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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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Sparks Commercial Services Grows with Exeter Acquisition

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 04/04/2022 - 12:41pm

Independent Renault Trucks distributor, Sparks Commercial Services, is widening its reach across the South West with the acquisition of Renault Truck Commercials Exeter.

Operating as Sparks Commercials Exeter from 1st April 2022, this latest acquisition takes the number of Sparks Commercial Services sites to five, joining well-established facilities in Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole and Swindon. The company has confirmed that all 12 former employees of Renault Truck Commercials Exeter will transfer to Sparks Commercial Services to join its growing workforce of 122.

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Exeter-based brownie business has recipe for success in nationwide search for high-flying entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur Carol Vorderman has named Cake or Death , an Exeter-based vegan letterbox brownie company, as the winner of a £5,000 business bursary from Starling Bank , following a nationwide search for small business customers with growth potential.

Cake or Death, founded by Katie Cross in 2020, creates some of the UK’s most loved brownies, available to order online to be delivered hassle-free through your letterbox. Beautifully packaged in pink leopard print, the Cake or Death experience is a luxury treat and 100% vegan.

Carol Vorderman was joined on the judging panel...

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PKF Smith Cooper announce four Partner promotions

Authored by Ellie Green
Posted: Thu, 03/31/2022 - 10:34pm

PKF Smith Cooper has promoted four individuals across their tax and VAT and indirect taxes teams to Partner as of 1st April 2022.

The four newly promoted Partners are Gavin West, Gary Devonshire, Natasha Scott and Adam Rollason.

Gavin West, Head of VAT and Indirect Taxes, has been with the firm for 6 years and has over 20 years’ experience working on VAT and other indirect tax issues from all perspectives, including for HMRC.

Gary Devonshire, based in the Derby office, joined the PKF Smith Cooper tax advisory team in January 2019 and heads up the Innovation and...

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Celebrating Exeter: A New Look And Feel For Exeter's BID Company, InExeter

InExeter has proudly launched its new brand identity including a new logo, colour palette, icon designs and more, to better define Exeter’s Business Improvement District (BID) and the value it provides to the city.

Ahead of the rebrand work which was awarded to local marketing agency, Dirty Martini Marketing, the InExeter board invited Exeter businesses, InExeter members, city partners and stakeholders to take part in a survey which helped guide the brand into 2022 and beyond.

The new InExeter brand identity consists of a new logo that is strong but simple and...

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JLL Exeter invites students to gain insight into world of property

Authored by WendyS
Posted: Wed, 03/30/2022 - 3:18pm

Real estate adviser JLL in Exeter is calling on students aged 14-19 who are keen to learn more about a career in the property industry to apply for a virtual work experience programme.

The Access to Property with JLL four-day programme will give young people a chance to find out whether a role in the property sector – or within inter-related teams such as marketing, business admin or finance - might be for them.

Running from 11 to 14 April in partnership with Springpod, Access to Property with JLL will include live and recorded webinars, hosted by current JLL graduates and...

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Software Solved promotes Gareth Mapp to the board

Gareth Mapp has been appointed to the board at Exeter-based data and software specialists, Software Solved.

Mapp came into the company as Head of Sales in June 2021, before quickly being promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing, and his addition to the board reflects a remarkable few months for the company.

Software Solved has seen its new business pipeline grow by 500 percent in the last few months including six new clients in the last quarter. The fact that this has been achieved at a time of great global uncertainty is a fantastic reflection on Software Solved’s...

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Setting up your own fleet business? Here are our top tips

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Tue, 03/29/2022 - 3:19pm

Whether you’re setting up your own delivery company or you’re starting your own taxi firm, there are a few things you need to know before starting out. Listed below, we’ve come up with some of the most useful tips for those starting a fleet company, as well as what you’ll need to be best prepared before launching your business. Keep reading if you’d like to learn more about what it takes to launch a fleet business.

Your Business Plan

Before anything else, you need to have a clear business plan in place. For example, what kind of fleet will you be running? And what...

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do you need an accountant

Does your business need an accountant?

When you are first starting out with a new business venture something you will need to take into consideration as you grow will be whether or not you require a business accountant.

What exactly does an accountant do for a business?

Their main role will be to help you and your business meet all your financial obligations to the government. They will be able to declare your fiscal position to the government of the country you operate in, and they will also be able to file your tax returns correctly and on time. They might also be able to help you with business decisions...

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