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Poynton Bradbury expands into Exeter

Award-winning architectural practice Poynton Bradbury Architects has marked its 50th anniversary with an exciting expansion—opening a new studio in Exeter to serve Devon and Somerset communities more closely.

Founded in St Ives, Cornwall, the firm is celebrated for its commitment to sustainable, community-led, and heritage-sensitive design. The new office, opened in 2024, is led by Associate Architect Kate Wotton, who brings more than a decade of experience, particularly in public-sector and educational architecture.

“Opening our Exeter studio strengthens our ability to...

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The Drivers' Lottery to give away over £150,000 to eco-fleet drivers

White van man RIP. All hail 'Green van man'

Tens of thousands of commercial vehicle drivers are ‘quids-in’ having ditched their ‘white van man’ driver habits thanks to The Drivers’ Lottery, created by Devon entrepreneur, Mark Roberts. Encouraging smoother, safer and more eco-friendly driving, The Drivers’ Lottery has succeeded in creating a new breed of ‘green van man,’ rewarding better drivers with cash.

Last year alone, The Drivers’ Lottery , which is free to enter, paid out in excess of £50,000 to over 16,000 fleet drivers and in 2021 The Drivers’ Lottery plans to triple pay-...

Local rural champion calls on Devon businesses to enter national business awards

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Tue, 05/18/2021 - 2:25pm
Businesses in Devon are being encouraged to enter the prestigious Amazon-backed Rural Business Awards

Local business director and Rural Business Award winner, Phoebe Aubury from Cullompton, is encouraging fellow rural entrepreneurs to showcase their work, products and services to the nation at the 2021/22 Rural Business Awards. Entries for this year's competition close on 21st May 2021.

The Rural Business Awards 2021/22, backed by Amazon, marks the seventh year of celebrating the success of businesses across the UK's rural economy.

The Awards are organised by rural...

Christian Massey joins Michelmores to expand the firm's private wealth offering

Michelmores is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm's Private Wealth offering with a new team that will oversee Private Property and Landed Estates. The Team will be led by Christian Massey, who is joining Michelmores as a Partner from Charles Russell Speechlys.

Christian previously worked at Michelmores in the 1990s and will work alongside Partners Tom Hyde and Philip Wolfgang. Christian has extensive experience in managing a broad range of high value and sensitive private property work nationally, including complex landed estates, agricultural and country house...

7 Reasons you should use signage for your business

Even though most businesses today employ digital means of advertising for their products and services, signage has not lost its significance.

Signage is a reliable marketing strategy that helps greatly to bring in customers and grow your business. You can use signage effectively to advertise your products and to make your brand familiar to your audience. So, along with other strategies, you must leverage the power of signage for your business.

Visit the best sign makers in London and get eye-catching, customized signage to attract more customers to your brand.

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Businesses supported by the University of Exeter have raised £10.3m investment despite the global pandemic

SETsquared has released data which shows that companies supported by the University of Exeter, including SETsquared Exeter, have raised £10.3m worth of investment from private and public sources in 2020.

This is also reflected in the national picture whereby SETsquared member companies raised a record level of investment totalling £616m, which represents a 40% increase on 2019.

These companies will have received support through a range of different programmes including through the SETsquared Exeter Business Acceleration Centre, ICURe innovation to commercialisation...

Reasons to upskill your employees

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Fri, 05/14/2021 - 4:00pm

When you run a business, one of your most important resources is your employees themselves. Therefore, you want to ensure that you make the most of them. One of the best ways of doing this is by equipping them with a wide range of skills in order for them to perform as well as possible for your company. If you are still not convinced, here are just a few reasons to upskill your employees.

Boost Productivity

One of the best ways of determining whether or not employees are providing genuine value to your organization is by measuring their productivity . If they are more...

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Food Drink Devon gears up for post-lockdown boom

As Devon’s hospitality businesses throw open their doors once more, Food Drink Devon is ready to champion the finest food and drink in the county with a stunning new video and website and the help of Oz Clarke OBE.

Peter Gorton, award-winning chef and most recently appointed Food Drink Devon board member explains: “It has been such a challenging twelve months for our industry but we are all optimistic that there are better times ahead. We have worked tirelessly to support our members during the recent lockdowns and want to continue this work with a big boost for them all, as we...

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Exeter Agency Optix Solutions Recognised in Campaign's Best Places to Work 2021

Optix Solutions has been recognised by Campaign as one of the top marketing agencies to work for in the UK.

The survey and award programme, created by Campaign and Best Companies Group, was designed to identify and honour the best places of employment in marketing, advertising and media in the UK. Optix was ranked at number 59 in the list of the top 90 agencies and the top agency from Devon.

Organisations from across the UK entered the two-part survey process to determine Campaign’s Best Places to Work. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's...

Businesses affected by pandemic have chance to win £1,000 worth of building materials

Businesses affected by pandemic have chance to win £1,000 worth of building materials

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 05/14/2021 - 10:43am

As part of its Community Fund initiative, RGB Building Supplies is delighted to be launching a new campaign called ‘Surprise Supplies’. Every quarter, two businesses, charities, schools or community groups will receive £1,000 each to spend at an RGB branch.

RGB’s campaign aims to help organisations with projects that could remain uncompleted without the much-needed materials the scheme will provide.

For its first Surprise Supplies giveaway, RGB is inviting local businesses that have been closed for large parts of the past 18 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic to get in...

Exeter Deli Chef wins Coveted Sandwich Industry Award

Competition winners announced just in time for British Sandwich Week

A chef from Exeter has scooped a top prize at the annual British Sandwich & Food to Go Industry Awards, for his mouth-watering bacon and egg creation.

Edd Melloy is chef at the Chandos deli in Exeter. He wowed the panel of judges with his entry, named ‘Crispy Eggs & Bacon’, which scooped him the winning prize for the the Danish Crown Pre Cooked Bacon Category in this year’s Sandwich & Food to Go Designer competition.

Combining crispy cooked bacon, homemade brown sauce and a ‘show-stopping’...

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