Hendy Group honours top performing staff

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Posted: Mon, 01/09/2017 - 1:15pm

Sales and support staff at south coast based Hendy Group in Exeter have been honoured for their contribution to a record year at the company’s annual sales awards which was hosted by TV presenter Natasha Kaplinsky.

Hendy chief executive Paul Hendy paid tribute to all the award winners in a year which has seen the company grow with the acquisition of the south east based Lifestyle group.

“It’s a great night for us to come together and these awards recognise the high quality of staff we have working throughout our operations,’’ he said.

Hendy now operates 12 motor...

New Post Office to open in Exeter

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Posted: Mon, 01/09/2017 - 11:01am

The Post Office will open a brand new branch at WS Retail, 1 Sylvania Drive, Exeter, EX4 5DT on Monday 30 January at 1pm.

The branch will be the first Post Office in this part of Exeter. Post Office services will be offered from a low-screened, open-plan Post Office counter that is integrated into the retail counter, enabling customers to carry out a wide range of Post Office transactions alongside retail purchases.

Post Office services will be available seven days a week throughout the store’s opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 6.30am to 9pm. This will offer customers an...

Osteo and Physio group goes from strength to strength

A private health clinic - which began with a single practitioner - has become the largest of its kind in the south west in just seven years, delivering more than 1,000 hours of patient treatments every month.

The Osteo and Physio group continues to grow by about 20 - 25% a year, and has now opened branches in Exeter and Tiverton, alongside its Cullompton clinic.

The company, which was established in 2009 by Osteopath Jonathan Boxall, helps people relieve back, joint and muscle pain and other conditions through a range of manual therapies. It now has 15 practitioners working...

Recreations & The Magnetic South at Kingskerswell Parish Church part of Independent Venues Week

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Posted: Mon, 01/09/2017 - 9:30am

World Unlimited are really pleased that their next date on January 24th at Kingskerswell Parish Church has been invited to take part in the national event 'Independent Venues Week'

Having finally put the moniker Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly to bed at a ceremonious gig at the end of Southend pier on 2nd October, Sam Duckworth continues apace under his new guise, Recreations. Following the release of the album ‘Baby Boomers 2’ in April and a summer of festival performances, Recreations will perform his iconic album “Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager” with his new live band “The Magnetic...

Devon businesses help London Boat Show sail into the Capital

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Posted: Mon, 01/09/2017 - 9:27am

Eighteen local businesses from Devon including Ribeye, Sleipner Motor, Chatham Marine, Jimmy Green Marine, Princess Yachts and Teignbridge Propellers were among over 300 exhibitors celebrating the opening of the 2017 London Boat Show on Friday. Visitors were wowed with celebrity appearances, live entertainment and over 100 debut products and boats. Taking place until Sunday 15 January, the Show kicks off the 2017 boating calendar, offering a taste of the very best that the global sailing and marine world has to offer. With close to 400 boats on display, the Show is a spectacle not to be...

Second Sunday volunteering: Past, present and future

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Posted: Mon, 01/09/2017 - 9:21am

Conservation volunteers who help maintain one of Dartmoor’s top beauty spots have rounded off their year with an expert guided tour and mince pies.

The Second Sunday group meets every second Sunday of the month at Haytor under the guidance of National Park Authority Ranger Simon Lee.

In the past 12 months they have repaired an ancient leat to prevent flooding on the road near the Visitor Centre and restored wetland by the Becka Brook to safeguard the feeding grounds of the rare marsh fritillary butterfly.

Perhaps the volunteers’ most obvious work has been on the 200...

Europe key market despite Brexit, say SW business owners

More than 70 per cent of region's exporters looking to Europe to fund growth, according to Thomas Westcott survey

Despite the looming prospect of Brexit the overwhelming majority of businesses in the South West looking to export are eyeing Europe as part of their 2017 expansion plans.

That's one of the headline findings of a far-reaching survey into South West businesses' growth plans carried out by leading independent firm of chartered accountants Thomas Westcott.

Thousands of small to medium sized companies were asked about their expansion strategies and what they...

Nominate your sporting heroes

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Posted: Sun, 01/08/2017 - 3:29pm

For clubs, coaches and community sports people alike, the Devon Sports Awards is a prestigious annual event which celebrates their hard work and achievement across a number of different categories.

This year marks a special landmark for the Devon Sports Awards which are 20 years old. To celebrate, there will be a glittering ceremony on June 30th 2017 with a sporting hero as guest speaker.. Nominations are now open and the organisers of the Devon Sports Awards, Active Devon, The Exeter Foundation and Exeter College are urging people to make sure that they use the opportunity to see...

Improve How You Lead Organisational Change

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26/01/2017 - 7:30am to 9:00am
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Life is certainly changing at an unprecendented pace. We are all having to work hard to keep up with this pace in a world that is volatile and uncertain.

Many business owners are struggling to remain motivated in times of constant change as it is stressful, challenging and demanding.

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Seaton Jurassic hails successful first year

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Posted: Sun, 01/08/2017 - 11:25am

A new East Devon visitor attraction is celebrating a successful 2016 – its first year of opening.

Owned by East Devon District Council and operated by the charity Devon Wildlife Trust, Seaton Jurassic first opened its doors to the paying public in April. Since then it has welcomed more than 40,000 visitors to its unique visitor experience, café and shop.

The success of Seaton Jurassic hasn’t gone unnoticed. The attraction, which takes visitors on a journey back through time to a Jurassic World of lost creatures and ancient ancestors, gained second place in the ‘Best UK Day-...

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