Business

Senior Development Manager at St. Modwen, Ian Guy and Council Chairman of Clyst Honiton Parish Council, Councillor Lynne Askew marked the official opening of the public realm area at St Modwen’s £210 million Skypark scheme in Exeter on Thursday 14 July. Named Western Fields Park, the five acre area was developed by St. Modwen to provide a naturally picturesque entrance into the development, which lines the site’s frontage along the Clyst Honiton bypass. The new park area includes a tree-lined avenue into the development surrounded by grassland and hedges as well as ornamental plants and...

Following a high-profile launch at Buckingham Palace as guests of the Duke of York, national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain will tomorrow (TUESDAY) arrive in Exeter as part of a summer bus tour providing inspiration and support to thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs.

As an indicator of local entrepreneurial drive, new figures released by StartUp Britain for the tour show 363 new businesses were formed in Exeter in the first six months of 2016. This compares with 738 new businesses registered in the city throughout 2015.

Now in its fifth year, the StartUp Britain tour,...

The TechExeter Conference at the University of Exeter on the 8th October is shaping up to be one of the biggest tech events in the region.

Kris Sum, TechExeter leader says "Whether you’re passionate about augmented reality, debugging node.js, or designing artificial intelligence, we’d like to hear from you!"

With space for 150 delegates, the conference will host over a dozen speakers from the tech industry, workshops and hands on demos. This year’s venue at Building One at the Business School is kindly hosted by the One Planet MBA.

To apply to speak at the event,...

A team of lawyers from a leading South West law firm have won a prestigious national industry award for their work to further understanding of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants, which produce biogas from waste as a source of renewable energy. Stephens Scown LLP, who are based in the South West, with offices in St Austell, Truro and Exeter, and have clients nationally, won the Best AD Support (Legal/Accounting/Consulting) category of the annual Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) awards, which were announced on 6 July in Birmingham. Lawyers from the firm’s renewable energy...