Businesses to play vital role in shaping student skills
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...
Virtual jobs fair aims to combat the skills shortages faced by South West employers
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....
Fragrance Maker Secures Essential Funding
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...
Partnership Aims to Boost Aspirations
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...
Second UK Political Party Backs Ban On Cheap Polystyrene Bodyboards!
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...
CBILS Support for Gloucestershire Food Business
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...
New cyber security technology born at Exeter Science Park launched by Securious
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...
South Devon College completes over 2000 ‘rapid’ Covid tests in first week back
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...
Awarding body praises College’s commitment to apprentices
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...
Supporting South West Employers with their work experience offers and finding the right students
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...
Economic partnership for the South West appoints new Chief Executive
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Coles as our new Chief Executive. Paul has worked in the digital, tech and ICT sector for more than 30 years, having joined SWBC from BT where he was the English Regions Director. He brings with him extensive...
South West Business Council March Conference Highlights
At our March conference, we welcomed our new CEO, Paul Coles, and said “au revoir” to Dr Robin Daniels. “Au revoir” because we will be working with Robin as we grow our work around Natural Capital, which is rapidly expanding. Turning to traditional forms of capital,...