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Organisations that help Communities buy their Local Pubs are set to receive £1.15m in Government Funding.
13 January 2020
The More Than a Pub initiative will receive £650,000 to provide grants and advice to groups beginning the process if buying a site under community ownership. Not-for-profit Pub is the Hub will be granted £500,000 to help rural pubs set up services such as post offices, shops and libraries. Secretary of State for Communities Robert Jenrick
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Active Devon | Let’s Walk Workplace Challenge
10 January 2020
Active Devon would like to invite you to join Let’s Walk, Devon’s biggest Workplace Walking Challenge, launching this February 2020. Join hundreds of businesses across Devon taking part in the month-long challenge. Get a team of colleagues together, record your steps, compete against other businesses across Devon, climb the leader board and be in with
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Newsletter Sign-up
01 January 2020
Sign up to our Heart of the South West Growth Hub Newsletter. Stay up to date with the latest news, business support, funding and events happening locally. Data Protection The Heart of the South West Growth Hub service is funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Plymouth City Council are the Managing
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The Granary, Larkbeare Grange
08 May 2019
LUXURY ACCOMMODATION BUSINESS RECEIVES TAILORED BUSINESS SUPPORT TO REACH NEW CUSTOMERS Set in 8 acres of picturesque countryside, The Granary offers luxury self-catering accommodation to holiday makers looking to explore Devon. Within easy reach of Dartmoor, Exmoor, beaches and must-see Devonian tourist hotspots, The Granary has potential to be fully booked with keen tourists who want
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Steady growth for hybrid survey business following StartUp support
08 April 2019
Accutest International Limited Steady growth for hybrid survey business following Growth Hub StartUp support Somerset-based, Accutest International Limited (Accutest) is set for steady growth over the next six months following 1-to-1 support from one of the Heart of the South West Growth Hub’s network of specialist Business Advisers, Nevelle Marchent. Founded by owner, Tom Werner,
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The Eco-Friendly Shop
03 April 2019
A SOMERSET ECO-FRIENDLY RETAILER WINS FAIRTRADE GOLD AWARD FOLLOWING MARKETING SUPPORT Over the course of 13 years, Amy Lawson has turned her passion on all things organic, recycled, up-cycled, fair-trade, and environmentally-friendly into a growing, eCommerce eco-friendly product supply business. With ambition to increase online sales, Amy was eager to find a way to compete
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The Link Academy Trust
20 March 2019
The Link Academy Trust is a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) of 9 rural primary schools located in Totnes, Newton Abbot, Teign valley and Crediton providing education to over 700 pupils. The Trust has ambitious plans for the future as they continue on their growth journey – expanding the number of schools and pupils that the
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