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South West food & drink experts serve up success to FUEL region’s small businesses

Sell-out business growth event from food & drink experts KW Marketing returns this September for a second serving, bringing the region’s foodie brands together ahead of Christmas and 2025

South West business growth event, FUEL Live, returns on Thursday 26 September, to inspire, empower and connect the region’s foodie brands hungry for knowledge as the busiest and most lucrative months of the year approach.

After a sell-out success in April, huge demand has driven the second event in less than six months, hosted by leading foodie experts KW Marketing.

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Exeter businesses benefit from £2 million in funding from the Start Up Loans programme

Authored by Jason Clark
Posted: Mon, 09/02/2024 - 12:39pm

Businesses in Exeter have benefitted from over £2 million in funding through the Start Up Loans programme, since it began.

The programme, which is part of the British Business Bank, has a 12-year legacy of delivering funding to smaller businesses who may otherwise find it difficult to secure loans from other sources. It also offers mentoring to recipients in their first year.

Over 190 businesses in Exeter have benefitted from this funding support, which offers personal loans of up to £25,000 on a fixed 6% rate of interest. They range from coffee shops and cafés, to...

Food Drink Devon Announces This Year’s Exceptional Finalists

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 08/30/2024 - 12:07am

As anticipation starts to build for this year's annual Food Drink Devon Awards in October, Food Drink Devon has unveiled the shortlist of finalists for its prestigious awards. Since entries closed in April, a distinguished panel of judges and industry experts has evaluated an extraordinary number of entries sampling over 340 products, visiting 107 hospitality venues, exploring 17 retail outlets and experiencing nine training schools to identify the best that Devon has to offer.

Winners will be announced during the organisation’s glittering black tie award ceremony on Monday 7th...

Devon County Council and ScottishPower charge up one million miles

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/29/2024 - 10:12pm

Devon County Council’s network of public electric vehicle chargers have electrified over one million miles of road travel in under two years since installation.

The chargers, installed in partnership with ScottishPower, aim to help tackle the challenges caused by Devon’s rural and disperse landscape. Currently, 30% of the region’s carbon emissions stem from on-road transportation, which the Council hopes to lower through this partnership that has seen 130 charge points installed across 53 sites.

Carried out on behalf of the Devon Climate Emergency (DEC) initiative, the...

Rick Stein and Russell Watson among the celebrities appearing at East Devon festivals

Authored by Program
Posted: Thu, 08/29/2024 - 2:59pm

South West residents get ready for a spectacular trio of festivals

As the busy school holiday season winds down, East Devon is gearing up to offer visitors and locals alike an indulgent escape with a trio of exceptional festivals this September.

The Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Taste East Devon Festival, and Sidmouth & East Devon Walking Festival are organised, and supported, by a diverse range of dedicated local partners and sponsors, whose collaboration has been essential in bringing these events to life.

Festival goers can look forward to a feast...

Family Law Awards trophies

Hat-trick of finalists in national family law awards

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 08/28/2024 - 9:01am

The Family Law Company has been shortlisted in all three categories entered in this year’s Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards .

Imran Khodabocus who has carved out a reputation for his work in honour based abuse, is a finalist in the Family Law Partner of the Year Award. This recognises those who have made a major contribution to the field of family law through their practice and shown that they have executed a strategic vision through outstanding leadership.

The New Client Team, comprising the ‘First Impressions’ and Client Care teams who help to ensure the client journey is...

A force for good: hospitality and hotel marketing agency Clockwork Marketing gains B Corp accreditation

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 08/23/2024 - 9:24pm

Specialist hospitality and hotel marketing agency, Clockwork Marketing, is proud to announce that it has been awarded B Corp accreditation, verified by B Lab, to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Certified B Corporations are leaders in the global movement for an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy, with their entire social and environmental impact measured. Clockwork Marketing has undertaken B Corp accreditation to become more purpose-driven and lead by example in a sector that has a large carbon footprint and...

Pictured: Martin Wilson, Managing Director, Scot Group with a newly branded Switch van

Nationwide rollout begins for 7,000 Switch branded rental vehicles

Exerter-based new vehicle rental business Switch is now operational across the entire Scot Group Ltd network of 90 UK locations.

The new Switch brand launched in June this year as part of Scot Group’s strategic growth plans to provide more flexible forms of car and van rental.

To date, 500 vehicles dual branded with Switch and Thrifty signwriting have hit the roads and Switch expects to badge 40 vehicles a day. The business estimates that approximately 3,000 vehicles bearing the new brand will be on the road by September.

Martin Wilson, Managing Director of Scot...

Employment Hubs: supporting local communities across Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/21/2024 - 12:37am

Devon County Council is set to expand its network of Youth and Adult Employment Hubs across the county to support people into employment and training.

Working in partnership with four district councils (East Devon, Exeter City, Mid Devon and North Devon), the County Council already has a number of Hubs in operation at Barnstaple Library, Cullompton Library, Exeter Library, and at the Beehive Community Centre in Honiton. Now, two more Hubs are set to open at the Family Hub in Ilfracombe and the Old Heathcoat School Community Centre in Tiverton.

What are Youth and Adult...

routeone Awards 2024 finalists announced

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/20/2024 - 8:42pm

The routeone Awards, the most esteemed awards programme in the UK coach and bus industry, has announced its 2024 finalists, which include two Devon businesses.

Tally Ho Coaches, operating from Kingsbridge, is a finalist in the Coach Tourism Programme of the Year category and Stewart Fletcher, Engineering Manager at Dartline Coaches, based in Clyst St Mary, is a finalist in the Engineer of the Year, small/medium operator (up to 150 vehicles) category.

Celebrating excellence across the industry since 2005, the 18th routeone Awards continues to recognise those operators and...

Fostering clean growth for a resilient economy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 08/08/2024 - 8:45pm

Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone (EEDEZ) [ Exeter & East Devon Enterprise Zone – Accelerating clean growth (eedez.com) ] is sponsoring the Sustainable Futures Award at the University of Exeter 's Knowledge Exchange Awards [ Knowledge Exchange Awards 2024 | University of Exeter (exeterinnovation.com) ], celebrating the best collaborations between the University of Exeter researchers and external partners regionally, nationally, and globally.

The Sustainable Futures Award recognises excellence in sustainability, environment and life sciences. Potential innovations can...

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