Free ‘Ask the Expert’ advice sessions on a range of topics are to be held at the Plymouth Business Show 2013 . Anyone at the show will be able to claim a free 15 minute one-to-one consultation with an expert, during which they will receive personalised information and advice.
Plymouth Business Show 2013, which is being held on Wednesday 26 June at Plymouth Pavilions, is the first of...
Everyone is a salesperson all of their life. After all, whether you are a mechanic, teacher or a manager, you are selling ideas. You are negotiating. You are communicating … persuading … influencing. If you don’t believe you are a salesperson, I encourage you to rethink your position because the probability that you will become successful is significantly diminished.
Council leader Tudor Evans has been touring a Plymouth company whose precision tubes are at the frontier of science and engineering.
Fine Tubes in Estover have been developing products for space as well as scientific research underground and the leader of the Council has been learning at first hand about the company's future direction.
How many times do we go to networking events, exchange business cards with several individuals and then… not follow up! We are all guilty of this to a lesser or greater degree and yet we have made the initial investment in the design, print and exchange of cards, attending the function and introducing ourselves, so what goes wrong?
Is it our typical British reserve? Why do we feel so...
Devon Waste Management, the county’s leading independent waste management business, has secured a £5.5million finance package from the Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking team in Plymouth to support its continued expansion.
Steve Hadley who was previously Commercial Director, has also taken over ownership and management of the business from Collin Hickling, who has left to pursue other...
A support agency is celebrating after having helped more than 400 businesses to start up in the South West over the last two years – and is appealing for mentors to come forward to assist even more businesses to get going.
The Business Information Point (BIP), under contract to the Department of Work and Pensions, started the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) programme in June 2011, to...
Is this what your website would say if it had a voice? How many of you have invested your time and in some cases, a not inconsequential amount of money, in a website only to leave it floundering out there in cyberspace fighting for its intergalactic life! Out of date information, typos, old images, missing information on built pages, outdated screen sizes, links that don’t work, no social...
With increasing demands on small to medium size businesses it is no surprise that many company directors and owners find themselves drowning in a sea of paperwork. Compared with large companies, small to medium size businesses usually have far fewer resources to help them with their day to day marketing and advertising needs whilst they comply with new demands on their time, for instance the...
Devon and Cornwall Police are warning people to be aware that thieves continue to target heating oil from both domestic and business premises across the region.
In the last seven days (between 8th and 15th March 2013) the force have received 14 complaints from across the two counties where quantities of between 100 and 750 litres of oil have been stolen. 11 of those reports have been...
