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Oxygen Conservation and Burges Salmon seal £1 million partnership for 8,000 UK-based premium quality carbon credits

Leading natural capital asset manager Oxygen Conservation and independent UK law firm Burges Salmon have announced the signing of a landmark partnership valued at up to £1 million . As part of the agreement, Burges Salmon will be the exclusive buyer of up to 8,000 premium-quality, UK-based carbon credits which will be provided at £125 per tonne .

Funding one of the UK’s most ambitious nature restoration projects on the beautiful Leighon Estate in Dartmoor, Devon , the partnership demonstrates an important shift in how the voluntary carbon market operates - moving from...

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Devon Carbon Plan process launches

A top team of environmental experts, charged with ensuring that Devon reduces carbon emissions as quickly as possible, is calling on residents to submit their ideas on how to do it.

The Net-Zero Task Force has been appointed by the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group - made up of Devon’s councils, emergency services and business groups - to deliver the Devon Carbon Plan.

The Carbon Plan will lay out in stark terms what every resident, organisation and business has to do to reduce emissions and safeguard the planet for the next generation.

This Call for Evidence...

Ormiston Wire: how to keep a business thriving for 200 years

A lot of businesses are flash in the pan successes, here today and gone tomorrow – and yet even the most wildly profitable rarely last more than 50 years.

Think about it – companies like Amazon have had their doors open for less than three decades and, while there’s no sign of their success slowing any time soon, anything could happen to them.

That’s to say nothing of most SMEs, which are likely to fail within less than a decade of establishing themselves.

It takes a great deal of tenacity, then, for a company to stay open for more than two centuries – but that’s...

South West skills shortages highlighted by the region’s businesses

A recent survey of regional businesses, undertaken by South West recruitment specialists King Recruit, uncovers concerns about future skills shortages and the dissolution of current workplace roles.

Intrigued by the changing demands of our new digital age, Specialist Recruitment and Search Agency King Recruit decided to conduct a survey with South West clients to find out if they are prepared for this so called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution.’

Helen Plumridge, Managing Director of King Recruit, comments: “We are increasingly reminded by the media and industry experts that...

Dartmoor Rural Crime Initiative

Devon & Cornwall Police and Dartmoor National Park Authority are working closely with partners through the Dartmoor Rural Crime Initiative, an arrangement which was formally adopted on 25 October 2019.

A working group brought together by the partnership arrangement is focussing on issues that have been identified as areas of concern by local communities.

These are reducing antisocial behaviour and increasing safety around illegal raves, reducing incidents of speeding where animals are injured or killed, general road safety on the moor and fly tipping.

Rural...

Devon teams shortlisted for Social Worker of the Year awards 2019

Devon will be well represented at prestigious national awards that recognise pioneering work in social care.

Three Devon County Council social worker teams have been shortlisted for category awards at this November's Social Worker of the Year awards.

The Devon Prison's Adult Social Care Team has been shortlisted for the Creative and Innovative Social Work Practice award.
The West Devon Community Health and Social Care team, (which is part of a joint health and social care team across Devon County Council and Livewell South West), has been shortlisted for

Nexus Open Systems to share expert cyber security tips with Cyber Security Associates at upcoming event

The scale and sophistication of enterprise cyber threats has grown considerably in recent years, with cyber breaches costing the average small business around £25,000 in direct costs.

However, this does not mean businesses should resign themselves to becoming another cyber-attack statistic.

Exeter-based IT provider, Nexus Open Systems, and ex-military industry experts, Cyber Security Associates (CSA), will be sharing their expert advice and best practices on how businesses can protect themselves from cyber threats at an upcoming event.

The timely discussion will...

L-R: Browne Jacobson team completing their Autumnal sleep out: Managing Partner; Iain Blatherwick, Trainee solicitors; Claire Mills, Bethany Pickup, Gemma Pearce and HR Director Declan Vaughan. Photo by Neil Kates

Browne Jacobson trainees smash fundraising target in ride, trek and sleep-out charity challenge

Twenty-six Browne Jacobson trainees have raised over £11k for the firm’s five charity partners after completing the last of three endurance testing events this weekend.

The final challenge saw 14 of the trainees forfeiting their home comforts by taking part in an Autumnal Sleep Out in the firm’s office gardens in Nottingham that tied in with National Homeless Awareness Week.

The group smashed their £7k target set out earlier in the year with all the proceeds being divided equally between all five partner charities.

The charities are based in the local communities of...

Thousands more police officers needed to tackle business crime crisis

A new report from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed the true extent of crime and its impact on businesses in the South West.

The report found that in the South West, almost a third (32%) of small firms have been the victim of a traditional crime such as theft, criminal damage and assault. Meanwhile around 23% of small firms in the region have been hit by some form of cybercrime including phishing, malware and data theft.

FSB is calling on the Government to tackle crime against small businesses as a priority and help to plug the £17 billion that is being...

Devon's GripHero slashes plastic waste on forecourts by 55%

Devon's GripHero Ltd, the developer of the world’s first fuel nozzle-mounted hand-protection dispenser, has announced that it has succeeded in cutting hand-protection related plastic waste on forecourts by an average of 55%.

The news follows a detailed study of forecourts using GripHero’s dispensers to determine how they performed in comparison to conventional glove dispensers previously used at the same forecourts.

The research compared the average amount of hand-protection used with and without GripHero. This showed a 55% reduction due to GripHero’s ability to dispense...

Restaurant supply management goes mobile

With over 60% of food consumers choosing to order via websites and mobile apps, or using their personal devices to make reservations in advance, it’s only logical that restaurants to turn to mobile themselves when it comes to ordering their own food supplies. With that in mind, one revolutionary wholesale restaurant supply start-up is seeking to level the playing field for those independently owned restaurants currently at the mercy of the large food suppliers.

Cutting the fat on food supply waste

Food costs are one of the biggest expenses for a restaurant, making up to...

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Oxygen Conservation and Burges Salmon seal £1 million partnership for 8,000 UK-based premium quality carbon credits

Devon Carbon Plan process launches

Ormiston Wire: how to keep a business thriving for 200 years

South West skills shortages highlighted by the region’s businesses

Dartmoor Rural Crime Initiative

Devon teams shortlisted for Social Worker of the Year awards 2019

Nexus Open Systems to share expert cyber security tips with Cyber Security Associates at upcoming event

Browne Jacobson trainees smash fundraising target in ride, trek and sleep-out charity challenge

Thousands more police officers needed to tackle business crime crisis

Devon's GripHero slashes plastic waste on forecourts by 55%

Restaurant supply management goes mobile

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