Quilter Private Client Advisers is pleased to announce that it has relocated its South West regional office from Newton Abbot to Exeter today.

The move comes just a few months after Quilter Private Client Advisers appointed its new regional financial planning director, Jonathan Burden.

Jonathan will now lead a 19-strong regional team of six financial planners and 13 support staff from its new base in Vantage Point within Pynes Hill business centre. The new office will enable the company to increase its presence in the region and be closer to its clients and strategic...

The Exeter Chiefs Foundation charity is celebrating one of its most successful years to date after raising £230,823 during 2018.

A total of £217,404 was handed out to more than 30 organisations during the 12-month period, compared to £164.950 the year before.

One of the largest donations was made to Exeter’s Hospiscare to fund a major refurbishment project.

The Foundation gifted £50,000 to the charity which was match funded by The Exeter Property Summer Ball Committee.

Another major grant of £25,000 was made to Exeter Deaf Academy to help pay for the...

Motorists are being reminded that there will be no access to Bonhay Road from Exe Bridges this weekend (March 23 to March 25) due to resurfacing work.

From 7am Saturday to 6am Monday three lanes of the North Bridge connecting Bonhay Road and Frog Street will be closed.

And In addition, access to Exe Bridges and some adjoining roads will be restricted.

Neither of the bridges will be entirely closed and signed diversions will be in place, but delays should be expected.

This work is being carried over from last weekend, which was cancelled due to high winds....

Over eighty female entrepreneurs with an appetite for business attended a special event at the Exeter Cookery School this week featuring local author and blogger Sarah Turner.

The Sunday Times bestseller headlined the NatWest Boost event on Tuesday as part of the bank’s month-long activity celebrating International Women’s Day.

Accordingly to a recently published report by NatWest’s Deputy CEO Alison Rose, just 33% of UK entrepreneurs are women, a figure it is aiming to challenge by supporting more women who want to start their own business.

Exeter author Sarah...

Berry Recruitment Group (BRG) has seen its turnover increase by more than six per cent to a touch under £70m, its latest accounts show.

The business recorded a profit of £1.6m before taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA*).

It works from 35 locations across England and Wales including Berry Recruitment branches in Exeter and Truro.

It made two acquisitions last year including Southampton-based CPN Construction and its training centre which will add around £6m in turnover.

In December, BRG acquired London Staff Bureau (LSB) that operates in the...

Three years ago, local charity Hospiscare teamed up with Seaton & District Hospital League of Friends to start the Seaton Hospiscare@Home service in response to the needs of people in Seaton.

This service provides 24/7 hands-on nursing support at home for people with a life-limiting illnesses who are in the final months or weeks of life, enabling patients to be cared for and to die at home, if that is their wish.

It proved so popular in Seaton that some patients in neighbouring Axminster swapped GP practices to get access, which up until now has been unavailable. That,...

Local schoolchildren recently teamed up with coastal conservationists to help tackle the theory and the reality of waste plastic in Torbay.

Pupils from Roselands Primary in Paignton learned about marine pollution with education staff from Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, then helped clean Goodrington beach with the Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative and staff from Torbay Council. In addition, the school raised money by making gifts from items normally thrown in the bin - such as glass jars, paper and odd socks - and selling them to families in their very own pop-up...

Following the highly successful Climate Summit held last autumn, Constructing Excellence South West (CESW) launched the West Country’s first ‘Leadership in the Built Environment Symposium’ held at Sandy Park.

A prestigious line-up of speakers helped to attract more than 120 delegates to the free full-day event, supported by platinum sponsors Kier Construction and further key sponsors T Clarke Contracting Ltd and Midas Group.

Open to members and non-members of CESW, the leadership symposium was aimed at anyone working with, or within the construction or property sectors...

After winning £5,000 in prize money from the National Lottery Awards in September 2018, the Heritage Ability (HA) team are planning to use the money to fund an exciting new project. The project aims to help partner heritage sites to develop and deliver 360 degree images and films to enhance the accessibility of their sites.

The decision comes after several months of discussions with our panel of volunteers (with lived experience of disability), to decide on a good way to spend the prize money.

The £5,000 prize money will be used to purchase a 360º degree camera and two...