Redrow, one of the UK’s leading house builders, has extended the sales team of its West Country Division to support the firm’s growth plans across Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.
Michele Jones has been appointed Area Sales Manager to take responsibility for a portfolio of new and existing Redrow sites while Clare Mitchell has been promoted to the role of Trainee Area Sales Manager.
Michele brings 11 years’ experience in the field, having previously worked as a Connections Manager and Area Sales Manager at Linden Homes. With an expertise in lead prospecting and database...
The University of Exeter has launched new business space and hot-desking facilities at the Exeter Science Park to help build partnerships with high-growth businesses.
To mark the opening of the new space, CBI South West Director Deborah Waddell and Sean Fielding, Director of Innovation, Impact & Business at the University, met to discuss business collaboration and new initiatives.
The space at the Science Park will be managed by the University’s Innovation, Impact and Business (IIB) team, who are experts in creating collaboration opportunities and generating value for...
THE stunning new £7 million building at Plymouth Science Park has now been shortlisted for a record four prestigious building and planning awards for its forward-thinking space-age design.
Standing at the entrance way to the park at Derriford, behind the city’s hospital, the new building is the most technologically advanced in the south west.
1 Research Way has already been nominated for awards from the city’s Evening Herald newspaper and also the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) and to that clutch it has now added two more nominations from the prestigious...
At 9am on Monday 3rd April, the Exeter & East Devon Enterprise Zone opened for business.
The Enterprise Zone will provide business rate relief for new and growing businesses, worth up to £55,000 per business year on year, for up to five years.
This will mean new business growth, new investment, new opportunities for local business and new jobs for local people.
Building on our existing success and vision, the Enterprise Zone will also offer a range of incentives to attract and support businesses to the area. These include simplified planning, business support...
A local digital marketing agency is celebrating its fourth anniversary following another record breaking and successful year of growth. MiHi Digital, based near Lifton, has worked with 50 new clients, launched 38 websites and seen turnover grow by a further 40% in the past 12 months.
The business has grown exponentially since it was set up by digital marketing specialist Mark Worden from a one-bedroom flat on Exeter Quayside in 2013. This year’s expansion has been due in part to several key client wins within the wedding and tourism sectors, along with a growth in clients trading...
Oxygen House and law firm Michelmores, based in Exeter, have forged a new innovative partnership aimed at bringing sustainability to the fore in business.
Oxygen House invests in projects which foster social, environmental and economic prosperity. It places sustainability at the heart of its ethos and actively encourages its business partners to adopt this approach. Michelmores has signed-up to this initiative and been appointed to advise Oxygen House's property division, Grenadier Estates, on all of its real estate and construction projects.
Business intelligence (BI) consultancy Saltare have started their plans to turn Exeter into a ‘National Centre of Business Intelligence Excellence’ by signing their first affiliate partner.
Their affiliation with South West Business Intelligence (SWBI) was agreed on 16th March, 2017, and means businesses in the South West are now able to get maximum benefit from their BI technology.
The partnership will provide local businesses with the skills needed to gain high value information from their data, in specialised ways that were previously not available to Exeter or the...
An international Ideas Festival for Business, held in London and New York is coming to Exeter, it was announced today.
The influential Like Minds Ideas Festival will arrive in Exeter in September, with business leaders and speakers from the US, Europe and the UK taking part.
It will be held at Exeter Castle on Friday September 29th, after a speakers and sponsors welcome dinner the evening before. Some 250 delegates will hear from international business speakers, take part in immersive masterclasses and debate with renowned business experts during panel sessions and lunches...
Board of Exeter Science Park has announced the appointment of Dr Sally Basker as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Dr Basker will take up the new role on 3rd April.
Dr Basker is a qualified engineer with 15 year’s senior level research and innovation experience in the aerospace, defence, energy and navigation sectors over her 25-year career.
She has been responsible for crafting business cases, attracting funds and procuring multimillion-pound research facilities, as well as creating and implementing growth and diversification strategies for high-value...
GET the help you need to take your business to the next level at regular free advice sessions from Exeter solicitors Cartridges Law.
A team from the legal firm provides drop-in business advice at Exeter Library Business and IP Centre on the second Tuesday of each month, from 4pm to 6pm.
Cartridges Business Hub offers advice on starting or growing a company, or developing a business idea. It offers access to free initial advice and signposting to vetted and trusted expert advisers on a range of subjects. The Business and IP Centre offers some great resources to assist any...
