Business

Safety equipment to prevent serious injuries at work

Every business needs to minimise the risk of serious injuries at work. For a start, it’s the moral responsibility of a business to look after its employees and avoid putting them in dangerous situations. Plus, it can save your business money if you’re not paying out compensation frequently. Below, we explore the safety equipment required to prevent serious injuries at work.

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It’s well worth a pint: Venaspace prepares for launch in Plymouth

A brand-new business centre will launch in Spring in Derriford Business Park led by flexible workspace providers Venaspace.

Recently acquiring The Apex in Derriford Business Park, previously the Valuation Office Agency, Venaspace will launch a series of brand-new workspaces promoting flexible office space for local businesses in the science and technology rich area. The site is...

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Plymouth technology company helping charities work smarter with chatbots

Plymouth-based Disruption Works are helping charities to work smarter through automation, chatbots, and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

More than ever, charities are leaning on the time-saving benefits of chatbots to redeploy staff in a more meaningful way.

Disruption Works, based at Plymouth Science Park , are using technology for good to help the sector with smarter...

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technology
tech
AI
charity
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Local Skills Report sets priorities for the South West

The Heart of the South West Skills Launchpad , part of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP), has launched a Local Skills Report, which sets out priorities for the region for 2022 to 2024.

The report recognises that the area's economy is shaped and led by the skills of its residents and businesses, but that the level of those holding a higher-level...

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skills shortage
skills gap
economy
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education
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What is umbilical cord blood, and why are celebrities choosing Plymouth-based Biovault Family to bank it? 

Stem cells are extraordinary. Those left in your baby's cord blood after the birth are especially powerful, able to regenerate every kind of damaged blood cell. So far cord blood stem cells are being used to treat more than 80 diseases including cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma, inherited immune system and immune-cell disorders, sickle cell disease and anaemia, and Gaucher disease. But...

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New action plan set out for South West energy opportunities

On 11th March the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership met with Western Power Distribution , EDF Energy , Regen SW , the South West Energy Hub , and local Government partners for an Energy Deep Dive roundtable, to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the South West’s energy sector.

The Heart of the South West LEP is delivering the area’s Build Back Better plan...

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Foot Anstey and the Retail Trust join forces to launch anti-harassment certification for the retail industry

National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP and the UK’s retail industry charity, the Retail Trust have launched a new certification aimed at protecting and reassuring shop workers as they face rising levels of abuse and inappropriate behaviour.

Several well-known retailers are now in talks to commit to The Retailers Against Harassment Certification which has been designed to create safer...

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Eyeopening reasons your website isn't getting traffic

You’ve invested time and money into your website, but the numbers aren’t good enough. There’s nothing more frustrating than a lack of website traffic on your business website or blog. It means all the hard work you put into your website isn’t being seen and that can cost you money in the long run.

Figuring out exactly what’s going wrong could mean a quick fix or it could mean making...

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Current And Former Greencore Employees Call On Lawyers After Company Is Hit By Cyber-Attack

A group of current and former employees of a major UK-based convenience food manufacturer, which has a distribution centre in Plymouth, are considering legal action after it emerged that the company had been affected by a data breach.

In a letter issued last month, Greencore Group PLC explained how it had experienced IT disruption on part of its network in the middle of December. It...

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Businesses and residents benefit from improved mobile coverage

More than 500 homes and businesses in Devon and Somerset have benefited from a scheme to improve mobile phone coverage in rural areas .

Connecting Devon and Somerset’s (CDS) Mobile Boost scheme aims to upgrade indoor 4G mobile phone coverage in “not-spot” areas.

The programme is targeting small businesses and households in rural communities who currently have inadequate...

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