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How Team Building Events Improve Workplace Collaboration

In today’s fast-paced work environment, effective collaboration and communication are vital for the success of any organisation. Many companies are turning to corporate team building events as a strategy to enhance team dynamics and foster better workplace collaboration. These events are not...

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First Ocean Studios residents announced

Plymouth’s £4.2 million development for the artistic community, Ocean Studios has announced its first phase of full time residents who will be moving in in June this year. The 31 selected and confirmed artists, craft makers, and creatives from a plethora of disciplines and career stages all echo the philosophy of the studios themselves which strongly encourage debate, dialogue, learning,...

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Pioneering new housing model launches

A new rent-to-own housing model that will give thousands of tenants their first step onto the housing ladder has been launched with plans to deliver 5,000 affordable homes across England by 2020.

The new model has been created by housing company Rentplus with the financial backing of private and institutional investors and the first agreements to deliver 900 homes have been approved by...

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Google changes could affect your web hits

South West SEO expert Martin McIver is warning businesses in Plymouth and South Devon that unless they make their websites mobile friendly by 21 April, they could find themselves freefalling in Google’s search rankings.

The stark warning follows announcements from Google that it will change the way it ranks websites to favour those that are mobile friendly from 21 April.

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Growth rates for output and new business pick up in March

The South West private sector economy registered a faster increase in output in March, according to the latest PMI® survey data.

This was accompanied by a stronger gain in incoming new business, a rise in backlogs of work and sharper job creation. The latest survey results also signalled weaker price pressures, as input price inflation slowed and firms’ charges were broadly unchanged...

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Over a million SMEs lack basic digital skills

According to the latest UK Business Digital Index, over a million (23%) small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) still lack basic digital skills. The Index from Lloyds Bank, in association with Accenture and digital skills charity Go ON UK, measures and tracks the level of digital ability among SMEs and charities.

An overall rise in the UK Index score suggests a slow but positive shift...

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Oak Furniture Land store opens in Plymouth

The National Marine Aquarium’s favourite Loggerhead Turtle, Snorkel…..in the shape of a cake was joined by the Lord Mayor of Plymouth to officially open the new Oak Furniture Land store on Coypool Retail Park on Thursday 9th April.

The ‘Snorkel’ cake took centre stage as the Lord Mayor presented the amazing confectionery creation to The National Marine Aquarium on behalf of the new Oak...

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5 simple steps to de-stress at work

While some work-related stress is unavoidable, how you deal with it will decide whether you become stressed out as a result and can mean the difference between success and failure. Everjobs, the new online career portal and professional development platform focused on emerging markets, asserts that effective stress management has a direct knock-on effect on productivity, motivation and all-...

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Office workers urged to get moving

Almost half (45%) of office workers in the South West spend less than 30 minutes a day walking around at work, according to new statistics released ahead of the first On Your Feet Britain campaign to get office workers moving more.

Get Britain Standing is partnering with the British Heart Foundation to launch the UK’s first On Your Feet Britain campaign on 24th April, encouraging...

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Lloyds pledges to help start-ups

Lloyds Banking Group has announced it will help 1,000 start-ups to push through the £1m turnover barrier by their third birthday as part of its 2015 SME Charter, contributing £1bn to the UK economy.

The new Charter focuses on growth, digital technology and sustainability as its key commitments for supporting for enterprise.

Nurturing 1,000 growth businesses of tomorrow

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Plymouth apprentices: Your country wants you

Calling all trade apprentices in Plymouth! Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be named the best in the UK?

Screwfix – which has a store in Plymouth - is launching its first competition to find and reward the best trade apprentice in the UK. Brilliant budding builders and the next generation of electricians and plumbers can all enter for the chance to win a trade business pack...

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