Accountants Bishop Fleming have been ranked 42nd in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2017, as well as being awarded a coveted Two Star status accreditation from the ‘Best Companies' organisation.
The firm which has offices in Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Truro, and Worcester, has 29 partners and 330 staff and this was the second time that the firm had entered the awards being ranked 49th in 2016.
The Sunday Times rated Bishop Fleming as an "outstanding" employer, with a clear commitment to workplace engagement and with the determination to...
On Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th February 2017, officers from the Alliance Road Policing Team (RPT) of Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police took part in an intensive roads policing operation, one of a series dubbed Allied Wolf.
The intention of Allied Wolf is to deter and disrupt organised criminality which makes use of the regions roads and to reduce road casualties by targeting the ‘fatal four’ factors of speed, distraction, not wearing seatbelts and impairment whether through drink or drugs.
In the early afternoon and evening of the 23rd, officers focused their...
A popular coffee club is to celebrate its sixth anniversary with the King of Rock and Roll, thanks to Tesco Extra Exeter Vale. Countess Wear Coffee Club, based at the 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, has become a key part of the local community. Tesco Extra Exeter Vale marked its anniversary by putting on an Elvis Dance party featuring an Elvis impersonator and his eight-piece dream band. Tesco’s support for the event was co-ordinated by the store’s Community Champion Jo Evans. Jo and volunteers from the Russell Way store were on hand to help set up for the show and provide the...
Exeter Junior School's U11A football team was delighted to welcome Exeter City Football Club Football in the Community Coach Pete Eveleigh.
The Premier League Kicks Coordinator gave a masterclass to the Year 6 pupils as preparation for the Regional Kids' Cup Football Finals which take place on Monday 27 February at Adams Park, the home of Wycombe Wanderers FC.
The boys practised attack and defence skills as well as retaining possession in different areas of the pitch.
Sports coordinator Giles Ashman said he was delighted to welcome the talented coach to Exeter...
The launch event for the Big Devon March went off with a blast as 28 staff from across Devon came together to pledge their support to get their workplaces walking more during March.
The Big Devon March is a Devon-wide walking campaign being run by Active Devon on behalf of Devon County Council. It is specifically designed to help employers to take their first steps to getting everyone in their office more active in simple, achievable and free ways.
“There are so many simple ways to walk more every day” said Scott Kendall from Active Devon, who ran one of the workshops at...
Measures aimed at softening the impact of proposed changes to the amount the authority pays community groups to compost, will be recommended to Devon County Council’s Cabinet.
A consultation held last year included proposals to reduce the discretionary community composting credit rate, the amount per tonne the authority pays to local community groups, from £58 to £25.
The proposed change, which would start from April 2017, aimed to bring the rate paid to the county’s 25 voluntary composting groups broadly into line with the new contract rate offered by DCC’s new contractor...
A leading local law firm that has introduced office choirs and gives its staff an equal share of its profits has been ranked number 16 in the influential Sunday Times list of the top 100 mid-sized firms to work for. The firm was also the highest ranked solicitors in the country. At a glittering awards ceremony in London on Thursday, 23 February 2017 Stephens Scown LLP, was placed 16. This is the third consecutive year that the firm has ranked in the mid-sized business category of the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For. The announcement was made at an event at Battersea Evolution...
Chartered Accountants, Thompson Jenner LLP, will be holding their annual free Budget breakfast briefing 2017 at the Woodbury Park Hotel & Golf Club on Thursday the 9th March 2017.
Presenting an overview of the key budget decisions will be Geoff Fraser, their Head of Taxation.
In addition, guest speaker Phil Sampson of Sampson Hall Ltd and Paul McCarthy of Thompson Jenner’s sister company ThinkIT, will give an overview of the potential threats and preventative measures that businesses can take with regards to the important issue of Cyber Security.
People are invited to have their say on new measures aimed at giving greater protections to one of the rarest and most threatened species living in Teignbridge.
Teignbridge is encouraging people to comment on a document that looks at preserving bat flyways where different developments are taking place and make sure that they don’t affect bats moving around.
Teignbridge enjoys an exceptional status as host to some very rare bat species, including Greater Horseshoe Bats, one of the rarest and most threatened animals in Europe.
