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Reasons Behind the Growth of Solar Panel Installations in the UK and Ireland

In recent years, solar energy has emerged as a major contributor to the renewable energy mix in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. Once considered niche or overly dependent on subsidies, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are now becoming mainstream. A combination of technological, economic, environmental, and political factors has driven this significant rise in installations across residential, commercial, and agricultural sectors.

This guide explores the key reasons behind the growing adoption of solar panels in the UK and Ireland and why this trend is expected to continue...

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Quality mark for simulation experts is just the ticket

A Devon company that creates ‘virtual’ simulation packages for land, sea and air training is celebrating after achieving an internationally recognised quality mark.

Selective Fidelity Simulation has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 by QAS International (Quality Management Systems) for its design, manufacture and installation of equipment for synthetic training.

The company, based in Ford Road, Totnes, employs just two members of staff but has a client-list stretching from the RAF, Navy and Army to civilian companies operating ‘virtual jets’ to help people overcome their...

Quality mark for waste converters

A FIRM which helps agricultural businesses convert their waste into ‘green’ fuel, is celebrating after achieving an internationally-recognised quality mark. New Generation Biogas, based in Totnes, has been awarded the ISO 9001: 2008 by QAS International (Quality Management Systems) for its design, manufacture and installation of plant and equipment for the production of biogas. NG Biogas makes anaerobic-digesters, which break down biodegradable waste and transform it into gas, which can then be burnt to provide heat, electricity or vehicle fuel. The units enable small to medium sized farms...

Profits soar for Newton Abbot engineering business

Newton Abbot based Centek has been placed seventh in the 2014 Sunday Times BDO ‘Profit Track 100’, the influential survey which identifies UK private companies with the fastest growing profits.

It is the only company from Devon & Cornwall to feature in the Top 100 and one of only 26 manufacturing businesses to appear in this year’s survey which was published this week.

Centek are world leaders in designing and manufacturing bow spring centralisers which are used by the oil and gas industries in the drilling process to keep casing centred in holes before they are...

Exeter date for Successful Tendering seminar

Leading proposal and tender writing company, Winning Tenders, is launching its unique Successful Tendering seminar series, with the first event being held in Exeter on Monday 19 May , 4pm – 7pm at Sandy Park Conference & Banqueting Centre.

Aimed at business owners and representatives of small and medium size companies who are interested in business growth, seminar attendees will gain an understanding of the tendering process and insight into the exciting opportunities that tendering can offer.

Leading local procurement professionals and tender specialists will demystify...

Global award for Exeter Financial Planning specialists

Exeter-based Chartered financial planners Shipman Financial Planning have been recognised as best in their field by a prestigious business magazine read across the world.

Shipman - based off Southernhay, Exeter - has been voted Client Choice winner of the 2014 Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award: Family Business Advisory Firm of the Year in England.

The award is given to companies who, as well as being successful over the past 12 months, have also shown ‘excellence not only in expertise but in service.’

Corporate Intl magazine has 350,000 subscribers in 150...

Centrax open their doors to the Manufacturers’ Association for East Devon & Exeter

Devon engineering company, Centrax, recently opened their doors to 30 members of the Manufacturers’ Association for East Devon & Exeter (MADE) for a site tour around the power generation factory. Centrax, based in Newton Abbot, manufacture industrial power generation equipment for the global market.

Members of MADE, part of Exeter’s Initiative for Science & Technology (ExIST) a sub-group of Exeter Chamber of Commerce & Industry, enjoyed an evening tour of the two manufacturing divisions – the Gas Turbine Division (GTD) and the Turbine Components Limited (CTCL).

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Selecting wine for your business event – In a nutshell

In this video business expert Yannick Loué at Le Vignoble gives great advice on how to select the best wine for your business event.

Yannick explains what he would offer for an event with no formal sit down meal and a dinner party: “If you have the task of selecting wines for a dinner party, make sure you are understand the food which will be served and also the time of the year. Once again select a white, rose and red to match the food, but also consider the time of day, weather etc.

Thinking about the big picture will avoid making the mistake of serving a high alcohol...

Charity receives boost from cruise company

One of the region’s top wildlife charities, Devon Wildlife Trust, has been celebrating this week after receiving a £800 cash boost from Exmouth-based company Stuart Line Cruises.

The money has been raised through the generous donations of passengers on the company’s Guided Bird Watching Cruises. The trips take in some of the best wildlife watching places in the whole of the South West including Dawlish National Nature Reserve and the wider Exe Estuary. The ever-popular cruises are a particular favourite of wildlife enthusiasts, attracting people from across the world to see the...

Everys Solicitors meet the cast of Centre Stage’s Whistle Down the Wind

Staff from Everys Solicitors’ Exmouth branch have met up with the Centre Stage cast of Whistle Down the Wind ahead of their show which started this week.

Family law partner Kim Stradling and private client solicitor Margaret Broom called in on one of Centre Stage’s rehearsals to pass on their best wishes for the six-day run of the musical that will be shown at the Exmouth Pavilion until April 12.

Everys Solicitors recently signed up as a sponsor of the town’s award-winning youth musical theatre company.

Established in 1971 Centre Stage has a membership of 60 young...

Need a Non-Exec Director to Boost Your Management?

Getting the right support for a growing business is crucial but how do you get the experience and knowledge you need from non-executive directors if you don’t have a high budget? Equally how do you get to become a non-executive director and use your management experience?

These are the issues being tackled by Boardcircle, a new organisation set up to match growing businesses with non-executive directors through an innovative new programme. Boardcircle proposes a solution in which companies ‘share’ members of their own management team/board as non-execs, to learn through ‘doing’ and...

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Reasons Behind the Growth of Solar Panel Installations in the UK and Ireland

Quality mark for simulation experts is just the ticket

Quality mark for waste converters

Profits soar for Newton Abbot engineering business

Exeter date for Successful Tendering seminar

Global award for Exeter Financial Planning specialists

Centrax open their doors to the Manufacturers’ Association for East Devon & Exeter

Selecting wine for your business event – In a nutshell

Charity receives boost from cruise company

Everys Solicitors meet the cast of Centre Stage’s Whistle Down the Wind

Need a Non-Exec Director to Boost Your Management?

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