Business

The TechExeter Conference at the University of Exeter on the 8th October is shaping up to be one of the biggest tech events in the region.

Kris Sum, TechExeter leader says "Whether you’re passionate about augmented reality, debugging node.js, or designing artificial intelligence, we’d like to hear from you!"

With space for 150 delegates, the conference will host over a dozen speakers from the tech industry, workshops and hands on demos. This year’s venue at Building One at the Business School is kindly hosted by the One Planet MBA.

To apply to speak at the event,...

A team of lawyers from a leading South West law firm have won a prestigious national industry award for their work to further understanding of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants, which produce biogas from waste as a source of renewable energy. Stephens Scown LLP, who are based in the South West, with offices in St Austell, Truro and Exeter, and have clients nationally, won the Best AD Support (Legal/Accounting/Consulting) category of the annual Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) awards, which were announced on 6 July in Birmingham. Lawyers from the firm’s renewable energy...

Mid-Devon based garment distributor PenCarrie celebrated last month with a party to mark its 25th year in business.

Starting out on Marsh Barton Trading Estate in Exeter before moving to Sowton Industrial Estate and now based in Willand, PenCarrie is a truly local business, set up and still owned by Paul Persey and his family. The business is one of the largest trade suppliers to the garment decoration industry in the country and is a large employer in Devon.

When the company was set up 1991, its first warehouse was just 350sq m and it distributed just one product. The...

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West has announced the shortlist for its Civil Engineering Awards 2016.

This year we have received a record breaking number of entries and are pleased to announce that two Devon projects South Devon Highway and Granite & Gears have been successful in receiving awards this year. South Devon Highway won two categories, both the Over £1 million New Build category and by a landslide the People’s Choice Award which this year saw over 2000 cast their votes! Granite and Gears was recognised in the Community Award category with a Highly...