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A round up of business news including; information on new support services, grant funding, success stories, advice and information and dates for your diary.
Devon County Council Launches New Support for Adult Social Care Businesses
13 August 2018
A range of new support has been launched by Devon County Council to help the development and growth of adult social care businesses and organisations in the county. Free business support, training, development opportunities, and grant funding are being offered by Devon County Council with the aim of increasing provision of adult social care in
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Devon and Somerset 15-18 year olds to take advantage of £1 million to develop skills
03 August 2018
Devon and Somerset (Heart of the South West) 15-18 year olds Not in work, education or training urged to take advantage of £1 million to develop skills and progress onto a range of positive outcomes that include employment, education, apprenticeship’s and traineeships. European Social Funding has invested in a programme of support for young people
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Help Innovate UK understand what support your business needs to grow
02 August 2018
Short survey – your views on innovation investment, collaboration and support Innovate UK are looking for owners and directors of UK businesses (with 2+ employees) to contribute to an important study to understand what support businesses need to grow. As the Government’s innovation agency, this research will help them shape their services in the future.
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Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are open for applications
26 July 2018
About Queen’s Awards for Enterprise The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious business awards in the UK. The awards were first established in 1965 and since then over 7000 companies have achieved a Queen’s Award. The awards celebrate the success of exciting and innovative businesses which are leading the way with pioneering products
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Natwest: Skills & Opportunities Fund – Final Round
25 July 2018
NatWest Skills & Opportunities Fund, launching on 3 September, will be the final opportunity to apply for a community grant of up to £35k. With the busy summer holidays just around the corner, Natwest wanted to make sure that you had plenty of time to prepare, if you’d been considering a future funding bid. There
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Devon and Somerset Social Entrepreneurs Development Programme
23 July 2018
The School for Social Entrepreneurs have just launched their Devon and Somerset Social Entrepreneurs Development Programme 2018/19. This will provide a tailor-made programme for social venture leaders to help them develop the skills, personal effectiveness and knowledge to help their social venture grow and become sustainable. The course provides access to over £2500 worth of
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Devon Summer Tour
17 July 2018
Warm up for the Tour of Britain Devon stage and get ready for Cycle September with the Devon Summer Tour, 16 July – 12 August! You are invited to form a social team of six riders – just like in the Tour of Britain. You and your team will earn points by riding and encouraging
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Office for National Statistic: How Productive is your business?
11 July 2018
Office for National Statistics has launched an interactive tool to aid businesses to calculate their productivity and compare their performance to other businesses in Great Britain. The tool will let you calculate the productivity of your own business over time; and compare your productivity performance to other businesses in your industry. You only need three
Read morePost Office Services: Personal and Business Banking
11 July 2018
Did you know that there are more Post Office Branches across the UK than all the Bank branches combined! 99% of customers can access their high street bank accounts and carry out everyday banking transactions at all of the 11,500 Post Office branches. The same goes for 95% of small business customers. Services Deposit cash
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ScaleUp 2018 Survey
09 July 2018
The ScaleUp Institute’s 2018 Scaleup Survey – the UK’s largest survey of its fast-growing companies is live now. We would urge all scale up and fast growing businesses please use this important opportunity to make your views and needs known. It’s even easy to do on your phone! The Scaleup Survey is now in its fifth year.
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