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Solicitor shortlisted in Resolution Awards

Grace in the running for coveted legal accolade

Solicitor Grace Bradley from The Family Law Company has been shortlisted for Resolution Legal Aid Practitioner of the Year.

Grace, who is also Director of the firm, manages complex cases that often have international aspects, including child abduction, domestic violence, honour based violence and contact issues for parents. Some of these cases run for years before they are resolved and Grace’s tenacity in pursuing results in challenging cases is well-known.

She is a panel member of the Reunite support network for international abduction and custody disputes and the...

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The great Foot Anstey bike ride smashes fundraising for Ukraine

A team of riders from national law firm, Foot Anstey LLP, completed a two-day bike ride in support of the Disasters Emergency Committee's (DEC) Ukraine Appeal. The fundraisers have now raised over £5,000.

The two-day bike ride started on 5 May from Foot Anstey's Truro office and saw the team cycle to Foot Anstey's offices in Plymouth, Exeter, and Taunton before finishing at the firm's Bristol office on 6 May.

The fundraisers used the firm's CSR Hours initiative, which allows employees to take two additional days off per year to support local charitable organisations or...

Report predicts ‘economic shock’ for South West rural economy

Authored by Program
Posted: Sat, 05/14/2022 - 9:07am

New research published today identifies £883 million is predicted to be lost from the rural economy up to 2027 across Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset and Somerset.

Farmers and other land managers are coming to terms with the move away from Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support, but the transition is proving difficult, and the replacement Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI) has had an uncertain start in the region.

The report , undertaken by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) at the University of Gloucestershire with support from the...

Browne Jacobson announces new Head and Deputy Head for Exeter

Partner Nigel Lyons has been appointed head of the firm’s Exeter office, taking on the role from Julia Green who has held the post since 2018. Partner Claire Cornish has been appointed deputy head of Exeter. The appointments will take effect from May 2022.

The announcement is part of a series of new head and deputy head of office appointments for Birmingham, Exeter, London and Manchester. Each head and deputy head will combine their new responsibilities with their existing client facing role within their specialist area of expertise.

Nigel Lyons joined the firm’s Exeter...

Promotion success for two new Directors at Exeter-based accountancy firm

Thomas Westcott , the largest chartered accountancy network in the South West, has further invested in its staff development with new promotions for two senior Tax Managers to Director-level.

Advisors Paul Webb and Lisa Lane have both been moved up within the practice and are based at the firm’s Exeter office on Southernhay East.

Paul, who is a Fellow of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), has 24 years’ experience dealing with most areas of personal tax and a detailed knowledge of UK tax laws and compliance issues. He specialises in helping individuals with...

Flutter Entertainment launches a comprehensive sustainability initiative

Authored by Paula_D
Posted: Thu, 05/12/2022 - 6:09am

Flutter Entertainment, an online gaming giant in the industry, has announced its plan to launch a sustainability initiative called the Positive Impact Plan. The Plan will provide support to all customers, staff, and communities for a safer and more diverse gambling strategy towards inclusion, community initiatives and environmental impact.

Flutter Entertainment is not new to the gambling world. In fact, it is one of the biggest software developers out there, offering a number of casino game options at various casinos in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The brands under Flutter,...

Devon and Cornwall receive £1.8m funding boost to support thousands of people into skilled jobs

Authored by Program
Posted: Wed, 05/11/2022 - 12:39pm

Devon County Council and Cornwall Council have been awarded £1.8 million funding from the Department for Education’s National Skills Fund to run a third year of Skills Bootcamps .

The Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps are flexible courses lasting up to 16 weeks, that offer adults the opportunity to retrain into in-demand job roles in emerging and growth sectors. The bootcamps are designed alongside employers, to ensure people are developing industry skills that meet current recruitment needs, with learners guaranteed an interview at the end of their training.

The bootcamps...

Devon grant scheme receives half a million funding boost to support local businesses

Authored by Program
Posted: Wed, 05/11/2022 - 6:57am

The Heart of the South West LEP ’s Devon and Somerset inward investment grant scheme has received an additional £450,000 funding boost to support business growth.

The funding comes from the European Regional Development Fund, part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020, and invites foreign-owned companies to invest in the area to boost the region’s economy and create high-value jobs in Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay.

The new funding boost brings the total amount of funding available to businesses in Devon, including Plymouth and...

Mental Health Week: A third of employees in the South West aren’t comfortable discussing issues at work

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/11/2022 - 6:39am

Almost a third (31%) of employees in the South West don’t feel comfortable opening up about their mental health issues and concerns to anyone at work, a new survey shows.

The findings come from Just Eat for Business for Mental Health Awareness Week - which takes place between the 9th and 15th May - to encourage employers to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health concerns, including stress, anxiety and burnout.

It’s concerning that a large proportion of the region’s employees don’t feel able to ask for help from colleagues, HR professionals or...

The sun has got its hat on — and so should you!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/11/2022 - 1:34am

We all love a bask in the sun from time to time — especially if it's on a warm beach or in your garden on a summer's day. But when you work outdoors, overly warm weather may not be ideal for your health or for the projects that you're working on.

Knowing how to protect yourself from sun damage is important at any time of year. Not only can too much time in the sun harm your eyesight and put you at risk of dehydration, but it can also cause severe health problems in the long term, like skin cancer and a suppressed immune system. Heat can affect your work area too, for example by...

Devon-based electric vehicle charging company aims to raise £400,000 to fund one hundred charging points

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Wed, 05/11/2022 - 1:32am

Wenea South West are aiming to raise £400,000 through a 10-year investment bond offer on ethical investment platform, Ethex.

The funds are intended to help them deploy at least 100 rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers across 44 locations in Devon. This roll out of public chargers will enable more people across Devon to make the switch to electric vehicles, vastly improving air quality and cutting traffic carbon emissions.

Wenea are also working with electric car sharing service, Co-Cars, enabling people for whom the cost of an EV is prohibitive to rent them by the hour....

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