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Why Sustainable Business Growth Starts With Better Strategic Choices

Sustainable business growth rarely happens by accident. While quick wins, sudden demand, or short-term campaigns can give a company a temporary boost, lasting success depends on the quality of the choices made behind the scenes. Every decision, from where to invest resources to which markets to enter, shapes how strong, adaptable, and profitable a business becomes over time.

Better strategic choices help businesses grow with purpose rather than simply chasing every opportunity that appears.

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How to make your restaurant or café more successful

Café culture in the UK is booming and it’s hard to walk down a high street without passing numerous coffee shops and restaurants with tables spilling out onto the pavement. If you are thinking of going into the restaurant trade or you already run your own café or restaurant, you’ll know that you are only ever as good as your last meal served and your last review. This thought can be a nerve-wracking as you need to maintain high standards to ensure your profits rise continually. Below are some top tips that can help to make sure your restaurant or café stand out from the crowd and pull in...

Average worker spends extra eight hours and 15 minutes at work each week unpaid

The importance of knowing your rights at work cannot be over-stated. Knowing exactly what is expected of both yourself and your employer while within their employment can often be integral to ensuring you aren’t treated unfairly. However, 65% of UK workers are not part of any trade union, new research from UIA Mutual Insurance suggests.

Further, over a third (37%) have no idea what the legal limit of hours worked per week should be, 12% do not know the hours they are contractually obliged to work, or their employer is supposed to offer them. This shows a level of ignorance amongst...

Exeter business wins global award

A recruitment business in Exeter picked up two major awards at a glittering ceremony held in London’s Globe Theatre. The city’s branch of Berry Recruitment was presented with an ‘Achievement of Budget’ prize, marking its success in 2017. The event was organised by Berry Recruitment Group (BRG) for its staff, of whom there are more than 200 across 36 branches nationwide. Zoe Darnbrough from the Exeter branch was awarded with the hotly contested ‘Berry manager of the year’ award for her efforts leading the team. The group’s annual awards evening was held in the replica of the Elizabethan...

Specialist dementia service unveiled in Devon

An innovative new specialist dementia service to help sufferers live a better quality of life for longer has been launched in South Devon. The Ness Centre, in Teignmouth, helps people stay independent for as long as possible by combining research-based cognitive and physical activities with social interaction and technology. Run by Atlas Respite and Therapy (Art) the purpose-designed centre also provides respite, reassurance and teaching for families and carers. It is the only day care dementia service in Devon using the pioneering Dutch model of specialist meeting centres to manage the...

Local home builder and charity join forces to help fight cancer

An Exeter-based organisation has been selected by Bovis Homes’ South West regional staff as their charity for 2018, as they look to raise more money than ever before for a cause close to their hearts.

Staff at the housebuilder’s Exeter office have decided to raise funds for FORCE Cancer Charity, a local organisation which is currently supporting a Bovis Homes colleague who has been diagnosed with the disease.

“We regularly raise funds for charities and local organisations, with cake sales, dress down days and raffles,” says regional marketing manager, Stacey Banfield. “This...

Government’s minimum level of cyber security accreditation is yet to be achieved by bulk of South West’s large businesses

New research* from the region’s leading cyber security compliance specialist, Exeter-based Securious, has revealed that fewer than 5% of the region’s largest businesses have achieved Cyber Essentials, the minimum level of cyber security compliance set out by the Government.

Created to help businesses demonstrate that they have technical and organisational controls in place to defend against the most common and unsophisticated forms of cyber-attack, Cyber Essentials also helps businesses meet their GDPR requirements.

It enables businesses to demonstrate that they have...

Old Mill further strengthens food and drink offering

West Country accountants and financial planners Old Mill are delighted to announce they will be title sponsors for Taste of the West for the next two years. Taste of the West is the largest independent regional food group in the UK. Its aim is to promote and support fantastic local food and drink from the Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire area. As well as offering its members a network of support to help their businesses grow, the Taste of the West awards programme has been promoting and supporting the food and drink industry for the past 25 years. They are now the most...

Can you reuse the things you no longer want? Find out how during REUSE Week

Devon residents can find inspiration on how to give the things they no longer want a new lease of life next week, by repairing, refurbishing, repurposing or giving them to someone else.

Recycle Devon is championing the second annual 'REUSE Week’, from Monday 5 March to Sunday 11 March, which showcases the work of Devon's many and varied Reuse organisations.

REUSE Week is a celebration of these diverse and numerous organisations and what they do. Some groups help people swap, donate and loan the things they no longer need; while others specialise in fixing, renovating or...

Browne Jacobson announces new Head and Deputy Head of Office for Exeter

Law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed education partner Julia Green as its new Head of Office for Exeter, with regulatory partner Nigel Lyons appointed as Deputy Head. The appointments will take effect from 1st March 2018.

The new appointments follow a strategic review conducted by the firm last year which recommended establishing new office leadership roles across its Birmingham, Exeter, London and Manchester offices to further strengthen the existing management structure, drive regional growth and build strong relationships with clients and local organisations. Each Head and...

Exeter Homes Trust unveils plans for £9m Exeter redevelopment

Exeter Homes Trust has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of the Fairpark Almshouses, in St Leonards, as part of their mission to combat the city’s homeless crisis.

The three 90-year-old apartment buildings, situated in Fairpark Road, currently contain 12 one-bedroom apartments. The redevelopment will transform the site into 31 modern dwellings, comprising a mix of one and two bedroom units arranged over four floors.

The Trust yesterday welcomed Fairpark residents and neighbours to find out more about the proposed redevelopment at three consultation events.

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Why Sustainable Business Growth Starts With Better Strategic Choices

How to make your restaurant or café more successful

Average worker spends extra eight hours and 15 minutes at work each week unpaid

Exeter business wins global award

Specialist dementia service unveiled in Devon

Local home builder and charity join forces to help fight cancer

Government’s minimum level of cyber security accreditation is yet to be achieved by bulk of South West’s large businesses

Old Mill further strengthens food and drink offering

Can you reuse the things you no longer want? Find out how during REUSE Week

Browne Jacobson announces new Head and Deputy Head of Office for Exeter

Exeter Homes Trust unveils plans for £9m Exeter redevelopment

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