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  • The Local Food Company

    The Local Food Company is an online retailer for small producers – one order, one payment, one delivery. It is the first company of its kind in the UK; it has green and ethical trading principles and has a nationwide delivery for its local organic food.

  • The Venus Company Ltd - Loving the Beach

    Formed in 1995, Venus Cafés can be found at Blackpool Sands, East Portlemouth and Bigbury on Sea in Devon and Tolcarne in Cornwall, with Venus Beach Shops at Blackpool Sands, East Portlemouth and Tolcarne.

  • Bevan Brittan - ‘Together We Can’

    National law firm, Bevan Brittan, has been using the Business in the Community’s Cares programme to improve interpersonal skills and communication between its three offices in Bristol, Birmingham and London.

  • Ginsters, Cornish Through & Through

    Ginsters has used its rural location as a vital ingredient in its business success. By working closely with Cornish suppliers and the local community as well as helping staff develop their full potential, the company has both addressed disadvantage in Cornwall and become one of the leading businesses in the region.

  • MITIE Group plc - MITIE Construction Skills Centres

    MITIE has increased the number of its Construction Skills Centres over the last year and now supports eight regional centres in secondary schools across the UK. These centres provide opportunities for young people to develop to their full potential, 487 students are currently being trained.

  • Serco - Serco Integrated Services

    Serco Integrated Services continues to deliver three healthy community programmes through Skills For You (S4U), Brentry and Henbury Children’s Centre (BHCC) and the Gambia and Avon Fire Services in Partnership (GAFSIP) project.

  • Marks & Spencer Invest in Fish

    Invest in Fish South West Initiative was launched in April 2004 and involves commercial and recreational fishermen, environmental NGOs, statutory agencies, fish merchants, fish processors, and restaurateurs working together to establish the best way forward in the region’s fisheries management. The steering group’s overall goal is to create abundant fish stocks, thriving communities and healthy seas. The group has devised a process, culminating in late 2006 with a strategy for fisheries management for the Southwest of the UK, to be endorsed by all major interest groups.

  • FirstGroup plc, UK Bus Division - Continuing Lifelong Learning & Skills for Life

    FirstGroup plc has pioneered a joint strategy of Learning Centres aimed at its 20,300 drivers in partnership with the Transport & General Worker’s Union. The three key business drivers are recruitment, retention and motivation.

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    Trelowarren Estate, Helston, Cornwall

    Trelowarren's pioneering approach to green tourism through the ecological and environmental development of some of the estate's dilapidated buildings into time share accommodation, has created local employment opportunities and benefited local businesses and the local community.

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    Kent Art Printers Ltd - Giving Printing an Ethical Focus

    Kent Art Printers is a small to medium-sized family-owned printing company based in Chatham, Kent with 35 employees. In 1990 the directors started considering cleaner print techniques, one of which was “alcohol-free” printing. By the end of 1990, the press-room was running without the use of Isopropyl Alcohol, a Volatile Organic Compound, which combines with other pollutants to cause ground level ozone.