Business Daily

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...

Full story

News Desk

News Desk

Posted:

CILEx exam success

CILEx success for family law specialists

The Family Law Company is delighted to announce successes for three of its Exeter team and two from the Plymouth office in recent CILEx exams.

In Exeter, Dominika Windak received a merit in Level 6 Family Law, Tuesday Alabaidi achieved a distinction in Level 3 Family Law and Client Care, and Zoe Hewines passed Level 3 Family Law and Practice, and Client Care and Legal Research, both with a merit.

In Plymouth, Shannon Walker was successful in Level 3 Introduction to Legal and Lauren Walker at Level 6 Civil Litigation.

Director Donna Hart said: “This was an amazing...

Read more
Exeter Science Park

Exeter Science Park businesses soar with support from global number one incubator

Award-winning business support provider, SETsquared Exeter has helped to raise significant investment for its growing client base in Exeter as part of the World-leading SETsquared Partnership.

Exeter Science Park Centre first opened its doors to research and development businesses in 2015. Since its inception, with support from SETsquared Exeter, the bespoke incubation and acceleration facility for high-tech, high-growth businesses has grown from an empty building to its current state of 90 per cent occupancy, with plans underway for a fourth grow-on building.

From 2015 to...

Read more

UK workers make up physical illness fearing talking about mental health

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 08/29/2019 - 10:31am

WORKERS are taking an average of four ‘mental health days’ a year but lying about it to their boss for fear of being judged, demoted or sacked.

New research shows over half of employees who took mental health days faked a physical illness to explain their absence, despite stress from work souring relationships and sleep patterns for many.

A mental health day is a sick day taken to look after psychological wellbeing, this could including seeing a counsellor or taking time reduce stress and anxiety before it becomes overwhelming.

In the last five years a quarter of...

Read more

Food Drink Devon 2019 Awards finalists announced

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/29/2019 - 10:08am

With just over a month until the prestigious Food Drink Devon Awards’, the finalists, which include many of the county’s most respected and influential artisan food and drink producers, have been revealed.

Since entries closed in April, the esteemed panel of judges and industry experts have tasted and scored over 250 products from a staggering 67 producers, visited 70 hospitality establishments and 25 retail outlets across Devon to select the finest.

Winners will be announced during the organisation’s black tie awards’ ceremony on Monday 7th October at the magnificent 19th...

Read more
Alison Squire and Karen Mcanally collecting their GCSE results

“I’m really proud of what I've done” - GCSE success for Exeter adults

As thousands of teenagers picked up their GCSE results last week, few would have spared a thought for adults nervously arriving to collect their own results after a year of hard work.

That was exactly the case for a number Exeter College’s GCSE students as they arrived at the college on Thursday to see if their hard work had paid off.

Alison Squire, 41, previously struggled in school and decided to study at Exeter College as a personal confidence-builder as her son starts to prepare for his exams in the coming years.

Alison chose to study for her GCSE English at the...

Read more
Mike Ellis ThinkIT's new Technical Director

New Technical Director for regional IT specialists ThinkIT

Devon based ThinkIT are delighted to announce that Mike Ellis has been appointed as the company’s new Technical Director. Mike has over 18 years of experience in the business IT sector and has considerable hands on IT expertise having been part of the delivery of a variety of specific client projects and ongoing support requirements.

Mike joined ThinkIT in 2015 as a Microsoft IT technician and quickly became an established and valuable member of the firm’s client support team. He is already well known by many of ThinkIT’s clients; providing on-site network and hardware installation...

Read more
The Recycled Candle Company Exeter store

Join the #candleamnesty

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 08/28/2019 - 6:10am

With business booming in its Gandy Street shop, The Recycled Candle Company is putting out a call for even more used candles.

As the UK’s only candle recycling business, The Recycled Candle Company melts down old candles and uses the wax to make new ones, The process means that old candles don’t become part of landfill, in line with current thinking that it is far better to reuse materials wherever possible.

Richard Hills-Ingyon, who founded the company with Sargon Latchin said: “We’re eager to talk to anyone who uses candles in large quantities and currently puts them in...

Read more
Auction lot

Vintage cycling collection is wheely fascinating!

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:27am

Vintage cycling collection is wheely fascinating!

Cycling fans will be spinning with excitement when they learn about a collection of vintage cycling medals, photos and associated ephemera for sale in Chilcotts September Fine Art and Antiques auction.

The collection was amassed by Eric Cooper, an avid cyclist in the RAF who was stationed in San Severo, Italy before and through part of WW2.

Auctioneer, Duncan Chilcott said: “Anyone who thinks that cycling is a modern obsession should think again.

“The interest in the challenges of road races and hill climbs...

Read more

How to prevent cybercrime affecting your business success

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 08/27/2019 - 8:04am

Unfortunately, on top of all the other problems you have to deal with day in, day out as a business owner, you also have to contend with cybercrime. As your organization grows, so does the target on its back in this instance, which is why you need to take cybercrime prevention seriously. Fail to do so, and your business success will just continue to be affected over and over again.

To find out how you can prevent cybercrime, be sure to read on.

Invest in threat defense

Threat defense is vitally important in the fight against cybercrime. If you do not invest in this...

Read more

The importance and applications of WebGL

At its core, WebGL is a nifty interface for JavaScript that allows the browsers of today to make use of 3D graphics without the need for extra plugins. For those who might not necessarily be experienced in the art of programming and web design, it might not be that big a deal. However, those who are well aware of the need for plugins when it comes to rendering graphics in a browser, WebGL comes as something of a revelation. Here are just a few reasons why WebGL is much more essential than you might think!

When plugins were the standard solution, so too were security issues...

Read more
your pets daily logo
Home Education Daily logo
Food and Drink Daily logo in red, white and black
your beauty daily logo with heart

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

England ace Jack delivers tips to Saracens

Exeter Weather