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Devon Environmental Awards 2016 launch

The Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) Awards are now open for entry.

The awards are open to any organisation of any size in the Devon region, and encompass business, community and education.

All entrants need to do is show how their organisation is committed to operating in environmentally friendly ways, whether through day to day operations or a specific green...

New service launched for SW businesses

A new service has been launched for South West businesses.

South West Growth Service has been formed by independent and experienced business consultants Chris Lorimer, Andrew Southall and Katharine Bourke.

The business provide core services such as Business strategy development, specialist support in sales and marketing, operation, raising finances, maintaining momentum, and HR...

Thousands of disabled Plymouth residents to stay warm and well thanks to Big Lottery grant

Local social enterprise, Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) has been awarded more than £460,000 to continue pioneering community work to prevent fuel poverty in the city.

The project, Warm and Well, will take place over four years and will reach 3,500 households that have health conditions, physical and learning disability or mental health needs, to minimise the causes and symptoms of...

Open event at Plymouth Science Park attracts clients from across UK

An ‘open house’ at award-winning Rebecca Garrett Media on Plymouth Science Park attracted clients from all over the country to enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the dynamic media business.

Clients visited from all over the south west and London to meet owner Rebecca Garret and her energetic team at their HQ on the city’s Science Park.

“We are very proud to be based here in...

Brexit uncertainty dampens activity in SW housing market

Uncertainty fuelled by the EU Referendum has resulted in a marked drop in activity in the South West housing market, according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, June 2016.

New buyer enquiries declined significantly across the UK in June, with 36% more chartered surveyors nationally reporting a fall in interest - this is the lowest reading since mid-2008. The South West fared...

Plymouth Science Park Hosts Free Women in Business Networking Workshops

PLYMOUTH Science Park hosted a sell-out free Women in Business Networking workshop designed to help businesswomen to address limiting self-beliefs and help their businesses to grow.

The course, run by coaching organisation In Good Company, encouraged delegates to identify and overcome elements that hold them and their businesses back.

It is the second free bi-monthly workshop...

Triumphant celebration as Goodridge consolidates UK headquarters in Exeter

Internationally renowned company, Goodridge, has celebrated the consolidation of its Exeter headquarters and manufacturing facility at new premises.

The occasion was heralded by a champagne reception on Friday 11 July, attended by high profile figures from the automotive and motorsport sectors and Trudi Goodridge, wife of Goodridge’s late founder and MD, Stuart Goodridge.

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Report identifies ways to boost children's quality of life through outdoor learning

Outdoor learning can have a significant and positive impact on children’s quality of life but needs to be introduced more formally into global school curricula in order for its potential benefits to be fully realised, a new report suggests.

Student Outcomes and Natural Schooling has been produced by Plymouth University and Western Sydney University, following a conference organised in...

Devon triumphs at Venus Awards National Finals

The National Venus Awards, now in its third year, celebrated the success of its National winners for 2016 with regional winners, Associate, Regional and National Sponsors, guests and supporters in the beautiful surroundings of the Hampshire-based Hand-Picked Audley Woods Hotel on Thursday 7th July 2016.

The Venus Awards National Finals saw 70 regional winners compete in their...

Polar Explorer relocates HQ to Plymouth Science Park

CELEBRATED Polar Explorer and international adventurer Antony Jinman is to relocate his Plymouth headquarters to the city’s Science Park.

Antony, who has travelled to both the North and South Poles, is one of only 12 Britons to have made it to the geographical South Pole.

As well as being an explorer, Antony Jinman is a climate change educator. He visits schools to deliver...

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