Torbay Council begins a trial today of a high-tech online supplier hub developed in the South West, with the aim of increasing the amount of money it spends with businesses in the area.

The council is running a pilot of SupplyDevon , a government-funded platform in which Torbay businesses can provide quotes to the council on individual orders valued between £5,000 and £50.000. Torbay...

SupplyDevon is a project that aims to help Devon’s economy bounce back and become more resilient as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are lifted.

The county is home to seven of the 20 districts predicted to be worst affected economically by the pandemic. Even before the virus, devon was home to the district with the lowest average wages in the UK. The effects of the pandemic on the...