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How’s about one of the local councils being up for a Champions Award? Enter the Champions Awards 2023 – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Not sure which category, but councils are trying to be more sustainable – whilst cutting costs: Groups and Organisations Award 2023 – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards The news from London today is that councils… Continue reading Councils going green and cutting costs: the Circular Economy

The county council have launched a vibrant new scheme to support local businesses: “Any business that is based in Devon, has been operating for more than six months and takes pride in buying from and supporting other Devon businesses can apply to join.” The Made in Devon website has both a Find a Local Business… Continue reading Love Devon? Shop local! Introducing the ‘Made in Devon’ scheme

There’s a huge amount of enthusiasm for sustainability awards – with the biggest there is having announced their finalists: edie Awards 2023: Shortlist of finalists revealed After a record-breaking year of hundreds of entries from across the spectrum of sustainable business, we are proud to announce the shortlist of finalists for the edie Awards 2023.… Continue reading Edie: ‘the world’s largest sustainable business awards scheme’

Last May saw the Citizen of the Year being awarded – and congratulations again to Angela Thompson! Sidmouth Rotary Citizen of the Year 2021 – Rotary Club of Sidmouth Sunday 29th January sees the deadline for nominations for Citizen of the Year 2022: Get your nomination in for Sidmouth Citizen of the Year | Sidmouth… Continue reading Sidmouth Rotary Club Citizen of the Year Award – deadline approaching!

Congratulations to Julie Hawker! East Devon businesswoman Julie Hawker has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours List. Devon businesswoman recognised in New Year Honours List | Sidmouth Herald Amongst many other things, Julie is joint CEO of Cosmic: Julie Hawker to receive MBE for Service… Continue reading East Devon businesswoman awarded MBE

As a healthy and positive way forward – why not “make do and mend”?! What is ‘make do and mend’ – and what can we do to help save some money? – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards And why not enter for a Champion’s Award!? Enter the Champions Awards 2023 – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards There… Continue reading Lifestyle changes for the New Year!

As we look to next year, there are great business ideas to look to. Here are a few ideas: What-businesses-can-do-to-SAVE-MONEY-SAVE-THE-PLANET.pdf And here are a couple of great suggestions from the Small Business website which should suit the Sid Valley very well – plus keeping sustainability very much to the fore: 6 best small business ideas… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Looking for ideas to help a business be both more competitive and environmentally-friendly? Business Award: activity & project ideas – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Why not enter or nominate it for an award? Enter the Champions Awards 2023 – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards And one of the top suggestions which satisfies both cutting costs and… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: WFH

Businesses are always looking to ways to bring down costs – and also to engage with customers – and the ideas round a ‘circular economy’ can really help in a very practical way. A ‘circular economy’ simply means that enterprises reuse materials, eliminate waste and repurpose, remanufacture and refurbish – as this graphic shows: What… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: CIRCULAR ECONOMY

One of the many ideas coming out of the Champions Awards 2023 has been to shorten and localise supply lines – itself part of the idea of making business more ‘sustainable’: What is ‘sustainability’ – and how can we help the environment? – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards The latest research suggests this is indeed a… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable: SUPPLY CHAINS