The managing director of Devon’s leading housebuilder says he’s delighted with the company’s most recent results and says his team is gearing up to deliver even more in 2015. Simon Perks, managing director of Persimmon Homes South West says the strong performance in 2014 was a real team effort. “Nationally there was an increase of 17% in legal completions in 2014 to 13,509. This is compared to 11,528 in 2013. Our average selling price rose 5% from £180,941 to £190,500 and our full year revenues increased 23% over 2013 to £2.6 billion. “Our focus is now on continuing to deliver new homes...
The Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced that Paul Jepson has been engaged as its new Artistic and Executive Director. Paul has an extensive background in the performing arts. He has been joint Artistic Director of two Arts Council funded new writing theatre companies and an associate of the Nottingham Playhouse. He is also an experienced dramaturg and a published playwright. He has directed at the Royal National Theatre, major regional theatres and in the West End, and has over twenty years of extensive public sector producing experience. Chair of Exeter Northcott Theatre Board of...
Dartmoor National Park has been chosen as one of the 101 British landmarks that Visit Britain will be featuring in their £1.6m marketing campaign in China - GREAT Names for GREAT Britain
The campaign is designed to encourage Chinese people to learn more about Britain by inviting them to come up with the most fitting, meaningful and memorable Chinese names for British places and experiences.
This is especially important as some British names are difficult to translate or pronounce in Chinese.
Over the next week, Dartmoor National Park will be promoted in China across...
Rob Baxter insists there will be no ditching the Exeter Chiefs game plan despite the club slipping to three successive Aviva Premiership defeats.
Having headed into the festive period safely ensconced in the division’s top four, they head into Round 13 of this season’s competition having dropped to sixth place following losses to Sale Sharks, Bath and Gloucester.
Today (Sunday) the Chiefs face London Irish at the Madejski Stadium (3pm) looking to get their campaign firmly back on track before they break for the next stages of European and LV= Cup battle.
A leading local law firm has been named as one of the top 100 firms to work for in the UK, according to the influential Sunday Times list.
Stephens Scown LLP, which took part in the Sunday Times Best Companies survey for the first time, has also received its prestigious two star accreditation for outstanding levels of employee engagement, which is an exceptional achievement for a company on its first attempt.
Stephens Scown’s position in the top 100 will be revealed at an awards ceremony in London on 26 February.
The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for is an...
The South West's largest corporate charity run organised by Exeter law firm Michelmores, is calling for sponsors to boost fundraising in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Now in its 16th year, the Michelmores Charity Run attracts 1,000 runners and raises in excess of £20,000 for a chosen charity. The run, which will take place on Thursday 11 June 2015, covers a 5K city course starting in the heart of Exeter at Cathedral Green, finishing at Exeter Castle.
All the proceeds raised at the event will go to Macmillan Cancer Support, Michelmores' Charity of the Year, to...
Devon and Cornwall Police has been investigating an increased number of telephone frauds involving unknown persons randomly calling members of the public on their home telephone numbers and convincing them to part with or transfer thousands of pounds in cash.
The criminals use a number of different stories to get the victim to give away their money. The most recent story involves a jewellery shop.
In December, a victim was persuaded to purchase a Rolex watch from a jeweller in the Torbay area. The victim attended the jeweller’s shop in person. They were being ‘controlled’...
Exeter based stonemason Matt Hurley has recently completed an unusual commission for a local Devon customer.
To depict some of the many species they regularly see within a mile of their house near Dawlish, customers Ray & Ros Mason contacted Matt's company Hurley Marble to make them a custom fire surround.
Ros said: "We were very keen to find someone local to the area, a person as appreciative of this rich landscape and its wildlife as we are. Through a friend's recommendation, we met Matt Hurley and soon formed a good working relationship. We exchanged...
Private sector output in the South West of England continued to rise at a strong rate in December, according to PMI® survey data.
Growth was supported by higher new business volumes and the level of incomplete work continued to rise, despite a further robust round of job creation. That said, the rate of growth in new orders eased to the slowest in 19 months. In line with the broad UK trend, inflationary pressures remained relatively muted.
The seasonally adjusted Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking South West Business Activity Index signalled a further strong rise in private...
East Devon District Council’s cabinet have agreed to proceed with a proposal from Grenadier Estates to develop an exciting new watersports centre as the first part of the new Queen’s Drive leisure area.
The high quality watersports centre would occupy about two acres at the front of site with the road being moved to the rear of the site allowing easy beach access for water users.
The centre will be architecturally attractive and environmentally sustainable with retail and cafe units included within and a new open-air events space and other public open space outside....
