Employment opportunities for students at Cornwall’s largest college group are being boosted with the launch of a programme to involve local employers in key decisions. The Cornwall College Group (TCCG) is putting local and regional business leaders at the heart of...
The Heart of the South West LEP (HotSW LEP) Digital Skills Partnership has announced the first of their Train4Tomorrow virtual jobs fairs, which will connect hundreds of newly-trained and highly-skilled digital and technical learners with employers in the South West....
An ambitious North-Devon fragrance maker has benefitted from a £10k Start Up Loan via delivery partner SWIG Finance. Essence of Hartland creates handmade home fragrances using high-quality essential oils. Their scents are inspired by the dramatic coastline and...
City College Plymouth and Millbay Academy have formed a new partnership in the bid to provide pupils with the best possible careers advice in an attempt to further raise aspirations within the Plymouth community. Similar to the successful ongoing partnership announced...
Liberal Democrats pledge support for the Ban Cheap Polystyrene Bodyboard Campaign. Plastic Free Torridge, Plastic Free North Devon and Keep Britain Tidy’s Ocean Recovery Project are today announcing support for a UK-wide ban on selling cheap polystyrene bodyboards...
A Gloucestershire food business specialising in dietary requirements has benefitted from the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) via accredited delivery partner SWIG Finance. Award-winning Bay’s Kitchen creates sauces, soups, stocks and gravies...
Securious, a cyber security company based at the Exeter Science Park, has launched Monikal, the first SIEM solution designed for mid-level organisations. The world-leading technology helps businesses protect critical information to reduce the financial, reputational...
On 8th March South Devon College welcomed students back to their campus amongst an atmosphere of excitement, as things begin to feel a little more ‘normal’. An important part of the roadmap to normality is the ability to test for the virus frequently. In response to...
After seeing a 100% pass rate for its recent automotive Apprenticeship end-point assessments (EPA), City College Plymouth has been highly praised by the awarding body, City & Guilds. Shortly before the country entered a second period of lockdown last year, the...
HALF-TERM week marked a historic moment for the charity Speakers for Schools which delivered more work experience for young people in just one week, than it did in the whole of the last academic year. Growing at an exponential rate, the charity opened the eyes of some...
A family-run nursery in Christchurch is the latest business to benefit from the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme via delivery partner SWIG Finance. Twynham House Nursery School received the £100k CBILS loan, backed by Triodos Bank, to help ensure they...
With the immediate issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, many organisations have been in permanent crisis mode since the early part of 2020, and there seems to be little respite to take a breath and think about strategy, or indeed, anything else. Organisations...