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Following a surge in demand for its services, DCW, a leading independent commercial waste management firm, has invested £456,000 in three new state-of-the-art, environmentally efficient vehicles.

Two of the vehicles are Euro 6 Scania mobile compaction trucks, the lowest emission vehicles available, and are fitted with CCTV as well a cyclist protection and the very latest bin weighing technology. The third, a Mercedes 32 tonne hook-lift truck, is also a low emission vehicle and supports DCW’s growing skip operation.

DCW will add the new high specification vehicles to its...

South West Women in Construction (SWWIC) and its chair, Glayne Price were the recipients of the prestigious John Laurence Special Contribution award at the 18th Michelmores Property Awards held virtually on 12 November. The Awards celebrate the very best South West property and construction schemes, as well as the teams involved in them. The John Laurence Special Contribution Award is given to an individual or organisation in recognition of their outstanding work for and influence on the industry. This year, the judges felt that the Award should be given to not one, but two recipients, in...

Self Assessment customers should be alert to criminals claiming to be from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

As the department issues thousands of SMS messages and emails as part of its annual Self Assessment tax return push, HMRC is warning customers completing their returns to take care to avoid being caught out by scammers. The annual tax return deadline is on 31 January 2021.

The department knows that fraudsters use calls, emails or texts to contact customers. In the last 12 months, HMRC has responded to more than 846,000 referrals of suspicious HMRC contact from the...

A team of three digital marketing and tech experts based in the South West have launched what they believe is the most user-friendly and comprehensive platform to enable smaller businesses to apply to the government’s recently launched Kickstart Scheme.

They have been confirmed as an official gateway provider and they are hoping that it might make it easier for the thousands of SMEs in Exeter and across the South West to benefit from.

KickstartGo has just one simple form that businesses need to complete if they want to make an application for a job placement. As soon as...