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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...

Landmark date for local logistics firm

Cullompton-based logistics firm, Kay Transport has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Palletways European distribution network.

As one of 300 plus transport providers in the pan-European express delivery network, the company is a key link in the Palletways supply chain. They all combine their resources to deliver small consignments of palletised freight quickly and cost effectively to markets across 13 European countries via 12 hub operations. Today, the network delivers 30,000 consignments of palletised freight every day - equivalent to one every second.

Tim Prout,...

Bristol Airport deal for Exeter firm

Authored by Packexe Ltd
Posted: Thu, 08/21/2014 - 12:25pm

Everyone worries about organising their holidays, booking tickets, finding passports and organising pet sitters. By the time people get to the airport and park their car they’re often distracted and do not check over their car carefully before heading to the terminal. Unfortunately, this means that occasionally people will inadvertently leave windows partially or fully open, leaving their car interiors exposed to the elements.

Bristol Airport is one of the UK’s largest regional airports with plans to expand further in the near future. With 14,000 spaces, it has the largest on-site...

Ladies Do… Bubbly, Macaroons and Networking!

Authored by Josoley
Posted: Mon, 08/18/2014 - 11:21am

Ladies Do … with a difference!

On Thursday, 18th September 2014 (from 17.30 – 20.00), Ladies Do ... will be holding a prestigious ‘Ladies Do Networking’ event, at Bradburys Kitchens showroom on Marsh Barton and will be combining this with a macaroon making (and eating!) demonstration by Sylvain Peltier of Little French Cakes. Sylvain trained extensively at the 2 Michelin starred, Tour d’Argent in Paris, The Chester Grosvenor Hotel and the 2 Michelin starred Gidleigh Park, so Ladies will be learning from the very best.

The icing on the cake is that Ladies will also have the...

Food security conference confirms speaker

The Exeter Initiative for Science and Technology 2014 conference has announced a new speaker to its programme – Mark Shepherd, Branch Manager at Waitrose. Mark, who also acts as the Retail Lead on the Waitrose Local and Regional Sourcing working party will be speaking about sustainability and reliance upon localised production and sourcing in a ‘greedy’ world.

The conference, which is titled ‘the impact of data, science, and technology on food security and production’ is being held on 4th September at the University of Exeter Forum and aims to bring together leading figures from...

Exam success for Exeter-based accountants

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Fri, 08/15/2014 - 10:45am

Exeter-based Chartered Accountants, Haines Watts specialising in the owner managed business sector, announces Ryan Lewis (26) is now a fully qualified Chartered Accountant following successfully passing his Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) exams.

Recently, the Haines Watts group was voted ‘Accountancy Firm of the Year – Small, Medium Size Entities (SMEs’), at the annual Financial Directors (FDs) Excellence Awards. The award was announced on the back of the Haines Watts group winning ‘Auditor of the Year’ in the SME category for two consecutive years.

Patrick Tigwell,...

Burts Chips announces sporting partnerships

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 08/12/2014 - 3:20pm

Artisan snack producer Burts Chips has announced a series of sporting sponsorships for 2014 which will see the brand supporting sporting events.

Running throughout the current British Touring Car Championships (2014 season), Burts Chips is proud to be an official sponsor of the Motorbase Performance squad with branding for Burts Chips featuring across the Motorbase team helmet, along with prominent wing mirror branding of a touring car.

With 20.5 million UK TV viewers and 55 million people listening to the championships via the airwaves, the British Touring Car...

New business offers companies debt advice

Recently launched, 4Squared South West is a new business with its head office in Exeter, offering debt advice and insolvency solutions to companies across Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Although the 4Squared team specialises in helping all types of companies deal with debt and insolvency, they are on a mission to prevent such companies from getting into trouble in the first place.

Whilst working with individuals and sole traders to partnerships and limited companies, the 4Squared team has all too often witnessed people leaving it far too late to save their...

Kobashi Essential Oils invest in renewable energy

Scott and Lynda Ballard, owners of Kobashi Essential Oils in Dunsford on the outskirts of Dartmoor National Park, are living proof that personal experiences really can influence the way you approach your business. Scott's upbringing in 1970s America gave him first-hand experience of the desperate scenes that fuel poverty can evoke, which has ultimately driven the couple's determination to become self-sustainable at their business's farm and warehouse.

As a result the Ballard's have recently invested in a 61 kW ground-mounted solar PV system, designed and...

MBSS secures deal with Digby Park & Ride

Marsh Barton Security Services (MBSS) has secured a three year security contract with Digby Park and Ride, part of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital transport system to Wonford Hospital.

The three year contract will see MBSS supply security services at the site, which is used by a large number of hospital staff, patients and visitors throughout the week. The contract was signed when the previous three year contract between the two parties was deemed a success, due to the thriving relationship between the security team and the transport team at the hospital, as well as the...

New businesses offered a helping hand

One of Exeter’s busiest and liveliest networking clubs is extending a helping hand to fledgling businesses with a free membership offer.

Exeter Business Club, renowned for its mutual support and shared knowledge in its regular meetings and seminars, has decided to take on five new start-ups, waiving the membership joining fee for a year.

The club operates a one member one sector policy to ensure no competition between members and this rule would be applied to start-ups applying to join.

"It occurred to us recently that our members have a huge amount of combined...

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