Business

Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, is pleased to announce the appointment of Liz McMeikan as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 August 2014. Liz is Senior Independent Director at JD Wetherspoon plc and chairs the Remuneration Committee at Unite Group plc.

She is also a Non-Executive Director at Fresca Group, a £365m private business, and Chairman of the Moat Housing Association. Liz spent her early career at Colgate-Palmolive and then at Tesco, establishing Tesco Express and being appointed Stores Board Director for Change Management and Human Resources. Liz will...

An Exeter-based promotions firm that launched a product designed to save lives with a national awareness campaign has been experiencing mounting interest in the UK and abroad as the campaign gathers momentum.

The Purple Company, situated in Marsh Barton, is highlighting the need to test domestic smoke alarms SAFELY with a product called the GOODPOINT Smoke Alarm Tester. The campaign is proving so successful that multiple fire services have bought into the product as well as care agencies and private businesses, enabling Purple Company to take on a dedicated Sales Manager.

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A company that has doubled in size over the last two years has introduced their existing 120 staff to brand new Pynes Hill offices in Exeter with an innovative singing workshop. BPA, a world-wide customer service quality monitoring company, who have been trading for 26 years and employ team members speaking 22 native languages who offer mystery shopping and customer service monitoring across the world, experienced such rapid growth over the last 48 months they were forced to split into two different offices, whilst bosses searched for suitable premises to house the multi-million pound...

South West Highways Ltd has joined forces with a local organisation (Pluss) that supports people with disabilities to achieve work by delivering meaningful work experience placements.

The Challenge:

As part of SWH’s National Skills Academy for Construction Programme we have committed to providing meaningful work placements to support candidates from disadvantaged groups who are struggling to find work in the construction industry.

Anna Cooper, the Project Skills Co-ordinator driving the National Skills Academy for Construction at SWH, has formed a strong partnership...