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IMP Software secures investment to accelerate innovation and broaden unified financial management platform for the education sector

IMP Software , the leading platform helping Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) to strengthen their budget forecasting and financial management, has announced a significant minority investment from Partech Growth fund to support its next stage of development.

The partnership with Partech, a...

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Three Cornwall groups shortlisted for housebuilder's £1 million pirze fund

Regional housebuilder Persimmon Homes Cornwall has shortlisted three groups supporting under-18s to go forward for a chance to win up to £100,000 through its Building Futures campaign. The groups have been selected from three categories targeting grassroots sports groups, health organisations and arts & education projects. WKUK (Plymouth) will represent the arts & education category at...

The Bigwave Business Games are coming to Plymouth!

It’s ‘game-on’ with Bigwave media announcing the ‘Bigwave Business Games’ are coming to Plymouth following the success of similar events in Exeter and Torbay. Sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson and raising monies for St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth, we are calling on all Plymouth businesses to get involved. Applications are now open for local organisations to compete head-to-head in a range of...

PSP psychologist provides massive boost for future mums

Expecting a child? New to parenting? Both can be wonderful experiences. But, for some, they can also be very stressful.

Mind, Body and Baby, based at Plymouth Science Park, sets out to help Mums enjoy pregnancy, birth and parenthood.

Established by Clinical Psychologist, Dr Rosie Gilderthorp, Mind, Body and Baby guides mothers through their journeys – with the effective help of...

Building a product that will sell

If you have an idea for a product, you need to know that that product will sell before you launch it. A launch will cost money, time, and effort, and unless you can be sure that you are getting it right, that could all be wasted on a product that simply doesn’t sell. With that in mind, how can you build a product that actually will sell? Here are some ways you can get started.

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The changing face of brands - don't be the bad apple

Brands are curious things, they consume time and effort to produce and yet for most small business their value is never tangible. From the largest multinationals to the smallest one person businesses, brands are everywhere and every person makes a decision with reference to them. What shampoo? which sandwich? where to go out? Each has its own unique message which effects each person...

The Storm is blowing - It may be hard to prepare

The business of Brexit seems to have reached a lull just as two former cabinet ministers have finished jockeying for position to become the next British prime minister. The winners strong EU rhetoric, tailored to their Conservative Party electorate, while predictable is not realistic. A deadline of 31st October looms sandwiched between the recess and newly appointed European Commission...

Housebuilder's support for emergency medics

A life-saving emergency medics team in Devon has won the support of a regional builder. BASICS Devon, based in Plymouth, has received a £1,000 donation from Persimmon Homes Cornwall’s Community Champions scheme to help fund the work of 14 volunteer medics who respond to major medical emergencies across the region The volunteers make themselves available around the clock throughout the year,...

Plymouth businesses warned to take action on Windows 7 ticking time bomb

Half of all businesses in Plymouth are still relying on old out-of-date software - that only has months left to live.

And it’s the town’s biggest business ticking time bomb, according to local IT expert Martin Limburn of Limbtec.

“Microsoft is ending the life of lots of software in January,” he explained.

“And any business round here that’s still relying on it by then...

The gigantosauruss is coming... Ignore bonehead. Protect yourselves

You may be forgiven for unfamiliarity with the story of the gigantosaurus, especially if you don't have young children. The gigantosaurus is a book by Jonny Duddle, essentially it's a modern version of the 'boy that cried wolf' and worth adding to any parents collection. The story for anyone still in the dark, is one of a small dinosaur called Bonehead, who volunteers to be...

South Devon’s Surfing Cow Ice Cream shortlisted for two top rural awards

A local company is in the running to be named one of the best rural businesses in the UK after being shortlisted for a regional Rural Business Award.

Surfing Cow Ice Cream, which is based at South Battisborough Farm near Holbeton in South Devon has been shortlisted in the Best Rural Diversification Project and the Best Rural Food or Drink Business category at the 2019/20 Rural Business...

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