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New beach clean stations will soon appear across the across the South West coastline and beyond, helping turn the tide on the plastic and debris polluting our beaches.

Devon-based holiday home insurance specialists Boshers have teamed up with Ecclesiastical to support the #2minutebeachclean initiative.

The firms will be providing £2,500 of funding to #2minutebeachclean as part of Ecclesiastical’s ‘Closer to You’ community programme with the proceeds going toward setting up a number of new beach clean stations.

The two minute beach clean initiative calls upon people...

Exeter-based Coastal Recycling has achieved a major national quality mark. It is the first waste resource management organisation in the south of England to be awarded the BSI standard national quality mark, PAS 402. The quality mark recognises its commitment to reducing waste, specifically for the construction and demolition industry. The focus for the waste industry continues to shift from landfill to recycling or energy recovery and PAS 402 is a nationally recognised quality waste management standard marking this. The standard follows a rigorous process set by the BSI (the national...

Dana Mulligan PR & Marketing has been chosen as a finalist in two categories of this year's prestigious Devon and Cornwall Venus Awards.

Called 'The Working Women's Oscars' by Channel 4, the awards were set up in 2009 to recognise the hard work, effort and skill it takes women to successfully juggle business with other commitments.

Dana, who set up her company in 2016, said: “I'm really excited to be included in the Venus Awards alongside so many talented and successful women across the south west. Setting up and growing a new business in a crowded world was always...

Baby Boomers’ work is never quite done as many continue to bolster businesses, charities and their families when they retire, according to new research from wealth manager Brewin Dolphin. A survey of almost 2,000 people aged over 50 shows that while one in five (22%) are still working full-time in their primary career, the vast majority (71%) have either retired or part-retired and are making the most of later life. In fact, more than half of people (55%) polled said they gave up full-time work earlier than expected and retired at 57 years old on average. A lucky one in 10 was able to...