Regional finance company SWIG Finance has passed the £10 million milestone for loans given to new businesses around the South West under the government’s Start Up Loans scheme.
The organisation has supported 1,245 entrepreneurs throughout the region since the national scheme started in September 2012.
The total includes 149 loans to Devon start-ups, worth £1.12 million.
Among them are business partners Kalkidan Legesse and Vidmantas Markevius, who took a £10,000 loan to help them start up their Scarves For Sustainability business, which has a store in Fore Street in...
Guest Speaker: Tom Chartres-Moore, IP and IT Solicitor at Stephens Scown
Is your data strategy compliant with the new GDPR regulations coming into force in May 2018?
Held at the newly expanded Taurus premises, this morning seminar will provide an all-round view of the GDPR legislation and how it will impact your business.
Guest speaker Tom Chartres-Moore will cover:
Dispelling GDPR myths - what it means on a day to day basis
GDPR for IT strategists - how GDPR affects IT
GDPR and HR issues - reducing the risk of human error
Exeter entrepreneur and former sportsman, Henry Western, has launched Protein Water Co (www.proteinwater.co), an innovative British brand that produces the UK’s first and only completely natural protein infused waters.
The Protein Water Co range has two unique product lines: Muscle Maintenance and Skin Maintenance, both delivering a mighty protein hit to support the whole body, from the skin, hair and nails to the maintenance of bones, muscles, cartilage and blood.
The brand has launched nationwide through a deal to supply Boots with all three editions of its Muscle...
An Exeter-based accountancy firm is continuing to build international links after helping to organise a successful trade mission to China.
Two partners from PKF Francis Clark, which has eight offices across the South and South West, gave presentations on doing business in the UK to an audience of 140 Chinese businesses.
Andrew Killick, Head of Corporate Finance, and Martin Aldridge, Business Services Partner, were accompanied by Yanwen Huang from PKF Francis Clark’s Poole office who helped with language and cultural translation.
The Taurus Charity Quiz is back! This year supporting Headway Devon.
Join us for a fun quiz night stretching those brain cells! Will your team come up trumps, beating other local companies to the top prize? With a raffle, food provided by local caterers 'Feast Without Fuss' and a cash bar, the evening will be a charity event not to miss!
Money raised from the quiz night will go to Exeter-based charity Headway Devon.
Headway Devon are the local Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) specialists and have been providing services for people with brain injuries for 20 years. They...
On Thursday 19th October , the Exeter Initiative for Science and Technology (ExIST) will be taking a closer look at AI and Robotics, focusing on emerging technologies, the sector’s impact on the workplace and the implications and effects of both on workplace and education needs currently and in the future.
Confirmed speakers for October’s quarterly event will include; Kate Doodson, Joint Chief Executive of Cosmic, David Ferguson, Head of Digital Innovation at EDF and John Laramy, Principal at Exeter College.
First on the agenda of speakers will be Kate Doodson, Joint Chief...
The private sector in the South West lost growth momentum in September, with business activity and new orders increasing at the slowest rates in three months, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).
The South West PMI recorded 52.9 in September, down from 54.3 in August. The rate of expansion was weaker than the UK average. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.
Data showed that, despite September’s slowdown in growth, South West firms continued to take on extra staff.
It comes with great excitement that The Gro Company, the UK’s leading baby sleep brand, announces the arrival of Amy Walker as Design Manager.
Amy’s appointment will see her create fluid collections with a unique and recognisable handwriting for the Gro brand that families have become to know and love over the past 17 years.
Amy brings with her over 10 years’ experience and joins the team from Lazy Jacks, a successful lifestyle brand in Devon, where she was the Senior Designer. Before that Amy worked for hugely influential brands including Reebok and Weird Fish. Amy’s...
The Jolly Good Jaunt on Sunday 29th October will again give walkers the opportunity to take part and raise vital funds for local charity Hospiscare.
The continued success of the Jolly Good Jaunt owes much to the generous support of local businesses and groups including the Deer Park County House Hotel for the splendid venue, the Honiton Agricultural Association for the use of their showground, Denhay Farms, Devon Hog Roast & Tesco`s Honiton for the delicious lunch. Go Outdoors in Exeter are kindly allowing a 10% discount to walkers who produce their registration letter....
As one of the most environmentally friendly printers in the UK, we take great pride in letting you know that we are a finalist in the environment category at the Digital Printer Awards 2017 for a promotional brochure that we printed using our HP Indigo 5500.
To be shortlisted in the environment category, industry professional judges who were picked for their relevant sector expertise and knowledge, were looking to fulfil the following criteria:
“We are looking for jobs where minimising environmental impact is at the heart of the project. This may include short and on-...
