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Businesses gather in Exeter for Environment Bank’s Biodiversity Net Gain Breakfast

Businesses met in Exeter yesterday to hear how Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy mandating the protection and enhancement of nature will impact development in Exeter.

Corporates, developers, planners, local authority representatives, ecologists and environmental consultants met at a BNG breakfast event hosted by Environment Bank, to discuss the planning, ecology, and legal aspects of the BNG policy and to showcase its Puddington Habitat Bank which is already generating off-site Biodiversity Units and unlocking development projects nearby.

The BNG legislation took effect...

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Chamber raises £1,000 for charities

Exeter Chamber of Commerce helped nine local charities raise over £1,000 at their Christmas Charity Auction Lunch last week, held at the Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel.

The auctioneer for the special lunch was Mel Everett, weekend presenter for Devon/Cornwall Heart radio.

Items for auction included a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the RAMM, in aid of the museum’s development trust, for six people to see some of the reserve collections; and an annual membership for four people at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park to raise money for WESC Foundation. Also up for auction,...

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Devon estate agency's awards hat-trick

Close on the heels of scooping four golds in the 2014 allAgents Awards, Crediton-based sales and lettings agency, Helmores, is celebrating after winning yet another national award.

For the second year in a row, the 300-year-old firm has been crowned Best Single Estate Agency in the South West at The Sunday Times Estate Agency of the Year Awards, and this year added the accolades of Best Innovation and Best Agency to Work For.

The news was revealed at a glittering awards ceremony in front of over 650 leading estate agents at The Lancaster London Hotel opposite Hyde Park. The...

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Exeter firm receives special industry award

Exeter based business Exeter Fabrication Ltd have been awarded the ‘Chief Executive’s Special Award’ by Constructing Excellence South West (CESW), the first time this award has been given.

CESW is part of the Constructing Excellence Regional Network and exists to improve industry performance in order to produce a better built environment.

The CESW ‘Chief Executive’s Special Award’ is part of the Chartered Institute of Building’s prestigious South West Built Environment Awards which recognises industry performance. It has not been awarded before and is in recognition of the...

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I am backing the Exeter BID!

Authored by Exeter BID
Posted: Thu, 12/18/2014 - 11:05am

As the Exeter Business Improvement District (BID) reaches the next stage in its campaign, those involved in the BID are beginning to explore options with other businesses within the city centre with a view to design, plan, manage and deliver a Business Plan that reflects their business priorities to take the city centre forward for the next five years.

Here is one of the faces of Exeter BID who are supporting the scheme…

David Mezzetti, director at the Real Food Store, Paris Street, Exeter.

1. How do you feel about the Exeter BID?

An essential tool for...

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WiFi SPARK provides a hotline to Santa

Children at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales in Cardiff have been given a wonderful Christmas surprise - a personal chat with Santa over WiFi.

The youngsters, who are facing Christmas in hospital, were given the VIP treatment using tablet computers and the hospital’s free WiFi which is run by WiFi SPARK.

Along with the hospital’s IT team, Oliver Malkin and Tracy Scriven from WiFi SPARK, which is based in Exeter, dressed up as elves to get the special *Cisco Santa mission underway.

Sarah Lloyd, Deputy Directorate Head of Operations and Delivery at Noah’s...

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DCBC asks why not international trade?

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 12/16/2014 - 10:58am

On Friday 5 December, Devon & Cornwall Business Council (DCBC) welcomed speakers from the CBI, Santander, Devon International Trade Forum, UKTI, Business West, Yeo Valley and PWC to discuss, debate, share experience and best practice related to boosting international trade by businesses across Devon & Cornwall. Taking place at Duchy College, near Callington, the event saw more than 60 senior business figures gather for the panel debate and Q&A session.

The event aimed to tackle the Chancellor’s recognition in the Autumn Statement that the UK has not performed at the...

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Michelmores' Property Awards open

Authored by Michelmores
Posted: Tue, 12/16/2014 - 8:50am

Entries are now open for the Michelmores Property Awards, which showcase and celebrate the very best of the South West's property and construction industry.

Property developers, building contractors, architects and other industry professionals are being called upon to nominate buildings, projects and businesses from across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset for the annual awards, which is now in its 13th year.

Previous winning projects have included schools, sport centers, universities, offices, heritage attractions and new housing developments such as the South West...

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More to the Met Office than the weather

Authored by KirkHills
Posted: Mon, 12/15/2014 - 9:27am

At the recent Southernhay Breakfast Club, local business people enjoyed an interesting talk by Sandra Pearson, the Met Office’s Legal Manager for Contracts. Over 50 people attended the event held on 5th December 2014 at the Southgate Hotel.

Sandra explained that as well as the obvious role that the Met Office plays in predicting the weather, there are many other interesting projects that cross her desk – from helping construction companies plan their logistics, having mobile forecasters working alongside the armed forces at bases around the world to the recent launch of a Space...

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Kay Transport unveils new delivery service to Austria

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/12/2014 - 4:11am

Cullompton-based logistics company, Kay Transport, part of Palletways, Europe’s largest dedicated network for the express delivery of palletised freight, has just announced that it will now be offering a full range of distribution services to Austria.

This latest development now means that Kay Transport provides delivery services to 14 European countries including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Spain and United Kingdom.

Tim Prout, Principal at Kay Transport, said: This...

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Exeter Business Improvement District proposal launched

Over 50 business representatives were present at the launch of the Exeter BID proposal document which was revealed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum on Monday (8 December).

Those attending the event learnt more about the BID and what will be included within the BID Business Plan which will go out to all voters in January 2015.

The business plan identified three main priorities: marketing and events, welcome and safe as well as looking after businesses.

Further ideas within the plan include making Exeter a clean and safe city which could include gaining Purple Flag...

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