Business

Fire Sprinkler Week targets businesses

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is joining with Fire and Rescue Services across the UK in supporting Fire Sprinkler Week 2015, taking place from 16-22 March.

This is the second annual sprinkler awareness campaign undertaken by Fire and Rescue services and this year is focusing on the way that fitting sprinklers can help businesses and education, by reducing the impact of...

New business growth in South West slows to 21-month low

PMI® survey data signalled a loss of momentum in the South West private sector economy in February, with new business rising at the slowest rate since May 2013. Output growth moderated, and backlogs declined for the first time since last August. That said, firms continued to expand workforces during the month, and raised their charges at the strongest rate since last June.

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PSG expands South West operations

Market leading national conveyancing search provider PSG is set to expand its South West operations.

From Friday 27 February, operations will move from the St Judes based office to a larger bespoke office based in Estover. The move will allow the Plymouth franchisee PSG branch to bring improvements to the services it provides clients as well as being able to hold in-house events and...

Investment opportunity open for SW social entrepreneurs

Leaders of social ventures are being urged to find out how they could benefit from thousands of pounds of investment and support to further their development at a taster event being held in Dartington this week.

Seedbed is a cutting edge investment and support programme that will work with 50 social ventures in the South West to help them grow, create sustainable jobs, access finance...

Students sail through to national business final

Business-savvy students from Plymouth College beat off competition from five other teams to win the West Yorkshire heat of the BASE National Business competition run by chartered accountancy body, ICAEW.

The Plymouth College pupils impressed the judges with their insight and teamwork when taking on the role of ICAEW Chartered Accountants for the regional heat on February 11, sending...

SW private sector output continues to rise

PMI® survey data signalled a strengthening upturn in the South West private sector economy in January, following a weaker phase of expansion during the fourth quarter of 2014.

Output, new business, backlogs and employment all rose at faster rates than seen in December. Meanwhile, inflationary pressures eased sharply, with both input and output prices rising only marginally.

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New appointment will boost Plymouth’s charity and voluntary sector

Voluntary sector organisations and charities in Plymouth will receive a boost next year, following the announcement that Lloyds Banking Group will be seconding a full time Business Connector into the area.

Joanna Bunker has left her role as Senior Manager at Lloyds Banking Group in London for a year, to return to her home town of Plymouth to work as a Business Connector. She will be...

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...

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