Business

Prestigious dinner returns to Sandy Park

Authored by sandypark
Posted: Fri, 03/13/2015 - 4:29am

A prestigious awards ceremony which honours achievements in the insurance industry will be celebrating its eighth year at Sandy Park tonight, Friday 13th March.

The Insurance Institute of Exeter Annual Dinner, which is sponsored by Browne Jacobson Solicitors, is a gathering of insurers, brokers, financial planners, loss adjusters and other companies who may have a connection or representation within the insurance industry in the South West, to recognise the achievements of members of the Institute. Nigel Hook, Secretary of the Insurance Institute of Exeter said: “We always look...

SW consumers support apprenticeships

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Wed, 03/11/2015 - 12:31pm

Consumers in the South West prefer to do business with businesses employing apprentices, a new report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has revealed. The Benefits of Apprenticeships to Businesses study finds that offering apprenticeships were perceived by three quarters of consumers in the South West as contributing to society and providing opportunities for young people, with 5 million consumers nationwide more likely to make a purchase from an apprentice employer. More than one in four consumers in the South West say they would go as far as even paying more for...

JLL Exeter moves team to The Senate

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/11/2015 - 10:27am

Leading global property consultants JLL opened the doors of their new office at The Senate this week.

The growing 30 plus-strong team announced its move last year as part of the firm’s ongoing success and the need to accommodate a number of its expanding teams in the region. The new space will accommodate up to circa 50 people.

The dynamic office space has been designed in-line with the company’s national workplace strategy, which follows the increasingly popular trend of transforming offices into fun, interactive workplaces to reflect the change in how people spend their...

Lambert Smith Hampton acquires ES Group

ES Group is a well-respected 260-strong consultancy-led business with a strong presence in many UK regions.

The firm is a market leader in providing valuation and corporate recovery advice to banks and accountancy firms and is also at the forefront of the fast-growing alternatives market, particularly in hotels, healthcare and education.

Ezra Nahome, CEO of Lambert Smith Hampton, said: “We are on a mission to build the nation's most progressive commercial property agency, and are investing selectively in areas where we believe we can add the most value for clients. Bringing...

New Content Creation Service Launched In Exeter

Authored by Charlie
Posted: Tue, 03/10/2015 - 8:01am

Exeter based branding agency Red Rocket and Gusto Marketing have joined forces to offer a new content creation service, Freshly Made.

Freshly Made sessions last a full day and involve the creation of videos, images, infographics and written articles to help support content marketing activities.

So why did Red Rocket and Gusto create Freshly Made?

Any business investing in online marketing is likely to have been encouraged to create awesome content. We’re being told that if we want to win peoples’ attention, we’ve got to create ‘engaging’, ‘valuable’, ‘shareable’ and...

Global firm opens new European HQ in Exeter

BPA Quality, a global company with offices in the UK and the USA, has opened a new European HQ in Exeter.

The company, a leading provider of Customer Contact Quality Monitoring, works with global organisations from a variety of sectors including transport, technology and telecommunications.

The UK operation previously consisted of a two separate offices and the company was keen to bring their 135 multi-lingual employees together under one roof.

The extensive refurbishment of BPA’s new larger premises in Exeter’s Pynes Hill was carried out by independent office...

The Business of Murder

Event Date: 
06/04/2015 - 7:30pm to 11/04/2015 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Northcott Theatre, Exeter

Middle Ground Theatre Company is delighted to present The Business of Murder, the acclaimed psychological thriller from the pen of Richard Harris (The Sweeney, A Touch Of Frost,The Avengers) which enjoyed a successful 9-year run in the West End.

Stone, a humourless and dour man, invites Dee, a television playwright, over to his flat on the premise of discussing a script. Once there, she is surprised when superintendent Hallett, the man with whom she is having an affair, also arrives for an entirely different reason.

But nothing is as it seems, and as the plot twists and...

Exeter Crowdcube achieves new record

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 02/28/2015 - 7:37am

JustPark, the pioneering app and website that connects parking space owners with drivers looking for a convenient space, reached its £1 million crowdfunding target through Exeter-based Crowdcube after just four days.

JustPark’s pitch is currently overfunding to the tune of £1.7 million (171% of its original target) and is set to close the round shortly. However, the pitch will remain open for further investment for a limited period of time (unless it reaches the maximum investment amount first).

JustPark is the 200th business to fund on Crowdcube, the UK’s largest...

£600k investment fund for SW social ventures

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 02/25/2015 - 10:52am

Leaders of social ventures are being urged to find out how they could benefit from thousands of pounds of investment and support to further their development at a taster event being held in Dartington this week.

Seedbed is a cutting edge investment and support programme that will work with 50 social ventures in the South West to help them grow, create sustainable jobs, access finance and contribute to their local economy and communities.

By attending the taster event on Thursday (Feb 19), social entrepreneurs can meet the team and learn more about the wealth of expertise...

Exeter businesses pioneer local Capability Co-operative

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is encouraging businesses in the area, as part of its Do More Online campaign, to form ‘Capability Co-operatives’.

The aim of the Co-operatives is to ensure that more small businesses and sole traders across the UK are making the most of digital technology. This will help boost their presence among potential customers and enable them to run a more efficient and successful business.

The Capability Co-operative sees digitally savvy micro businesses partner up with another local businesses in order to impart their online...

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