Business Report

Get Branded

One of the hardest things to do as a new business is to create and develop a brand. Brand identity is absolutely key to the long term prospects of any business. Potential clients need to be able to identify you immediately through your brand name, it needs to convey so many messages in so few words. A hard task really, so employing a Brand Agency to do the work for you is absolutely vital. Your brand is your business, if the brand doesn’t work, the business will be held back at best and fail at worst. Employing branding consultants is probably one of the first steps that any new or growing business should do. We have used ‘I Am Associates’ for our branding, their client list is hugely impressive with many modern and focused UK and international clients. The brief was to develop a restaurant design and relevant branding that fitted in with the locality and the target market. This would be the young and affluent couples who visit out restaurant at weekends and ‘I AM’ fulfilled the brief providing us with a fantastic branding identity that reflected the aspirations of us and our clients.

A4 have launched a new site targeting the shirt printing business in the UK and we thought that we’d post because we like the site. The main reason is the functionality and the ease of use, especially for business clients. Put yourself in the position of a purchasing manager for a large corporation and you need to buy 1000 screen printed hoodies. With the majority of sites live today, you have to browse throught the site and end up on the end of a telephone for half an hour just to get a quote. If you need to get three or more quotes, then it is a whole days work. With this site, you can get a quote for any personalised hoodies or other garments within minutes and it is accurate. You can choose colours and sizes and upload the artwork online. The real benefit is that you get a quote straight away so you don’t have to spend time on the phone. The only drawback is that you have to buy 10 itmes or more but I guess that is their business model!

Nature Signs and Interpretation Boards

Nature Signs is an award winning business that designs and manufactures interpretation boards for nature trails and wilderness trails.  These are becoming more and more popular as green tourism and information requirements grow in the UK.  They have a fantastic reputation having featured on several BBC shows and the quality of their signs shows the reason!  The signs have two primary purposes, to provide information on what you should be looking at and to show you where you are!  This could include identifying different species of birds or mammals on a nature trail or to provide information on the history of a specific area or region such as the railway signs in Braunton in North Devon.

Nature Signs produces several different types of bespoke interpretation signs and  tailor made nature trail signs as well as habitat signs and wildlife signs.  They also use eco friendly wood for the lecturns with environmentally friendly woodstain treatments so that the mounts blend in with their backgrounds.  For more information on these great signs, contact Nature Signs on 01271 812301.

Team Building Devon

Invest some time with your clients or develop the skills of your staff  by holding an exciting and effective corporate event at Stoodleigh Court.

Teamwork makes things happen more efficiently, quickly and to a higher quality then most other things within organisations. Stoodleigh Court, also a  wedding venue amongst other things, offers team building Devon services providing for the region.

Stoodleigh Court also accommodates an impressive array of other corporate and conference facilities for Devon.

Its location also provides conference facilities for Exeter making it the ideal area for North and South Devon alike. Being in this region also allows it to cater conference venues for taunton, team building Somerset and the entire Somerset county itself.

Conference Venues in Devon

Dartington Hall is a fantastic conference venue in Devon ideally siuated halfway between Exeter and Plymouth on the A38 making it an ideal location for conference venues in Exeter and conference venues in Plymouth.  Dartington Hall is part of a trust founded to promote the arts, sustainability and social justice and is also home to the prestigious Dartington School of Arts.  The facilities at Dartington Hall are exceptional making this an ideal location for a conference in Devon with twelve distinctive meeting rooms and fifty one well appointed bedrooms as well as award winning food in the White Hart bar and restaurant. 8 and 24 hour delegate rates available.  There is a host of multimedia equipment available for the conferences as well as internet connections in every room.  Full technical support is available with a dedicated team to support your conference, call 01803 847100 to book your Devon conference venue.

Hi Visibility Clothing

Winter is nearly here and that means that walking along dimly lit streets and country lanes poses increased risks.  The risks are even greater if you are working during the night time hours, especially in the construction, manufacturing and transport industries.  You need to be seen and you need to get some hi viz clothing to help others to see you.  High Visibility Workwear are a leading UK supplier of hi vis jackets in the UK.  Not only can you be seen with the high visibility materials and the reflective stripes, but they are also very cost effective.  You can buy your hi viz jackets from as little as £10, depending on the number ordered but this isn’t a massive amount of money to pay to improve your personal safety in the dark!