Increase in South West Insolvencies – Deloitte
Regional Rise in Appointments is 4th Highest in the UK, as Credit Crunch Starts to Bite.
Latest analysis of administration and receivership figures by Deloitte, the leading business advisory firm, shows that insolvencies in the South West are up by 26 per cent for the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period last year.
June Issue Preview: Dear Jaki
I work for a large high street bank and am fed up with one of my colleagues who just does not pull their weight, cuts corners, calls in sick, lots of personal calls in work time etc. I end up covering for them. I don’t like the idea of going behind their back and reporting them, what should I do?
Steady Growth Continues for Cornish Market Research Company
Bodmin-based PFA Research has recorded an increase in turnover of 15 per cent from January to December 2007.
Eden Among UK’s Top Workplaces
The Eden Project was today named among the top fifty of the Great Place to Work® Institute UK’s annual rankings of the UK’s Best Workplaces. The company featured prominently in the list of the top fifty best companies, which was topped this year by Google.
June Issue Preview: Interview with Sharp’s Joe Keohane
The June issue of Business Cornwall magazine, out next week, features an in depth and exclusive interview with Joe Keohane, director of the Good Pub Guide’s Brewery of the Year 2008, Sharp’s.
Here’s a quick preview of what to expect…
Mammoth Order for Cornish Brewery
A Cornish brewery is preparing to serve up to 50,000 pints at a two-day mammoth Cornish musical event after winning the biggest contract of its kind in its history.
Truro-based Skinners Brewery is the local firm chosen to supply ale and cider for Jack Johnson’s headline gig at the stunning Watergate Bay location on July 5 and 6, which is expected to attract around 20,000 people and is part of a nationwide tour.
Administrators to Sell Sunnyside Holiday Park
Administrators from the leading business rescue, recovery and restructuring specialist, Begbies Traynor, have been appointed to manage the affairs of Sunnyside Holiday Park Ltd and have announced that its site at Quintrell Downs, near Newquay is to be sold.
House Sales Drop Should be Alarm Call
Latest announcements that the number of home sales has plummeted do not just spell the closure of estate agency offices across the South West, warns one of the region’s leading business recovery experts.
Cornish Business People to Tackle New York Marathon
Members of Worldwide Financial Planning, mpad, Atlantic FM, Morris Pasties and Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant, have joined forces to tackle one of the world’s most iconic races on 2 November.
Conference Highlights Business Link’s Future Growth
Having contributed strongly to an estimated £110 million increase in the value of the South West economy during 2007, Business Link in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon and Somerset is poised to do even more in 2008 and beyond to help the region’s small businesses face up to potentially turbulent conditions.
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