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Social Enterprise Focus business adviser Andrew Allchurch

Plymouth is building on its impressive track record as a business community rich with social enterprises.

There is currently a renewed energy and enthusiasm for developing this sector, particularly in light of public sector funding pressures. Historically social enterprises emerge in communities where there is social or economic hardship or deprivation. This is because social enterprises seek to meet community need and local people benefit from the products or services ...

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£3.3m investment in Superfast Business support

More than 500 rural businesses across Devon and Somerset are set to benefit from a £3.3 million investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Devon and Somerset County Councils to help them make the most out of superfast broadband technology.

The new Superfast Business service, which launched this week in association with Connecting Devon and Somerset, offers fully funded support to help ambitious businesses identify the opportunities that superfast broadband ...

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Devon gears up for Export Week : 13-17 May 2013

Local businesses have less than two weeks to register for a series of events designed to inspire international trade across the South West.

UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) South West is holding 11 events across the region as part of Export Week 13-17 May – including two in Devon – in a bid to encourage new exporters and provide practical advice for existing exporters.

Export Week is part of a campaign led by Trade & Investment Minister Lord Green in a bid ...

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Unique chance for Social Enterprises to get money know-how

Social Enterprises are being encouraged to seize a rare opportunity to get sound financial specialist advice at a one off free event inPlymouthon 29 April 2013.

‘Money Talks – unlocking social investment’ will offer a range of informative workshops with the latest guidance and tips from respected key note speakers and experts from across the finance sector.

Highlights of the packed all day event programme at Plymouth University Rolle building include:

  • Key note speakers Seb Elsworth, Director of Partnerships and Communications at Social ...
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Vacancy: International Trade Centre Advisor

Peninsula Enterprise is the leading provider of high quality enterprise and knowledge services in the South West. Our understanding of the social and economic environment in which we work ensures that we deliver solutions and services that achieve results. We are now recruiting for a International Trade Centre Advisor to work on the UK Trade and Investment contract in the South West.
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Vacancy     : International Trade Centre Advisor
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