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Onecom wins Total Communications Partner 2018 award at Vodafone Partner of the Year Awards 2018

Onecom has been named Total Communications Partner 2018 at the Vodafone Partner of the Year Awards held at County Hall in London.

With capabilities spanning fixed, mobile and unified communications, partner organisations were recognised for providing outstanding customer experience, strong sales performances and success in collaboration.

Actress and comedian Sally Phillips...

How to start your career in accountancy in the South West

The South West of the UK is an area of outstanding natural beauty with a thriving tourism industry and is a great place to live and work. It is therefore an ideal part of the country in which to start your career in accountancy, with lots of successful firms looking for the brightest new candidates. Accountancy is basically the practice of reporting and recording the financial transactions of...

Cornwall based firm aims to provide safer alternative to high rise cladding

AN international business based in Cornwall and founded by three brothers raised in Plymouth, is aiming to provide a safer alternative to aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high rise buildings.

CN Terracotta, which has its UK headquarters in Truro, is combining British design and engineering expertise with the latest technology and innovation based on 2,000 year old Chinese...

Free digital training helps Plymouth organisations get online

Small businesses and charities in Plymouth have been given a digital-skills boost through a free Digital Know-How training event hosted by Lloyds Banking Group in collaboration with Google. The event took place at Plymouth University with more than 90 organisations signed up to attend.

The half-day workshop was opened by Gary Streeter, local MP for South West Devon. The session...

How to manage difficult employees

Good employees are your greatest asset because they produce plenty of work while also providing ideas and insights that can help your business improve. However, difficult employees can both be less productive and negatively affect the productivity of their colleagues. There are plenty of different types of difficult employees , from big-headed narcissists and bullies to lazy employees just...

4 ingredients for a more streamlined business

There are many reasons why entrepreneurs are trying to figure out the best ways to streamline their business. First and foremost, by definition, streamlining refers to increasing the efficiency of a company either by simplifying tasks, reducing waste or eliminating unnecessary processes. That sounds like an ideal organization, but obtaining that result is a lot more difficult.

Every...

Putting security worries for local businesses to rest

Plymouth is a great place to live and it has a vibrant and healthy business scene. From restaurants serving tasty food on Southside Street to the many local companies in the Armada Shopping Centre, it is a real hub of enterprise and industry for the whole Devon region. As a result, it is now home to a wide variety of local businesses, all looking to appeal to the many residents and visitors...

IU Energy named UK Consultancy of the Year

South West energy consultants IU Energy have been named as the UK’s top consultancy at by a panel of independent experts at the Oscars of the energy sector - The TELCA Awards 2018.

The company picked up the top prize after winning the South West regional title (for the second year in a row) and was subsequently named as ‘Consultancy of the Year 2018’ sponsored by British Gas - ahead of...

Redrow West Country works with local schools to prepare teens for the workplace

Managing director of Redrow West Country, Nigel Palmer, has been working with local schools in Devon to educate teens on interview practices and inspire young people to pursue careers in housebuilding and construction.

Redrow aims to collaborate with education partners to positively impact people and communities and to inspire the next generation to build.

Nigel visited...

The Student Housing Company Launches Plymouth's tallest Building

The Student Housing Company has today officially opened the doors of the much anticipated Sky Lounge in Plymouth’s new tallest building, Beckley Point. The new space will offer the public panoramic views over Dartmoor out to as far as Cornwall. The launch of the new 78m high Sky Lounge was attended by local businesses, university stakeholder as well as representatives from the multi award-...

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