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What Makes a Good Leader in a Business?

At the head of every successful business is a leader who stops at nothing to help their business grow, but not everyone is born to be one. Instead, leaders must cultivate a select bank of skills to motivate their employees and lead their business to success. The trick here is knowing which skills all great business leaders have in common, and why these qualities remain so important.

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Leading sustainable resin driveway company, Oltco, launches in Plymouth

Oltco, the UK’s leading sustainable resin driveway company has just launched in Plymouth and is run by businessman, Ben Ure. Oltco will be delivering premium resin driveway solutions, including its innovative product, Recycle Bound, across Plymouth and the surrounding villages including Yelverton, Gunnislake, Lifton, Princetown and Ivybridge.

Recycle Bound is the world’s first recycled...

Making the Perfect Case Study for Your SEO Efforts

Case studies are an amazing tool for SEO that can help you dominate search engine rankings. Type in some of the most competitive keywords into Google, and you’ll find that many of the top results use case studies.

The question is: why do the search engines like case studies so much? Well, it all comes down to a simple premise – original, accurate, well-presented data is extremely...

The South West has the highest Business Start-Up Survival Rate

The first few years are critical for any start-up. TNT’s ‘Roaring Regions’ index has identified the South West as among the most favourable locations for new start-ups. It offers a competitive start-up survival rate of 91.6% after a single year. But it’s on the longer term that things look even rosier: 45.8% of start-ups in the region are still operational after five years, which puts it at...

Why is Good Web Design So Important?

The tools needed to build a professional-looking website are now freely available for anyone to use. However, there’s a difference between looking professional and being professional. A professional website requires an experienced designer who knows what they are doing. Here are just a few of the reasons that proper web design is worth every penny.

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Carrie shortlisted in National Awards

Specialist lawyer Carrie Laws from The Family Law Company has been shortlisted as ‘Supporter of the Year’ in the Advocacy National Awards for the support she has given to the Plymouth Parent Advocacy Project (PPAP).

The award focuses on people who do not directly deliver advocacy but who contribute to and improve standards within the sector.

Carrie, who works at The Family Law...

Four out of 10 Plymouth workers believe talking about mental health is a sign of weakness

A nationwide study has found that four out of ten (42 percent) of Plymouth workers think that being honest about mental health issues in the workplace is a sign of weakness.

The study, conducted in October by TalkOut – an organisation created to remove the stigma surrounding mental health within the workplace – found that, in total, over two thirds (67 percent) of Plymouth workers have...

How to Design Your Sign Correctly

You may have been walking down the street in Plymouth and suddenly, a sign catches your eye, and then you’ll pay attention to what’s on the sign, however during your journey through the town centre there’s guaranteed to have been umpteen signs that you’ve walked past without even noticing. And that’s because they’ve been designed badly or aren’t in clear view for you to see as you’re walking...

How to Get More out of Your Workforce

Do you feel that your employees aren’t currently working as hard or as productively as you know they can? If so, then you need to set about the all-important task of getting more out of them right away. Fail to take such action and your profit margins will be sure to dwindle sooner rather than later…

Here are a few things you can do to get more out of your workforce:

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Leading South West business reaches major anniversary

Plymouth-based Delt Shared Services celebrated the milestone on the 1st October, having first opened for trading on the same date in 2014.

Jane White, Head of Workforce and Brand at Delt, praised the company’s work ethic and achievements so far, commenting “Delt has so much to be proud of over its 5 years in operation. We have had an incredible journey, helping many public interest...

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