Category: News
LEIPZIG ENTREPRENEUR DOING THE ENGLISH BUSINESS
By WILLIAM TELFORD business Editor @WTelfordHerald James Parsons and Richard Sinclair ENGLISHMAN James Parsons came to Leipzig in 1996 for a year and ended up…
MAN-MADE LAKES FILL THE TOURIST GAPS IN EASTERN GERMANY
By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor WHAT does a city do if it’s land-locked and miles from a large body of water? Simple, it creates…
FASHION DESIGNER'S BITTER SWEET CELEBRATIONS
By WILLIAM TELFORD Business Editor @WTelfordHerald CITY fashion business Glamour Icons is celebrating after winning a contract for a third year in a row to design…
SURPLUS FURNITURE SOS CALL
SURPLUS FURNITURE SOS CALL PLYMOUTH Green Business of The Year winner, Surplus Rescue CIC, based at Weston Mill, is taking delivery of extensive amounts of…
TURKISH DELIGHT IN DEVON
A TURKISH delegation of 10 students have spent 3 weeks in Plymouth learning about computer technology functions, software, and training, and especially brushing up on…
CALLS FOR UK IMMIGRATION POLICY SHIFT
By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor PLYMOUTH business leaders are calling on the Government to take international students out of the net migration figures. They say a…
LEIPZIG CULTURE UNDER THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor THE German city of Leipzig sees businesses and culture as close allies in the quest to attract firms and people to…
BUSINESS & CULTURE IN GERMANY
By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor BUSINESSES in Leipzig support the city’s cultural offer – because they say that’s the way to build a thriving location,…
NEW YORK ARTIST CREATIVE AT THE BAUMWOLLSPINNEREI
By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor ANGELA Miskis is from New York – but she is working in Leipzig. The talented painter is one of the…
BITTER SWEET FASHION CELEBRATION
BITTER SWEET FASHION CELEBRATION PLYMOUTH fashion business Glamour Icons is celebrating winning a contract for a third year in a row of designing and making…
LEIPZIG BUSINESS ANGELS SUPPORT SME'S
By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor THE concept of business angel investment is not unknown in Plymouth – but in Germany it’s not all about…
GERMAN PRIVATE EQUITY: SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES
By WILLIAM TELFORD, Business Editor A SUBSIDIARY of Leipzig’s saving’s Bank is aiming to grow established SMEs by providing private equity funds. And Stefan Leermann,…