A new Angel Investor Programme launching in the Great South West is set to play a pivotal role in driving economic growth.
The initiative is aimed at identifying, educating, and supporting new individual investors, fostering a diverse and thriving investment community to drive innovation and help address funding challenges for tech businesses in the region.
The innovative programme, set to operate between October 2023 and March the following year, has been forged through a collaborative venture between Tech South West, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Hub, Heart of the...
South West accountancy firm Griffin Chartered Accountants has appointed a second Partner.
Laura Waycott joins founder Misty Nickells at the firm, which was founded in 2015 to provide accountancy and auditing services to a range of businesses, academies and charities and has two offices, in Exeter and Honiton.
Laura’s appointment comes after Griffin experienced impressive growth of 20 per cent in 2022, following the firm’s stable growth trajectory over the past 7 years with 80 per cent of new business coming via referrals.
The summer months are proving bright for Exeter digital marketing agency Optix Solutions with two new faces added to the team.
In July, Matt Fletcher was appointed as Digital Marketing Manager. Matt has a wealth of marketing experience across multiple disciplines including brand & digital strategy, SEO, email marketing, and social media.
Before joining Optix, his career was predominantly in the travel and leisure sector, including leading the brand marketing strategy and championing an integrated, multi-channel campaign approach for two well-known national self-catering...
The Heart of the South West LEP ’s Devon and Somerset inward investment grant scheme has received an additional £450,000 funding boost to support business growth.
The funding comes from the European Regional Development Fund, part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020, and invites foreign-owned companies to invest in the area to boost the region’s economy and create high-value jobs in Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay.
The new funding boost brings the total amount of funding available to businesses in Devon, including Plymouth and...
Newton Abbot-based Thrive® has secured a contract with Surrey County Council as it sets out a new provision of training for Early Years settings which focuses on helping to prevent children’s mental health issues in the future.
A total of 40 places on Thrive’s Early Years Licensed Practitioner® course have been funded for nursery and pre-school staff across the county with an emphasis on early identification and support before children start school. As well as helping to support young children during the Covid-19 pandemic, prioritising mental wellbeing at an early age means that...
Starting your own business after many sessions of brainstorming and years of planning within tight financial budgets, no doubt feels a victory in itself. However, do not let this victory affect your critical thinking and stop you from moving on to the next big decision. There are some critical decisions that you must make before you start your own business. One of those decisions is to create a business plan within which you should select the location for your business.
Business location plays a vital role in overall business sustainability. We have listed down some important...
Local marketing agency MiHi Digital has welcomed a new Digital Marketing Executive to the team as its client base across the South West continues to grow rapidly.
Now entering its sixth year, MiHi Digital, which works with a number of well-known and award winning regional businesses has appointed Hannah Cook, who joins the team after a number of years working in marketing within the hospitality and manufacturing sectors.
MiHi Digital Director, Mark Worden said, “Hannah brings with her a wealth of experience and and we are delighted to welcome her to the team. In order to...
Business intelligence (BI) consultancy Saltare have started their plans to turn Exeter into a ‘National Centre of Business Intelligence Excellence’ by signing their first affiliate partner.
Their affiliation with South West Business Intelligence (SWBI) was agreed on 16th March, 2017, and means businesses in the South West are now able to get maximum benefit from their BI technology.
The partnership will provide local businesses with the skills needed to gain high value information from their data, in specialised ways that were previously not available to Exeter or the...
An East Devon entrepreneur is soon to move his primary business back into Ottery St Mary from Honiton’s Heathpark Industrial Estate.
Stuart Phillips is currently refurbishing a building at Finnimore Industrial Estate to provide a head office and more accommodation for his four businesses: Coverstructures, RMC Build, Tickety-Boo Retail and Coverstructures Property.
Mr Phillips, who was born and raised in the town, said: “I originally founded Coverstructures – a commercial roofing and wall cladding contractor – in Ottery St Mary, and have wanted to move back here for some...
How we approach our goals is fundamental to business results.
It is not always the fastest, the brightest, the most talented who enjoy the most success. It is those who have the mindset to approach their goals in a positive manner and to demonstrate resilience in the face of temporary setbacks.
In a fast-changing world, we don’t always have much control over what happens to us, but we can choose how we respond to it.
In sport, for many years we have known about the Psychology of Champions. The difference between the top athletes is often their mindset, their self-...
