A leading local law firm, which was recently named UK Law Firm of the Year, has been shortlisted for a hat-trick of national awards. Stephens Scown LLP, the current holder of the British Legal Awards’ UK Law Firm of the Year title, is in the running for three awards in the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards 2017. The winners will be revealed on 8 March and Stephens Scown is shortlisted for: best managed national firm, best leadership of a mould-breaking firm and best corporate culture. The Managing Partners’ Forum is a membership organisation dedicated to helping professional firms grow and...
Exmouth households who are receiving a new recycling and waste collection service from February 16, are being reminded to read the information they have been sent as they may have an extra one-off waste collection on Saturday February 11.
Residents will have been alerted to the extra waste collection by a letter they received from East Devon District Council in late January. The council is asking residents to read the information carefully as it will tell them if their household will receive this additional waste collection. This extra collection does not apply to all Exmouth...
People in Exeter who are receiving a single person’s discount on their council tax but shouldn’t be are being urged to let the City Council know about their change in circumstances.
Those who receive a 25 per cent reduction on their bill as single occupancy residents will soon be checked to make sure that the reductions are correct.
The checks form part of the Council’s measures to prevent and detect fraud and protect the public purse.
Capita Local Government has been appointed to carry out a comprehensive review of 15,000 single person discounts. They will work...
Bertha & Co, the new online shopping site championing some of the best British children’s brands launched at the end of January.
Created by Liz Knight a mumpreneur from Woodbury in Devon, who loved to find unique and bespoke items for her children and would often receive comments from friends and family as to where she had sourced such lovely pieces.
In her search Liz felt there just wasn't somewhere that offered what they wanted as the consumer; a select group of some of the best British children's brands, all in one place and so, Bertha & Co was born. A name...
Families for Children Trust is a Specialist Adoption Agency and charitable trust based in the South West.
The Trust places vulnerable children from all over the UK with new adoptive families in Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly.
They have a growing number of older children, sibling groups and children with disabilities waiting to be adopted and are looking for more adopters to come forward quite quickly.
Find out more about becoming an adopter and how the Trust can support you for life at this information event, 6.30pm-8.30pm.
Families for Children Trust is a Specialist Adoption Agency and charitable trust based in the South West.
The Trust places vulnerable children from all over the UK with new adoptive families in Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly.
They have a growing number of older children, sibling groups and children with disabilities waiting to be adopted and are looking for more adopters to come forward quite quickly.
Find out more about becoming an adopter and how the Trust can support you for life at this event, 2pm-4pm.
Bristol based Paradigm Norton has won the Citywire New Model Adviser of the Year 2017 award for the South West for the eighth time.
The award was presented to Paradigm Norton’s Chief Executive Barry Horner by writer and actor Gyles Brandreth at the Park Plaza Westminster Hotel in London.
Barry Horner commented: “Financial Planners among the 6000 strong readership of New Model Adviser® completed an in-depth survey and were then judged on factors such as professional qualification and client satisfaction. 220 short-listed firms were then taken through a further interview...
South West insurance firm Cornish Mutual has once again been selected to be the region’s call centre for Red Nose Day 2017. On Friday 24th March, Comic Relief will be taking over screens across the nation asking people to ‘make your laugh matter’.
The Cornish Mutual call centre at its Truro headquarters will represent the South West on the big night, providing a focal point for the region’s fundraising efforts as well as handling donation calls from across the country. More than 100 volunteers from the organisation and other local businesses will be manning the phone-lines, and...
An Exeter School F1 in Schools team is in the hot-seat after winning three trophies in the Regional Final held at South Devon University Technical College, earning them a place in the National Final. This is the second year the co-educational independent school has qualified for the National Final which takes place in March.
The team called Vulcan won a place in the National Final after coming first in the Development Class as well as earning trophies for Fastest Development Class Car and Best Engineered Development Class Car.
Whatever weather the rest of winter throws at us, six volunteers with the local Samaritans charity are well prepared - because they’ve encountered temperatures down to minus 20 degrees Celsius, dug snow holes, and driven huskies.
The six volunteers, who live in Exeter and East Devon and are supporters of the local Samaritans branch, have just completed an Arctic Survival Challenge at Raftlaven in the northern Swedish wilderness, miles from the nearest settlement.
The challenge was to show the volunteers’ ability to adapt and live in the harsh environment where snow was many...
