Business

Triangle Communications launches

A newly created and innovative marketing communications agency launched on Monday (12 January 2015).

Triangle Communications has been set up by three experts in the fields of PR, Digital Media, Marketing, Events, and Internal & External Communications, specifically to support the needs of businesses in the South West.

As a specialist marketing, lead generation, media...

SW private sector output continues to rise

Private sector output in the South West of England continued to rise at a strong rate in December, according to PMI® survey data.

Growth was supported by higher new business volumes and the level of incomplete work continued to rise, despite a further robust round of job creation. That said, the rate of growth in new orders eased to the slowest in 19 months. In line with the broad UK...

Rebecca Garrett to speak at Leading Women UK event

Multi award-winning city businesswoman Rebecca Garrett will be guest speaker at this month’s Leading Women UK networking meeting in Plymouth.

Rebecca, who founded and runs Rebecca Garrett Media, is due to to be the inspirational speaker at the relaunched lunchtime network at the city’s Rockfish restaurant on Monday.

Rebecca, who won the 2014 Natwest Venus Devon Award for New...

Business confidence slips in SW

Business confidence in South West has slipped in the last six months, partly due to renewed concerns on global growth, according to the latest Business in Britain report from Lloyds Bank.

The twice-yearly report, now in its 23rd year, gathers the views of more than 1,500 UK businesses and tracks the overall “balance” of opinion on a range of important performance and confidence...

Commercial property specialists celebrate first anniversary

The Plymouth office of commercial property specialists Bruton Knowles has just celebrated its first anniversary after a hectic year which saw the team establish itself in the Devon and Cornwall commercial property market.

Team Manager Glenn Kelly said the team had hit the ground running after launching the Lockyer Street office this time last year.

He said: “Starting an office...

Techspectations study shows growing technology divide between businesses and employees

The UK is set to lose up to 348 million working days next year because of poor IT investment – and employees now have a more sophisticated suite of technology at home than at work, a new study by Chelsea Apps Factory has found.

64% of people in Plymouth said their office IT was preventing them doing their job properly, with computers crashing and slow internet speeds the most...

Council spend with local business going up

Almost half the Council’s spend – 45 per cent – is now with local businesses compared to just 16 per cent in 2011/12, thanks to a concerted and sustained effort by the Council’s procurement team to make sure they buy local.

Significant changes to the way the Council buys services locally has created more than 220 jobs in the city as well as brought more spending power back into...

Tally Ho! ...moving into top gear

South Hams based coach holiday company, Tally Ho, is preparing for further growth in 2015 with the appointment of coach industry expert, Graham Messenger, who has joined the team as a tour manager.

Graham’s considerable coaching and transport industry experience will help Tally Ho’s growing travel business to achieve its ambitious growth targets as he plays a key role in planning and...

New allergy rules for businesses

Food businesses are being reminded about new rules which will affect the way they give information about the food they sell or provide.

From 13 December all businesses must verbally explain or signpost food which are known allergens.

Food allergies can cause life-threatening reactions and the number of people affected by them is growing. The main cause of food allergy deaths in...

Plymouth recruitment agency expands

Due to major business growth, a Plymouth recruitment agency has announced a series of new appointments and a £100,000 investment in new offices.

Sphere Solutions, which specialises in recruitment for the construction industry, has relocated to The Millfields, the site of the Grade 2 listed former Royal Naval Hospital.

With an annual turnover in excess of £20million, Sphere...

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