Come What May – Are you GDPR Ready?
The GDPR is fast approaching. The Growth Hub will continually update our GDPR page with useful links to trustworthy sources of information, GDPR related events that we are made of aware of in the region and the questions (and answers) that we are being asked by businesses in Devon, Plymouth, Somerset & Torbay:
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“No Catch 22” says MD On Funded Business Support
Mapyx Limited, An Exeter based company supplying the MOD, police and education sectors has realigned its business focus on the back of funded business advice offered through the Heart of the South West Growth Hub.
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A single place to find listings of events and workshops from business support services across Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay. All events are free to attend or part funded. Eligibility criteria may apply. View all events and workshops
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Negotiating and Persuading in Business
The Futures Entrepreneurship Centre invites business owners, entrepreneurs, managers, team leaders, individuals and students to join this Professional Development Course.Read more -
HotSW Growth Hub Partnership Networking Monthly event
Heart of the South West Growth Hub partnership networking monthly event What you can expect: Updates from local business support...Read more -
Marketing Planning Made Easy
The term ‘marketing plan’ or ‘business plan’ usually conjures up visions of complex, multi-page documents that take ages to...Read more -
Tourism Sector: Visit England’s ‘Discover England Fund’ Info Event
Local businesses could benefit from international tourism boost TOURISM PROVIDERS in and around Exmoor and Dartmoor are being invited to...Read more
Latest news
A round up of the latest business news for Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay including; information on new support services, grant funding, success stories, advice and information and dates for your diary. View all Latest news
Arable farmers and young most likely to use business tools
More farmers are preparing detailed budgets and turning to tools like benchmarking to help run their farms, according to a …Read More
Alternative funding to the traditional bank loan
UK small businesses are struggling to get access to bank funding, according to reports in Financial Times on Friday (March 30). The …Read More
Creative Industries Sector Deal launched
HIGHLIGHTS: More than £150 million will be jointly invested by government and industry to help the country’s world-leading cultural and …Read More
Devon and Somerset small businesses urged to take advantage of free training before the July 2018 deadline
Small and medium sized enterprises across Devon and Somerset are being urged to take advantage of fully funded skills training …Read More
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