Leading property consultancy JLL has further expanded its Exeter team with two recent appointments, highlighting the strength of the market in the region.
Mark Walter has joined as an Associate Director working in JLL’s residential and valuation advisory teams, with Sarah Partridge joining as a Senior Surveyor in the professional advisory team.
Prior to joining JLL, Mark spent seven years working in Gerald Eve’s planning and development team in London where he provided development consultancy and valuation advice to clients in London and across the South of England....
Exeter ranked among the best airports for customer service in Which? survey
Exeter Airport’s focus on customer service has helped it gain a coveted ‘Recommended Provider’ status from leading consumer organisation Which?
The airport is among just eight to secure the award from Which? in its annual survey involving 7,000 Which? members rating their satisfaction at 35 UK airports.
All the ‘Recommended Provider’ accolades went to airports in the small airports category (fewer than 4 million passengers per year) leading Which? to conclude that small airports are, on...
Exeter Airport is on course for another year of growth as it cements its position as the gateway airport to the South West and looks forward to new flights to London City Airport in just 10 weeks’ time.
Following last year’s 6% increase – the first in six years – in passenger numbers to 740,000 the airport has maintained growth in the first half of 2014, buoyed by growing consumer demand and increased capacity on popular routes.
It is also just over a year since Exeter Airport was acquired by Regional & City Airports, the airport management division of Rigby Group plc,...
An online booking system has been introduced by the Sandy Park events team: www.sandypark.co.uk/book Designed to streamline the booking process for events held at the award-winning venue, the booking system allows clients to book onto events and pay instantly via credit or debit card. The system can be used to book onto the first networking event in the redeveloped Sandy Park, the b2b Business Breakfast on 19 September.
This event features guest speaker Jon Paul Hedge, who was recently appointed editor of the Exeter Express & Echo. Mr Hedge will be discussing ‘Disruption to...
Friday 19th September - from 8.15am Join us on Friday 19th September for our b2b Business Breakfast at the home of the Exeter Chiefs
A networking morning for all to enjoy a hearty breakfast & listen to our special guest speaker, recently appointed Editor of the Express & Echo, Jon-Paul Hedge
TOPIC: Disruption to Business - A potential disaster or catalyst for change
In his talk he looks to draw on his experiences in this area and how companies have had to change and diversify to stay relevant in today’s market and some examples of those that didn’t!...
One of Exeter’s busiest and liveliest networking clubs is extending a helping hand to fledgling businesses with a free membership offer.
Exeter Business Club, renowned for its mutual support and shared knowledge in its regular meetings and seminars, has decided to take on five new start-ups, waiving the membership joining fee for a year.
The club operates a one member one sector policy to ensure no competition between members and this rule would be applied to start-ups applying to join.
"It occurred to us recently that our members have a huge amount of combined...
Exeter Green Party is warning that local and independent businesses could be pushed out of the city centre as a result of its redevelopment.
Greens are concerned that the redevelopment of the bus station site, Sidwell Street, and Paris street areas will aim to attract more chains and national brands and so squeeze out local and independent businesses and retailers. The local Green Party argues that local businesses need to become the centrepiece of Exeter’s economy; the Party opposes further expansion of chain stores in the city. Greens say the council will need to offer a real...
Action is required to stem a skills crisis in the South West, warns new research today.
The Prince’s Trust and HSBC report suggests that 69 per cent of South West businesses believe a significant skills crisis will hit their organisations within the next three years while 43 per cent predict it will happen within the next 12 months. Two thirds of South West businesses surveyed fear skills shortages will halt the UK's economic recovery, while a third fear it would cause their business to fold.
The report, based on interviews with UK business leaders1 suggests that 81 per...
A number of high profile businesses from Exeter and the South West will gather at award-winning Sandy Park this November, for the annual b2b@SandyPark exhibition.
The event, which takes places on Thursday 5 November (10am–5pm), sees Sandy Park team up with the region’s top Premiership Rugby Club the Exeter Chiefs, and has already secured support from Exeter City Council plus local media The Exeter Daily, Radio Exe and the Express and Echo.
B2b@SandyPark promises to be a unique business to business opportunity for companies to not only showcase their products and services,...
We are very pleased to be running again our highly successful Business Planning workshop on the 10th and 11th of September at Exeter University.
This workshop has given many South West business owners the knowledge, ability, confidence and inspiration to drive their business forward using their own bespoke business plan.
"I attended the Business strategy and planning workshop as a business owner constantly running out of time, spinning plates and with no real direction. I left as a business owner with a strategy on how to implement a properly defined path of direction, how...
