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Exeter Installer shortlisted for major national award

Matthew Bird of Devon Renewables Ltd in Exeter has been shortlisted for Best Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Installer (Best HVAC Installer) at the Heating Installer Awards 2026.

As one of only four HVAC installers to be shortlisted out of thousands across the UK, Matthew now enters the final stages of the competition, where he’s in with the chance of being crowned the overall national winner.

To secure the shortlist, Matthew showcased a project he ran for a family of five, in their five-bedroom detached in the local area. The house had been heated using an old...

Tech Awards to pay tribute to Covid-19 Heroes

Authored by Program
Posted: Mon, 04/27/2020 - 12:08pm

Heroes who are helping as part of the nation’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic will be honoured at this year’s Tech South West Awards.

Launching with a live online event on Friday May 1, the annual awards cover Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, recognising and celebrating talent, creativity, business success, education, leadership and diversity across the technology sector.

Last year the UK Hydrographic Office in Taunton, Bluefruit Software in Cornwall, University of Plymouth, Rocketmakers in...

Top 3 lead generation tips for 2020

Is it difficult for you to generate leads for your business? Look no further,

We compiled three of the top strategies to use to generate a massive amount of relevant and high-quality leads for your business.

Let’s dive in.

1. Use cold email campaigns

One of the most effective channels to generate leads is cold email outreach. Research shows that most high-level executives in companies still expect to receive phone calls from relevant services.

So first things first. Get a really clean list of emails and have them verified. You can use a tool like Hunter...

These are the Qualities that a Successful Entrepreneur Must Have

Working for yourself seems just like living the fantasy, does not it? Envision a universe where you are able to wake up if you need, work when you really feel just like it, and then give yourself all the off time and ancient finishes someone might desire. Sounds perfect, right?

And entrepreneurship -- that is the first or working on your own is nothing similar to that at all. It requires a whole lot of hard work and commitment, in addition to imagination and a fantastic knowledge base of this business you are trying to match into. It is not all ancient endings and overdue wake up...

Carparison launch new, bespoke leasing website

Devon based leasing broker Carparison is delighted to announce the launch of their new vehicle leasing website platform. This website facilitates comprehensive lease deal customisation, promotes instantaneous identification of the cheapest possible contract terms and provides clear commission disclosures.

After more than sixteen months of trading and with well over 1,000 happy customers already behind the wheel of their new lease cars, Carparison are extremely proud to launch a new and improved website. The completely revamped site, www.carparisonleasing.co.uk, has been designed...

Evaluate opportunities, be brave and take time to reflect – Old Mill offers advice to businesses on how to survive COVID-19

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/24/2020 - 5:47pm

COVID-19 has impacted virtually all businesses across the UK in some way.Whilst some have shut their doors (possibly permanently) others are enjoying the sort of seasonal demand only ordinarily experienced with the promise of a big old chap coming down your chimney in a red suit.

The Government has launched numerous support schemes, which on the whole have been good, but they won’t be able to support everyone, and there is no one-size-fits-all because no business is the same. Here, Phil Mills, Head of Food and Drink at financial experts Old Mill gives his five top tips on what...

Devon law firm supports NHS staff with discounted legal services

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/24/2020 - 10:45am

In a show of support to Devon’s dedicated frontline NHS workers, Devon law firm Stephens Scown LLP is offering a 50% discount on Will-writing services to workers in the county.

To accommodate shift working, legal advisors at Stephens Scown are available to discuss Wills out-of-hours by video call with NHS workers in Devon.

Phil Reed, Partner in the firm’s private client team, says:

“The NHS’s dedicated workers are putting themselves on the frontline every day in the fight against coronavirus. We are so grateful to them and we wanted to show our support by...

How to Schedule Your Work from Home Day

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Fri, 04/24/2020 - 9:36am

More and more people are working from home in the modern world, but the challenges of getting the most out of your day when working at home are very different from when you’re working in an office.

It means you’ve got to find different ways of structuring your day in order to do your best work. The job of motivating falls squarely on your shoulders, and you’ve got to take responsibility for how you use your time.

Once you get used to working from home, though, many people find they’re actually more productive than they were when they were working in the office.

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Software Solved launches its Data Maturity Assessment solution to the market, helping businesses to unlock the value of their data

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2020 - 8:50pm

Exeter-based Data and Software specialists Software Solved is delighted to announce that it has launched its Data Maturity Assessment to the market, with the solution spanning a variety of sectors, including: Insurance, Food and Drink Manufacturing and Telcos.

Identifying and understanding your organisations data maturity can be overwhelming. Software Solved’s Access, Analyse, Learn, Predict model (AALPs) has been designed to help businesses to establish where their data is and how to move it forward to ensure the value is unlocked every step of the way

Software Solved’s...

Exeter College links up with Food4Heroes to provide meals for NHS staff 

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2020 - 10:57am

Exeter College has offered its state-of-the-art industrial kitchen facilities to Food4Heroes; a charity that provides free nutritious meals to frontline NHS staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The College’s @34 training kitchens will now be in use providing nutritionally balanced, free meals to NHS staff. These meals will include a vegetarian and a meat option and allergens will be listed on the dishes provided. Meals will be distributed to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in microwavable containers for NHS staff to take.

Food4Heroes launched in response to the...

PPE4Exeter Campaign Raises over £3,000 of £26,000 target in first weekend

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2020 - 10:31am

A grassroots community project has raised an incredible £3000 in aid of their production of vital Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for community-based health and care workers in their first weekend. They are hoping to continue raising around £1000 a day to keep up with the demand for face shields in the local community.

The PPE4Exeter project was launched last week in order to raise money for the materials needed to produce face shields for use by vital community services during the Coronavirus crisis. To date they have distributed over 1200 face shields to a variety of staff...

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