small business

Saturday 3rd December marks the 10th anniversary of Small Business Saturday – a campaign to support and draw attention to the country’s millions of small businesses. One Devon charity is backing this campaign and encouraging burgeoning small business owners to come forward and register for its free enterprise support programme.

Last year the number of registered companies in Devon rose to 60,022, up from 57,278 in 20201. The small business landscape is increasingly tough, with rising energy and material costs, as well as belt-tightening as a result of the cost of living crisis,...

Independent charity Devon Communities Together (DCT) is providing a series of free training workshops as part of a whole package of support for community businesses in Devon.

Alongside the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE), New Prosperity Devon and Stir to Action, DCT is engaging with local communities to support the development of social enterprises, community businesses, community groups, sole traders and anyone with a great idea for their community.

The free workshops begin later this month and will take place in Barnstaple and Tavistock, with online events also...

11 November is Social Enterprise Day – a day to celebrate the impact and achievements of social enterprises in the UK and around the world.

One Devon charity is supporting this growing sector in the region by providing free business coaching to start-ups and small businesses, including social enterprises.

Devon Communities Together is an independent charity that supports people and communities throughout Devon. It is currently providing free business coaching to start-ups as part of its New Start Devon programme, which...

Many businesses across the UK have been plunged into the depths of economic despair due to the Coronavirus pandemic. In fact, between March and June 2020, 649,000* UK employees were left unemployed as a result of lockdown. Small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of the economy, but it appears many would-be entrepreneurs are now too afraid to start their own business, given the uncertainty of the economy over the next few months and possibly years.

InvestingReviews.co.uk conducted a survey (3,000; 18+) which revealed that over 1 in 5 (22%) would-be entrepreneurs in...

Last month, local digital marketing agency The Click Hub teamed up with Exeter-based web designers Doodlebug to give a seminar breaking down SEO, webdesign, social media marketing and more. In case you missed it, here are some of the SEO secrets that were shared and questions that were answered on the day.

An Exeter businessman travelled to Downing Street to meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as a representative of small businesses in the South West.

Alistair Gleave of Gleave Media joined two other local business champions at the two-hour champagne reception after being nominated by Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris, the Conservative Small Business Ambassador for the South West.

He said: “It was a great honour to be chosen to represent small businesses in the South West region and hear George Osborne talk about his own experiences growing up as the son of two small...