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Meet A Mentor Event - Exeter

Event Date: 
10/09/2015 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Castle, Castle Street, EX4 3PU, Exeter

SFEDI, the IOEE and Lloyds Banking Group are pleased to announce a free Meet A Mentor event at Exeter Castle, Exeter on Thursday 10th September 2015.

SFEDI, the IOEE and Lloyds Banking Group are working together to a run a series of Meet A Mentor events in venues throughout the UK. We would be delighted if you could join us to help in celebrating, engaging and empowering entrepreneurs in the UK.

Are you a volunteer enterprise mentor looking for a business to help? or Are you a business owner looking for mentoring support?

Then Meet A Mentor is for you!

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Exeter Board Game Café runs Kickstarter to fund relaunch

Authored by Beth M-Ward
Posted: Fri, 07/31/2015 - 6:59am

'Board' has unveiled a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a new permanent location in Exeter.

The independent Board Game Café, run by siblings Luke and Beth Mildenhall-Ward, opened as a pop-up shop earlier this year in South Street.

After a successful four month run, the café is now looking to set down roots in the city at a new, larger location.

During its pop-up period, 'Board' worked exactly like a normal café but with a twist – there were shelves upon shelves of board games for customers to play.

From old favourites like Scrabble...

Lesley Shorrocks: Small businesses and the General Election

Authored by AbiBram
Posted: Thu, 03/12/2015 - 1:25pm

It’s a crisp and sparkling, sunny morning and in my Sigma office overlooking Plymouth’s Royal William Yard, the water’s looking particularly enticing. It’s a gorgeous spot and silently I pat my husband and business partner on the back for his enlightened suggestion to buy premises here 13 years ago, when Cremyll Street was still something of an ‘interesting’ area. I can’t help daydreaming, admiring the nautical view. Right, I must gather my thoughts. Keeping up with news at the moment, let alone getting on top of my workload and the other activities I seem to get involved in, is beginning...