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Free Badge-making Drop-in Day

Event Date: 
22/02/2019 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon, TQ13 9AF

Make recycled paper badges: creative fun for kids and family, this half term.

5 tips to boost your blog’s web presence

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 02/18/2019 - 11:01am

The most significant part to any blog is the traffic it receives. However, learning how to get traffic and attract people to your site as a beginner blogger can be frustrating and discouraging. If you want your blog to be successful you need an audience who visits it regularly. In this article we give you 5 tips to boost your blog’s web presence.

Use Backlinks

Backlinks are an amazing tool that have the potential to boost your search engine rankings when used effectively. What can you do to get other bloggers to link your content? In most cases, organic backlinks will be...

Jamie Bartlett, author of The Dark Net, keynote speaker at Cyber Security Awareness Week 2019

Jamie Bartlett, Author of The Dark Net, to Speak in Exeter at Free Event

Jamie Bartlett, journalist, BBC presenter and author of the famed work, The Dark Net, will be visiting Exeter on Wednesday 6 March to present to business owners at a free to attend event.

Jamie is the keynote speaker at the south west-based Bluegrass Group’s one-day conference, "Protect, Detect, Mitigate", during their Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) .

An engaging speaker, Jamie will be giving delegates an insight into the digital underworld and the real threat to SMEs. Having interviewed trolls and pornographers, drug dealers and hackers, political extremists and...

How examining your data could improve your customer relation

The way businesses interact with their customers is evolving at an increasingly fast pace. With numerous businesses competing for market shares as well as the offering of an increasingly diverse range of products, it is becoming difficult to distinguish oneself. In addition to this, the wants and profile of the traditional customer are also changing. Consumers, with access to the internet, are now more informed than ever. Coupled with a greater selection and diversity of companies, they are recognising the empowerment of their custom and the ability to very easily look elsewhere. It is...

5 Tips and Tricks for Launching an eCommerce Website

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 02/18/2019 - 9:23am

Today, when virtually everyone has his or her own page on the Net, it can even be considered weird when a business does not have a means of selling their goods or services online. Setting up an eCommerce website can be tricky , as there are quite a few pitfalls. Fear not, for even a beginner can build their own page without spending a fortune on it. Here are 5 tips to help you sail through the process.

1. Use a platform that is best for eCommerce

An eCommerce platform is a must, since it enables you to use a wide range of features that are usually present in quality...

Exeter continues to benefit from multi-million-pound investment in gas network

Homes and businesses across Exeter and the surrounding area will continue to receive a safe and reliable gas supply for years to come after Wales & West Utilities announced a £9.3 million investment in the local gas network during 2019.

The investment will see more than 73km of old metal gas pipes being upgraded to new plastic ones, while more than 5000 houses will also receive new gas supply pipes.

Rob Long, Wales & West Utilities Director of Operations, said: “While most of the gas network is underground and out of sight, it plays a central role in the daily lives...

West Country house builder raises over £25,000 for Children's Hospice South West

Local independent house builder, Devonshire Homes, has helped fundraise thousands of pounds for the charity that provides vital hospice care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families across the South West.

Having supported Children’s Hospice South West for two years, Devonshire Homes has raised a total of £25,154.96. The funds will help the charity care for more than 500 families, providing respite care and short breaks, as well as emergency, palliative and end-of-life care from its three hospices in North Devon, North Somerset and Cornwall.

Devonshire...

The Garden Shop in Colyton

From mid-life crisis to growth for micro-garden centre named one of three “most exceptional” businesses in UK

A shop on Colyton is one of just 3 finalists across the UK for the “Growth” award in the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards.

Three Men in a Boat

Event Date: 
06/03/2019 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

After the huge successes of Old Herbaceous and Fagin?, Hampshire based theatre company Kick In The Head are back with a rip roaring barrel of fun, Three Men in a Boat, with Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous himself!) playing the part of Jerome K Jerome.

The play is based on the hilarious book by Jerome K. Jerome which, since its first publication in 1889, has never been out of print and is regarded as one of the funniest books ever written.

In the play, Jerome recounts the hilarious story of his boating holiday along the magnificent River Thames with his two companions and...

Three Men in a Boat

Event Date: 
05/03/2019 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

After the huge successes of Old Herbaceous and Fagin?, Hampshire based theatre company Kick In The Head are back with a rip roaring barrel of fun, Three Men in a Boat, with Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous himself!) playing the part of Jerome K Jerome.

The play is based on the hilarious book by Jerome K. Jerome which, since its first publication in 1889, has never been out of print and is regarded as one of the funniest books ever written.

In the play, Jerome recounts the hilarious story of his boating holiday along the magnificent River Thames with his two companions and...

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