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Boosting Farm Efficiency Through Smarter Infrastructure Investments

Modern agriculture is facing one of its most pivotal eras. As farmers navigate a landscape shaped by unpredictable weather, rising operational costs, and increasing pressure for sustainability, the importance of operational efficiency has never been greater. In this demanding environment, the...

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Blue Chip Holidays Appoints New Managing Director For National Growth

Devon-based Blue Chip Holidays, the South West’s largest provider of four and five star self catering holiday homes, is pleased to announce the appointment of Allan Lambert as new Managing Director. Lambert, who has been appointed to spearhead the business’ nationwide growth strategy, joins from leading domestic tour operator Bourne Leisure. He takes over from Alan Taylor on 28 March. Taylor...

Award Winning Venue for next Leading Women UK Meeting

DEVON’S celebrated Moorland Garden Hotel is to be the venue for Leading Women UK’s next Plymouth networking event on 11 March 2014.

The Taste of the West Gold Award winner will be welcoming members and non-members for an evening of canapés from their acclaimed chef Bruce Cole, plus networking and inspirational speeches from Katharine Bourke and Tony Mattravers of GrowthAccelerator....

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LHC Architecture announce exciting promotions

Leading south west architecture and urban design practice LHC is pleased to announce significant staff promotions within the Exeter and Plymouth studios.

Architect Andrew Aust is being made Associate after working for the company for over eight years. Formerly Senior Project Architect, Andrew has designed many high profile and award winning schemes.

Chair of the South West...

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New digital E Commerce magazine launches

Plymouth based E Commerce specialists ICO3 are plead to announce the launch of the company's new digital magazine E Communicate. The quarterly publication is available as a free download from the ICO3 website.

The new digital publication will showcase the latest partnership news from the E Commerce specialists, as well as information on company developments, technical updates, SEO...

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The search is on for the region’s most promising start up

Is your fledgling food or drink brand the next big thing? The search is on for the region’s most promising start up

Four South West businesses have joined together to form The Seed Fund – a start-up business incubator designed to offer one young, regional food or drink brand the support needed to grow and build a future-proof brand. The 2014 Seed Fund launches this week and is calling...

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Expert advice for innovative SMEs

The Government is offering small and medium-sized high-tech companies free workshops to support their growth.

The workshops organised by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will highlight the government support available for cutting edge companies.

A range of tax incentives, grants and other support offered to help...

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OPITO’s Oil and Gas Industry Awareness Programme comes to Plymouth Army Base

OPITO, the skills organisation for oil and gas, will engage with soon-to-exit service personnel in Plymouth today (Monday, February 17th) providing an insight into the energy industry and the types of job roles relevant to those with a Forces background.

With the spotlight firmly on strengthening direct links between industry and its potential talent pool, ex-military at the Regional...

Local firm weighs in with Zoo gorillas

Paignton Zoo has turned to a local company to help with a weighty matter.

Keepers wanted to install a set of scales in the den of their Western lowland gorillas. But, as Senior Head Keeper of Mammals Matthew Webb explained, not just any scales would do:

“You can’t use normal scales with gorillas, because they will play with them - which usually means they will break them! We...

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Ashfords LLP welcomes new Partners to their Plymouth office

Law firm Ashfords LLP has appointed two new Partners, James Heath and Gareth Pinwell, to its Plymouth office, enhancing its Real Estate and Planning offering to the City and the South West.

Real Estate lawyer, James Heath, has over 10 years experience of commercial property transactions and has been recognised in both Chambers, as a leader in his field, and Legal 500, where it is noted...

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Accountants to give free advice to small businesses under new scheme

The UK’s smallest businesses could get up to £2000 to spend on professional business advice from an ACCA Accountant (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) under a government initiative delivered by small business network Enterprise Nation.

The Growth Voucher project, which is being jointly run with the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Cabinet Office and...

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