Barratt Homes’ latest management trainee is citing valuable experience gained working within the industry’s production administration as the key to her success.
Tanya Overton-Summers began her promising career almost by accident - when taking on the role of receptionist within a housebuilding company at the age of 20, Barratt’s new trainee assistant site manager quickly showed her potential.
“From being a receptionist with another builder, I moved into the role of production administrator - which involved a whole range of construction-related activities, including health...
Oliver Dax from Monkey's Paw Consultancy, shares his expert advice on how to go about forging effective business alliances. He discusses the importance of building strong business relationships and how, despite not costing anything to do so, these relationships, if managed well, can be incredibly lucrative.
'Creating a habit of feeding alliances so that they feed you back is an excellent way to generate high return, zero cost business' says Oliver.
To find out more contact Oliver via email at oliver.dax@monkeys-paw-consultancy.com or call him on 07745 659898
After a successful 33 years at the helm of the country’s leading luxury park home and lodge manufacturer, Pathfinder Homes, managing director Mike Wills and fellow company director Martin Hember have announced plans to hang up their crowns and take a step back, making way for successor’s Bruce Macdonald & John Hoyle.
Mike and director Martin have decided to break into retirement slowly and whilst still assist the new heads, enjoy a well-deserved break.
Mike said: “I am proud of Pathfinder Homes, as a manufacturer, as a business and as a community. From humble beginnings...
The next Southernhay Breakfast Club event, taking place 10 June at the Southgate Hotel in Exeter, will welcome Ben Bradshaw, MP. At what promises to be an important and insightful meeting for local business people, come and find out what Mr Bradshaw has to say about the upcoming EU Referendum.
The Southernhay Breakfast Club is a networking event for local businesses. Meetings happen every three months at the Southgate Hotel, include breakfast refreshments and always offer a talk from a fascinating local speaker. Previous guests have included Karime Hassan (CE Exeter City Council),...
Okehampton-based wood fuel distributor Forest Fuels has been shortlisted for Small Business of the Year (fewer than 100 employees) in the national Business Green Leaders Awards.
Organised by Business Green Magazine – the UK's leading source of information for the green economy – the awards celebrate the industry’s most exciting and innovative achievements from the past 12 months.
Peter Solly, managing director of Forest Fuels, said: “The past year has been another exceptional year for Forest Fuels and launched a number new initiatives to make our customers’ lives easier....
An advance party of entrepreneurs from Portugal have visited Exeter to research opportunities to accelerate the growth of their companies in the UK in collaboration with Exeter Science Park.
At the same time, British businessman Piers Corfield from the Science Park based tech business Dashboard is in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, to establish new business links there.
The exchange has been organised through Exeter Science Park’s fast-growth business support partner Fabrica de Startups ( www.fabricadestartups.com ), in an initiative designed to build international...
Topsham organic mattress maker Naturalmat is celebrating business success with the announcement that its products are to be stocked by world-renowned retailer Harrods.
The Devon company, which has been hand-making the finest quality mattresses and bedding from organic and natural materials since 2002 will see six of its products available in the iconic Knightsbridge store.
Founded by keen sailors Mark Tremlett and Peter Tindall, Naturalmat was born from a desire to combat the poor quality synthetic mattresses found on the boats they sailed. Working with the highest-grade...
Business Profiles by Sampson Hall has launched a new online mental toughness test for individuals and businesses around the world.
Sampson Hall created the test working alongside Sir Clive Woodward, England’s Rugby World Cup-winning coach, and Team GB’s Director of Sport at the Beijing, Vancouver and London 2012 Olympic Games, who has spent over a decade working with individuals in business and sport developing his DNA of a Champion model.
The online test is aimed at high performing organisations and their leaders, managers and teams who aspire for continual improvement and...
Exeter chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is thrilled to welcome local businesses to take part in its 13th annual Really Big Quiz.
Last year the quiz raised a record-breaking sum of more than £8,000 for the Lord Mayor’s charity and plans are well underway to make this year’s event another charitable success.
Taking place at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday 11 May from 6.30pm, the annual Really Big Quiz is an opportunity for local firms to compete for the title of Exeter’s brainiest business and help raise funds for the Lord Mayor’s nominated charity, The Exeter...
Marian Weston from Young Enterprise UK focused her In a Nutshell video on explaining how enterprise programmes could be beneficial for businesses. She talks about how enterprise education is a joint enterprise between educational establishments and businesses and how such initiatives help make the business world relevant to the daily lives of young people.
'The benefits for businesses is that by sharing their skills/expertise with students, they are helping shape the future workforce, while inspiring and motivating employees’ professional development' Marian explains.
