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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

There are all sorts of practical ideas and tried & tested actions which businesses can run with to both save costs and ‘save the environment’ a little: What businesses can do to ‘SAVE MONEY: SAVE THE PLANET’ If you know of a business in the Sid Valley which is doing good things, why not nominate… Continue reading Ideas to help make your business more sustainable

A campaign to find the UK’s favourite local business this Christmas has been launched: Campaign searches for the UK’s favourite local business | Housewares News And there’s the attraction of prizes: Win £500 and help us find the UK’s Favourite Local Business. Local businesses are the beating heart of every community serving up the best… Continue reading The UK’s Favourite Local Business