The Cornish-based Joint CEO of a Community Interest Company specialising in providing frontline workers across the UK with new methods of trauma-informed practices is celebrating after being named the South West’s Best Small Business Entrepreneur at this year’s Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Since co-founding Rock Pool in 2017, Kirsty Passmore has helpedContinue Reading

Vadim Toader, Property expert and CEO of neo-lender Proportunity gives his view on 2022:  “As much as this figure was positive for 2021, finance is still going to remain a huge challenge for many first-time buyers in 2022, coupled with finding the right property, at the right price, in theContinue Reading

More than £1 billion has been recovered from the proceeds of crime and tax offenders since the formation of a specialist HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) fraud squad five years ago. Launched in April 2016, the department’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) has now recovered assets equivalent to funding around 20,000Continue Reading

This festive season, Western Power Distribution (WPD) is supporting its vulnerable customers across the South West, by issuing £87,000 of fuel poverty grants from its ‘Community Matters’ fund to local charities and organisations. Amongst the beneficiaries announced today is Kingswear Parish Council, which has been awarded £10,000 for a ground-breaking projectContinue Reading

“Commit to carbon reduction and build in resilience to keep our farms successful and relevant.” This is the end of year message from Brian Richardson Head of Agriculture for Virgin Money. As we near the end of 2021, we start to look back at what has happened throughout the year, andContinue Reading

True cloud accounting software provider iplicit has launched a fully integrated stock control module – helping accounting and finance leaders to reduce manually intensive processes, decrease human error, streamline reporting, and improve inventory visibility.  The UK-headquartered business has ploughed 15 months of development time and invested over £1 million into its latestContinue Reading