Jacquie Dove, owner of The Lyn Valley Dog House in Lynton, was one of hundreds of small businesses joining a special reception at the House of Lords in November to celebrate the upcoming Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is on 2 December 2023 to celebrate small business success and encourages people to ‘shop local’ and support … Read more
To celebrate Small Business Saturday today, Business Action is running a prize draw for North Devon businesses to win a two-hour one-to-one PR and media session. The winning small business can choose whether to use this session to review its existing communications material, examine the potential for future publicity or sketch out a media plan … Read more
The moths are hungry and I don’t want holes in my jackets! On Monday, I realised we needed some moth repellant to protect the clothes in our wardrobes. I was going to Ilfracombe High Street anyway, so I popped into Pedlar’s, a department store now in its sixth generation of family members and a founder … Read more
What effect would switching £10 to a local business have on the North Devon economy? If one person does it, that would inject £10 back locally. If 100 people did it, that be £1,000. What if 100,000 of the 162,000 people in North Devon Torridge switched, that would make £1 million. We’ve launched the #10to1m … Read more
