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Claims – Court – Small Claims Cases – Mandatory Mediation The Ministry of Justice is due to go ahead with the implementation of mandatory mediation for all Small Claims in the County Court. This means that, where a business or individual issues a court claim up to the value of £10,000, the parties will have […]

Grants available to SMEs in the UK to help with the costs of installing electric vehicle (EV) charge points for their operations and staff. Grants are intended to support SMEs in the UK with the costs of electric vehicle infrastructure and charge points on their business premises. Grants are up to £15k are available and a business

Have you seen the new Newton Abbot Town Visitors Guide? Inside you can find many of our members who are sponsors in the guide, a useful map of the town and loads of useful information! Great work by Newton Abbot Town Council and for all of the sponsors in the guide who it wouldn’t have

The latest funding opportunities on behalf of Innovate UK can be found by following the link below. UKRI funds research and innovation on a competitive basis. Individual applications for research are assessed by relevant independent experts from academia and business. Core research funding to the higher education sector for its research is targeted where the

Petition – increase mileage rate! The HMRC mileage rate for reimbursing the use of private cars (e.g. for employees but also volunteers) has been fixed at 45p/mile (up to 10,000 miles) since 2011. The lack of any increase since then is a serious disincentive to volunteer drivers particularly as fuel has gone up again recently.