PSP TENANT SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD
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Plymouth Science Park tenant Louise Pasterfield, owner of Sponge UK, has received a national award for her outstanding business at the Venus Awards this year.
The National Venus Awards celebrate the success of women in business and this year Devon’s finalists took four of the national top prizes.
Louise Pasterfield, Managing Director of Sponge UK won the national finals of the Venus Awards in the category of online business, seven months after coming top in the Devon leg of the competition...
An Exeter pub was evacuated this morning after a tumble drier caught fire.
Fire crews were called just before 1am to the Mill on the Exe in Bonhay Road after the landlord reported the laundry room within the property was smoke logged. Firefighters instructed the landlord to evacuate the building and three pumping appliances from Exeter were mobilsed to the scene.
Upon arrival the area in and around the ground floor laundry room were found to be heavily smoke logged.
Two breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet plus two positive pressure ventilation fans were used to...
The Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) Awards are now open for entry.
The awards are open to any organisation of any size in the Devon region, and encompass business, community and education.
All entrants need to do is show how their organisation is committed to operating in environmentally friendly ways, whether through day to day operations or a specific green initiative. Entry is free, and all shortlisted entrants will be invited to attend a free awards event at the Met Office later in the year.
The 2016 awards were officially launched at Higher...
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are delighted to announce that they have signed a partnership agreement with Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust to enable NHS Practitioners to refer patients for free home fire safety visits. The agreement came about after the formation of the multi-agency Bariatric and plus size working group which was looking at how the NHS and Fire Service could work together to reduce risk in this client group. The agreement has resulted in Fire Officers from the Prevention team in South Devon carrying out “Trigger point” training for NHS staff to...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says his decision to agree contract extensions with two more of his first team squad is just reward for the efforts shown by the players themselves.
Forwards Thomas Waldrom and Harry Williams are the latest names to commit their futures to the Aviva Premiership club, coming hot on the heels of new deals for Don Armand, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Alec Hepburn, Mitch Lees, Jack Nowell and Henry Slade.
News that both men have penned terms, which will keep them at Sandy Park until the end of the 2017/18 season, is yet another welcome pre-season boost...
The TechExeter Conference at the University of Exeter on the 8th October is shaping up to be one of the biggest tech events in the region.
Kris Sum, TechExeter leader says "Whether you’re passionate about augmented reality, debugging node.js, or designing artificial intelligence, we’d like to hear from you!"
With space for 150 delegates, the conference will host over a dozen speakers from the tech industry, workshops and hands on demos. This year’s venue at Building One at the Business School is kindly hosted by the One Planet MBA.
A new service has been launched for South West businesses.
South West Growth Service has been formed by independent and experienced business consultants Chris Lorimer, Andrew Southall and Katharine Bourke.
The business provide core services such as Business strategy development, specialist support in sales and marketing, operations, raising finances, maintaining momentum, and HR.
The three partners are passionate about the South West and their combined determination to make a difference in the region, driven by a sense of responsibility for their community.
Uncertainty fuelled by the EU Referendum has resulted in a marked drop in activity in the South West housing market, according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, June 2016.
New buyer enquiries declined significantly across the UK in June, with 36% more chartered surveyors nationally reporting a fall in interest - this is the lowest reading since mid-2008. The South West fared somewhat better however, with just 4% more respondents reporting a decline in buyer demand (as opposed to a rise). Nevertheless, this does follow a particularly steep decline during May.
Exeter has been placed on the World map when it comes to allotments, people in the city have been finding out.
The Devon capital intrigued a group of students from the United States so much they hopped on a plane and flew over here to find out more.
The 20 students from Arizona State University (ASU) have just wrapped up a short stay in Exeter, interviewing allotment holders as part of a study abroad course supported the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives at ASU. In the few days they have been here, they have carried out some 200 surveys.
The founders of a charity that has encouraged literally hundreds of thousands of people to sing and play music are to receive English Folk Music’s highest accolade at a star-studded event in Exeter in July.
Marilyn Tucker and Paul Wilson set up Wren Music in Okehampton, West Devon, 33 years ago, since when it has reached out to pretty much every city, town and village in the county. In fact, Wren has spread its wings further afield to touch communities in the wider South West – but Devon is and always has been its heartland and it’s where, on a participant session basis, it reaches...
