Vanessa Cobb from Vanessa Cobb Professional Development talks about creating shared value (CSV) within your business or organisation.
She discusses how the divide between business and community has been bridged and how CSV is a strategy that can result in new market development, higher staff engagement and unlocking natural leadership potential within the team.
Vanessa explains how shared value is 'created now by philanthropy or good PR but when a business makes a connection between it's commercial goals and the needs of the communities in which it operates'.
Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP is warning companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) that they must complete their register of Persons with Significant Control (PSC) by 6 April – with failure to undertake this being a criminal offence committed by the Company and its controlling officers.
Introduced under the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, the PSC register is designed to record which people own or control a company or LLP so as to provide greater public transparency. The register will also help combat the issue of shell companies in...
New research released today shows that over 63% of women living in the South West dream of starting their own business, motivated by the desire to bring more flexibility and earnings to their lives and the potential to be their own boss.
In order to have a perfect work/life balance, women in the South West believe work should be 37% and life 63% however, currently 87% of their waking hours are spent working or thinking about work rather than truly relaxing*. Home seems to be the perfect place to set up a business with 79% choosing to base themselves there if they had the...
One of the South West's leading independent firm of chartered accountants has further strengthened its Agricultural Services team with the appointment of two experienced consultants.
Peter Brown and Jack White have joined Thomas Westcott's agricultural consultancy to further expand the range of services available to farming and rural businesses in the region.
Peter Brown, based in Thomas Westcott's Holsworthy office, has a reputation for delivering expert advice to the South West's agricultural industry earned over 21 years, including helping clients running family farms,...
Thanks to an ingenious initiative by Exeter based Chartered Surveyor, Kevin Bateman, the three Farming Help Charities: The Addington Fund, R.A.B.I and the Farming Community Network (FCN) have received a total of £20,405 to boost their funds.
As part of the move from the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), all entitlements had to be matched on a one to one hectare basis with the land on which farmers were making a claim. Kevin realised that many farmers had a miss-match between the two and whilst large blocks of entitlements could be traded economically in...
Will a possible Brexit, the slowdown in China, and a tumbling oil price have an impact on the deals market in the South West?
Recent research by Experian revealed that a total of 535 deals were completed in the region last year - an increase of 15.3 per cent on the previous 12 months. If the trend continues then the South West could expect to see even more deals completed in 2016.
John Panteli, a partner at Grant Thornton, believes that because of the strength and diversity of mid-market corporates in the South West we shouldn’t necessarily see the uncertainty surrounding...
Sara Traynor from Sara Traynor coaching shares her expertise on Leading through Serving in Bitpod's latest In a Nutshell video.
She talks about the importance of being empathetic towards your colleagues and clients; gaining an understanding of their needs and better understanding how you can help them to reach their goals. 'Increasing your skills in empathy will help your people and your organisation flourish' says Sara.
To find out more contact Sara via email at sara@saratraynorcoaching.com or call her on 07791 294 385.
Premier Communication Electronics (PCE) ion Exeter, Devon, has been awarded ISO 27001:2013 certification to recognise the company’s best practice competence in managing assets, such as financial information and intellectual property.
Colette Dinnes from Phillips Dinnes Accountants shares her advice on the topical new tax on dividends. She discusses the impact that the new tax will have on small businesses who have, to date, been encouraged to operate as limited companies because of the favourable tax treatment of dividend income and how this is going to change from April 2016.
Colette comments that 'from the 6th April 2016, part of the advantage will be lost and tax payers who receive a significant part of their income in the form of dividends will suffer a tax increase'.
How often do you look strategically at your business?
Many people don’t look at their business strategically often enough. By becoming too engaged in the detail they use common and normally financial metrics to measure progress and success. The end of the year offers an excellent opportunity to intelligently review how far you have come and what you will need to change to achieve the outcome that you want. This may mean looking at your business completely differently...
