Business

Charity Golf Day raises money for war veterans

Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK’s largest independently-owned private client wealth managers announces its inaugural Charity Golf Day held at Boringdon Park Golf Club was a resounding success.

Attracting over 60 golfers, the event in aid of British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association (BLESMA) was won by Kitsons Solicitors and raised over £1,300 for this worthy cause.

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Brand Impressions Count!

What does your branding say about your company? Branding is more than just about colour, font and visuals; it goes way deeper than that. Your brand is everything about your company and it is represented by every member of staff, whether you’re in the marketing department, sales department or accounts. As marketing techniques have expanded and as each company engages in more and more areas of...

BBC's ‘The Apprentice’ finalist Susan Ma brings her business to Plymouth

The 2011 finalist of The Apprentice , Susan Ma, will be talking to local residents about her business Tropic Skincare, which she has developed in partnership with Lord Sugar.

The skincare products her company sells are animal cruelty-free and vegan friendly and are rich in minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. It is designed to appeal to women of all ages.

The main concept of...

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Brewin Dolphin issues interim financial report

The private client investment manager and financial services provider Brewin Dolphin has delivered its Interim Financial Report for the half-year ending 31 March 2013

Brian James Head of Brewin Dolphin in Plymouth said:

“We have made good progress against our objectives in Plymouth. We detect a revival in economic confidence and see increasingly positive trading conditions...

Positive Energy Is a Chain Reaction

Gordon Dean was a distinguished American lawyer and prosecutor. One of the original members of the Atomic Energy Commission, he became its chairman from 1950 to 1953. It’s said that when Dean died in a plane crash in 1958, among his personal efforts was an envelope with nine life lessons scribbled on the back. These lessons aren’t about the law or about atomic energy. They’re wisdom about his...

Vice-Chancellor to advise government on universities and regional growth

Plymouth University’s Vice-Chancellor has been appointed as an expert adviser in a major national review into how universities can support regional growth.

Professor Wendy Purcell has been invited alongside six other leading national independent experts, including senior figures from Oxford University and the universities of Manchester and Nottingham, to support the Government's...

Council offer businesses guide to intellectual property

Businesses are being invited to an event that could help make them money as well as save hundreds of pounds in legal bills.

Plymouth City Council is hosting a session on intellectual property and how to protect it and exploit it. The event is one of a series of summer business briefings hosted by the council which are designed to offer tips and advice for small and medium-sized...

Urban Enterprise programme secures further funding for business hopefuls

A free programme to encourage more Plymouth people to give business a go is celebrating a further two years of funding.

The Urban Enterprise programme has secured £1.39 million to continue laying the foundations to help Plymouth’s untapped entrepreneurs make a solid start to their business careers. Plymouth City Council and the European Regional Development Fund have both awarded...

Council to host solar industry open day for major energy project

A major renewable energy programme is moving a step closer as Plymouth City Council invites solar business leaders to attend a supplier open day on 22 May.

The open day will take place in the Plymouth Guildhall from 10am and is an opportunity for renewable business to meet the Council’s procurement officers to discuss plans to purchase, fit and maintain solar PV panels for up to 14...

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