Business

Trinity Fire & Security Systems is increasing its presence at Heathrow Airport with two contracts covering maintenance and a replacement installation, worth in excess of £15 million.

The fire, life safety and security systems specialist, whose head office is in Clyst St Mary near Exeter, is to provide a maintenance contract for Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) over the next five years.

This is a renewal of a previous five-year contract to provide maintenance of fire and life safety systems for five HAL business units; Terminal 1, Terminal 3, landside properties, airside...

McCoy’s Arcade is celebrating the start of a new era today with the unveiling of its brand new interior.

Owned by a West Country family property company for many years, and now overseen by Jake Hitchcock, the arcade has undergone a comprehensive refurbishment over the last year.

Hitchcock said: “We wanted to restore McCoy’s to the thriving destination for indie shopping that it was once famous for. We’ve invested in a fresh new look that compliments the brilliant businesses we have, and look forward to the arcade becoming the place to go for socialising and shopping.” From...

A major investment fund which has helped dozens of South West social ventures to grow and flourish has celebrated its first anniversary with a special reception in the region.

The £1.2 million Seedbed accelerator programme has already supported 30 social ventures, including Exeter Community Initiative; Dontsendmeacard.com, Exeter and the Tanglewood Project, near Tiverton, with many more about to benefit from its exciting opportunities in 2016.

The success of these ventures has been celebrated at a special reception at Devon’s Dartington Hall, where Seedbed recruits both...

Storm clouds revealed by the Budget will force taxpayers in the South West to work an extra two years without pay to balance the country’s books

Exeter accountants, Wheelers, have launched two free initiatives to prevent local taxpayers and businesses being drowned by the storm clouds identified in the small print of George Osborne’s Budget. Launching the initiatives, Wheelers Managing Director, Desmond Danes said:

“Inevitably the likes of the sugar levy, school reforms, lifetime ISAs, business rates exemptions and flood defence spending promises will grab most of the...