Kirk Hills Chartered Accountants were one of the main sponsors for the Exeter Power 50 Awards held at the Forum, University of Exeter on 7th November 2013. The event itself was the brainchild of Kirk Hills’ David Kirk.

The Awards, in their inaugural year, were a great success with over 160 of Exeter’s most influential business men and women attending the Reception evening.

There were five awards across five categories – Community won by Karime Hassan from Exeter City Council, Creative Arts and Media won by Camilla Hampshire from RAMM in Exeter, Large Business won by...

Basepoint Exeter Licensees enjoyed a fun day of competitions and games all in aid of Children in Need on Friday. The Breakout area at the Business Centre was turned into an Olympic Stadium and Licensees were treated to Coffee and Cakes before the games began.

We are very pleased to announce that Liberty Star were the winners of the Grand Prize, sponsered by Taste Catering. The winners of the individual games were from Hosted Desktop, Vern Allen Entertainments, Liberty Star, Pertemps, TheBestOf Exeter & Leads To You.

Congratulations to all of the winners and a massive...

Local running network InStep Devon has ambitions to get more people jogging and running in Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon – and is looking for local leaders to help.

County Sports Partnership Active Devon has appointed InStep to coordinate the Beginner Runner Programme across the area. This is the latest phase of a Run England initiative whichwhich aims to get more people actively participating in the sport.

“Last year,” says InStep's co-ordinator Tony Gale, “I was involved in recruiting over 200 new beginner runners in the Exeter area. Now InStep is taking a lead across...

Dawlish Leisure Centre's new health and fitness suite Gym & Tonic is open and ready to be used by gym-goers and fitness fanatics.

Gym & Tonic has a range of equipment including free weights, treadmills, cross trainers, rowers, adjustable benches, a lat pull-down machine, weighted bars, medicine balls, dumbbells and floor space for small exercise classes.

Teignbridge District Council, which owns the busy leisure centre, officially opened the new suite on Saturday 16 November. The ribbon was cut by Teignbridge District Council Chairman Cllr Rosalind Prowse and...

E.ON is calling for members of the public to nominate causes in Exeter to win funding to run projects.

Local community centres which need to improve their energy efficiency and schools or charities looking to add a spark to the area through energy education, can all apply for funding.

Applications for the E.ON Energy Action Fund can be submitted for a range of energy related improvements and activities, from appliances and insulation to educational events. Priority will be given to projects focused on reducing energy use and renewable energy.

Successful projects...

The government has rejected an offer of £24.1m, the private security group G4S has claimed it owes after over-charging for the tagging of offenders.

It is thought that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has turned down the payment whilst working with G4S to establish how much the company owes the Government.

An internal review by G4S concluded that the overcharging was not due to “dishonesty or criminal conduct.

Also released today is a National Audit Office report into private security groups responsible for electronic tagging which included a forensic audit by...

South West Water and customers Get Ready for Winter

With forecasters warning of icy weather conditions around the corner, South West Water is reminding customers to take precautions to avoid leaks and burst water pipe damage.

Burst pipe damage cost homeowners over £680 million nationally in property claims following the post Christmas thaw in 2010.

South West Water's Head of Drinking Water Services Guy Doble said: "We want to help customers avoid serious problems with their pipework by providing what we hope will be useful information to prepare for the...