On the 9th March, Exeter Initiative for Science and Technology (ExIST) will be looking into climate change and the opportunities that lie within this for businesses. The event will be held at the new collaboration suite, which is part of the new Met Office Supercomputer building, finished in 2016.
The Met Office with contractors Willmott Dixon built a specialist IT Hall to house part of the Supercomputer and a Collaboration Space to enable Science and technical advancements through collaborations and partnerships.
Speakers for the first event of 2017 will include Vicky Pope...
Companies from across the South West have come together to shape plans for the region’s fast growing technology sector at Exeter Science Park. Tech South West Connect on 25 January saw more than 80 people, representing technology organisations, discuss and agree plans to develop the sector and help it thrive across the region.
Hosted by global procurement platform blur Group, whose headquarters are at the Science Park, the event saw organisations from Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Bristol get involved.
As well as discussing and deciding activity, to support the tech sector’...
The South West economy grew at one of the fastest rates in the UK during December, with business activity and the number of new orders rising sharply, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional PMI.
The South West PMI® rose to 58.7 in December, up from 56.6 in November. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.
Data for December also showed that employment rose for the sixth month running, supported by an increase in new business orders.
Despite this, input costs – including rent, raw materials and utilities - continued to rise, and firms...
A local digital marketing agency is aiming to help businesses hit the ground running in 2017 with a series of free events.
The first masterclass, to be held on Wednesday 15th February, will focus on how businesses can tweak their current Twitter activity in order to increase the amount of leads and enquiries they are gaining.
MiHi Digital, which has quoted for more than £150,000 of work from Twitter over the past three years, has used the social network to grow their own business and is now looking to share some of the key principles behind their success.
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A private health clinic - which began with a single practitioner - has become the largest of its kind in the south west in just seven years, delivering more than 1,000 hours of patient treatments every month.
The Osteo and Physio group continues to grow by about 20 - 25% a year, and has now opened branches in Exeter and Tiverton, alongside its Cullompton clinic.
The company, which was established in 2009 by Osteopath Jonathan Boxall, helps people relieve back, joint and muscle pain and other conditions through a range of manual therapies. It now has 15 practitioners working...
More than 70 per cent of region's exporters looking to Europe to fund growth, according to Thomas Westcott survey
Despite the looming prospect of Brexit the overwhelming majority of businesses in the South West looking to export are eyeing Europe as part of their 2017 expansion plans.
That's one of the headline findings of a far-reaching survey into South West businesses' growth plans carried out by leading independent firm of chartered accountants Thomas Westcott.
Thousands of small to medium sized companies were asked about their expansion strategies and what they...
A THRIVING business support group has reported excellent growth for its members this year.
The Blackdown Hills Business Association, which was formed around 30 years ago, supports a range of companies, including new business start-ups, sole traders and SMEs, right up to large corporations all providing key services, based in the area on the Devon/Somerset border.
Claire Stepney, BHBA Coordinator, said: ‘The Blackdown Hills are well connected on the borders of East Devon, West Dorset and South Somerset. Local companies recognise the importance of supporting one another,...
Business confidence has increased in the South West but economic uncertainty remains the biggest threat to firms, according to the latest Business in Britain report from Lloyds Bank. The report’s confidence index - an average of respondents’ expected sales, orders and profits over the next six months – increased to 17 per cent, up from four per cent, the survey’s score in September 2016. The South West’s confidence boost is the largest increase in the country, followed by London and the South East. David Beaumont, regional director for SME banking in the South West, Lloyds Banking Group...
Exeter Business Club celebrated their last meeting of the year with member Kevan Lush fulfilling his promise to turn up in his Christmas onesie if members pledged £100 to the Club's charity fund.
The £100 target was quickly met with many members entering in the spirit by turning up in Christmas jumpers.
Kevan, who runs Lush Electrics, is pictured in front of club members, wishing he was wearing something cooler.
