Business

Site managers working for local housebuilder Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, have scooped two prestigious awards in a national competition to find the best-run building sites in Britain.

Bob Maund who works for Barratt Homes in Fremington and Jason Dugdale who works on site for David Wilson Homes in Exeter gained official recognition for the excellence of which they run their developments with a Pride in the Job Quality Award.

In Fremington, Bob is overseeing work at Riverside Park, a development of two, three and four bedroom...

WESC Foundation (WESC) played host to Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s June networking lunch, with 70 local businesses and professionals in attendance.

WESC is a school and college for young people and adults aged 5-25, and a specialist centre for visual impairment, based on Topsham Road, Exeter. Pre-lunch, guests were offered an optional tour of the facilities at the 14-acre campus to meet learners; find out more about the charity and the important work and services they provide.

Following a buffet lunch prepared by the WESC in-house catering team, a presentation was given by...

The latest In a Nutshell video comes from John Baker, Silver Moor Consultancy who shares his expert advice on how to understand and manage human error in the workplace.

He talks about how mistakes provide a real opportunity to learn and improve your business. 'A common response to an error is to sanction the person in some way; either through formal discipline, or by sending them for remedial training. Whilst this may be emotionally satisfying for their manager, ultimately it is futile', says John.

John goes on to explain the three areas that need exploring when effectively...

People with physical and mental disabilities still face significant barriers in the workplace, a new Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) survey of senior British SME decision-makers suggests.

Nearly half (45%) of SME senior decision makers surveyed by YouGov for RICS said disabled people would find it ‘difficult’ in their workplace and 16% felt disabled people were not generally supported in their workplace. 70% of the RICS membership in the UK is made up of SME’s.

A lack of appropriate access was viewed as the primary barrier to increasing diversity (29%) among...