Business Daily

Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has been nominated for Planning Law Firm of the Year at the 2020 Planning Awards. The awards recognise excellence in professional planning work including outstanding work by councils, consultants, developers, lawyers, voluntary groups and other important players in the UK planning system.

WBD's national planning team was shortlisted on the back of its expertise advising public and private sector clients on a range of high profile projects. There are two matters of note.

The firm advised NHS Property Services Limited (NHSPS) on a...

Dr. Peter Totterdill, CEO of Workplace Innovation Europe CLG, based in Exeter, looks at how businesses can use the current pandemic to reflect on their current performance and future direction.

‘Working from home’ is now a fact of life for millions of people while many others experience ‘social distancing’ in the workplace. Both can lead to a sense of isolation, restricting the day-to-day interaction that not only helps people to do their jobs well but which creates the feeling of being part of a team.

Yet we’re also seeing a remarkable surge in entrepreneurship and...

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...

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...