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Local businesses unveil alternative to google maps

Exeter-based, B Corp holiday company Luxury Coastal has unveiled a new interactive mapping tool providing seamless local recommendations for guests, using a technology developed in partnership with Brixham-based Geovey . The new maps provide access to the best recommendations in the south west – from secret beaches to local roasteries - enabling holiday guests to live like locals from the moment they step through the front door.

The bespoke Geovey maps on Luxury Coastal’s website provide a carefully curated local area guide, as the algorithms of tech giants are replaced by...

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Damian Cook: Devon's Commercial Property Market

The first quarter of 2015 has seen improved confidence resulting in an increase in activity within the commercial property market throughout Devon. Exeter in particular is experiencing substantial growth and has become the South West’s most vibrant commercial hub.

Demand for both industrial and business space remains healthy with agents experiencing a shortage of current supply, which has not been helped with the lack of new development over the past seven years or so due to the challenging marketing conditions during the recession.

This will be eased with the future...

Exeter Business Club extends help scheme to start ups

Start up businesses in the Exeter area could benefit from a year’s free membership at one of the city's most vibrant business networking groups, along with a programme of mentoring from club members.

At the Exeter Business Club AGM, members voted to continue the scheme which began last year and benefited Estatesdirect.com franchisee Dirk Leonard.

"We have a lot of hands on expertise to offer new businesses," said newly elected chair Pete Weeks.

"Most of our members started their own companies so they know all the pitfalls as well as the buzz of...

Adam Stone: Social media and your business

We live at a time where thoughts zip around the world at the speed of light. A cataclysmic event or a compromising photo is instantly witnessed by millions of people in the blink of an eye. In so many ways the internet, not even a concept just a few years ago (the worldwide web was 25 last year!) has changed our lives in immeasurable ways and, I like to think, for the good.

To many, social media services such as Twitter and Facebook ARE the internet with the amount of active users on a day by day basis counting in the hundreds of millions and growing. For a lot of people from my...

Dairy farm introduces milking robots

If Devon farmer Jon Williams' late father had been told his dairy herd would be milked by robots in 2015, he would have laughed disbelievingly. However, that is exactly what is happening at Higher Hampton Farm in Kilmington as 21st century technology hits the age-old occupation.

But it is Ben, Jon's eldest son and the third generation of the family to work on the farm, who has been the driving force behind this radical change to their livelihoods.

Since the 1970s, much research has gone into investigating methods to alleviate time management constraints in conventional...

24 hours with... Deborah Clark

In 24 Hours With…we take a well-known local businessperson and ask where they go for lunch, spend their downtime and visit for inspiration or advice.

Former City lawyer Deborah Clark and husband Tony Orchard own Burgh Island in Bigbury-on-Sea and Southernhay House boutique hotel in Exeter. Here, Deborah tells us what the city has to offer:

FOR BUSINESS LUNCHES

Harry's Bar, situated in Exeter’s Northernhay Gardens, is the best place to get steak tartare. But ask for the DIY version, not the pre-mixed! It's also quiet, discrete and has excellent staff. You can watch...

My Office: Richard Stevens

Richard Stevens, 47, is the managing director of Plymouth Citybus. He’s worked his way through the ranks since his first job as a bus driver in 1990.

He lives in Crownhill, Plymouth, and is married with two children.

Here, he gives Devon Life Business & Professional a tour of his office at Plymouth Citybus HQ in Milehouse:

1. Investors in People certificate of accreditation – Gold Standard

“We were presented with this last year and it makes me so proud. It’s the national standard of how you manage people as a business and to get the gold standard is a...

Crayon Architecture celebrate success across the South West

Andrea Galley is used to the look: that one of surprise, awkwardness and admiration all rolled into one. It tends to happen when she tells people what she does for a living.

Because at the age of just 29, Andrea is an architect in charge of her own firm and responsible for an increasing number of high profile projects in Devon.

She and fiancé Dan Atkins, 33, set up Crayon shortly after graduating from the notoriously gruelling seven to eight-year-long architecture course at Plymouth University.

It was a bold move for a couple fresh out of university, but ‘freshness...

Workplace politics discussions hot up

New research from leading recruitment specialist Robert Half UK reveals that workplace discussions on politics are heating up in the run up to this year’s General Election. According to the study, 85% of employees are reported as discussing politics in the workplace, with one-in-seven (15%) discussing Government issues on a daily basis. The study shows that expressing a political allegiance is no longer seen as a workplace faux pas in the private sector. Just 7% of HR directors think making a political preference known can influence how an employee is treated by management or colleagues. A...

Apprentice recognised at House of Commons

An apprentice from Mike Rowland & Son met Skills and Equalities Minister Nick Boles as part of a unique celebration of apprenticeships at the House of Commons on Tuesday 10 March. The event, organised by the National Apprenticeship Service, showcased the products and services ‘made by apprentices’ to politicians, existing apprentice employers and business leaders. Jason Holt CBE, the government’s small business apprentice ambassador also announced the formal launch of an online peer-to-peer support platform for small business, Apprenticemakers. Apprentice Bench Joiner, Journeyman...

Apprentices for the construction industry

It contributes considerably to Devon’s economy in terms of job creation and economic output, but the construction industry at an entrant level has a skills problem, says a leading industry expert.

Seen as something of a litmus test for local economies, the construction industry reflects the strength and confidence of the marketplace.

In Devon, nearly 25,000 people were employed within the construction industry in 2013 – that’s 5.3% of total employment.

And looking at its supply chain, the jobs created and its contribution to economic output, and the construction...

Business Daily

Local businesses unveil alternative to google maps

Damian Cook: Devon's Commercial Property Market

Exeter Business Club extends help scheme to start ups

Adam Stone: Social media and your business

Dairy farm introduces milking robots

24 hours with... Deborah Clark

My Office: Richard Stevens

Crayon Architecture celebrate success across the South West

Workplace politics discussions hot up

Apprentice recognised at House of Commons

Apprentices for the construction industry

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