Business

SMEs shun big banks for funding

Businesses in the UK are shunning traditional overdraft and loan facilities from the high street banks according to in-depth nationwide study.

The SME Finance Monitor, which is funded by the high street banks themselves, shows that 50% of small and medium-sized companies describe themselves as “permanent non-borrowers” which is up from 33% from 2012. Indeed, only one in three SMEs are...

Average worker spends extra eight hours and 15 minutes at work each week unpaid

The importance of knowing your rights at work cannot be over-stated. Knowing exactly what is expected of both yourself and your employer while within their employment can often be integral to ensuring you aren’t treated unfairly. However, 65% of UK workers are not part of any trade union, new research from UIA Mutual Insurance suggests.

Further, over a third (37%) have no idea what the...

GDPR: How to Improve Your Business's Security

The impending European legislation known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force this year, and for those businesses that are aware of it, it probably all seems a little similar to the frenzy surrounding the Millennium Bug. However, the GDPR is going to have a significant effect on your business strategies and, more importantly, on your online security. Although the...

High tech specialist firm joins PSP success

Specialist cabling firm, Karris Networks, has recently joined the array of internationally acclaimed science and technological companies which are based at Plymouth Science Park.

The highly experienced team of engineers aim to provide a perfect network infrastructure within a client’s premises.

Their goal is to allow for both meeting the present requirements of the client and...

Renovation complete on Plymouth's new Crowne Plaza hotel

The year long renovation of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Plymouth is over and staff raise a glass to celebrate the hotel’s new facilities.

The £5m project has seen the hotel’s 211 rooms, conference rooms and reception completely refitted, remodelled and revamped to bring the 1970s building and interior bang up to date.

General Manager Kevin Byrnes said: “The interior of the hotel...

Multi disciplinary architectural firm connects with nature at PSP

Boosting people’s health and bettering the environment are the ambitions of Plymouth Science Park based architectural firm, CURA Design.

The team is already engaged with a number of multi-million pound building design projects in London and the South West.

CURA Design is one of the first UK based architectural businesses in the UK which fully embraces and uses ‘biophillic...

How to optimise technology to improve your business

The technology available today may occasionally seem like something akin to magic, but if you’re not up to date on what’s possible these days, you may be causing harm to your business. Whatever your industry sector, it’s more important than ever that you research and then implement the best and most appropriate technologies into your company structure in order to maximise your potential and...

Local care company win regional business award

Graham Livingston is celebrating a fantastic start to the year after Caremark (Plymouth) is crowned as best in the region.

The coveted ‘Best Regional Business Award’ was given to Graham and his team at a glittering gala event, which took place on the 26th of January, at the De Vere Hotel in Daventry. With over 100 offices from across the UK in attendance, the conference acted as an...

UK’s top hypnotherapy practitioner in publishing first

One of the country’s foremost hypnotherapy practitioners, Matthew Cahill, is celebrating the launch of his book - which is the first of its kind as it charts the growing popularity of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy.

Plymouth-based Matthew, 45, is the Principal of The Observatory Practice, based in The Crescent, where he has successfully trained hundreds of students on the acclaimed CPHT...

Finance in the South West: Flagship event returns for 2018

PKF Francis Clark is set to be hosting their annual flagship ‘Finance in the South West' event for the sixth time, this year.

Delegates at last year's event described ‘Finance in the South West' as "an excellent summary of the competitive funding landscape" and "really good, a successful regional event with an impressive line-up of keynote speakers".

More than a dozen sources...

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