| Community Challenge - £10,000 up for grabs |
The Western Gazette has teamed up with local builders ROK and Soth Somerset Homes to offer one lucky local community group a makeover project worth up to £10,000. The winning grup or organisation can tap into the skills expertise and know how to make a real difference to their activities. Click on the link below for further information and an application form. Closing date: 21st April. |
07/04/2008 |
| Series of new business rules looms |
A number of new business regulations take effect as from 6 April, one of two annual common commencement dates. The new regulations include, among others, extended maternity rights, extra sexual harassment laws, changes to the number of firms affected by rules on informing and consulting staff, and new corporate manslaughter legislation. (Information supplied by Freeman Baker Associates) |
03/04/2008 |
| Work underway on Abbey Manor addition |
Rok, the Yeovil building and maintenance company, has started work on the latest addition to the Abbey Manor Business Centre. Rok is already familiar with Abbey Manor - not only did it build the original business centre which opened six years ago, but its Yeovil office is based there. Located in the grounds of the 600-year-old Grade 1 listed Abbey Manor House on Preston Road on the edge of the town, the new stand-alone building, called Granary Court, is being built on behalf of... |
03/04/2008 |
| Cost of borrowing ‘hurting' small businesses |
Small firms are feeling the effects of the global credit crunch, a new survey has shown. The survey, carried out by the Small Business Research Trust (SBRT) and the Forum of Private Business (FPB), covered the first quarter of 2008. Of those firms that responded, almost three-quarters (74 per cent) with both loans and overdrafts said that lending rates had risen during the past six months. Some 59 per cent reported that increases in interest rates had had a ‘negative'... |
31/03/2008 |
| Economy to slow down further, says CBI |
The economic slowdown could bite deeper than has been previously predicted, the CBI has warned. The latest quarterly outlook from the CBI has seen the employers' organisation downgrade its forecast for growth in 2008 from 2 per cent to 1.8 per cent. In 2009, things could be even tougher, the CBI said, with its predicted rate of growth trimmed from 2.1 per cent to 1.7 per cent. Growth in consumer spending is all set to be even weaker, forecast to drop to 1.6 per cent this... |
31/03/2008 |
| Best Visitor numbers for years at Fleet Air Arm Museum |
The Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton recorded record visitor numbers for the first part of the year. Click the link for more information. |
17/03/2008 |