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SW agency Launch strikes gold (and bronze) at the Performance Marketing Awards

Launch has been named as the winner in the Best Performance Marketing Agency category at this year’s annual Performance Marketing Awards .

The awards, celebrating the industry’s first-class campaigns, teams and companies, praised Launch for its innovative Powered by Happiness® philosophy. The foundation of the agency that focuses on perfecting three things simultaneously: powerful client relationships, innovative full-funnel performance marketing, and a psychologically safe culture where people do their best work.

Launch was commended for being a “benchmark for modern...

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Brand new Topsham Library opens its doors

Topsham Library, run by Devon-based charity Libraries Unlimited, has moved to Topsham’s brand new community hub, Nancy Potter House, alongside The Estuary League of Friends.

The multipurpose community hub, built by The Estuary League of Friends, will offer a wide range of services and activities for the local community, including the contemporary new library, a café, day room, wet rooms and laundry as well as conference, training, exercise and treatment rooms for hire for business and private functions.

Devon County Council is responsible for the county’s public library...

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Should your business be paying the Climate Change Levy?

Along with value-added tax (VAT), the Climate Change Levy (CCL) is an energy tax that applies to non-domestic consumers in the United Kingdom. The Climate Change Levy is chargeable on both electricity and gas supplies.

This article will tell you everything you need to know about the CCL and how your business may qualify for a CCL exemption.

When was the CLL introduced?

The climate change levy was introduced on 1 April 2001 under the Finance Act 2000 as part of the UK’s Climate Change Programme.

What is the aim of the CCL?

● Increase energy...

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Exeter College awarded £60,000 by GWR to create an Exeter St David's Gateway

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 07/05/2018 - 10:32am

Exeter College, working in partnership with Devon County Council, has been awarded £60,000 by train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) to create a much improved pedestrian gateway to Exeter from St Davids station.

Under the plans, the route along St Clements Lane, one of the most high profile pedestrian entranceways into the city for rail users, will be greatly enhanced with improved signage, better surfacing and lighting.

Train operator GWR has announced that the bid for funding from its Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF), designed to help boost local...

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Partnership status for Exeter partner at Trowers & Hamlins

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/04/2018 - 9:37pm

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has appointed Rory Stracey as a partner to lead the firm's South West planning, highways and compulsory purchase practice, taking effect from 1st July 2018.

Since relocating to Exeter from the firm's London office in 2016, Rory has been involved in a number of high profile projects, including working with Inox Developments on the urban extensions at Langarth Farm in Truro to provide 1500 new homes and associated infrastructure (including the land required for the new Stadium for Cornwall) and the site for 800 new homes at Ilfracombe, and...

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Preferred contractor selected for Exeter Bus Station redevelopment

Exeter City Council has selected a preferred contractor for its project to create a state-of-the-art new leisure centre and new bus station in the city centre. Construction firm Kier will carry out the enabling works necessary ahead of the building programme to construct the new facilities. The main build contract for the leisure centre and bus station is expected to be signed later this year. Pete Edwards, leader of the city council, said: “We are delighted to announce today that Kier has been chosen as our preferred contractor.

“Kier has a strong record in completing major...

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South West business confidence falls, according to Business Barometer

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 07/03/2018 - 12:31am

Business confidence in the South West has fallen 16 points since May to 25 per cent, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

Companies in the region report lower confidence in their business prospects at 25 per cent and lower economic optimism at 24 per cent.

Together, this gives an overall confidence of 25 per cent, which is 16 points below last month’s figure of 41 per cent.

Companies’ hiring intentions show a net balance of 28 per cent of businesses in the region expect to hire more staff during the next year, down six...

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How online casinos have harnessed the technological age

Authored by Chris Lake
Posted: Mon, 07/02/2018 - 8:37am

One of the major advances within gambling industry in the modern age has been online gambling. First seen around the late 1990s when the internet was finding its feet, it has gone on since then to explode in popularity. Indeed, the online gambling market is now thought to be worth around $50bn in business terms with an increase to around $80bn by 2022. Eighty countries around the world have legalised online gambling now.

Of course, the major factor behind the rise in online gambling has been the online casinos that you can play at.

Why are online casinos so popular?...

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Leading employee owned law firm backs call for more support for the sector

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 07/01/2018 - 9:06pm

As a new report is published that illustrates the positive impact employee owned businesses have on the economy, the UK’s first large law firm to become employee owned has backed calls for more support to encourage businesses in the South West to follow its lead. Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell, was one of the businesses to give evidence to the Ownership Effect Inquiry. The inquiry heard and examined evidence from over 100 employee owned businesses and their advisors. The results of the inquiry were published on 27 June in advance of Employee Ownership...

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Trading Standards wins national award

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 06/30/2018 - 3:18pm

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has been nationally recognised by Government as the best Service of its kind in the UK for its regulatory support of local businesses

The Service was awarded the Regulatory Excellence Business Support Award by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy at an event in London on Wednesday 20 June.

The event showcased the support local authorities across the UK give local traders by ensuring that they don’t fall foul of regulations and have the support they need to grow, prosper and to create jobs. Devon,...

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City leaders answer business questions

  • 6 July – Ben Bradshaw MP Business Lunch
  • 13 July – Karime Hassan, Exeter City Council Business Briefing

Business people are being given the opportunity to question the city’s top leaders at events hosted by Exeter Chamber of Commerce, the city’s leading business organisation.

On Friday 6th July Exeter MP, Ben Bradshaw, will brief Chamber members on the latest decisions from Westminster which will impact their businesses and take part in a question and answer session.

Mr Bradshaw said: “I am pleased to be able to address the business community...

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