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  In 2021 many people will be thinking about starting a new business. This could be because they are facing redundancy in their current position, or perhaps more positively, they have used the time at home to re-think what their work goals should be. It could just simply be a case...

Exeter-based Air is a brand synonymous with sales success. Their journey from start-up to established agency has seen their evolution through many changes including a much-expanded team, new offices and an impressive client base, Air Founder & CEO, Owen Richards feels the timing is right to refresh the brand. He...

Tolu Agbelusi Exploring the Stories of Exeter’s Women February and March 2021 Quay Words and Libraries Unlimited are delighted to announce the acclaimed poet Tolu Agbelusi as our shared writer-in-residence during the months of February and March. Tolu will be running a series of exciting workshops, events and chances to meet-the-writer online,...

Free training courses worth up to £3,000 are being provided for people in Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay as part of the #Train4Tomorrow series of digital and technical bootcamps. The programme is designed to help people enter highly paid growth industries in the region such as cyber security, data science,...

Did you know almost 100,000 people filed their tax returns on 6 April 2020, which is the first day of the tax year? With the 31 January deadline fast approaching, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) shares some little-known facts about Self Assessment tax returns. The April ‘early birds’ are not the...

In one of the major deals of Lockdown 2, we have assigned the lease on the former Univar premises at Falcon Road,  Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter to Westcountry Storage Solutions. Comprising 17,784 sq ft on a site of 2.07 acres, the premises are held on a lease until 2024 at a...

On Thursday 21st January 2021 Belinda Newton, the Director from The HR Dept Exeter along with  Debbie Olver – Senior HR Business Partner and Florence Hocking – HR Business Partner will be available to advise on that nagging HR query that has been giving you sleepless nights! Your employees are the...

Work is set to begin on the construction of the late-running Marsh Barton Railway Station next month. Devon County Council’s cabinet has now unanimously granted approved for the construction of the £16 million project.  At Wednesday’s meeting, Cllr Andrea Davis, cabinet member for infrastructure, said: "It has been far from a smooth or...

If you’re doing business differently, or have a new message for your customers and prospects, Exeter Chamber premium partner Radio Exe has launched a buy one month, get one free offer – with a free commercial included too. Reach 49,000 local people with 200 commercials over eight weeks – at a...

Cyber Essentials was established in 2014 and is the only UK Government endorsed cyber certification. It was created for SMEs to help them reduce their risk to the most common cyber-attacks and it is known to reduce this risk by a massive 80%. The main key benefits of becoming certified are: You...