Business

Staff at the Virtual Jet Centre are flying high after winning the Most Innovative Company Award at The Herald Express’ prestigious business awards. The organisation beat off competition from 150 other companies to scoop the award at the event at Torbay’s Riviera Centre. Virtual Jet Centre founder Andy Wilkins, a pilot with 20 years’ experience, said he was delighted: “I was amazed, very...

Businesses from across Devon attended the launch of a new magazine for the county at Sandy Park, the home of the Exeter Chiefs.

Business and Professional life is a quality, quarterly publication partnered by a daily digital platform.

The new initiative is the result of a link-up between Archant, the publishers of Devon Life, and The Daily UK, which owns two citizen journalism...

Plymouth University has retained its title as the supreme champion of student enterprise after winning a prestigious national competition for the fifth time in eight years.

A team of six students this week took part in the two-day finale of FLUX 500, which encourages budding entrepreneurs to solve a business challenge before pitching to a panel of judges.

Facing competition...

Eighty per cent of businesses in the South West feel inspired to grow, and 87% feel capable of doing so. However, the government’s Do More Online campaign is highlighting the risk that small businesses will be hampered because they are not doing enough online and are missing out on opportunities to find more customers, be more efficient, and save money.

The Do More Online campaign...