A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks could reduce obesity rates in the UK by five per cent by 2025 - equal to 3.7 million fewer obese people - according to a new report from Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum published today (Friday).
The report predicts the impact a 20 per cent sugary drinks tax could have on obesity if current trends continue. This stark number (3.7 million) is equivalent to the combined populations of Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol and Leicester.
More than one in five (22.3%) children in the South West are overweight or obese...
Francis Clark’s annual Finance in the South West event, now in its 4th year running, will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd February from 08:00 to 14:00 at Exeter Racecourse.
The Seminar brings together specialists representing funding and business support available to businesses in the Heart of the South West LEP area. This year the keynote speaker will be Radio 4 business and economics journalist Jonty Bloom.
Research has indicated that there is a significant funding gap between funding available from traditional sources of funding and actual business requirements.
Treelands has appointed David Adam as forest manager for the South West of England. David joins the forestry and woodland management company from Forest Fuels Ltd, where he managed biomass supply contracts for a wide range of customers. Based in the company’s Exeter office, chartered forester David has more than 20 years’ experience in commercial forest management, with specialist knowledge in relation to timber harvesting and processing. In addition to professional forestry qualifications, he holds a NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, an Ignite Lantra certificate in...
The snowdrop has been voted the top spring flower for the third year running in the South West, with the gardens at Stourhead, Lanhydrock, Kingston Lacey and Cotehele being the most popular places to see spring blooms. National Trust Garden teams in the South West have recorded more flowers in bloom since 2008 in this year’s annual Valentine’s Flower Count, with nearly all gardens showing an increase in the amount of varieties of plants in bloom. In 2008 3,335 plants in bloom were recorded in Devon and Cornwall (where the flower count first started), marking the earliest spring so far...
Devon swept to victory, winning 30 awards in this year’s South West Tourism awards and will see ten businesses go through to the national Visit England Awards for Excellence in March. Ninety-five different awards were announced at the event, which took place in Exeter Cathedral last night (4 February).
Devon saw ‘Gold’ was awarded to Calvert Trust, Exmoor, for Access and Inclusivity; Mayflower Marina, Plymouth, for Active and Sporting Experience; River Cottage, Axminster for Artistic, Cultural and Learning Experience; Rydon Farm B&B, Woodbury for B&B Accommodation of the...
You don't have to be a forecaster to take a guess as to what the weather is going to be like this weekend.
But if you are in the welly boot or umbrella business, you could be in for a profitable few days!
The Met Office five-day forecast is as follows...
Today: After early patchy rain it will be a mostly dry but cloudy day, especially around windward coasts and hills. Some heavy outbreaks of rain will return into the afternoon but the rain will become lighter into the evening. Feeling milder. Maximum Temperature 12°C.
Increasing urban property prices and falling land values could be fuelling a rise in new rural business start-ups, the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Royal Agricultural University (RAU) indicates. Non-farmers, such as those starting up cottage industries, accounted for 27% of rural land sales in the South West over the past six months according to the RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey H2 2015. By contrast, property developers accounted for only 1% of rural land sales over the same period, a decrease of 4%. Sales to individual farmers rose from 56%...
Businesses across Exeter could be losing tens of thousands of pounds by failing to protect their telephone systems from fraudsters.
The warning comes from leading telephone specialists Equations Voice and Data, who are encouraging businesses to protect themselves from the growing threat of Toll Fraud.
Approximately 84% of South West businesses are understood to be at threat from telephone system hackers who make unauthorised calls by gaining access to a business's phone system. The calls are usually made to international or premium rate numbers and can leave businesses with...
Exeter Science Park, located to the East of Exeter and just off Junction 29 of the M5, has been laying foundations to become the south west’s beacon of excellence for science and technology.
Over the past six months, the Science Park has covered significant ground in improving the infrastructure and connectivity, securing funding and supporting the growth and development of many of its tenants within the Science Park Centre – an incubation hub to promote innovation and support fast-growth for science and technology businesses and entrepreneurs.
The South West’s housing market has seen a rise in demand following the Government’s recent announcement that stamp duty is set to increase for buy-to-let investors, the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed.
The RICS UK Residential Market Survey, December 2015, has shown that demand for new properties in the South West rose at the fastest pace in seven months with Chartered Surveyors citing a rush to beat April’s stamp duty rise as the reason.
From April, buy-to-let investors will be required to pay 3% more in stamp duty charges...
