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Hundreds of businesses in Exeter invited to make a claim for a grant to help them through the Coronavirus outbreak have yet to do so, Exeter City Council has revealed.

The Council is helping distribute £25 million of government funding in the form of either Small Business Grants or Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants.

Last week, the Council wrote to 2,000 businesses in Exeter inviting them to make a claim.

And on Thursday evening, only around a third to a half of those businesses eligible had responded.

City Council Director Bindu Arjoon said they...

The recently-appointed chairman of the Forestry Commission, Sir William Worsley, has spoken of the importance of maintaining the timber industry for its essential role in supply chains during the coronavirus lockdown.

Sir William has outlined his views in a blog published on the Forestry Commission website .

Keeping the timber industry operating is important because it produces items such as pallets that are vital to be able to transport goods such as food to shops and medicines, as well as fuel for homes and businesses.

While the government has asked people to...

As lots of businesses and services have come to a standstill, McClure Solicitors saw this coming and prepared for action. They would normally be seeing over 800 clients for face-to-face appointments per month but with the Government’s advice to stay at home that is exactly what their staff has done – gone home armed with laptops and mobile phones. Andrew Robertson, Managing Director of McClure says “We are worried like everyone else about the immediate future, but we still have clients who want to talk to us so we decided we would continue to operate as best as we could with the majority...

The recycling company has selected ZoneSafe system of electronic RFID tags to enhance safe working practice on both its UK sites and reduce the risk of pedestrian and vehicle collision.

The decision to choose the ZoneSafe proximity warning systems comes as part of Recresco’s ongoing commitment to exacting safety standards. With the waste management and recycling industry reporting a higher incidence of workplace transport accidents than many other sectors, Recresco identified the need to adopt a layered approach to worker safety.

For recycling companies, moving plant poses...