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Top risks to trade businesses in 2026

The year ahead brings opportunities, but it also carries challenges that, if ignored, can disrupt your work and damage your reputation. Trade professionals operate in an environment where costs rise quickly, regulations tighten and clients expect more for less. When you understand the risks and...

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Devon brewery toasts new listing in Tesco stores

Staff at Salcombe Brewery are celebrating after securing a prestigious contract with Tesco to sell two new ales at stores across the South West.

The company only began life in 2015 and has quickly grown into a thriving business that recently opened its own bottling and canning plant.

Its partnership with Tesco means that lovers of a fine beverages can now find Salcombe...

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Demonstration breakfast morning at Exmouth builders merchant

The Exmouth branch of RGB Building Supplies is inviting local tradespeople to its free demonstration morning on Wednesday 23rd November.

Between 8am and 12pm, representatives from Cure It GRP Roofing Systems will be showing how to install a glass fibre roof, and specialists from construction chemical supplier TecBuild will be speaking to customers and answering questions.

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Foot Anstey advises Kocho Group Holdings Ltd on latest acquisition

The Private Equity team at national law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has supported and advised Kocho Group Holdings on its acquisition of Mobliciti Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary Mobliciti Ltd.

Kocho Group Holdings was born through uniting TiG, a leading cloud transformation and managed services providers, with Thirdspace, the experts in identity and cyber security, and it has made its...

Tool and building material theft likely to rise in 2023

Is there anything worse than having an item that you rely on for work being stolen? We didn’t think so. As we go into 2023, the fear of having the tools you use for your job is even greater due to the current cost of living crisis that is currently plaguing the world. Many businesses are struggling to get by and so, the cost of replacing tools or materials will only make this a more difficult...

Historic holiday cottages go back to their roots under new ownership

A complex of holiday cottages built on the site of a Victorian grain and timber mill in North Devon are set to return to their historic roots following a six-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank.

Husband and wife Jackie and Jonathan Gillbrook used the funding support to purchase Orford Mill Holiday Cottages and have reverted the business back to the mill’s original name of Town...

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Hat trick of legal panel wins for Foot Anstey's Developer sector

The Developer sector team at Foot Anstey LLP, has been appointed to three housing association legal panels in the last six months.

In November 2022, The Hyde Group announced it had appointed Foot Anstey to its Legal Services Framework for a four-year period, specifically to work and advise on Lot 5b, which covers Development, Construction and General Property services.

The Hyde...

Devon green-tech helps Breedon GB Materials cut aggressive driving, fleet carbon emissions and vehicle idling

Lightfoot’s carbon saving, real-time van driver coaching technology set to reduce Breedon’s CO2 emissions by 1,651 tonnes over 5 years

The GB materials division of Breedon, which specialises in aggregates and downstream products including asphalt, ready-mixed concrete, and specialist building products, has succeeded in dramatically reducing instances of aggressive...

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Plymouth enjoys half-term holiday business boost

Britain Ocean City’s leisure and tourism businesses enjoyed a half-term holiday boost and the city proved a popular destination for visitors.

The National Marine Aquarium, run by the Ocean Conservation Trust, saw visitor numbers jump by 6000 last month, compared with 2021 figures.

”We had a really good October with more visitors at the National Marine Aquarium over the...

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Surf Bay Leisure pledge support for Children’s Hospice South West

Winkleigh based Surf Bay Leisure, the largest distributor of new and used static caravans in the UK, has pledged its support for local children’s charity Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) by sponsoring its upcoming Moonlight Memory Walk.

Surf Bay Leisure buy and sell new and second hand static caravan holiday homes and lodges across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset; the same area that...

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RGB appoints new MD

RGB Building Supplies has appointed Jenny Naylor as Managing Director. She is replacing Andy Gamble, who is retiring at the end of 2022, and will oversee RGB’s continued growth across the South West.

Jenny joined RGB as HR Manager in 2005 from the pharmaceutical industry. She was tasked with creating and developing an internal human resources department for RGB and later took on...

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