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Greendale appoints three new members to board of directors

The Greendale Group (FWS Carter & Sons), a diverse, family-owned local business, with interests in farming, fishing, retail, property and haulage, has announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Martyn Youell, Tom Chanter and Richard Gibbons.

ffective immediately, these appointments will provide extra strength and stability to the board, helping to shape the business for years to come.

Youell brings over 15 years of experience in the fishing sector. As Commercial Director for Waterdance (the Group’s fishing enterprise), he has...

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Peter Gorton joins Food Drink Devon board of directors

Peter Gorton, an award-winning chef who made his name developing some of the best-known restaurants in the West Country, has become a director of Food Drink Devon.

Peter who has owned and run famous establishments such as West Devon’s Horn of Plenty and Dartmouth’s Carved Angel, says he accepted the invitation to join the board because he believes it will be vital for the West Country catering industry to pull together in a post-Covid era, and because he believes the produce of Devon is second to none.

“My heart is in Devon and I wanted to support members of this...

Connecting Devon and Somerset has warmly welcomed further investment in broadband

Project Gigabit investment welcomed

Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) has warmly welcomed further investment in broadband in the region as part of the Government’s announcement on Project Gigabit today (Friday 19 March).

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has outlined the phasing of its £5 Billion commitment to delivering next generation broadband in the UK.

CDS is in the vanguard of the Government’s ambitions to build a Gigabit capable network across the entire country through its new contracts with Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet, which will install full fibre broadband across...

How will hotel businesses manage a second Easter in lockdown?

The coronavirus pandemic has affected every industry, but few have been hit as hard as hospitality. While there are now reasons to be optimistic for later in the year, businesses in these industries are having to find ways to manage in the interim.

A Second Easter Under Restrictions

This is extremely challenging, especially when you consider that there are many events and holidays happening around this time of the year. Hotels and other businesses in this industry thrive on events like Mother’s Day, Easter and Bank Holidays, but now are facing the prospect of missing out...

5 benefits of concrete pipes over other pipes

Concrete pipes have been used in various industries for more than 160 years. These types of pipes have been quite popular due to their strength and easy installation. Generally, the strength of these pipes varies from class I to class V as per ASTM C-76 and AASHTO M 170 standards. According to the companies like https:///civilmart.com.au Concrete pipes have always proven to be the last long compared to the other material pipes. With Concrete pipe, you will not face any issues like deflect, tear, burn or rust. According to a recent survey concrete pipes can last longer up to 70 to 100...

Jurassic Fibre to build full fibre broadband network in Sherborne

Jurassic Fibre has announced that it is extending its cutting-edge broadband network to the town of Sherborne in Dorset.

The first premises in the town are expected to become serviceable by the end of the year with full fibre connectivity of up to 1Gbps for residential users and up to 10Gbps for businesses.

Sherborne will be the first location in Dorset to go live, following two years of close cooperation between Jurassic Fibre and Dorset Council.

The announcement represents another key milestone for the Exeter-based internet service provider, which has already...

Local leader to the fore

The SME National Business Awards are delighted to announce that Jason Sinclair, Partner from Queensbury has joined the judging panel of these prestigious awards. The awards are in their fifth year and are open to all SMEs in the UK www.smenationals.co.uk

The final takes place on the Friday 3rd December at the iconic Wembley Stadium. Speaking on behalf of the organisers, Awards Director Damian Cummins said " We are thrilled that someone of Jason's calibre has joined our panel, we rely on experienced business people from across all sectors to choose winners in these sought after...

Company incorporation in Spain

When thinking of the most frequently incorporated types of companies in Spain , two figures should come into your mind: Private Limited Companies ( Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada -SL- ) and Public Limited Companies ( Sociedad Anónima -SA- ) (for more information on company figures and to avoid possible confusions we highly recommend to check our post about Branches vs Subsidiaries ).

To give a glance at the main differences between both kinds of companies, we should highlight the fact that SL’s have a closed structure since these are generally composed of a short number of...

Calor launches nationwide search for best rural community projects

Leading off-grid energy supplier, Calor, has launched a nationwide search for the very best rural community projects, with £85,000 in grants up for grabs.

On top of this, the Warwickshire-based firm is also launching an exciting new award, the Rural Hero of The Year, which will celebrate those who have gone the extra mile for others during the pandemic.

Designed to provide a helping hand and much-needed funding across the UK to rural community groups who aren’t connected to the mains gas grid, the 2021 Calor Rural Community Fund launched on Wednesday 10th March and...

Exeter-based data and software provider Software Solved promotes Martin Lovell to Product and Commercial Director

Software Solved is delighted to announce that it has promoted Martin Lovell to Product and Commercial Director as the company looks forward to another successful year.

The role will see Martin overseeing product development, identifying new market opportunities and bringing a deeper insight in sector shifts to enable the business to adapt to constantly evolving markets.

Martin, who joined Software Solved as Product Manager in March 2020 has a breadth of enterprise-wide experience in both New Zealand and the United States. With this in mind, bringing Martin’s skills and...

Is Remote Working Here To Stay?

With the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic, millions of employees had to adjust to transforming their home into their office. What was initially thought of as a temporary measure has now become routine as so many of us are entering into what is almost a year of working from home. This new way of remote working has become part of the ‘new normal’ so much so that 74% of professionals expect to continue working from home as lockdown restrictions ease.

We have relied heavily on the advanced technology at our fingertips to enable us to work from home effectively. With the likes of Zoom,...

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Greendale appoints three new members to board of directors

Peter Gorton joins Food Drink Devon board of directors

Project Gigabit investment welcomed

How will hotel businesses manage a second Easter in lockdown?

5 benefits of concrete pipes over other pipes

Jurassic Fibre to build full fibre broadband network in Sherborne

Local leader to the fore

Company incorporation in Spain

Calor launches nationwide search for best rural community projects

Exeter-based data and software provider Software Solved promotes Martin Lovell to Product and Commercial Director

Is Remote Working Here To Stay?

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