Business

How Exeter Businesses Use New Technologies to Boost Efficiency

It is hard to think of Exeter without picturing its familiar rhythms. The clink of cups in a café that has been there for forty years. The hum of a market stall fan on a summer afternoon. The way the High Street leans into the day, unhurried but not lazy. Beneath this steady scene, however, something is shifting. It is not loud or obvious. It happens in offices above shops, in converted industrial units, and behind the glass of unmarked buildings where screens glow late into the night. The city’s businesses are wiring themselves into the twenty-first century, and they are doing it with...

Full story

Global rankings hail Exeter’s One Planet MBA

The One Planet MBA, offered exclusively by the University of Exeter Business School, has come third in the world in the Global Green MBA Survey, announced today (September 23). It also scooped first place in the UK as well as coming top in the global rankings for ‘smaller’ programmes. Undertaken by Corporate Knights, this inaugural Global Green MBA survey is the definitive annual list that examines how universities around the world are faring at integrating sustainability into the academic experience. The survey, which had focused on Canadian schools over the past decade, was expanded...

Michelmores named ‘UK and Ireland Regional Team of the Year’ at STEP Private Client Awards

 Michelmores has won UK and Ireland Regional Team of the Year at the STEP Private Client Awards 2013/14, the respected international awards for the private wealth sector, which took place in London on Friday night (20 September).

The firm beat stiff competition from other finalists in this category: Bond Dickinson, Cripps Harries Hall, Debenhams Ottaway, and Henmans Freeth.

Through an independent and rigorous judging process the PCAs set the industry standard for excellence in private client practice. Winning a STEP PCA has proved to be a clear mark of quality in the...

Dilys Gannon-Bone ‘The Health Detective’ at Thermalogica Official Launch

Thermalogica Health Screening has confirmed that 'Health Detective' Dilys Gannon-Bone will be making a special appearence at their official launch on Wednesday 2 October at Radiance MediSpa, Exeter. Lisa Portman and Terri Bainbridge will be showcasing the ground-breaking technology behind Digital Infrared Thermal Imagining (DITI) as an aid for diagnosis and prognosis of various health issues. There will be a live demonstration of the procedure, which is radiation free and safe for men, women and children.

The event will feature guest speakers and specialists in their individual...

Retail sales fall by 0.9% in August

Retail sales fell by 0.9% in August compared with July, figures provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.

The fall is unexpected with market commentators predicting a modest rise. Figures for July showed a 1.1% growth.

However the figures represent a 2.1% rise from August 2012, when the London Olympics and Paralympics had an impact on consumer spending, and continues the underlying pattern of growth seen since April 2013, according to the ONS.

The sale of goods remains high despite the fall. The main source of upward trends in the retail...

Auto Enrolment - Trying to improve the living standards of millions

Retirement planning is much in the news and on television with workplace pensions currently going through a period of great change and upheaval. Last October the government introduced Auto Enrolment, which is designed to improve the living conditions of millions of people in retirement.

In short, auto enrolment is a way to ensure that all employees, who are eligible, will be auto enrolled into a qualifying pension scheme with contributions that are high enough to build up a worthwhile pension pot.

What this means is that rather than having to opt in, as currently, they will...

UK inflation rate falls to 2.7%

The UK's rate of inflation for the year to August, measured by the consumer prices index (CPI), fell by 0.1% to 2.7% from the figure of 2.8% in July.

Despite the fall, the prices of goods and services continue to outstrip wages which saw an average growth of 1% for the same period.

The largest contributions to the fall in the rate came from the transport (particularly motor fuels and air transport) and clothing sectors. Clothing sales may have been boosted by summer discounting. These were partially offset by an upward contribution from furniture, household equipment and...

Exeter alumni convince Dragons they are the next big thing

A business started by University of Exeter Business School graduates Tom Carson and Chris Rea last Sunday night convinced the Dragons that Young Ones, their clothing brand, could be the next big thing. Having achieved sales of £140K, at a profit of 40% in their first 14 months of trading, Chris and Tom’s pitch to the Dragons outlined their success to date and their plans to become a brand, both in the UK and overseas, known for supplying high quality fashion products at an affordable price. Their pitch and the potential of the business caught the attention of Duncan Bannatyne who offered...

Customer Survey for major Cornish retailer

Finding out what your visitors really think surely has to be a good thing doesn’t it?

Here at Exeter-based GleaveMedia ( http://www.gleavemedia.co.uk ) we have considerable experience in doing just that, having just completed a major survey project for a Cornish Retail business.

They wanted to find out more about their customer base and not forgetting the customers who not only don’t use them but may or may not have even heard of them.

This project involved on site surveys in this major South West Retailer as well as surveying at local towns nearby the principal...

Bespoke system makes PV possible for Devon manufacturer

Air Control Industries in Axminster is benefitting from a bespoke 50 kW solar PV array on its factory roof, which is generating significant yields and helping lower its energy bills, thanks to an Exeter renewable energy company.

Watson Fuels announced as Official Fuel Supplier to the Exeter Chiefs

Watson Fuels, the Wiltshire-based fuel distributor, has today been announced as the Official Fuel Supplier to the Exeter Chiefs for the 2013/4 season as part of a year-long partnership with the Aviva Premiership rugby club. An independent and family-owned company, Watson Fuels supplies home heating oil, farm fuels, road diesel and a wide range of industrial lubricants throughout the West Country, and beyond. Founded in 1957, the firm has expanded from its origins in rural Wiltshire, and now delivers fuels and lubricants through a national network of 45 depots nationwide. Watson Fuels...

Business

How Exeter Businesses Use New Technologies to Boost Efficiency

Global rankings hail Exeter’s One Planet MBA

Michelmores named ‘UK and Ireland Regional Team of the Year’ at STEP Private Client Awards

Dilys Gannon-Bone ‘The Health Detective’ at Thermalogica Official Launch

Retail sales fall by 0.9% in August

Auto Enrolment - Trying to improve the living standards of millions

UK inflation rate falls to 2.7%

Exeter alumni convince Dragons they are the next big thing

Customer Survey for major Cornish retailer

Bespoke system makes PV possible for Devon manufacturer

Watson Fuels announced as Official Fuel Supplier to the Exeter Chiefs

It's your Daily

You make the news

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

Exeter Weather

Search form

Business

Top video

Exeter Weather