In the latest episode of our Business Noodles & Doodles podcast, Mark Greaves talks to Steve Oxford, managing director and fourth-generation baker at Oxford’s Bakery, an artisan bakery group based in Dorset. Steve talks about: The ‘family’ in family business…
Hunts Cider can be found nestled in the rolling hills of the South Devon countryside, with its 18 acres of apple trees and over 200 years of history. A family business in the truest sense of the word, it is…
Have you ever thought about what will happen after you die? I mean, really thought about it. Not about the big questions, like 'is there life after death?' Or 'will my life really flash before my eyes?' But about the…
I listened in to each of the three webinars we hosted on Funding for SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) in the preceding two weeks and enjoyed all three and more generally we have had positive feedback regarding the events…
This article was originally published in the Western Morning News on Wednesday 23 June 2021. As a proud Cornishman it was fantastic to see the eyes of the world on my home county earlier this month as the leaders of…
Accommodation for staff has always been an issue (particularly in remote areas of the region), however over recent trading periods, and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become even more so. With staff not returning from furlough or their…
Chancellor Rishi Sunak may have been channelling his inner Dr Emmett Brown and proclaimed “I finally invented something that works!” Along with the various coronavirus business support schemes, the temporary 5% reduced VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sector…
As specialist family business advisers, we understand that family and business can be two very different and conflicting systems at work. With a wealth of experience in supporting the long term future of many family owned businesses, we can help…
We have now had two Budgets delivered by Rishi Sunak and it is possible to start to get an impression of what he is about as Chancellor. In advance of the Budget I had contemplated there might be a fiscal…
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