Running your own business is an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also be extremely challenging, especially when it comes to making time for your family and even yourself. But don’t worry – even these 3 small steps will make it easier for you to keep a better work-life balance and gain control over how you spend your time.
Keep Work and Home Totally Separat e
When running your own business, it can be easy for work to slip into your home life, particularly if you work from home. Making sure you keep work apart from home life will make it easier to transition as...
RGB Building Supplies is delighted to launch The Big RGB Christmas Appeal in aid of Devon Air Ambulance Trust and is inviting customers and the community to donate a bag of good quality preloved items to the drop-off point in its Exeter branch. The bag of items will go on to be sold in the charity’s shops and help it continue to save hundreds of lives across Devon.
The Big RGB Christmas Appeal was officially launched on Monday 25th November when RGB mascot Archie Bee donated the first bag of items. Donations of clothing, shoes, books, DVDs and Blu Rays, toys, accessories, jewellery...
Winter brings a lot of good things to our door, but one bad thing that it can bring is the dreaded energy bill. From heating your home to slow cooking a delicious dinner, there are lots of reasons why energy bills go through the roof in the winter, but the good news is, there are ways for Exeter residents to avoid these huge costs.
Know where you’re using energy most
Knowing where you’re using the most energy can help you to cut down the dreaded winter bill. There has been a lot of controversy around smart meters , but they can be a good way to measure how much energy...
If you run a business, then you must have heard of ”Customer is the King” quote. But do you bring it into practice? But, still, many businesses that fail to understand the profundity of this statement. If you observe closely, then you will get to know that customer journey and business success go hand-in-hand. The more positive it would be the customer journey, the higher would be the business’s success.
Customers who are happy with a business and have a positive customer journey are likely to be 60% more profitable for any business. If your customers’ journey shows positive growth...
All of a sudden, Christmas is here again. It doesn’t feel like a year since we were last celebrating Christmas day with family and friends and bringing in the new year.
Whether you have been planning and saving all year or have found yourself quickly having to plan and budget your Christmas, you could probably do with making a little extra money to help you pay for the most wonderful time of the year.
Here is a quick guide to getting hold of some extra cash in time for Christmas and maybe creating a little extra space at home for all your gifts this year.
People live away from their families, and some also have their business in other countries. They have to make money transfer services if they want to support their family and business finances. This is a common trend, and people often send money to Pakistan , Bangladesh and other developing countries more often. But the fact is that you have to pay if you're going to transfer your money. When you are making money transfer, there are two standard charges you have to pay. These are the transfer fee and exchange rates. You can save on these charges through RemitFinder that lets you compare...
The Cornwall Council multi-million pound investment in Spaceport Cornwall is set to revolutionise businesses, jobs and skills in the region.
The University of Exeter has been working in partnership with Spaceport Cornwall, Virgin Orbit, Cornwall Council, the UK and European space agencies and the South West Satellite Applications Catapult to build expertise and business support services so that the region can reap the economic and societal benefits from the rapidly growing space industry.
The Spaceport will put Cornwall at the centre of the growing UK space sector, opening...
Families for Children are delighted to be the nominated as charity of the year by Figgy Puddings based in Devon.
The Business husband and wife team Richie and Jo Evans, (plus two rapidly growing helpers) have always made their own Christmas Puddings, and often gave them as Christmas presents for friends and family.
They received such glowing feedback that they decided to sell them, starting with just a hundred puddings which quickly sold out.
They have now been making and selling award winning Christmas Puddings for over ten years and have customers all over the UK...
Andy and the Odd Socks have today announced the 2020 tour dates and album pre-order bundle package. Fans can now pre-order the new Who's In The Odd Socks? album through the band's official store and receive exclusive pre-sale access to meet and greet tickets from the band's upcoming tour. On pre-ordering the album bundled with a limited-edition personalised t-shirt they'll also get their t-shirt and a free signed festive card before Christmas Day.
Fronted by CBeebies superstar Andy Day, the London based five-piece will play live shows up and down the country to support the release...
Organic veg box company Riverford has won Rising Star of the Year Award at a national awards ceremony recognising excellence among employee owned businesses.
Judges at the Employee Ownership Association Awards praised the new culture of co-ownership across the Riverford business, which they said had helped it secure the win, and a successful first year under the new ownership model.
“The award celebrates a business that already, in its early life, has an effective employee ownership culture where its commitment to engaging its workforce is driving a strong financial...
