the on-field success of the Exeter Chiefs is helping boost visitor and booking numbers off it with demand and attendance figures at Sandy Park having increased in recent weeks following the club’s major success at Twickenham.
Less than a month after Rob Baxter’s side lifted English rugby’s top prize for the first time in the club’s history, so companies and organisations are looking to make the most of staging their events at the home of the newly-crowned Premiership Rugby champions.
Enquiries, bookings and footfall at Exeter’s premier conferencing and banqueting...
More than 100 people from the South West’s business community attended a networking event hosted by the Exeter office of property consultancy JLL. The evening event was held last week at JLL's offices in The Senate, Southernhay Gardens. It provided an opportunity for people from the professional services community, including lawyers, accountants, property professionals and others, to gather together. Tim Western, lead director of JLL’s Exeter office, introduced new colleagues and thanked attendees for their continued support. He said: “It was a fantastic opportunity for professionals from...
When someone talks about network marketing what springs to mind? Pyramid scheme? Scam? Maybe you consider people who opt for that profession as part of a ‘brainwashed cult’, writes Jodie Mancuso .
Anyone who works in or has worked in the industry will probably tell you that they’ve heard these pre-conceptions more times than they could possibly count. But in the ever-changing and fast-growing business world, is this highly misunderstood line of work forming an important part of our business future?
The answer is yes, and this article will explain why. But before we get into...
One of the area’s most successful networking groups is helping its members prepare for the future at a special development session in June.
Spaces are still available at Exeter PA Network’s formal development event, which is focussing on ‘hardiness and resilience’ and takes place at the Deer Park Hotel, near Honiton, on Thursday, June 22.
It is the network’s second development event this year and always proves very popular with members. Kim Glover, founder of the network, which now has more than 500 members, said the evening promised to be very informative for attendees....
Ignition, a leading UK provider of vehicle and asset finance for SMEs, is continuing to expand with the appointment of three new senior members to its team.
The company, which offers finance for a wide range of assets from plant and machinery to vehicles and business equipment, offers flexible solutions either using its own funds or via joint trading relationships with a panel of major finance houses. Since its acquisition by Star Asset Finance Group in 2015, it has been driving to expand its workforce and extend its geographical reach.
Equiniti Group PLC, the FTSE listed FinTech and regulatory services business has opened its latest regional technology hub, Ada House, in Exeter’s Pynes Hill business park.
The opening expands Equiniti’s footprint in the South West and Wales, with over 200 employees currently based in Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter and Stroud.
The new centre was opened in a ceremony today (Friday 19 May) by Sir Hugo Swire, Conservative candidate for East Devon, alongside Equiniti Group’s Chief Executive, Guy Wakeley. They were joined by Stuart Robb, the CEO of EQ Data (formerly Marketing Source)...
