Campaign for Learning is celebrating the 24th Learning at Work Week this week (16th-22nd May). The theme, Learning Uncovered, is focused on raising the profile of lifelong learning at work and encouraging everyone to uncover and share their learning power.
Organisations in the South West are taking part, including Taking Care and UWE Bristol, who have planned some exciting activities for their teams.
The national celebration is calling on employers across the country to promote a learning culture for all in their organisation. The Learning at Work Week website has...
Thomas Westcott , the largest chartered accountancy network in the South West, has further invested in its staff development with new promotions for two senior Tax Managers to Director-level.
Advisors Paul Webb and Lisa Lane have both been moved up within the practice and are based at the firm’s Exeter office on Southernhay East.
Paul, who is a Fellow of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), has 24 years’ experience dealing with most areas of personal tax and a detailed knowledge of UK tax laws and compliance issues. He specialises in helping individuals with...
Almost a third (31%) of employees in the South West don’t feel comfortable opening up about their mental health issues and concerns to anyone at work, a new survey shows.
The findings come from Just Eat for Business for Mental Health Awareness Week - which takes place between the 9th and 15th May - to encourage employers to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health concerns, including stress, anxiety and burnout.
It’s concerning that a large proportion of the region’s employees don’t feel able to ask for help from colleagues, HR professionals or...
Wenea South West are aiming to raise £400,000 through a 10-year investment bond offer on ethical investment platform, Ethex.
The funds are intended to help them deploy at least 100 rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers across 44 locations in Devon. This roll out of public chargers will enable more people across Devon to make the switch to electric vehicles, vastly improving air quality and cutting traffic carbon emissions.
Wenea are also working with electric car sharing service, Co-Cars, enabling people for whom the cost of an EV is prohibitive to rent them by the hour....
South West business chief, David Ralph has highlighted his priorities for growing the economy of South West England in a speech to the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) annual regional conference in Exeter.
Mr Ralph, who heads the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP); an organisation aimed at growing businesses across the region, highlighted concerns around increasing numbers of vacancies and a lack of access to skilled staff. To combat these imbalances, the LEP has committed to working with the education sector to deliver the skills that the economy...
Exeter landscape planning, ecology and arboriculture consultancy, Tyler Grange has become the first in their industry to sign up to the 4-day week pilot programme - beginning in June. More than 3,000 workers at 60 companies across the UK are taking part in the trial.
In association with 4-Day Week Global , UK think tank Autonomy and researchers at Cambridge University, Boston College and Oxford University, the pilot programme will initially run for six months and will see reduced hours but no loss of income for Tyler Grange’s employees.
Devon-wide health and well-being charity Westbank Community Health and Care is delighted to welcome personal injury lawyer James Wood as its newest Trustee. His appointment was confirmed by the board on Wednesday (27th April).
James, who’s a paraplegic following a motorcycle accident as a young man, lives in Exeter and is a former Managing Director of a unique legal service called Aspire Law. Set up as a joint venture between Aspire Charity and a leading UK law firm, it made significant gains in the personal injury market under James’ stewardship - resulting in a lucrative extra...
The annual Tech South West Awards have opened for entries as the prestigious event returns for a fourth year to celebrate the region’s tech sector.
Covering the whole of the South West from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset to Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, the awards showcase innovation across the region’s fastest growing sector.
Awards include Best StartUp, Women in Tech, MarineTech, Commitment to Diversity, Workplace Culture, AgriTech, Tech For Good, FinTech and Commitment to Talent.
The launch comes hot on the heels of the release of the SW...
The attitude of South West business leaders towards technology underwent a major shift in the pandemic, according to a new survey.
South West IT and technology support specialists Timewade carried out the ‘Time to Deliver’ survey , in partnership with leading South West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming .
The findings reveal how the pandemic changed business leaders’ view on the role of technology, with 85 per cent now believing that investing in technology is vital for business success, compared to just 56 per cent in 2020.
In March, Founder and Director of Samuel and Co Trading , Samuel Leach celebrated his birthday in true trading style - by competing his very own trade floor build.
Leach has made the news previously for his lavish lifestyle and high-value investments in various stocks, but there is more to this entrepreneur than meets the eye…
Samuel has been trading in the stock and forex market for over ten years and rose to fame through his public stock calls and banking a fortune on the oil rally as covered by The Express . Back in 2021, Leach made the news as he bought WTI Crude Oil...
