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Reasons Behind the Growth of Solar Panel Installations in the UK and Ireland

In recent years, solar energy has emerged as a major contributor to the renewable energy mix in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. Once considered niche or overly dependent on subsidies, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are now becoming mainstream. A combination of technological, economic, environmental, and political factors has driven this significant rise in installations across residential, commercial, and agricultural sectors.

This guide explores the key reasons behind the growing adoption of solar panels in the UK and Ireland and why this trend is expected to continue...

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Frances Clark and Foot Anstey lead SW corporate finance market

Independent research by Experian has identified the award-winning corporate finance team at chartered accountants Francis Clark as the dominant financial adviser in the South West having almost doubled its deal volume over that achieved in 2013.

The Francis Clark team achieved 40 deals in 2014, more than the total volume of the next four South West corporate finance teams combined, which sees the firm jump 14 places in the national league table to 20th, the only non-Top 10 accounting practice to be included.

The Corporate team at Foot Anstey tops the South West Legal...

Exeter Race for Life gets Pretty Muddy

Exeter women are being urged to fight dirty when it comes to conquering cancer - by signing up now for an exciting new event from Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

The city has been chosen to host one of just two Race for Life Pretty Muddy events taking place in the South West this summer.

Pretty Muddy is a women-only, non-competitive 5k obstacle course – with added mud. It will take place for the first time in Exeter at Westpoint Arena on Saturday, July 25.

It’s the perfect challenge for thoe looking to shake off the January blues and commit to get more active in...

Triangle Communications launches

A newly created and innovative marketing communications agency launched on 12 January 2015.

Triangle Communications has been set up by three experts in the fields of PR, digital media, marketing, events, and internal and external communications, specifically to support the needs of businesses in the South West.

As a specialist marketing, lead generation, media communications and events agency, Triangle Communications will have three main offices from the outset - in Plymouth, Cheltenham and Exeter - all of which will support local clients and specialise in working with the...

JLL move Exeter office to larger premises

JLL’s Exeter office has announced it is moving to the best office building in central Exeter – The Senate.

The move to larger premises, from nearby Keble House, is a reflection of the global property firm's ongoing success and need to accommodate its growing team.

The property consultancy firm, which has had a presence in the city since 1990, has agreed to take a large part of the ground floor of the office building, from landlord Valad, as the firm continues to expand its business. It has agreed terms on over 4,500 sq ft of Grade A office space.

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Exeter solicitors one of the Top 100 best companies to work

A leading local law firm has been named as one of the top 100 firms to work for in the UK, according to the influential Sunday Times list.

Stephens Scown LLP, which took part in the Sunday Times Best Companies survey for the first time, has also received its prestigious two star accreditation for outstanding levels of employee engagement, which is an exceptional achievement for a company on its first attempt.

Stephens Scown’s position in the top 100 will be revealed at an awards ceremony in London on 26 February.

The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for is an...

SW private sector output continues to rise

Private sector output in the South West of England continued to rise at a strong rate in December, according to PMI® survey data.

Growth was supported by higher new business volumes and the level of incomplete work continued to rise, despite a further robust round of job creation. That said, the rate of growth in new orders eased to the slowest in 19 months. In line with the broad UK trend, inflationary pressures remained relatively muted.

The seasonally adjusted Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking South West Business Activity Index signalled a further strong rise in private...

New Bootcamp for businesses

An Exmouth agency has created a new fitness concept to help Exeter businesses get their marketing strategy in shape for the coming year. Straight Marketing has designed the ‘marketing bootcamp’ to equip participants with the practical knowledge and tools to market their business successfully. Primarily aimed at business owners and in-house marketers from small businesses or start-ups the six-month programme will be delivered as a series of monthly workshops. Each workshop, to be held in Exeter, will focus on a specific topic and be full of useful tips and advice. Alison Jobson, Director at...

FAMBOs set to increase in South West

The latest trend in south west corporate activity is likely to be an increase in Family and Management Buy-Outs or FAMBOs.

FAMBOs are an efficient method of transferring company ownership between generations while allowing senior managers to be part of the buy-out team ensuring continuity of the family line and the retention of key operational skills.

According to Andrew Killick, an experienced FAMBO adviser with chartered accountants Francis Clark, this type of deal structure is very appropriate for many Westcountry businesses where owner/managed businesses predominate....

Devon businesses invited to lead innovation

Devon County Council and the Open Innovation Project are inviting ambitious Devon entrepreneurs to apply for just 12 places on their Game Change programme.

This unique workshop is FREE to attend and will be held at Exeter Library on 28, 29 January and 5 February.

The Game Change events will be used to demonstrate to European partners how the UK delivers best practice in innovative business support.

Past attendees brought along issues including plateaued sales growth, getting the best from new Directors and planning for succession.

The Game Change process...

Business confidence slips in SW

Business confidence in South West has slipped in the last six months, partly due to renewed concerns on global growth, according to the latest Business in Britain report from Lloyds Bank.

The twice-yearly report, now in its 23rd year, gathers the views of more than 1,500 UK businesses and tracks the overall “balance” of opinion on a range of important performance and confidence measures, weighing up the percentage of firms that are positive in outlook against those that are negative.

Since the last report in July 2014, the Business in Britain report’s key confidence index...

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Reasons Behind the Growth of Solar Panel Installations in the UK and Ireland

Frances Clark and Foot Anstey lead SW corporate finance market

Exeter Race for Life gets Pretty Muddy

Triangle Communications launches

JLL move Exeter office to larger premises

Exeter solicitors one of the Top 100 best companies to work

SW private sector output continues to rise

New Bootcamp for businesses

FAMBOs set to increase in South West

Devon businesses invited to lead innovation

Business confidence slips in SW

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