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What Are the Benefits of Custom Signage Options?

A wet entrance mat in a Torquay café can turn into a slip risk within minutes. A small sign near the door often stops the near misses before they happen. People notice clear warnings faster than they notice a changed floor surface.

The same pattern shows up in schools, building sites,...

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Wessex RFCA supports Devon Chamber’s Annual Business Dinner

Wessex Reserve Forces’ & Cadets’ Association (Wessex RFCA), has been announced as one of the sponsors of Devon Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Dinner, featuring a key note speech from well known entrepreneur and BBC ‘Dragon’, Deborah Meaden.

Joining Babcock, Devon County Show, Redrok UK and Transport Partner Plymouth City Bus as a sponsor of the event, Wessex RFCA’s...

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Funding boost gives Devon’s businesses more flex appeal

Devon’s small businesses will receive a welcome boost as Devon County Council announces plans to expand the county’s network of flexible working spaces.

Around 20 per cent of Devon workers work from home, and many of those are home-based businesses looking for larger premises as their business expands.

Their contribution to the local economy is significant and support for the...

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Property agents hoping for hat-trick at South Brent park

Bruton Knowles’ Plymouth office is aiming for a hat-trick of deals on the Kingswood Court Business park in South Brent, Dartmoor.

Mark Slade from the Lockyer Street firm has let Unit 8, has an offer on the table for Unit 9 and has been instructed to let Unit 10.

He said: “South Brent is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor but it does have good access to the A38...

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SW construction market bucks national slowdown trend

The latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has revealed that growth in the construction market has remained positive in the South West over the last three months.

Private housing workloads showed the greatest increase with 48% more of those working in the sector reporting a rise in activity rather than a fall over the first quarter of 2016. During the last...

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The Heart of the South West Pop Up Business Cafes

The Heart of the South West LEP is running a series of free Pop-Up Business Cafés at established café venues across the area and will be coming to Exeter on 27th April at Fresha Cafe between 8am till12 o’clock.

They are informal events co-hosted with local business organisations offering one-to-one ‘no pressure, no sales pitch’ advice from volunteer business experts, White Bruce, Elm...

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Onshore Media appointed PR agency for Visit Plymouth

Onshore Media, the South West's leading tourism and leisure communications company, has won the PR contract for Destination Plymouth, aiming to promote Plymouth as a destination at local and regional level.

Onshore will be representing Britain's Ocean City, on behalf of the Destination Plymouth partners - Plymouth City Council's Visitor, Events and Marketing Team, Plymouth Waterfront...

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IO expands team with new appointment

Specialist Prospecting DSP IO is announcing today the appointment of Peter Silverwood as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Part of its fast expanding team, Silverwood will overview IO’s Performance and Machine Learning department.

Peter joined IO three years ago and in his role as Performance Manager, he has been integral to the R&D of IO’s proprietary technology that uses Machine...

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On course for auction

Auctioneers have hailed ‘possibly the most stand-out residential development opportunity currently on the market’ in the Plymouth area.

The lot going under the hammer is a garage workshop in a prime riverside position with planning consent for a three-bedroom house.

From its elevated position next to 861 Wolseley Road, Saltash Passage, it has glorious views directly over the...

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Unique crowdfunding programme launches in SW

Crowd10, a crowdfunding initiative aimed at helping ambitious start-up businesses to grow, is being launched in Bristol.

Crowd10, which has been developed by crowdfunding experts IdeaSquares, will shine a light on ten of the most exciting start-ups in the South West region.

Kirsty Ranger, Founder of IdeaSquares, explained: “Equity crowdfunding is an increasingly popular method...

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Devon architect named one of Europe’s top women in construction

Glayne Price from the Devon-based practice of LHC Architecture + Urbanism has been named one of Europe’s leading ‘Women in Construction and Engineering’ (WICE).

Architectural Technologist Glayne is one of an elite shortlist of women from across Europe who have reached the finals of the WICE Awards following a two-month judging process.

As a Company Director for LHC, based in...

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