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Keeping you up to date with local business information
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Opportunity for small businesses: free sustainability programme
Small Business Britain is offering a free Sustainability Programme to give entrepreneurs the basics they need to boost their sustainability planning, reduce their impact on the planet and turn their sustainability plans into commercial advantage.
This free, six-week programme, which starts on 6 September, will be delivered over six weeks entirely via digital channels, with an end of programme event in person to celebrate the participants’ success.
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Receive access to small business sustainability experts in the UK
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Join a community of small businesses on the same journey, where you can network and receive support
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Receive a digital “badge” to say you completed Sustainability Basics for your business.
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Have your say on proposed changes to Queen Street
There is just over a week left for you to comment on proposals to make Queen Street in Newton Abbot a more attractive, safe and healthy place for people to visit.
 Currently, the pavements in Queen Street are too narrow in places for large numbers of pedestrians, and side roads can be difficult to cross. The proposals include giving shoppers more space to move around, improved crossings as well as public seating and planting to make Queen Street a more appealing shopping destination. Under the proposals, the number of parking spaces will be reduced to enable wider pavements and to enable greening in certain locations, and a 20mph speed limit introduced between The Avenue and Courtenay Street.
Food businesses urged to maintain standards
Food hygiene inspectors across the country have observed significant drops in compliance since the pandemic.
The Food Standards Agency is therefore reminding businesses of the importance of following food hygiene and safety laws so that the food is safe to eat. It estimates that annually there are some 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness with two million people in the UK living with a food allergy.
Food safety risks can be reduced by food businesses taking action on cleaning, pest control, food safety management and addressing food substitution issues which can cause risks for people with allergies and intolerances, and other vulnerable persons.
More information for small businesses on food safety management procedures and food hygiene regulations is available on www.food.gov.uk
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Changes proposed for parking permits
Free four week course to help Creatives build their business
The Business and Intellectual Property Centre in Devon (BIPC) has worked with experienced artists and experts to create a course designed to help early stage creatives to develop their business.
The four week Art of Business course starts on Monday 4 July and can be accessed both online and in person. Local Artists will be sharing their knowledge and experience, through interactive sessions at Exeter and Barnstaple Libraries, and online.
The Art of Business Course will incorporate business skills for those working with the written word, photography, film-making, music, painting & sculpture .
The programme aims to develop the business skills to support an artist in creating a career from their creativity. The skills-based workshops include marketing, branding, social media training, and web design. Alongside the events and workshops, there will be networking events for creatives to meet other like-minded individuals.
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Support to do business differently
Devon Communities Together is offering free support to those who want to set up or grow their community business, project or enterprise.
It is offering at least one hour with an experienced enterprise coach to start tackling any issue you are facing including for example accessing funding, finance and grants, business planning, generating new ideas, decarbonisation, social media marketing.
And it says that some people may be able to develop the session into a free 12 hour coaching programme.
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