Business

Multi-award winning Devon farmer, Peter Greig, who together with his family, runs Pipers Farm, a 50 acre farm just north of Exeter, has been appointed to the board of Farmers & Fletchers in the City, the official home of The Worshipful Company of Farmers and The Worshipful Company of Fletchers, which also operates as a commercial conference, meetings and private dining venue.

Peter will bring to the board a wealth of experience gained over 25-years running a successful farming enterprise that works closely with 25 local family farms to provide high quality produce that is sold...

Beef farming and Devon’s beef industry could be under threat if the UK left the European Union, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss warned today.

93 per cent of all our beef exports went to the EU in 2015 and so beef farmers could lose millions of pounds of business if they lost access to the vital EU single market.

From steak frites to boeuf bourguignon, hamburgers to hachée, high-quality British beef is used in classic dishes across Europe, with 92,000 tonnes, worth £320million, heading to our EU neighbours last year. Devon plays a central role in this with the region’s...

One of Devon and Cornwall’s leading law firms has recorded exceptional financial growth in a year also lit up by a Sunday Times award, as it reveals its year-end figures. Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, St Austell and Truro, saw its revenue rise by 18% to £17.85m for the year ended April 2016, up from £15.1m in 2014/15. This increase exceeded the firm’s own target of £17m, and follows revenue increases of 12% and 13% in the two preceding years. The firm has continued to expand its client base in Devon and Cornwall and pursued a strategy of organic growth. Revenue growth...

Leading independent electrical wholesaler, Devondale Electrical, has been awarded bronze by people management assessor, Investors in People.

The business was first assessed as achieving the standard in 2012, but the most recent assessment found that Devondale had moved up to the next level.

Managing Director, Paul Wood said: “We are absolutely delighted to have achieved not just the standard, but a bronze level.

“This is a real stamp of approval for the professionalism of the company and a recognition of our commitment to bringing on people who work within our team...