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A packed audience of over 80 farmers and rural business owners from around the region assembled recently to listen to Minette Batters, the Vice President of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), discussing the challenges facing the industry. The event, organised by professional services firms PKF Francis Clark, Savills and Stephens Scown LLP, was held at Lifton Farm Shop, Lifton, Devon. Minette Batters underlined that while the industry is facing many challenges, farmers need to “take control of their own destiny” and work more closely together to deliver “a coordinated message to consumers...

The latest In a Nutshell video comes from Hannah Ackford, Consume Digital who shares her expert advice on how best to perfect your online content strategy.

She talks about how content plays a huge part in our online digital strategy and how it's impact should never be underestimated.

'Creating high quality content will help you to showcase your business as knowledge leaders and reinforce your brand values', says Hannah.

To find out more contact Hannah via email at hannah@consumedigital.com or call her on 07909332915

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Two leading visitor attractions in Exeter have scooped top awards from an online review site.

TripAdvisor, which is the world’s biggest online travel review website, has awarded its coveted Certificate of Excellence to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) and the Underground Passages.

Now in its sixth year, the TripAdvisor award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to services that consistently achieve great reviews on TripAdvisor by continually delivering a high quality customer experience.

2016 is the second year in a row that RAMM and the...

Staff at a leading South West law firm were today celebrating news of a bumper annual bonus. Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, St Austell and Truro, informed its staff that this year’s bonus will be £3,000 – more than double the amount last year when the average payout was £1,300. The bonus applies to everyone, regardless of grade, from secretarial and admin staff up to fee-earning lawyers. The 130% increase is partly the result of a highly successful financial year for 2015/16 in which revenue rose by 18% to £17.83 million. But it is also due to the introduction of a new ‘...