SMEs in South West are owed an average of £99,000 in outstanding invoices, according to the latest Business in Britain report from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
This is an increase of 32 per cent since the last Business in Britain report in January 2016, with 21 per cent of firms citing late payments as the biggest cause of cashflow problems. The report also found that a fifth (21 per cent) of firms in the South West are currently owed more than £200,000 in outstanding invoices, up from 18 per cent in January. The issue of late payments is also likely to persist into 2017, with a...
The majority of UK construction sectors are experiencing a slowdown in growth, as Brexit uncertainty continues to cause concern, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Market Survey.
While 26% more chartered surveyors reported that construction workloads in the UK had risen, rather than fallen this quarter, this is a significant slowdown on the trend growth over the previous three years.
The Midlands remains the engine of growth in UK construction, with 30% more respondents reporting a rise in activity rather than a fall while...
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) South West has recognised the exceptional performance and dedication of trainee civil engineers, apprentices and lifetime achievers at a special ceremony in Torquay. South West Highways Commercial Director, Glynn Bramwell, originally from Birtley near Newcastle, won the Outstanding Contribution to Industry award for over 50 years of civil engineering excellence, while five young people received accolades for their performance in the early years of their careers. Glynn said: “Over the years I have worked with some excellent people at SWH...
Ten restaurants are in the running to be crowned the Best Takeaway in the South West at the 2016 British Takeaway Awards (BTAs).
The BTAs - which are run in association with Just Eat, the world’s leading marketplace for online food delivery - are about celebrating the diverse range of cuisines and rewarding the amazing contribution a nation of takeaway owners make to both their local communities and the UK economy.
Over the last month thousands of food fans in the South West have been voting online and via post for their favourite takeaway. In no particular order, the ten...
Health chiefs from around the South West will gather together to hear results of a ground-breaking pilot to tackle hepatitis C in the South West. Learning from this work will be used to help inform the delivery of hepatitis C services nationally.
The Tackling Hepatitis C in the South West Summit will take place on October 14 at 2pm in the Kennford and Exminster Room at the Exeter Court Hotel, Kennford, Exeter. In 2014, national charity Addaction, The Hepatitis C Trust and pharmaceutical company AbbVie formed a partnership to pilot an ambitious project to improve access to hepatitis...
A new road rage survey from the car leasing experts Lease Car has revealed that drivers in the South West of England are likely to experience road rage an average of 8.1 times a month, that’s the highest in the UK.
The survey asked 1,200 people across the UK a series of questions about their road rage experiences and discovered some regions found their time on the road more infuriating than others!
The angriest regions behind the wheel in the UK (based on instances of road rage a month)
Stagecoach South West has launched a new app that will make bus journeys even easier for passengers.
The new Stagecoach Bus app is available free of charge for Apple and Android mobile phones, simply search ‘Stagecoach Bus’. It offers a range of additional customer benefits, including improved journey information.
But the company warned that urgent action is needed on worsening road congestion if the bus passengers are to get the full benefit of the new technology.
The new app offers a simple journey planning tool which uses interactive maps and the smartphone GPS...
New research released today has revealed that in the last year alone one in eight private renters has suffered from an illegal act committed by a landlord – equivalent to nearly 100,000 private renters in the region. Nationally, over a million – or one in eight – private renters across England have suffered at the hands of a landlord who has broken the law.
Alarmingly, the survey by Shelter and YouGov uncovered a worrying range of problems with law-breaking landlords in the South West of England, ranging from unlawful behaviour to serious criminal offences.
Women’s Equality Party leader Sophie Walker is visiting the University of Exeter on Saturday 24 September as part of her nationwide tour asking ‘What do women want?’ The event is being jointly hosted by the Somerset, Exeter and North Devon branches.
“The Women’s Equality Party has launched a national conversation with women in communities across the country, asking them the simple question ‘What do you want?’,” says Fodo Higginson, leader of the Somerset branch. “We are at a pivotal moment in British politics, and Sophie is visiting the South West to show that WE are the only party...
There is a huge disparity in the numbers of young people being employed across the UK’s cities and regions, including in the South West, which has one of the lowest rates of youth unemployment in the country (11.7%). This compares to the region’s cities which have higher youth unemployment rates: Plymouth (16.2%), Bournemouth (15.8%) and Bristol (14.2%) According to a new report by EY in association with the EY Foundation (an independent UK charity), this could have an impact on both the region and the wider UK’s aspiration to achieve ‘inclusive growth’, particularly at a time when the UK’...
