Pledge for Nature, Beavers granted “right to remain” in Devon, Lundy appeal, Estuary pollution scheme, Dairy response fund, Community Orchards, Jellyfish identification and Tick awareness
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The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership – covering Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay – is one of the 38 LEPs in England. We are a business-led partnership between the private sector, local authorities, universities and colleges.
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A brief digest of recent developments at Make UK – Furlough updates and manufacturing resilience post-Covid-19
Make UK updates – Policy wins, Surveys, Furlough, Digitalisation Read More »
The Heart of the South West LEP is working with the Learning and Work Institute (L&W) to explore ways to boost demand for higher technical education at Level 4 and 5, and create provision to meet this demand. L&W has been commissioned by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Heart of the South West is
Innovate UK has two competitions open to drive digital innovation in UK manufacturing supply chain Particularly of interest to those who have experienced supply chain disruptions due to Covid-19, Innovate UK are welcoming projects which will help UK manufacturing supply chains to develop digital technologies to become more efficient, productive, flexible, resilient. These must encourage
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Get Ahead with CMN’s Business Courses! NOW AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYERS IN CORNWALL, DEVON AND SOMERSET Back by popular demand, CMN’s great range of Short Business Courses, tailor made to your needs For a list of courses available, download the .pdf flyer here Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) is a programme developed to upskill employees
Fully Funded Training from Cornwall Marine Network August 2020 Read More »
Aston Lark, the Chartered insurance broker backed by Goldman Sachs, has today announced the appointment of Robin Glover as an Account Executive to work as part of the Commercial team within the Barnstaple office. Robin joined the company on 1 June, replacing one of the Senior Account Executives, Richard Brain, who left after a 55-year
Survey shows redundancy plans escalating and prospects for normal trading receding Britain’s manufacturers are calling on the Government to extend the Job Retention Scheme for strategic industry sectors by six months in order to avoid the loss of highly skilled job losses in manufacturing on a scale not seen since the 1980s. These sectors are
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Barnstaple and Exeter FABLABS have been closed since March during the COVID-19 Lockdown but have plans in place for reopening. FABLAB Barnstaple – Reopening Plans are in place. Do watch out for announcements on social media.FABLAB Exeter – Reopening Tuesday 28th July at 10am**Reopening on a limit basis – booking only. We are very much
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It’s Plastic Free July and there’s plenty to get involved with Simply setting personal targets such as choosing plastic-free alternatives in your weekly shop or opting for a reusable coffee cup can be a great start. Businesses can get involved too. How about setting a goal to remove an element of plastic from your product
