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Practical Cases: Ecommerce Consulting Services in Action

Talk to any online store owner, and chances are they’ll say the same thing — “It’s complicated.” Sure, setting up a store can be done in a weekend these days. But scaling it? Turning visitors into loyal customers? Beating competitors who seem to have bottomless budgets? That’s where things get messy.

And that’s exactly where Ecommerce consulting services come in. This isn’t about theory or buzzwords. It’s about real-world fixes and strategies that actually work. Below, we’ll look at several hands-on examples of ecommerce consulting making a difference — no fluff, no corporate-...

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Economic growth stunted due to faults with funding process, claims LGA Chairman

The Chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), Sir Merrick Cockell, addressed public service leaders from across Devon yesterday, saying that economic growth was being stunted because of the way Whitehall allocates and spends taxpayers' money.

Sir Merrick Cockell used his keynote address to local government leaders, councillors and public service leaders from across Devon to demand a radical overhaul of the way public money is distributed and spent to deliver a fair deal for English residents, boost economic growth and completely rewire a public sector which has become...

Everys team up with Sidmouth RFC

Everys Solicitors have teamed up with Sidmouth RFC as first team sponsors for the 2013/14 season.

The firm, which has an office in the High Street, has committed to continuing its sponsorship of the club and the Everys logo can be seen on the front of the first team shirts.

Sidmouth RFC was founded in 1884 and the club plays its home games at Blackmore in Heydons Lane. The first team plays in the South West One West league.

Everys’ head of commercial law Kate Stamp and fellow partner Giles Bowen met up with club chairman Mark Seward to mark this year’s sponsorship...

Local chartered accountants expand corporate team

Bideford-based chartered accountants Haines Watts North Devon LLP announces the new appointment of 29 year old Louisa Roberts as Senior Commercial Manager.

Experts in analysing commercial challenges and opportunities, Haines Watts North Devon offers practical solutions in accounting, tax planning, retirement and succession servicing an extensive portfolio of over 500 owner managed businesses including corporate, professionals, small businesses and sole traders across the South West.

Born and bred in North Devon, Louisa was a former student of West Buckland School. After a...

Businesses invited to join the Big Breakfast

The economic outlook for small businesses will be on the agenda as the East Devon Business Initiative hosts its annual Big Breakfast meeting.

The event, open to all businesses in the Exeter and East Devon areas, is being held once again at Woodbury Park, home of the EDBI, on Friday, October 25 from 7.30 to 11am.

Among the guest speakers will be David Shephard, regional chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses in Devon.

Pete Chubb, newly re-elected chairman of the EDBI, said: “Our Big Breakfast is the highlight of our business year when we invite non-members to...

Town traders Get Social Media Support

Traders, businesses and community organisations who want to make the most of social media are invited to come along to the first Teignmouth and Dawlish Social Media Cafe on Thursday 10 October being held at Fresh Ground Cafe, Bank Street, Teignmouth.

The Social Media Cafe is the brainchild of Mandy Pearse, Director of local firm Seashell Communications and Emma Kay, Teignmouth and Dawlish Town Centre Development Manager. It provides a free drop-in event where people can pick up tips and hints on using social media, ask questions, meet other like-minded people over a cup of coffee...

Everys Solicitors hails another successful Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival

Everys Solicitors has supported the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival for the fifth year in a row.

The firm, which has a branch office in Station Road, held a drinks reception at St Peter’s Hall to mark the event. Invited guests included clients, the festival’s committee and authors.

The entire party then enjoyed a reading from Hilary Mantel, the festival president and double Man Booker prize winner, at St Peter’s Church.

Everys’ conveyancing executive Dawn Ford and private client solicitor John Clarke attended from the Budleigh office, as well as investment...

Devon intellects raise £600 for charity

Lloyd Barnes Accountancy Recruitment staged a Charity Quiz Night last week at Exeter Golf & Country Club, raising a substantial amount for Devon Community Foundation.

The quiz night, attended by over 100 professionals from businesses across Devon including Flybe, Thrifty, EDF, Foot Anstey, Stephens & Scown, Cobell and Maximus, tested everyone’s minds to the max. With questions such as ‘How many UK number 1 hits did Elvis Presley have?’ and ‘What was the name of the first space shuttle?’, how do you think you would have fared?

The overall winner was Connect Six, a...

Cosmic's got Young Digital Talent

Everyone nowadays has heard of apprenticeships, they have been around for some time in one form or another and have been set up to give people an opportunity to work for a company, while earning a real salary and gaining a real qualification within their chosen career path. During the apprenticeship they will also gain valuable workplace skills, experience and get to understand what the world of business is really like.

Cosmic, is a locally based social enterprise, which offers IT services to businesses across the South West. At Cosmic we are very aware of the growing issue of...

Exeter accountants cover 115 miles in charity relay ride

Keen cyclists from chartered accountants Francis Clark took to their bikes to raise money for charity by riding a relay across Devon and Cornwall.

Three teams made up of staff from the Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton, Torquay and Truro offices of the South West leading accountancy firm Francis Clark completed a gruelling relay cycling from Truro to Exeter to raise a total of £1,475 for four different charities.

The annual Inter-oOffice relay started from the Truro office where employees Darren Jasper, Adam Keogh, Richard Wadman, Nick Tippett and James West boarded bikes to cycle...

Video marketing leads to 26% boom in business for Exeter IT company

Online video is now six times more effective than print or online marketing and is proving to be a powerful marketing tool for many businesses, including those based in Exeter.

Featuring video content on a business website is now seen as a "must-have" say leading networking experts Cisco. They expect video to account for 57 per cent of internet traffic by 2015, nearly four times as much as regular web browsing and email.

Seventy-six per cent of businesses using the web to market their services plan to add a video to their sites, making it a higher priority than Facebook,...

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Practical Cases: Ecommerce Consulting Services in Action

Economic growth stunted due to faults with funding process, claims LGA Chairman

Everys team up with Sidmouth RFC

Local chartered accountants expand corporate team

Businesses invited to join the Big Breakfast

Town traders Get Social Media Support

Everys Solicitors hails another successful Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival

Devon intellects raise £600 for charity

Cosmic's got Young Digital Talent

Exeter accountants cover 115 miles in charity relay ride

Video marketing leads to 26% boom in business for Exeter IT company

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