CYBG’s latest SME Health Check Index rose to 54.9, the highest level in six quarters, with SMEs continuing to hire staff taking employment rates to record levels.
The report, which is published in partnership with leading economic consultancy, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), covers Q4 2018, also reveals that businesses have increased their borrowing, with lending reaching the highest level since this Index began tracking in 2014.
In contrast, this was accompanied by plummeting confidence levels which reduced 12 points to the lowest level since the...
A new campaign has launched to encourage people across the South West to register to vote, ahead of local elections on 2 May 2019.
The Electoral Commission estimates that 16% of people are not registered to vote in the region. Its ‘Got 5?’ campaign encourages people to take five minutes to register to vote online at www.gov.uk/registertovote .
Elections are taking place in 23 out of 37 local authorities in the South West. Anyone who is not yet registered must do so by Friday 12 April in order to vote in elections in their local area.
Technology continues to revamp the way we make purchases every day. We've moved from an old-fashioned system of bartering and trading through exchanging cash for goods in a brick-and-mortar store, to an ecommerce system that can deliver just about anything to your doorstep in a day or two. During each stage, marketing professionals have faced the same challenge: how to promote the right product to the right person at the right time. The goal is always how to generate the most sales at the lowest cost per sale. Today, having an omnichannel marketing strategy can help propel your business to...
Everyone wants financial security, and for most, that starts with a bank account. For some people, though, this isn’t an option.
There are many reasons why a person can’t or doesn’t want a bank account. Luckily, there are plenty of checking account alternatives available.
Money makes the world go around. If you want to buy something online or don’t have cash on hand, a check or debit card would be a great choice. You may think you've lost many financial avenues without a bank account, but that’s not true.
There are several alternatives that provide you with the...
East Devon District Council and Grenadier are due to sign the final part of the agreement for a new watersports centre which will include a café and restaurant, public parking, communal space and a new ramp giving direct access to the beach at Queen’s Drive on Exmouth seafront.
The district council’s Cabinet agreed (March 6) a report explaining the latest details of the agreement proposed with Grenadier. The council is on target to complete the new road and car park by June 19.
Under the agreement, Grenadier will be required to take on the lease for the site on completion...
New approaches and models for generating increased value for libraries and local communities have today been revealed by the University of Exeter Business School in conjunction with Libraries Unlimited.
It is hoped that this unique understanding of the relationship between social and financial value, published in a new research report titled Unlimited Value, will help libraries and the wider cultural sector to consider innovative and enterprising methods of service delivery at a time when budgets are under pressure.
The research, carried out by the University of Exeter...
Everyone hustles and cheats. Matter of fact. Whether it is a lovely lady from a grocery store nearby, trying to swindle some extra cash out of your pocket or an employer cutting down on salaries on the pretext of financial hardships. And now imagine a ruthless engine of online casinos where money revolves in an unprecedented tempo – how could we possibly believe this machine if even the grocery damsel could be prone to deceive? This is actually a big question every gamblers asks themselves before entering any virtual gaming venue as software is just a bunch of code which might be easily...
In American society, interracial dating is one of the paradoxes, regardless of how diverse people are. Interracial relationships have become so prevalent in various parts of the world, too, even though some people can't just seem to accept this type of relationships. Those who have been, and some who are still in such a relationship, have admitted continuously that it's very challenging. The current society has been very tolerant of interracial relationships, but again, the challenges are there. It's good to know what those in this kind of relationships are going through, even if we live...
THE award-winning Exeter Pride has been going from strength-to-strength, delivering a free celebration of LGBTQIA+ diversity and visibility, for the past 10 years.
The 11th Exeter Pride will take place on Saturday, May 11 and to keep the event free for those who go along, the trustees and volunteers who run it are appealing for individuals, businesses and organisations to back the charity's appeal to raise £5,000 within the next two weeks.
To raise funds it has launched an online appeal via Crowdfunder and anyone wishing to donate is asked to do so as soon as possible at:...
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