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Exeter’s New Critical Minerals Centre is Blazing a Path for Modern Mining

The £5.6 million Critical Minerals Challenge Centre is showing how dramatically the mining industry is evolving. Rather than just focusing on extraction alone, the mining industry has evolved to focus on being more sustainable, while using advanced technology and environmental protection to ease the country into Net Zero territory.

Public Awareness has helped a Lot

Public awareness of the risks regarding mining has helped a lot in speeding up research and investment. Movies like The 33 have brought global attention to the dangers miners face and reflect the real-life story of the...

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Chamber's 10th annual Business Dinner

Exeter Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 10th anniversary of their annual Business Dinner in style this year with over 320 people attending the prestigious black-tie event which took place on Friday 14 November at Sandy Park.

The guest speaker this year, sponsored by Ashfords LLP, was local sports hero, Jo Pavey. Born in Honiton, Jo won worldwide recognition when she became the oldest female European champion in history to win gold at the 10,000m at the European Championships in August.

Derek Phillips, Vice President of Exeter Chamber of Commerce said, “It was a great...

Stephens Scown expands renewables team

A leading South West law firm has expanded its renewable energy team to meet client demand. Stephens Scown LLP now has the largest dedicated renewables team in the South West, with seven specialist lawyers focussing solely on renewable energy work.

Peter Cooper has joined Stephens Scown as a solicitor and will advise clients on onshore wind, solar, anaerobic digestion and biomass projects. He will work with both landowners and renewable energy developers, as well as focussing on Ofgem accreditations and grid connections.

Peter studied at Exeter University and trained as a...

Tiger Bills heads Down Under

Tiger Bills, the authentic Thai Bar Wok Grill chain, has announced yet another international franchise agreement, which will see the brand heading Down Under.

The Torquay-based restaurant group have exchanged heads of terms with an experienced operator for the master franchise rights for Australia and New Zealand, meaning that the brand could soon be operating across four continents.

The six-figure deal will help to strengthen the groups’ international presence over the coming years and promises to deliver eight new Tiger Bills sites over the next five years across both...

Bid for Exeter to be a Social Enterprise City

ESSENCE, an active network for social enterprises and co-operatives and part of Exeter Chamber of Commerce, held an event on 20 November to launch a campaign to see Exeter apply for Social Enterprise City status. The event, held on Social Enterprise Day at Foot Anstey’s offices, saw over 60 delegates from the local business community come together to discuss the new bid.

The group, run by social enterprise companies in the city, plans to apply to Social Enterprise UK for Exeter to be granted with Social Enterprise City status. ESSENCE asked the 60 delegates in attendance to break...

Devon’s Crealy sweeps the board in Primary Times Star Awards 2014

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has been awarded the overall winner of the annual Primary Times Reader Star Awards. The hugely popular all weather family attraction won a large percentage of votes with readers impressed with the range of facilities, variety of children’s activities and overall appeal of the Park which ticked all the right boxes for families.

The anticipated and much coveted Family Attraction category was also awarded to Devon’s Crealy Adventure Park. In addition to this, another hotly-contested category of the Halloween Event also went to the Park, with readers...

Warm Welcome For New Agency Client

Exeter-based Absolute PR and Marketing is strengthening its expertise in the leisure and tourism sector after being appointed by Warm Welcome Hotels to provide strategic PR and marketing consultancy.

Warm Welcome Hotels comprises The Bedford Hotel in Tavistock and the Two Bridges Hotel near Princetown in the heart of Dartmoor. The hotels provide traditional accommodation and award-winning dining. The hotels are also a popular choice for weddings and corporate events..

Absolute PR and Marketing will deliver targeted support to boost the profiles of the two hotels through...

National reach boosts creative agency's growth

An ambitious Exeter based creative and communications agency which can number Tesco, the BBC Global News and Rick Stein amongst its clients has now been appointed to handle the marketing portfolio for Flybe and Paignton Zoo in Torquay.

ab..the ideas agency is also the team behind the Flybe guerrilla marketing campaign to promote flights to London which made the national press when it prompted First Great Western to call the police to Exeter St David’s station last month.

Established over 30 years ago as a two-man graphic design studio, ab today employs 24 staff providing a...

Redrow's Paul is one of the best in the west!

Local Redrow site manager, Paul Greenaway, has been recognised as the South West regional champion at the National House Building Council’s annual Pride in the Job awards.

Paul was awarded the title in the Large Builder category after demonstrating his commitment to achieving the highest standards in house-building, following his work at Redrow’s development, The Harringtons in Exeter.

He was recognised for his organisational skills on-site and meticulous attention to detail in every element of the build. He was also seen to demonstrate excellent leadership, technical...

Christmas focus for Social Media Cafe

Using social media to drive Christmas sales will be the focus of the Teignmouth and Dawlish social media café on Tuesday 25 November.

The café will be held upstairs at The Riviera Café Bar in Teignmouth from 5-7.30pm.

On hand will be Mandy Pearse from Seashell Communications looking at how businesses can create festive related content and the team from Devon Hour will explain how their Twitter phenomenon can get the message out to thousands of Devon folk.

Curtis Goss from Pano 360 will explain why every trader needs to claim their Google Business listing, how to do...

Ashfords advise on education cloud services

The South West Grid for Learning ("SWGfL") has selected BT to help transform the use of technology in schools by delivering innovative Education Cloud Services via a new framework.

The Education Cloud Service will offer schools a new way to purchase Information and Communications Technology and services tailored to their needs. The initiative matches elasticity of supply with simplified billing and predictable budgeting across a range of services to avoid advance capital payments. Additionally, cloud-based web filtering, which incorporates safety guidance from the SWGfL,...

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Exeter’s New Critical Minerals Centre is Blazing a Path for Modern Mining

Chamber's 10th annual Business Dinner

Stephens Scown expands renewables team

Tiger Bills heads Down Under

Bid for Exeter to be a Social Enterprise City

Devon’s Crealy sweeps the board in Primary Times Star Awards 2014

Warm Welcome For New Agency Client

National reach boosts creative agency's growth

Redrow's Paul is one of the best in the west!

Christmas focus for Social Media Cafe

Ashfords advise on education cloud services

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