The family law team at Stephens Scown LLP was one of the winners at the most prestigious national awards for family lawyers.
The firm’s family team was named the Family Law Team of the Year - South at the Family Law Awards 2019. The winners were announced at a black-tie awards dinner at The Ballroom on London’s South Bank on 27 November.
The way Stephens Scown looks after its employees and clients was singled out by the judges. As an employee owned firm, the firm’s approach to employee engagement was recognised, as was the focus on client service, including providing in-...
The University of Exeter has achieved a ‘University of Sanctuary’ award in recognition of the work it does to support forced migrants.
Led by the City of Sanctuary charity, Universities of Sanctuary is an initiative that celebrates the good practice of universities, welcoming sanctuary seekers into their communities and fostering a culture of welcome and inclusion for all.
Exeter is now the first university in the south west, and the first institution in Exeter, to be recognised with this accolade.
To gain the Sanctuary award, organisations must demonstrate that...
Organic veg box company Riverford has won Rising Star of the Year Award at a national awards ceremony recognising excellence among employee owned businesses.
Judges at the Employee Ownership Association Awards praised the new culture of co-ownership across the Riverford business, which they said had helped it secure the win, and a successful first year under the new ownership model.
“The award celebrates a business that already, in its early life, has an effective employee ownership culture where its commitment to engaging its workforce is driving a strong financial...
Southwest Independent Secondary School of the Year:
A third major achievement for The Maynard this year
The Maynard School, Exeter is delighted to have been awarded the Sunday Times Schools Guide 2020 Southwest Independent Secondary School of the Year. This prestigious award, being officially published in the 27th edition of Parent Power on Sunday 24 November, is triggered by our incredible A-level and GCSE results in the summer, but is also judged on the wider ethos and values within the whole school community.
RGB Building Supplies has been shortlisted in the prestigious Builders' Merchants Awards for the Tools for Africa appeal it ran with Devon-based charity Amigos.
The appeal invited the local community to donate preloved tools, which Amigos arranged to be repaired and shipped to Africa. The tools will be used to provide vocational training to young people so they can help lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
Following the success of the appeal, RGB has been named as a finalist in the Marketing Initiative of the Year category of the awards, which celebrate the...
A Newton Abbot business has helped two staff members at a Hampshire primary school to be shortlisted for an award for their work in helping pupils to be more emotionally resilient.
Kerry Cawte and Claire Jeftha work at St George’s Beneficial Church of England Primary School, in Portsmouth. They have been shortlisted in the Wellbeing of Staff or Pupils category of the Teach Portsmouth Awards for their work with Newton Abbot-based Thrive®. The talented pair will find out if they have won at an awards ceremony tomorrow (Friday Oct 4)
Devon-based IT provider Nexus Open Systems is celebrating its national award win at the UK Managed Services & Hosting (MSH) awards. Nexus won the prestigious title of Most Innovative Managed Service Solution: General category for its Nexus Cloud Connect backup solution.
The annual MSH Awards recognises the pioneers in managed IT services solutions and this year saw major entrants including Microsoft, Webroot and IBM.
Nexus faced strong competition in its category from large-scale organisations up and down the country; coming first place in such impressive company is a...
A midwife at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust has fought off the competition to win a national award at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards.
The awards, which were hosted by the One Show Presenter Alex Jones, are designed to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements in midwifery across the UK.
Mair Davies, Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate and Midwife at the RD&E, was nominated for the Supervisor/Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) Award. This award recognizes a supervisor/PMA who demonstrates exceptional advocacy for...
Over 100 business women were inspired as The Successful Women in Business Network (SWIB) held their annual conference and launched their SWIB Awards last month.
SWIB is a membership organisation for women who want to grow their businesses , an or develop their careers, with the support of other women, at regular networking events across Devon, Dorset, Hampshire & Somerset.
Founded by Gill Donnell MBE experienced leader, motivational speaker and business coach, who has spent much of her working life promoting the role of women in the workplace.
Sparx, an Exeter-based learning technology company has won an Education Resource Award in the category of ‘Collaboration between School and Supplier’, in recognition of its partnership with the Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust.
Announced on the 22nd March, the award recognises how the partnership has helped thousands of local schoolchildren to improve their skills and confidence in maths through the use of innovative teaching technology.
The Ted Wragg Trust is a six school multi-academy trust responsible for the education of over 3000 children aged between two and 16 years....
