Business Daily

Councillors were assured last week (3 October) that work is continuing on delivering superfast broadband in Devon, despite Connecting Devon and Somerset’s (CDS) recent cancellation of contracts with broadband provider Gigaclear.

Councillor Rufus Gilbert, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Economy and Skills, updated the authority’s Full Council about the on-going work of CDS.

CDS announced last month that it was ending Gigaclear’s five contracts to deliver full-fibre broadband in Devon and Somerset. CDS and the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency were...

Traditionally, signs are made of plastic or metal, whether it’s a road sign, a billboard or even a sign for your business advertising what you’re all about. However, with the introduction of technology post-millennium, businesses have had the option of choosing digital signs. And today, we’re going to be looking at what exactly digital signs are and why businesses are leaning towards digital signs.

Firstly, what are digital signs? Well, you could interpret an LED-sign as a digital sign which has lights flashing in order to make it visible in the mid of night. However, another type...

The Cabinet Office-led Get Ready for Brexit public campaign is now in full swing. A recent Bank of England Agent’s survey has suggested that almost two thirds of businesses report being ‘as ready as they can be’ for a no deal Brexit.

What is unclear is whether smaller businesses are up to speed on the changes that may impact their individual enterprises and what resources are available right now to help them prepare. Small and micro enterprises make up almost 90% of East Devon’s business base and East Devon District Council is keen to ensure that they are as ready as they can be in...

Over £200,000 has been donated to charities and organisations in the Exeter area in the last year, thanks to the Exeter Chiefs Foundation.

Since September 2018, the Foundation has given £223,428 to local organisations, community projects and the Exeter Chiefs Foundation's designated charities.

£64,000 of this was shared with the 20 2018/19 Exeter Chiefs Foundation's designated charities at the Exeter Chiefs Season Kick-off Dinner; funds which have been raised by representatives of the charities through match-day bucket collections and car parking.

Other projects to...