Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has published its advice trend statistics for April 2016. The charity has helped 43% more people with their advice and information when compared to April 2015.
And Chief Executive Steve Barriball said there were concerns over increases in enquiries about welfare benefits, employment and housing every month last year.
The amount of advice that the charity has been able to provide compared to April last year, was as follows:
Welfare benefits Overall, the charity has dealt with 43.8% more welfare benefit enquiries....
In the latest of Bitpod's In a Nutshell series, John Coombs from Simpkins Edwards shares his expert advice on the role of a business executor. He talks about the main duties and responsibilities of the role and, as a business owner, the importance of ensuring you have an up to date will.
'In addition to dealing with the business, an executor has many other duties such as collecting in full details of the deceased assets and liabilities, paying any inheritance tax, obtaining the grant of probate and distributing the assets as set out in the will' explains John.
Exeter City Football Club has conirmed that the Secretary of State has given the go-ahead to the St James Park Development.
Plans to replace the ageing Stagecoach Family Stand had been put on hold while the club waited to hear the outcome of a request for the development plans to be called-in from the St James Forum.
However, the Secretary of State has decided not to call-in the plans after the club was granted planning permission by Exeter City Council earlier this year. Exeter City chairman Julian Tagg said: "We are delighted that the Secretary of State has decided not to...
Oliver Dax from Monkey's Paw Consultancy, shares his expert advice on how to go about forging effective business alliances. He discusses the importance of building strong business relationships and how, despite not costing anything to do so, these relationships, if managed well, can be incredibly lucrative.
'Creating a habit of feeding alliances so that they feed you back is an excellent way to generate high return, zero cost business' says Oliver.
To find out more contact Oliver via email at oliver.dax@monkeys-paw-consultancy.com or call him on 07745 659898
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has published its annual advice trend statistics for the year-ending 31st March 2016.
The charity has recruited 29 more volunteers over the last 12 months and this is reflected in the annual results, with the charity helping 36% more people with their advice and information needs since April 2015.
Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “I congratulate and thank our volunteers for the work they do each and every day. With the introduction of Universal Credit, and other changes, there is more that we can do, and we will. I...
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter is launching a new health impact research project.
The research follows on from the charity’s involvement last year, as part of a group of Citizens Advice charity’s in the County, into a study to better understand the long term outcomes for people who sought their help.
Steve Barriball, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Exeter said: “Findings from the research last year confirmed that our services make a significant difference to people’s situations, resolving their problems and having long-term positive effects on their...
In the latest of the In a Nutshell series, Dan Pritchard from Astley Media talks about how to effectively handle a social media crisis. He shares his top five tips on coping with a negative incident online to avoid a potential catastrophe for your company.
'Be real - communicate with honesty. Don't abandon your values. Don’t get personal and don’t be defensive.' says Dan.
Dan's informative video guides us through how to react to negative social media attention with clarity and confidence.
To find out more contact Dan via email at hello@astleymedia.co.uk or call him...
Marian Weston from Young Enterprise UK focused her In a Nutshell video on explaining how enterprise programmes could be beneficial for businesses. She talks about how enterprise education is a joint enterprise between educational establishments and businesses and how such initiatives help make the business world relevant to the daily lives of young people.
'The benefits for businesses is that by sharing their skills/expertise with students, they are helping shape the future workforce, while inspiring and motivating employees’ professional development' Marian explains.
The Government has issued advice ahead of the industrial action on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 April.
Junior doctors will be striking from 8am to 5pm each day, including withdrawal of cover in A&E departments. Essential care will be provided by senior staff. You can help the NHS cope by choosing the right service and attending A&E only if it is essential.
If you have a long-term health condition or you look after someone else – including, for example, elderly people or young children – it's important that you know what to do if you need the NHS during the industrial...
Richard Palmer from Estadia Ltd, shares his expertise on telesales techniques and how to make each call both effective and fruitful. He discusses the importance of setting realistic goals before each call, building a relationship with the gatekeeper and setting efficient plans in place to follow up the call.
'Draw information out of your prospect, which will enable you to position your products or service alongside their needs. This leads to much more interest from your prospect and gives them good reason to spend more time talking to you and agreeing to your desired outcome'...
