Exeter is host to some of the UK’s most successful and long-standing family businesses. Businesses like this span the city, whether it’s G Philips & Sons ‘The Farmers Friend’ Ltd, or Devon Contract Waste. They are a lifeline to many employees and customers, and have become a part of the local community.
It is often assumed family businesses are more fragile than other forms of enterprise. Research has shown only about 30 percent of family businesses make it to the second generation .
We often hear in the press of family businesses who have mishandled the succession...
Tilney Smith & Williamson, the leading wealth management and professional services group, has signalled its intention to continue expanding its Exeter office following the appointment of Neil Sparkes as a Financial Planner. The news comes on the back of the recent appointments of Neil Thornton as a Financial Planner and Will Matthewman as an Investment Manager.
Neil has more than 30 years’ financial services experience and joins from Francis Clark Financial Planning where he worked initially as a Paraplanner and latterly a Financial Planner. Prior to Francis Clark he worked...
Exeter Cathedral School has announced the appointment of Russell Collins as their Director of Music from April 2022.
Russell emerged as the stand-out candidate from an extremely impressive shortlist, and following a rigorous two-day recruitment process (candidates were asked to attend 2 interviews and a pupil panel, complete an administration task, teach a lesson, coach and accompany (sight-reading) a senior pupil, direct a choir and conduct an instrumental ensemble) the selection panel were unanimous in their decision that Mr Collins is the perfect fit for this significant post...
Exeter Airport has announced the appointment as Stephen Wiltshire as Managing Director.
Stephen, 47, has been Operations Director at Exeter for the last 12 years and before that was operations director at Blackpool Airport for six years.
He started his career as an engineering apprentice with British Aerospace at Filton near Bristol, where he is from originally.
It was during a placement in air traffic control operations as part of his apprenticeship that he got the bug for airports, becoming operations and facilities manager at Filton before moving on to Blackpool...
A public consultation is being held on proposed public realm enhancements in Alphington.
With planned development in South West Exeter likely to increase travel through Alphington, Devon County Council is exploring a series of improvements for Church Road and Chudleigh Road to reduce vehicle speeds, improve the public realm and provide better facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
Design work for public realm enhancements in Alphington was initially carried out in 2014. However, with funding now secured for improvements, these designs are being revisited to ensure that...
Local outstanding home care provider, Home Instead, is gearing up for a sharp rise in demand for its services, which in turn has led to new employment opportunities for people in the local area who want to start, or further a career in care.
Each year, Home Instead Exeter and East Devon sees a 25% seasonal uplift in client enquiries over the winter period. In the last four months alone, the company has seen a 50% increase in care enquiries: a trend which they anticipate will continue. When families and friends get together for festive gatherings, they often notice changes in...
Barchester’s Cumberland Grange Care Home in Exeter got in the Christmas spirit this week by sending along Homes Services Advisor, Hugh Dickinson, to deliver some delicious cupcakes prepared by head chef, John Holman, for a charity Christmas light switch on in Ottery St Mary. All the staff and residents at Cumberland Grange care home love getting involved with the local community and supporting charity events. Having a specialist unit for residents with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, they were very happy to have the opportunity to help raise funds for such an important cause. Lighting up time...
A local jeweller is spreading the love this Christmas as it announces a search for Exeter’s ultimate ‘love language’.
Beaverbrooks in Princesshay is giving local people a chance to show how they express their love for a partner, family member or friend, with £1,000 worth of sparkling jewellery up for grabs for the most heart-felt stories.
The jeweller has announced the search after revealing that only 43 per cent of Brits say ‘I love you’ to their nearest and dearest every day, with 55 per cent struggling to find the words to say how much they care about someone....
Inspired Villages – which owns Millbrook retirement village in Exeter – has granted a special wish for resident and trailblazer Moira Vickerman. Thanks to the later living operator, Moira, aged 87, has visited her alma mater, the University of Exeter – where she was the first female president of the university’s law society from 1957-58.
Moira’s wish was granted as part of Inspired Villages’ ‘Retired? No, Inspired’ campaign, which is helping residents to achieve their long-held dreams. The campaign aims to show how your later years can be the best of your life because you finally...
This week the UK government announced the booster programme is being significantly expanded to fight the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced that current vaccines are likely to be at least partially effective against the Omicron variant and that having the booster offers a much higher antibody response against Covid-19.
Around 50,000 people are already being vaccinated against Covid-19 each week in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. The NHS is working to increase this capacity following the announcement that the booster...
