Business

A big increase in the number of people starting their own business in Scotland has led to increased demand for alternative financing and in particular for crowdfunding.

This is according to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, which opens its first office in Scotland this week to support existing customers in the region and service a strong pipeline of prospective growth businesses and start-ups.

According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the number of new businesses in Scotland registered with Companies House rose to more than 30,000 last year, up 19 per...

If you are looking to grow your business, the locally based Business Doctors invite you to find out what steps to take and how to sustain that growth.

Two free ‘Breaking Big’ seminars, from noon till 2pm on Monday 13 October at the Woodbury Park Hotel, Exeter and from 7.30am to 10am on Tuesday 4th November at Boringdon Park Golf Club, Plymouth will show you how to review where your business is right now and decide where it should be going. Then you can start taking the right steps straight away to achieve breakthrough success.

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Socks and sleeves aimed at preventing the distressing problem of skin tears are being extensively trialled at The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and at local GP practices.

The protective garments have been designed by entrepreneur, Peter Thornton, part of the famous Thornton's confectionary family.

Peter, who lives in East Devon, came up with the idea after suffering from the distressing condition, estimated to affect up to three million elderly people in the United Kingdom.

Peter says that if adopted, the socks and sleeves could save the NHS Billions of Pounds....

Devon law firm, Tozers Solicitors LLP, has again been recognised as one of the South West’s top performing firms of solicitors in the Legal 500. The Legal 500 has been published for over twenty years and the 2014 edition has just been published, providing the most comprehensive and worldwide coverage currently available on legal service providers. It is widely regarded as offering the definitive judgement of law firms’ capabilities.

Last year seven of Tozers’ partners were named in the Legal 500 but this year eleven solicitors from the firm have been recommended.

Tozers has...