The Business Action team will be exhibiting at the North Devon Show on Wednesday 7 August 2019. Meet editor Robert Zarywacz and publisher Alan Williams and tell us about your business. You can find out about what we are planning for the magazine and about our BBxpo business exhibition in Bideford on Thursday 24 October … Read more
Exmoor National Park Authority is inviting comments on new guidance into how new homes for rural workers and farming families in the National Park can be applied for, as part of a public consultation running for six weeks until 18 June 2019. The draft ‘Rural Worker and Succession Farm Dwelling Guidance’ applies to those working … Read more
Petroc is inviting business owners and entrepreneurs to be part of an informal discussion on Wednesday 15 May 4.00 – 5.30pm over a cup of tea and a piece of cake. The college is keen to gather a range of business owners and entrepreneurs together to help it understand how it can provide the relevant … Read more
Google is bringing its Google Digital Garage to Bideford Business Expo (BBxpo) on 24 October 2019, offering North Devon businesses free advice and coaching on their digital skills to help them grow in their business, career or confidence. The Google Digital Garage is one of Google’s flagship investment programmes in the UK, where anyone can … Read more
Devon Delivers has announced the latest round of its Business Promotion Grant scheme, which aims to help Devon-based companies promote their goods or services to national and international trade audiences at UK-based events. Businesses throughout Devon are invited to apply for grants of up to £1,500 through a competitive bidding process. The funding will support … Read more
Ryanair is launching new winter flights from Exeter Airport to Alicante in Spain starting 29 October 2019. The announcement of the twice-weekly service comes days after Ryanair launched three new routes from Exeter to Malta, Malaga and Naples, its first ever flights from the airport. It will also enable passengers to continue flying from Exeter … Read more
We’ve launched a new, regular feature in the latest issue of Business Action, the independent business magazine: Magnetic North Devon. What attracts people to run businesses in North Devon? While it’s a beautiful area and the quality of life is superb, with magnificent countryside, the best beaches in the country and tranquillity, this also creates … Read more
Our April / May 2019 issue is now being distributed across North Devon. Here’s a glimpse of what’s inside.
Entries are now open for the North Devon Manufacturers Association’s North Devon Technology Awards – for students 13-19 years – which aim to encourage the manufacturers of the future. These awards enable school and college students to showcase their technology projects to win an industry award. There is also a £100 cash prize. Winners will … Read more
The 2019 North Devon Manufacturers Association Awards are now open for entries with the aims of identifying and celebrating the expertise, technical specialisation, innovation, growth or other success of manufacturers and schools within North Devon. The 10 categories are: Manufacturer of the Year Team of the Year Apprentice of the Year Trainee of the … Read more
4–8 March is National Careers Week in schools, a focus for careers support for young people leaving education, but it’s not only those starting their careers who need advice. Now Teach, which creates a route for people with decades of experience to become teachers, has worked with YouGov to produce a report examining career satisfaction in Britain. … Read more
The countdown is on to North Devon Enterprise Day on Thursday 24 October 2019! [wpcdt-countdown id=”1261″] North Devon Enterprise Day aims to build a more cohesive business community across the area, encouraging businesses to be enterprising every day, and specifically focusing on Thursday 24 October 2019 when the BBxpo 2019 business exhibition in Bideford hosts a free … Read more
Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling MP has published a Department for Transport document detailing investments adding up to £2 billion being made in transport in the South West to help the region prosper. As well as discussing the A303 Stonehenge bypass, investments in the M4 and M5 corridors and work to provide a … Read more
Petroc is in the early development stages of its new Centre of Technology and Innovation Excellence (CoTIE), which is likely to house a clean room and proof of concept/prototyping labs and design facilities, together with a small flexible conference/office space to support SMEs who are looking to develop new and innovative products and ideas. The … Read more
Walking is the simplest and easiest way to fit more activity into your everyday routine. Helping you to stay healthy, stay productive, burn calories and feel great. Active Devon aims to make March the month that you add more walking into your day and feel the great benefits of being more active. Join The Big … Read more
