Francis Clark has been voted ‘Top 50 Corporate Finance Team of the Year’ at the 2014 British Accountancy Awards. This award seeks to recognise the corporate finance advice that has delivered the greatest measurable benefit to clients.
The entry into the British Accountancy Awards demonstrated the team’s innovative approach, including the creation of a private company valuation database (PERDa) that is now used by HMRC, and its track record of deals, such as the high profile Axminster Carpets management-buy-out. The development of an experienced and specialist renewables team was...
Hospiscare nurses and doctors have given hope to a dying Exeter man who is now looking forward to spending a very special Christmas with his new found family.
Richard Potts, 66, arrived 20 days ago at the city hospice two stone underweight and hallucinating because he was not eating nor taking his medication properly. But he is leaving tomorrow (Friday) with a spring in his step and is looking forward to spending time with the daughter he didn’t know existed until four years ago when he received a “bolt out of the blue” letter from her asking to get together.
Parents from Witheridge took part in a ‘budget bake off’ at Action for Children’s Oakmoor Children's Centre in Witheridge, Tiverton.
The session was the culmination of a Money Skills course, part of a national programme run by Barclays in partnership with charity Action for Children, which helps families and young people with budgeting and finance.
While the parents designed, baked and decorated biscuits and cakes, Action for Children employees ran through Money Skills ideas highlighting the benefits of home-prepared cooking over ready meals, how to shop for the best value...
Staff at Go Ape throughout the UK, including Haldon Forest near Exeter, went bananas to support Teenage Cancer Trust, raising a grand total of £60,000 for the charity.
Go Ape is the UK’s leading forest adventure and staff from the 28 sites across the country devised the ‘Big Banana Relay’ to raise much-needed funds for the charity. The relay consisted of a ‘Big Banana’ being transported a total of 1,823 miles across the UK with the Go Ape gorillas using the quirkiest forms of travel possible.
The relay got underway at Leeds Castle in June and the ‘Big Banana’ travelled to...
Exeter Chiefs maintained pole position in Pool Two of this season’s European Challenge Cup with only their second-ever victory on French soil.
Not since 2010 when they triumphed on their first outing across the Channel to Bourgoin have Rob Baxter’s men toasted success against a Top14 side.
In La Rochelle, though, the Chiefs served up a Christmas cracker for their supporters as tries from Tom James, Brett Sturgess (pictured) Byron McGuigan and Fetu’u Vainikolo, together with 16 points from the boot of Gareth Steenson sealed a memorable win...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has praised the contribution Gareth Steenson has played in helping the Devon club establish themselves as a force within the English game.
Welcoming the news the Irish fly-half has this week agreed terms on a new three-year deal that will keep him at Sandy Park until 2018, Baxter wasted little time in reflecting on the contribution put in by the Dungannon-born back.
“There’s no magic ingredient,” said Baxter. “Steeno has improved over a period because his gained more and more experience in the Premiership and in Europe and those...
Eighteen-year-old entrepreneur, Hannah White, has opened her first beauty salon based on Marsh Barton Trading Estate in Exeter.
Hannah, who grew up in Alphington and attended local schools Bowhill Primary School and St James High School, trained as a beautician at Exeter College and went on to work at several Exeter based salons before making the brave decision to follow her dreams and go it alone.
Hannah opened her tanning and beauty salon, The Beauty Lounge, on AlphinBrook Road last month and has had a constant stream of customers already.
Specsavers in Exeter has helped pupils stay safe at night by donating high visibility vests to a local school.
The store gave the vests to children at Ladysmith Infant School in Exeter to promote safety at night during Road Safety Week, an initiative by the charity Brake.
Deputy head teacher at Ladysmith Infant School, Emma Brown said: "We’re very grateful for these vests; they will be put to good use.
"The safety of our pupils is one of our top priorities. These vests will allow the children to walk safely in the dark, as well as be visible to cars on outings and...
Police need the public’s help in finding a man who is sought in connection with the theft of a shed in Newton Abbot in October.
Spencer Bamping, 41, from Chudleigh Knighton, Newton Abbot, is believed to be in the Teignbridge area, although he also has links to South Devon, Torbay, Exeter and North Devon.
Officers have undertaken extensive enquiries to locate Bamping (pictured), however attempts so far to trace him have proved unsuccessful.
Bamping is described as white, 5ft 9ins, of proportionate build, with short brown hair.
