Businesses across the South West are already reaping awards in their sectors and enjoying significant business growth in 2014. Grads for Growth, who support graduate recruitment in such businesses, have recognised a surge in activity this year and anticipate many more exciting graduate opportunities as businesses in the region continue to innovate and grow.
Celebrations are in order for the talented graduates who have played a part in catalysing the growth of innovative businesses and award-winning product innovation. And as employment opportunities increase, graduate job-seekers...
Twelve innovative Business from around Devon travelled to London yesterday (Monday March 31) to promote investment in the county’s business community.
In an event organised with support from Devon County Council’s ‘Devon Delivers’ project has seen business leaders from the digital, creative and ICT sectors meet with MPs and national journalists to tell their stories.
Among the businesses represented at the event was Exeter based success Rokk Media, who have recently extended their business by opening a London office.
Exeter Chiefs may face an uphill struggle in their battle to reach the top six of the Aviva Premiership, but winger Matt Jess has not given up hope of the Devon club achieving their seasonal aim.
Saturday’s narrow 14-13 loss at home against Gloucester saw Rob Baxter's side slip to ninth in the current standings, some 14 points adrift of former champions Harlequins in sixth.
With just four fixtures remaining for the Devon club - including home dates with both Sale Sharks and Harlequins who sit above them - Jess has not written off his side’s chances of muscling their way...
The Sports Park on the University of Exeter campus has today played host to over 1,000 primary school children from across the county taking part in the Devon Winter School Games.
Young people from across Devon will today get the chance to compete in a range of sports including netball, rugby, volleyball and hockey as well as the opportunity for young people with pan-disabilities to take part in boccia & goalball events. The event is part of the national Sainsbury’s School Games programme and for the first time, the event will also give children from primary schools in Devon...
Devon’s own success story ‘Casitas’ are back in Devon for a homecoming gig on Friday 18th April at the Tobacco Factory in Exeter.
Casitas, consisting of Barney, James, Ed, Felix and Jack, are returning to Devon after uprooting to London to further their music career.
Originally from Exeter, they will perform at the Tobacco Factory in the city on Friday 18th April at 7pm.
As well as their Exeter performance the group, who were recently featured on Dermot O’Leary’s Radio Two show, are also set to perform a live session for BBC Introducing in Devon on Saturday 19th...
Officers investigating a robbery in Honiton have released CCTV footage of a man they are urgently trying to trace. This distressing footage shows the moment the man entered the antique shop at around 9am on Saturday 22 March and grabbed the female staff member from behind. Detective Inspector Charlie Craig, from the investigation team, said: “Although we have followed up a number of lines of enquiry, we still do not know who this man is. “He may not live in Devon and Cornwall so we are urging people to share this footage with friends across the country, using social media, so we can find...
The Devon stage of the Tour 2014 will start in Exmouth and take the long way round to Exeter. Annnounced at a national launch event in London yesterday evening (Monday 31 March) tour organisers SweetSpot Group and hosts Devon County Council announced that which returns to the county for another year on Thursday September 11.
The start and finish venues are a reversal of the 2011 Devon Stage, when Britain’s Mark Cavendish led out his teammate Mark Renshaw for a memorable victory on Exmouth seafront.
Following the success of last year’s Devon Stage from Sidmouth to Dartmoor,...
