Congratulations to North Devon and nearby businesses who have won awards at the recent South West Tourism Awards: Glamping Business of the Year Gold – Longlands – www.longlandsdevon.co.uk Holiday Park & Village of the Year Gold – Darwin Beach Cove Ltd – www.beachcoveretreat.co.uk Silver – Hele Valley Holiday Park – www.helevalley.co.uk Large Attraction of the Year Silver – The Milky Way Adventure Park – www.themilkyway.co.uk … Read more
Looks is a new beauty business being launched in Ilfracombe Indoor Market, initially on Fridays. Look offers beauty treatments you can trust, including: Wedding make-up packages Skin-care packages Waxing Advice Lessons in make-up application Bring your daughter, your mother or a friend. At Ilfracombe Indoor Market or in your own home. Call Paula on 07402 082 482.
Robert Zarywacz wants to meet the real YOU We live in a connected world where it is easier than ever before to connect with individuals anywhere, whether in the same town or thousands of miles away. You would have thought that we would soon become ‘one world’, but often it seems the tools giving us … Read more
Why Mark Bendell gets wound up about design I’ve been a freelance designer /artworker for the past two years. I recently took on a design job for a client in London and even before I’d started, I knew it was a bad idea . . . “Mark, did you know I can design as well? … Read more
Conservation charity Devon Wildlife Trust is urging people to spend just a small part of the festive season getting away from the excesses and stresses on wild Christmas escapes. “We wanted to offer people a chance to escape some of the stresses of Christmas by re-connecting with local nature,” said Devon Wildlife Trust’s Steve Hussey. … Read more
NDBA members share their experience by answering 10 questions. This issue Trina Curtis of CoDEStorm is in the hot seat 1. What was your first job? I was a waitress in Westward Ho! I enjoyed getting to know the holiday makers and regulars and can still balance several plates up my arm. 2. What is … Read more
Businesses are continually being urged to go online, but as the internet changes so fast Robert Zarywacz asks if anyone really knows how to use it? The internet is a fantastic tool. I first started using it to work with clients and launched our first web site way back in the 1990s. Since then the … Read more
Duncan Casburn of Flint Hosts asks how social is social media? Is the term ‘social media’ the ultimate oxymoron? Have we become victims of Orwellian doublespeak by delving into the depths of social media addiction, in doing so becoming ironic social hermits, all hidden away behind iPads and smartphones with no interest in the outside … Read more
NDBA members share their experience by answering 10 questions. This issue Elaine Isaac of Convallis Software is in the hot seat. 1. What was your first job? I washed dishes in the coffee shop kitchen at the Royal & Fortescue Hotel, Barnstaple. After a while, I eventually got promoted to serving in the coffee shop. … Read more
Rob Lott from Calvert Trust Exmoor gives some simple tips on increasing your business through improving your accessibility and ensuring easy access Have you ever lost a potential sale because the customer couldn’t access your premises, service or information? There’s a very good chance that if you have, you won’t even know about it. Why … Read more
NDBA members share their experience by answering 10 questions. This issue Gloria O’Connell of Marsdens Cottage Holidays is in the hot seat. 1. What was your first job? My first job was working on the till in Woolworths. I loved it as it enabled me to chat to people all day and get paid for … Read more
Business Action editor and communications specialist Robert Zarywacz thinks many businesses neglect one of the most powerful tools available to them Technology has a major influence on how we communicate. I remember sending telexes in my first job, while faxes came and went, followed by email, SMS texts, tweets and now ‘posts’ on various online … Read more
