Business

Free event for NFU members in Devon

The NFU in association with Foot Anstey solicitors and Francis Clark accountants are holding three seminars around Devon to help provide NFU members with guidance and support on how best to avoid potential pitfalls that exist in running your farming business.

This is a great opportunity for NFU members to gain a competitive advantage, interrogate the experts…. and get a free meal...

Plymouth based agency up for two top awards

Plymouth-based digital marketing agency, Optimus Performance Marketing (Optimus), has been shortlisted by the CIM (The Chartered Institute of Marketing) for two national CIM Marketing Excellence Awards under the Headline Category ‘Agency of the Year’ as well as ‘Innovation in the Service Sector’. The CIM Marketing Excellence Awards is an annual event created to highlight, celebrate and promote...

Special event celebrates opening of Parkins and MST's new Lee Mill facility

Live tool demonstrations, hog roast and prize draw are among the activities taking place at a special event to celebrate the opening of two of Plymouth's leading trade brands' new premises.

Specialist supplier of tools and equipment to general light industrial businesses, Parkins, and sister company, agricultural and ground care vehicle experts MST, have moved into a new facility on...

Lack of space across city means secondary stock in favour

With commercial stock levels continuing to dip Plymouth businesses looking for quality warehousing are looking further out of town to find the space they need.

Mark Slade from Bruton Knowles said increasing demand from online sales channels and niche e-retailers had eaten in to the city’s key logistics and distribution locations.

He said: “With next to nothing in the way of ‘...

Eco-Village moves a step closer

A new eco-village on the outskirts of Plymouth - which will provide jobs and homes and is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK - is moving a step closer to reality.

Bickleigh Down, which off Tavistick Road and can be accessed from Towerfield Drive, is the name of the planned development of 91 sustainable homes (including affordable homes), and will provide 33 local jobs....

Excellence in Business Training Award for Sponge UK

Elearning company Sponge UK has won an award in recognition of the learning and development it provides for its own employees.

The Plymouth-based provider of custom-made elearning came top in the category of Outstanding Commitment to Training for a medium-size business at the Excellence in Business Training Awards 2016, hosted by Cornwall College Business.

The award judges were...

Women in Business event sells out in less than 24 hours

TICKETS for the second free Plymouth Women in Business Networking group which is due to be held in the first week of March have sold out in less than 24 hours.

120 tickets for the lunchtime event next month at The Treasury Bar in the city were booked up less than a day after they were offered online. A waiting list has been set up and is already filling up.

The lunchtime event...

Graduate games development firm releases first title

So Good Studios, a local start-up company run by three Plymouth University graduates, released its first game, ‘Tap Tournament’, for iOS, Android and Amazon devices.

The So Good Studios team left University and began work in June, 2015 when, three days after their final exam, the team moved into the ‘Formation Zone’, Plymouth University’s award-winning business incubator. Since then,...

Plymouth-based manufacturer expands

Right Price, based in Plymouth’s Newnham Industrial Estate, has kicked off to a booming start to 2016. Sarah and Travis are now entering their fourth year of ownership, and building on the well-known Right Price name, which has been built up over nearly three decades, they have developed firm to one of the South West’s leading manufacturers and installers of windows and doors &...

Finance in the South West event announced

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...

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