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Exeter based Browne Jacobson first law firm to back national volunteering effort

UK and Ireland law firm, Browne Jacobson is backing a national effort to mobilise millions of volunteers while strengthening its employee volunteering offer, as a Founder Member of GoVo , the digital volunteering platform developed by Royal Voluntary Service.

Built in partnership with hundreds of charities, GoVo and GoVo for Business – the platform’s corporate interface - aim to expand the reach and impact of volunteering nationwide.

As a Founder Member, Browne Jacobson will work alongside Royal Voluntary Service, one of the largest volunteering organisations in Britain...

Mark Simic, Partner and tax specialist at Simpkins Edwards

Simpkins Edwards holds Budget review events for Barnstaple, West Devon and Exeter businesses

Exeter-based chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards will be holding post-budget events to help owners of SME businesses understand the broader implications of the Budget due to be delivered by Rashi Sunak on 11 March, following Savid Javid’s recent exit from the post.

The free, pre-booked seminars will take place at noon on 13 March at the Simpkins Edwards office in Barnstaple and at Strawberry Fields in Lifton. A further event will take place at Simpkins Edwards’ Exeter office at midday on 17 March. In addition to providing an insight into the Chancellor’s Budget, guests can...

Exeter developer helps to raise over £200,000 for charity of the year, Coram Beanstalk

Authored by LaurenBluck
Posted: Fri, 02/21/2020 - 9:27am

McCarthy and Stone’s team in Exeter, which has a Retirement Living development on Bakers Way, Pinnoc Mews, has helped to raise an incredible £200,000 through its year-long fundraising partnership with national reading charity Coram Beanstalk, achieving twice the target it set itself for the year.

In 2019, McCarthy and Stone announced it had chosen Coram Beanstalk as its charity partner to help improve the outcomes of children who struggle with reading, while promoting the wellbeing benefits of intergenerational volunteering among its nationwide communities. Originally setting...

Five tips on how to improve your farm

Farming is a tough job. With early starts and long hours of physical labour, it can be frustrating if things don’t turn out the way you want them to. Unfortunately, there are times when nature simply decides to work against you.

However, if you’re struggling to achieve quality produce time and time again, think about what you can do to improve your farming methods.

Here are five tips to get you started.

Fertiliser

Obviously, every farmer needs fertiliser if you don’t want your fields to remain barren. Whether you’re using organic fertilising methods or otherwise,...

The next generation of contact centres and what it means for enterprises

It's not uncommon for larger enterprises to handle contact centres with several thousands of agents. As such, their call centre workforce represents an area of their business that could suffer a loss in efficiency, time and money . This is where workforce optimisation comes in to play.

New Software That Ensures Your Contact Centre Runs Efficiently

In October 2019, industry-leading contact centre software provider Aspect announced an update to its cloud contact centre service system, Aspect Via . Via was demonstrated in London and introduced many exciting updates to Aspect’s call...

TEDxExeter

Exeter businesses invited to take part in TEDxExeter 2020

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/20/2020 - 12:45pm

Businesses in Exeter are being invited to take part in TEDxExeter 2020 by hosting a free live broadcast in their workplaces for staff to enjoy.

The ninth annual TEDxExeter conference takes place on Friday 17th April 2020, and organisers want to encourage as many people as possible across the city to get involved.

'It's just not possible for everybody who wants to get a ticket to come along to the event at the Northcott Theatre, so this year we're offering more businesses than ever before the opportunity to get involved by streaming the talks directly into their offices,'...

Net Zero Global Mobilisation Summit - How low can we go?

EXETER’s pledge to make the city carbon neutral by 2030 after declaring a climate emergency will be explored at a special conference next month where organisers are calling on business and the community for support.

A wide range of speakers will explore the fields of Energy, Mobility, Sustainability and Capability at the event at Exeter City Football Club, which is free and open to all to attend.

Achieving the goal of a carbon-neutral city can only be achieved with city-wide collaboration and support and the City Council, who declared the climate emergency, have been...

Exeter vehicle sharing co-op Co Cars launches £600k funding bid

The eco-friendly vehicle sharing co-operative Co Cars has today announced the launch of a major funding round to raise £600k to grow its shared mobility initiatives.

Local residents and businesses in and around Exeter can support the expansion of the Co Cars fleet from just under 40 cars to over 55, and the addition of a minimum of 50 new electric bicycles, through the ethical investment platform Ethex.

Launched in 2005, Co Cars is one of the South West’s leading low-carbon, on-demand shared mobility scheme. The co-operative has over 1200 active members who have reported a...

Best Farm Shop award for Darts Farm

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 02/18/2020 - 11:41pm

Topsham based Darts Farm is celebrating winning ‘Best Farm Shop’ at the Food Reader Awards this week. These highly anticipated reader-voted awards in the South West, with 100,000 online votes, crown the regions finest in the food and drink industry.

Michael Dart, Director of Darts Farm says: “To have been a finalist in such great company is amazing, but to have won is incredible; especially as we hosted this prestigious awards ceremony here at Darts Farm this year! It’s a terrific achievement and we are so proud; not only of the great team we have here at Darts Farm, but of our...

National Association of Building Contractors

Launch of New Residential Building Escrow

Authored by Laura Kirk
Posted: Tue, 02/18/2020 - 3:11pm

The National association of building contractors (nabc) UNVEILS GROWTH PLANS AND RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR 2020

Following a successful year and partnerships with companies such as HBXL, Trade Direct Insurance and BuildSafe Escrow Services – NABC – one of The UKs fastest growing construction trade associations unveils its ambitious growth plans and recruitment drive for 2020, as it heads towards new milestone.

James Hopkins, CEO, NABC, comments: “The demand for our service is increasing rapidly, especially post Brexit and the residential construction industry is under extreme...

Rapid rise for Exeter-based artificial intelligence company

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 02/18/2020 - 11:50am

An innovative new data sciences company on Exeter Science Park has been singled out by London Mayor Sadiq Khan by being named a UK finalist in the Mayor of London’s flagship technology innovation programme.

Agile Datum specialises in developing advanced artificial intelligence, data analytics and intelligent chatbots for public and private sector organisations.

The firm, which launched in 2019 and is continuing to recruit staff through 2020, has quickly gained a reputation as a leader in its field, securing Government funding from Innovate UK to develop its Artificial...

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