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A new South West business using artificial intelligence to accurately assess risk in the commercial property insurance sector has raised close to £1 million as it launches in the UK and USA.

Founded by entrepreneur and innovator Anthony Peake, Exeter-based Intelligent AI has been backed by investors and the Government through funding from Innovate UK.

The company has developed an online Intelligent Risk platform using 300 real-time data sources ranging from weather and flood risks to crime rates and fire service response times. It could help to save the sector over £500m...

Plymouth-based fabricators of natural stone furnishings, Mayflowerstone Limited, has secured a six-figure funding package from Lombard Asset Finance to drive forward plans to double turnover over the next 2 years.

The £600,000 finance from Lombard Asset Finance will enable Mayflowerstone to increase the capacity, efficiency and the already high product quality of it’s workshop in Plymouth.

The Plymouth premises is where the business stores and fabricates a range of its high-quality materials such as granite, quartz, sintered stone, marble and Corian, which can be...

Tens of thousands of commercial vehicle drivers are ‘quids-in’ having ditched their ‘white van man’ driver habits thanks to The Drivers’ Lottery, created by Devon entrepreneur, Mark Roberts. Encouraging smoother, safer and more eco-friendly driving, The Drivers’ Lottery has succeeded in creating a new breed of ‘green van man,’ rewarding better drivers with cash.

Last year alone, The Drivers’ Lottery , which is free to enter, paid out in excess of £50,000 to over 16,000 fleet drivers and in 2021 The Drivers’ Lottery plans to triple pay-...

Michelmores is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm's Private Wealth offering with a new team that will oversee Private Property and Landed Estates. The Team will be led by Christian Massey, who is joining Michelmores as a Partner from Charles Russell Speechlys.

Christian previously worked at Michelmores in the 1990s and will work alongside Partners Tom Hyde and Philip Wolfgang. Christian has extensive experience in managing a broad range of high value and sensitive private property work nationally, including complex landed estates, agricultural and country house...