ONE of south west’s leading digital and IT companies celebrated its 20th anniversary in style this week.
Cosmic specialises in website development, training, business consultancy and tech support, and was founded as a social enterprise in 1996, just five years after the birth of the World Wide Web.
Clients, business leaders, charity and education representatives, and members of staff celebrated the achievement, with a day of celebration – and learning.
Julie Hawker, joint CEO of Cosmic, said: ‘Since its launch Cosmic has worked with thousands of organisations,...
BUSINESSES with cross-border activities are being urged to take tax advice after a major European ruling which could land computer giant Apple with a £11 billion tax bill.
Stuart Rogers, Corporate Tax Partner at chartered accountants and business advisers PKF Francis Clark, was speaking after the EU Commission announced the results of a three year investigation into Apple’s Irish affairs.
The investigation concluded that Ireland's tax rulings had allowed Apple to pay substantially less tax than other businesses with profits attributed to a head office that, according to...
International law firm Gowling WLG has advised Crowdcube, the UK's first and leading equity crowdfunding platform, on its most recent successful public offering as it seeks to further invest in its business.
Crowdcube’s initial fund raising target of £5 million was surpassed in four hours and has to date raised over £8 million.
This represents the largest public financing secured by an investment crowdfunding platform, as well as the biggest ever UK offering on a crowdfunding platform. Crowdcube also became the first ever company to publish a prospectus for use on a...
National commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has been appointed by automotive specialist Hendy Group to market a large, rarely available freehold industrial property within the Marsh Barton Trading Estate in Exeter.
The 32,500 sq ft former vehicle sales and workshop property stands on just 22% of the three-acre site, providing potential for a wide range of uses.
The site offers potential for a similar automotive occupier looking to expand but also presents a significant opportunity for redevelopment, subject to obtaining appropriate planning consents...
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Leading South West firm of Chartered Accountants Thomas Westcott held a special celebration event to launch its merger with Parkhurst Hill in Plymouth.
The champagne reception saw senior partner of Parkhurst Hill, Paul Stapleton, welcome over 60 professional contacts including solicitors, banking executives and others to the firm's offices at Marsh Mills, Plymouth. Paul thanked them for their loyal support to Parkhurst Hill's clients throughout its very long and successful period of practicing.
Richard Thomas, chairman of Thomas Westcott, said: "Whilst we have had a...
On 22nd July, Folk2Folk, a leading Peer-to-Peer lender based in Launceston, celebrated their move into a new head office with a summer party attended by MP for North Cornwall, Scott Mann, the Mayor of Launceston, Brian Hogan, and many leading local business owners from across the South West. Folk2Folk have moved in to their new national headquarters, Number One, to help accommodate their rapidly expanding business which has enjoyed great success since launching in 2013. Folk2Folk have a number of offices across the South West and is rolling out further branches in market-towns across the...
WESC Foundation (WESC) in partnership with Listen2Win hosted a Visual Impairment Challenge at WESC’s 14-acre campus in Exeter.
Players from the England Blind Football team, Keryn Seal – Captain, Robin Williams – Striker and their sighted goalie, Dan James led the sports event with seven teams from Exeter’s business community taking part.
The Visual Impairment Challenge was jointly organised by WESC and Listen2Win, an Exeter-based company that specialises in training and developing businesses listening and communication skills, as well as disability awareness. The training...
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