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Exeter School pupils, parents and staff are celebrating another round of consistently excellent GCSE results which have set a new record in excellence.

A record 83.4% were A* or A grades, compared to last year’s 82.5%, and 50.6% of all grades were A*.

99.3% of grades were A* - C.

There were many high achievers across the range of 21 subjects with 78 pupils attaining eight or more A* or A grades.

Forty-five pupils scored 10 A*/A grades or more.

Among the high achievers, all rounder Eka Barker-Privalova attained 12 A*s. Talented strings musician and...

Small and medium sized businesses in the South West believe future success relies on their ability to recruit so-called millennials – those born between 1980 and 2000 – but recognise that they need to do more to attract them, according to new research by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

More than three quarters (79 per cent) of SMEs across the region said that the growth of their business relies on their ability to recruit millennial talent. In fact more than a third (35 per cent) said they want a millennial to take over their business one day.

It is estimated that...

Innovative IT firm Hosted Desktop UK (HDUK), a pioneer in cloud computing and winner of the 2015 Express & Echo Small Business of the Year Award, is celebrating five successful years since its launch in August 2010. With over 12 years’ experience in the IT industry and following rigorous research and development into cloud-based technology, young entrepreneur and HDUK MD, Adam Chetnik, founded what has become one of the most respected hosted desktop providers in the UK.

HDUK’s virtual desktop solutions were an instant success when the company first launched five years ago – the...

An ongoing fundraising initiative at Chilcotts Auctioneers has raised nearly £7,000 through sales of refreshments to eager visitors.

Every auction day, Chilcotts hands over the staff kitchen to the local Hospiscare team to sell teas, coffees and snacks including delicious home-made cakes and bacon rolls.

The initiative began in 2011 after Chilcotts discovered an old kitchen in a dusty room adjacent to the saleroom in Honiton; the room was being used by Stags Estate Agents to store their sale boards.

Liz Chilcott explained: “The main saleroom dates from the 1950s and...