Business

Exeter Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the guest speaker for the 11th annual business dinner will be TV and radio comedian and bestselling author Tony Hawks.

Tony is the author of the bestseller ‘Round Ireland with a Fridge’ - the story of his absurd quest to hitch round the circumference of Ireland within a month... with a fridge. The book became a top 10 Sunday Times bestseller in 1998, was serialised on BBC Radio 4, and led to a six month TV advertising campaign for HARP Irish Lager. It has now sold over 800,000 copies worldwide including the US and Australia, and has...

Lloyd Barnes Accountancy Recruitment staged a Charity Quiz Night at Exeter Golf & Country Club, on 7th October, raising over £790 to their nominated charity, The Exeter Foundation.

This annual quiz night was attended by over 120 finance and accounting professionals from businesses across Devon including: Flybe, Coastal Recycling, EDF, Foot Anstey, Thrifty, Cobell and Maximus.

The overall winners were The Exeter (formerly known as Exeter Family Friendly), whose combined intellect pipped the other 20 teams to the post by only a few points to win a case of Veuve Clicquot...

Devon-based stove manufacturer, Dean Forge, has recently invested over £130,000 in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and a second showroom, along with opening a second Devon showroom in Exeter. In response to increased demand for its handmade products, the new facilities will allow the company to expand production and guarantee top quality, while the new venue in Exeter offers a convenient outlet for shoppers.

Simon Chew, Co-Owner of Dean Forge, explains: “We really celebrate our Devon heritage and champion UK manufacturing. Our products are handmade in our Dean Prior...

Exeter Chiefs duo Jack Nowell and Henry Slade were both on the scoresheet as England concluded their World Cup with a comprehensive 60-3 rout of Uruguay in Manchester.

Winger Nowell crossed three times for Stuart Lancaster’s side, as did No.8 Nick Easter, while Anthony Watson plundered two and there was also a debut score for Slade and a penalty try.

With Lancaster opting to field four fly-halves in his back division, it was Slade, the Exeter centre who used his second cap to produce a performance – albeit against outclassed opponents – that begged the question why this was...