Business

Devon engineering company, Centrax, recently opened their doors to 30 members of the Manufacturers’ Association for East Devon & Exeter (MADE) for a site tour around the power generation factory. Centrax, based in Newton Abbot, manufacture industrial power generation equipment for the global market.

Members of MADE, part of Exeter’s Initiative for Science & Technology (ExIST) a sub-group of Exeter Chamber of Commerce & Industry, enjoyed an evening tour of the two manufacturing divisions – the Gas Turbine Division (GTD) and the Turbine Components Limited (CTCL).

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One of the region’s top wildlife charities, Devon Wildlife Trust, has been celebrating this week after receiving a £800 cash boost from Exmouth-based company Stuart Line Cruises.

The money has been raised through the generous donations of passengers on the company’s Guided Bird Watching Cruises. The trips take in some of the best wildlife watching places in the whole of the South West including Dawlish National Nature Reserve and the wider Exe Estuary. The ever-popular cruises are a particular favourite of wildlife enthusiasts, attracting people from across the world to see the...

Getting the right support for a growing business is crucial but how do you get the experience and knowledge you need from non-executive directors if you don’t have a high budget? Equally how do you get to become a non-executive director and use your management experience?

These are the issues being tackled by Boardcircle, a new organisation set up to match growing businesses with non-executive directors through an innovative new programme. Boardcircle proposes a solution in which companies ‘share’ members of their own management team/board as non-execs, to learn through ‘doing’ and...

Dispute resolution expert Simon Bean has joined Everys Solicitors in Exeter to enhance its strong litigation team.

A former head of dispute resolution, Mr Bean joined Everys from Dyne Drewett in Somerset having previously worked at Michelmores, where he undertook and developed specialist experience in all types of employment work, debt recovery and commercial disputes, including disputes between directors, shareholders, partnership disputes, contractual issues and professional negligence claims. Mr Bean also has experience in intellectual property disputes and defamation.

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