Business

Bideford-based chartered accountants, Haines Watts North Devon LLP, announce the promotion of 34 year old Matthew Melksham to partner bringing the firm to a seven-strong partnership. Matthew started his career in his home City of Bath working in the catering and hospitality trade which provided him with real hands-on experience in business and a strong customer focused approach. Six years...

Many times, in order to survive we have to start a change process. Change, for most people, is an unnerving experience. But as the old saying goes, change is inevitable. It’s one of the only constants in life. I have said before, it is easy to change things. It is not so easy to change people. And therein lies the rub. As author Bruce Barton observed, “When you are through changing, you are...

A club designed to help young people get valuable work experience has smashed its own targets.

The 1000 Club has now opened up the doors of opportunity to 1,028 young people. The club was set up specially to give young people a taste of work – either through work experience, graduate internships, apprenticeships and jobs – full or part-time.

And so far, 285 full-time jobs have...

Online Direct Debit payments provider, GoCardless, today launched an online payment tool to enable greater numbers of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK to collect variable one-off and recurring payments by Direct Debit.

Traditionally only larger, more established businesses such as utilities providers and mobile operators have been able to access the...