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SW small business eye share of nation’s £5bn Christmas Spend

Local small businesses across the South West are gearing up to take their share of a much-needed Christmas boost, as new data predicts the UK could spend £5.3 billion with small firms over the festive period, delivering critical end-of-year gains for this vital segment of the economy.

In wider positive economic signs, new data from the Small Business Saturday campaign also found Brits could spend over £23 billion in total across the UK this festive season, representing a nominal 16% year-on-year spending rise.

On average, one fifth of the nation’s seasonal spending pot...

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Flybe pilots take flight in new uniform!

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has given its 650-strong pilot workforce a brand new look that complements the striking purple uniforms of its cabin crew.

The new navy uniform for its pilots features a stylishly fitted jacket with distinctive platinum epaulettes and stripes that clearly designate the rank of Captain (four stripes), Senior First Officer (three) and First Officer (two). Designed with full crew participation, the brief was for it to be a quality, comfortable, user-friendly outfit to better reflect the airline’s forward looking image than the previous...

Bryony Frost becomes first group-wide ambassador for Jockey Club Racecourses

Fast-rising star jockey Bryony Frost, from Buckfastleigh in Devon, was yesterday announced as a group-wide ambassador for Jockey Club Racecourses.

Bryony has lit up British racecourses this season with a string of brilliant rides, her first Grade 1 victory and a winning smile to match, helping her to become one of the most popular faces in the sport.

The partnership is the first of its kind for Jockey Club Racecourses, which stages the likes of The Cheltenham Festival, the Randox Health Grand National, the QIPCO Guineas Festival and The Investec Derby Festival, and will now...

Exeter-based The Real Food Store wins place on prestigious learning programme

The Real Food Store in Exeter is one of 100 leaders across England to have been selected for a competitive learning programme and Match Trading grant of up to £10,000.

More than 330 people across England applied for the Community Business Trade up Programme, run by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Power to Change. The programme supports people improving their local communities through trade.

The programme will support The Real Food Store to grow, which will help expand the awareness of organic, local food and sustainability in Exeter and the...

UK’s top hypnotherapy practitioner in publishing first

One of the country’s foremost hypnotherapy practitioners, Matthew Cahill, is celebrating the launch of his book - which is the first of its kind as it charts the growing popularity of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy.

Plymouth based Matthew, 45, is the Principal of The Observatory Practice, based in The Crescent, where he has successfully trained hundreds of students on the acclaimed CPHT course (Clifton Practice Hypnotherapy Training).

Running a successful practice, combined with his love of learning and his dedication to teaching, led him to write ‘Solution Focused...

Stephens Scown becomes the first business in the UK to install Lightfoot in pool cars

Stephens Scown LLP, one of the largest law firms in Devon and Cornwall, has installed Lightfoot in three of its pool cars, in order to reduce emissions and improve its carbon footprint. The firm has been improving its corporate social responsibility and contribution to sustainable development, and is using Lightfoot as a key solution to help achieve this.

Lightfoot encourages a smoother and safer driving style, which in turn reduces emissions and fuel costs. Lightfoot is committed to coaching the driver to be better and it continuously rewards them for doing so. Stephens Scown’s...

Rosebarn Lane residents parking proposals on show

Residents in the Rosebarn Lane area of Exeter have the chance to view proposals for a residents parking scheme at a public exhibition on Thursday (15 February).

Devon County Council has drawn up the plans following requests from residents who struggled to park near their homes and in consultation with local councillors. This included the submission of a petition from residents and the results of a Devon County Council postal consultation held during May and June last year. The area includes Aldrin Road, Armstrong Avenue, California Close, Canberra Close, Collins Road (between...

Exeter based Optix Solutions holds its annual seminar

Exeter based digital marketing agency Optix Solutions will hold its annual seminar at Exeter Golf & Country Club on 15th February.

Held at the beautiful Exeter Golf and Country Club, this event is for those of you who want to know what to expect in the near future and to ensure you’ve not missed out on any of the changes in the last year or so.

After a full English Breakfast, Alastair Banks, Director of Optix Solutions will start the morning to review some of the big changes of 2018. We will then break into 3 workshops before coming back together for a talk from Simon...

Chiefs 5 Warriors 6

A bit like London buses, nothing for ages, then all of a sudden you get a flurry.

Well, it’s the same for Worcester Warriors, who having seen off Exeter Chiefs in the Anglo-Welsh Cup last month, then repeated the dose by becoming the first side to win an Aviva Premiership game at Sandy Park since Bath prospered back in October 2016.

Not since the Chiefs were elevated into English rugby’s top tier back in 2010 have Worcester tasted a league victory against Rob Baxter’s side - whilst you have to go all the way back to 2004, the days of the old County Ground, to note their...

A361 resurfacing progressing ahead of schedule

A resurfacing scheme on the A361 near Tiverton is ahead of schedule and work is expected to switch carriageways overnight on Sunday (11 February).

Devon County Council has confirmed that work on the westbound carriageway of the North Devon Link Road, which has been closed in recent weeks, is nearing completion.

From around 8pm on Sunday, the eastbound carriageway of the A361 near Gornhay Cross will close one lane at a time to allow the contraflow system to be switched to the newly surfaced westbound carriageway. A signed diversion route will be in place while this change is...

Good news for SW tourism occupancy and room nights

PKF Francis Clark's latest annual tourism business figures show that 2017 was a bumper year with overall occupancy trading at 55%, the highest annual figures recorded by the firm. This is in contrast to the early part of this decade where the figures hovered around 50%. Average occupancies were also up on 2016 levels at 1.5%.

Month on month there were also some interesting variations with the usual peak during the summer months, but a spike in occupancies in November and December which are now closer to 40% on average, as opposed to below the 30% mark, previously experienced in the...

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SW small business eye share of nation’s £5bn Christmas Spend

Flybe pilots take flight in new uniform!

Bryony Frost becomes first group-wide ambassador for Jockey Club Racecourses

Exeter-based The Real Food Store wins place on prestigious learning programme

UK’s top hypnotherapy practitioner in publishing first

Stephens Scown becomes the first business in the UK to install Lightfoot in pool cars

Rosebarn Lane residents parking proposals on show

Exeter based Optix Solutions holds its annual seminar

Chiefs 5 Warriors 6

A361 resurfacing progressing ahead of schedule

Good news for SW tourism occupancy and room nights

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