Business

Partners and staff at Exeter-based PKF Francis Clark are celebrating being shortlisted for the British Accountancy Awards 2016 in the category of National Firm of the Year.

The multi-award winning firm will now have to wait until a gala dinner at the Brewery in the City of London on November 29 to find out whether it will be adding to its already impressive array of national awards.

Andrew Richards (pictured), the managing partner at PKF Francis Clark said: “We are naturally delighted and honoured to make this prestigious shortlist particularly as it is judged by some of...

Devon & Somerset Trading Standards Service is hosting a free event in October to help businesses protect themselves against digital threats.

Digital crime can affect any business which uses a computer or communicates digitally with customers or suppliers.

If your business uses email, online banking and internet marketing your business could potentially be at risk from cyber rogues.

Trading standards wants to give local businesses the tools to protect themselves against online scammers by informing them on the ways they could be targeted and what to look out for...

Pipity is a fledgling range of ‘portable packable play-pals’, to inspire and encourage imagina;ve and crea;ve play, on-the-go and at home.

It is the brainchild of Kate a Mum of 3, who launched Pipity in 2015, aHer designing all the products at her kitchen table in Topsham, Devon.

The liKle range has come along way in the last year, today winning a Junior Design Award, Loved by Parents award on top of a Right Start Best Toy award received just a few weeks ago.

Kate says, "The ideas behind Pipity sprang from a desire to find things for my own children that would spark...

The finishing touches have been made to the the roof at The Point just 10 weeks from the start of construction.

The Point apartments stand slightly apart from the rest of the development at Exmouth Quay and has a unique modernist design developed by GJR architects.

Chris Fayers from developers Eagle One Homes joined Alan Ringe and David Griffin of GJR architects and Jason Willicombe, Midas Construction’s Site Manager to watch the final work to the skylights.

Alan Ringe from GJR says: “We wanted to exploit the perfect position of The Point to the full. The sweeping...