Industry & Manufacturing

The plastics industry is entering a new era shaped by digitalisation and the rise of smart factories 

The plastics industry plays a crucial role in the global economy, creating and providing a wide range of products and services that are used extensively across many other industries, such as construction, electronics, automotive, healthcare, aviation, transportation, manufacturing, and so on....

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Tech Business Culture Survival Guide

Research to reveal key learnings and opportunities for South West’s tech sector

Workplace culture experts Interaction are partnering with the collaborative technology network Tech South West to create the region’s first culture guide for the sector

The Bath-based firm which works with tech brands across the South West will conduct a deep dive into the cultural challenges technology...

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Mayflowerstone Limited plan to double turnover over the next two years

Worktop expert carves future growth

Plymouth-based fabricators of natural stone furnishings, Mayflowerstone Limited, has secured a six-figure funding package from Lombard Asset Finance to drive forward plans to double turnover over the next 2 years.

The £600,000 finance from Lombard Asset Finance will enable Mayflowerstone to increase the capacity, efficiency and the already high product quality of it’s workshop in...

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New tech news website for the South West launches

New tech news website for the South West launches

South West Tech Daily , an independent news website covering the burgeoning technology scene in the South West, has today launched.

swtechdaily.co.uk will draw on a network of journalists, experts and partners from across the region to produce news, interviews, opinion pieces and insight.

The thriving technology clusters, hubs and science parks around the South West will...

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Free government-funded training courses available to 250 adults in the South West

An additional 250 learner places have been announced on the #Train4Tomorrow Digital bootcamps which are open to adults in Devon, Plymouth, Somerset, Torbay, Cornwall and Dorset.

The #Train4Tomorrow programme is designed to help people enter highly paid growth industries in the region, such as cyber security, data science, software development, digital marketing and IT. The Bootcamps...

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Social Entrepreneurs Start Up Programme

Devon Start Up Programme for Social Entrepreneurs

A new, free support programme has been launched in Devon to help those who are unemployed or at risk of losing their jobs and considering starting their own social enterprise.

Devon County Council and The School for Social Entrepreneurs - Dartington are working together on the Social Entrepreneurs Start Up Programme which aims to provide local people with the skills, confidence and...

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Social Entrepreneurs Start Up Programme

Devon Start Up Programme for Social Entrepreneurs

A new, free support programme has been launched in Devon to help those who are unemployed or at risk of losing their jobs and considering starting their own social enterprise.

Devon County Council and The School for Social Entrepreneurs - Dartington are working together on the Social Entrepreneurs Start Up Programme which aims to provide local people with the skills, confidence and...

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NABC unveils growth plans and recruitment drive for 2021

Following a successful year and partnerships with companies such as HBXL, Trade Direct Insurance and BuildSafe Escrow Services – NABC – one of The UKs fastest growing construction trade associations unveils its ambitious growth plans and recruitment drive for 2021, as it heads towards new milestone.

James Hopkins, CEO, NABC, comments: “The demand for our service is increasing rapidly...

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Devon small business mentor wins Enterprise Nation’s 2020 Top 10 Advisers Award

Marketing expert Jennifer Corcoran, founder of My Super Connector based in Shaldon, Devon, has been crowned one of the UK’s Top 10 advisers for the support she provides to small businesses and entrepreneurs to help them build their LinkedIn profile.

The virtual awards ceremony, which announced the winners of the Enterprise Nation Top 50 Advisers competition, across a range of...

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Project Plan B explains recycling end of life garments

Nearly 90 percent of UK workwear already ends up in landfill or incinerated every year, according to the Wrap Review of Corporatewear arisings and opportunities 2012; and Project Plan B has found that Covid-19 has exacerbated that problem.

Project Plan B offer a design to delivery full manufacturing service, with end of life recycling. Garments are carefully designed to be recycled...

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A Complete Guide to Choosing Home Flooring

Home flooring is one of the best options we could consider while making home because if that is not done with care, chances are that you will lose the ability to take over everything in it and make sure that it works out for you as well. Try to keep this in your mind, and also make sure that nothing is better than having the home flooring which is according to your choice, and needs as well....

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