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An Exeter builder has welcomed the Government’s move to help military personnel lay down roots and own their own home through the new Forces Help to Buy scheme.

The initiative, which is due to be launched in early April, will initially cover a three-year period aimed at addressing the low rate of home ownership in the Armed Forces.

The new Forces Help to Buy scheme will mean servicemen and women can borrow up to 50% of their salary, interest-free, to buy their first home, up to a maximum of £25,000, providing a boost to those needing to find a deposit to buy their own home...

In this video local business expert James Orpin from Tozers Solicitors explains shareholders agreements.

James explains what shareholders agreements are and what you should consider when putting one in place “A key employee is issued shares or granted an option for shares to incentivise them and promote their loyalty. In this scenario, provisions should possibly be included which can force them to transfer their shares should they cease to be an employee. A common question is whether there is a standard form of shareholders agreement. The short answer is no, each one is drafted...

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...

Exeter have completed their part of the Basepoint Relay Cycle Challenge in aid of Sport Relief set by Basepoint HQ.

Each of the 30 Basepoint centres were challenged to cycle to the next nearest centre.

Centre Manager, John, and Assistant Centre Manager, Amy, on Tuesday cycled 62 miles between them... the equivalent of the distance between Basepoint Exeter and Basepoint Weymouth.

They then set the Exeter Licensees a challenge - to cycle the distance between the Basepoint Centres in Exeter, Weymouth, Bournemouth and Gosport - a total of 143 miles in a day.

The...