Flybe is looking to raise up to £150 million though a share issue to invest in the group in a move announced today. The offer for 141,501,920 new ordinary shares, costing 110p per share is hoped to raise money for a new investment to improve the company’s customer services and infrastructure. The offer price is a discount on the closing mid-market share price on February 19 which stood at of 118.5p.per ordinary share. Flybe said that, funding raised by the share issue would be spent to improve the airline’s flexibility, strengthen its balance sheet and improve its product range and brand...
In this latest In a nutshell video local business expert Chris Wood at Q Social Media discusses how to utilise your Linkedin connections.
Chris gives great advice on how to make LinkedIn work for you. He also explains the importance of using your connections to help your develop new connections. “Advanced People Searches -- you can utilise existing connections to introduce you to shared connections - people you don't know but that your connections do. Helping you to develop new connections. This will give you new opportunities to: Drive sales leads Be seen as industry experts...
The DEFRA Minister George Eustace today (07/02/14) opened a new £1 million workspace hub at Home Farm, Bicton College, which only a year ago received £300,000 of Rural Growth Network capital funding.
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment travelled to the county to offer his support for a range of local business initiatives. The visit draws attention to the work which is underway to support the rural economy and to help businesses highlight their needs and access help and advice.
The Farmhouse Business Centre project at Bicton...
Concerns have been raised that the £31.1m promised by the Government last year to secure the South West’s railways against severe weather was not delivered, despite widespread support from local authorities. The money was promised by the Government for a programme of rail improvements, after winter flooding cut off rail transport to the South West peninsula for several weeks in 2012/13 with an estimated cost to the South West economy of over £140m. Last week, before the most recent storms saw the destruction of 80m railway line near Dawlish, five Local Transport Authorities including Devon...
Local Wealth Management Company Brewin Dolphin Exeter launched Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as its new charity of the year with the creation of a ‘Pop up Shop’ at their offices on Pynes Hill. Brewin Dolphin organised a ‘Drop & Shop’ to raise funds and awareness for the charity by inviting neighbouring business colleagues to help fundraise.
The Brewin Dolphin team, headed up by Administration Manager Rhiannon Bates, arranged two separate collection days for the donation of unwanted items including clothes, jewellery, toys and home-ware. The businesses on Pynes Hill...
In this video local business expert Richard Hussey from RSH Copywriting gives great advice on how to write news articles.
Richard describes the three best principles to writing a new articles and the importance of headlines.
“Your headline has one purpose -- to grab the attention of the specific people you really want to read your content.
"It has to tell them: 'this article is for you’; 'you're going to discover something of value'. And 'this will be a productive use of your time'. See now why headlines are more than just an afterthought?”
Big six power company Npwower has come under criticism for misleading consumers with claims that rising energy bills are the fault of "old and draughty" houses. Npower Chief executive Paul Massara said the prices of gas and electricity in the UK are among the lowest in Europe and expensive bills are "because British houses waste so much energy". In the supplier's second "Energy Explained" report, Mr Massara said: "If we can increase the efficiency of the UK's old and draughty housing, we can ensure that annual energy bills are some of the lowest too." The claims have come under heavy...
In the latest in a nutshell video, we asked local expert Adam Stone from Rokk Media “what are the benefits of mobile apps?”
Adam explains the different benefits of mobile apps and gives advice on how to create your own million pound app. “Coming up with an idea is the easy bit - getting it downloaded enough to turn a profit is the hard part. Bear in mind that the reason apps are downloaded in their millions is because they are incredibly low cost or even free. That means that to make money the app needs to sell in high volume and to achieve that often requires a hefty marketing...
In this video local business expert Jonathan Alder from Alder and Alder discusses the importance of branding
Jonathan explains why he thinks branding is important and what you need to do to make sure you get it right for your business. “Who you are is about your visual identity - the way you look. So that includes things like your logo, your website, your literature or packaging. It also includes your name. This aspect of your brand will often be the first contact someone has with you. What you do isn't just about listing the products or services you offer. It's about explaining...
Exeter based Absolute PR and Marketing rounded off a year of growth after securing a string of new account wins including a major national property developer and an award-winning Westcountry food producer and supplier.
In addition to its recent appointment as the communications consultancy for South West Lakes Trust, Absolute has now landed five new national and regional clients across the food and drink, tourism and leisure, engineering and property sectors.
Multi award-winning retirement property developer Urban Renaissance Villages has awarded the agency its national...
