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How Exeter Businesses Use New Technologies to Boost Efficiency

It is hard to think of Exeter without picturing its familiar rhythms. The clink of cups in a café that has been there for forty years. The hum of a market stall fan on a summer afternoon. The way the High Street leans into the day, unhurried but not lazy. Beneath this steady scene, however, something is shifting. It is not loud or obvious. It happens in offices above shops, in converted industrial units, and behind the glass of unmarked buildings where screens glow late into the night. The city’s businesses are wiring themselves into the twenty-first century, and they are doing it with...

Liv Butler

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Bank of England maintains interest rates at 0.5%

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee has voted to maintain bank interest rates at 0.5% at its meeting on 4 September.

The decision is in line with the monetary policy forward guidance announced last month by Governor, Mark Carney, alongside the publication of the August 2013 Inflation Report.

It has also agreed to keep the scale of its quantitative easing programme at £375 billion.

Exmouth dental practice continues to expand

Highly regarded Exmouth based dentists Hedley Saunders and Charles Barrie are delighted to welcome Dr Robert Mew as a new partner in the practice. Robert qualified at University of Birmingham and joined the expanding practice two years ago. He is a big believer in minimally invasive dentistry and preventive treatment and is an active member of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, assisting at conferences and keeping up to date with the latest techniques in cosmetic dentistry and bleaching. In his spare time Robert is a keen rower and found time to marry Dr Nicola Burton, also a...

Care home worker Morag Rowse is a finalist in the Devon Venus Women in Business Awards

Morag Rowse, the activities organiser at Beaconville Nursing Home in Ivybridge, South Devon, has been confirmed as one of just three finalists in the Employee of the Year category at this year’s Devon Venus Women in Business Awards, sponsored by The Exeter daily.

There were over 50 entrants in the category, which were whittled down to 10 before members of the public were asked to vote.

There was huge support for Morag, who organises activities for patients, produces the home’s publication the Beaconville Times and manages the Friends of Beaconville – a group dedicated to...

MP to welcome local insurer's new apprentice

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 09/01/2013 - 12:06pm

NFU Mutual, the UK’s leading rural insurer, has appointed Laura Holman under a Business and Administrative Apprenticeship scheme coordinated by Bicton College.

The year-long scheme awards apprentices with an NVQ Level 2 in Business and Administration alongside a comprehensive training schedule with a suitable business partnership.

Richard Pym, Agent for NFU Mutual in Crediton, said: “We can see great potential for business growth in our area and this apprenticeship scheme allows us to pursue that potential and maintain the high levels of service received by our members.”...

Bespoke design for Gregory’s new refrigerated trailers

Gregory Distribution has updated its fleet of temperature controlled vehicles used on the company’s contract with the Appleby Westward Group servicing SPAR stores across the South West of England.

The investment involves the acquisition of 10 Carrier Transicold Vector™ 1950 MT (multi-temperature) refrigeration units which have had many features bespoke designed for Gregory making the trailers some of the most advanced and safe in current operation.

Simon Thomson, Gregory’s Spar Contract Operations Manager based at the business’ Cullompton depot, played a major role in...

Exeter Cleaning takes off 'Invisibility Cloak'

Authored by Socialhaus
Posted: Fri, 08/30/2013 - 8:14pm

City contract cleaning company, Exeter Cleaning has launched a new website aimed at shedding light on its contract cleaning service. The company, based in Broadclyst, made the announcement during popular social media event #DevonHour.

Exeter Cleaning’s new site at http://www.exeterofficecleaning.co.uk will become the hub for the company’s professional specialist services which include offices, medical and food handling businesses.

Speaking about the new site, Exeter Cleaning’s Mark Walker said “Clients tend to like us to work when there is nobody else about, so while there...

Kitsons warm up for Three Peaks trek with series of charity challenges

Staff at leading Devon law firm Kitsons have taken on a trio of charity challenges in aid of Children’s Hospice South West with an ultra marathon and a firm-wide kilometre challenge covering more than 1,200km in 32 hours ahead of the mighty Three Peaks Challenge next month.

Kitsons’ Partner and Head of Property, Patrick Gaskins and Andrew Morris of Headland Finance kicked off the first challenge by completing the epic ‘Race to the Stones’ 100km trail running race in a 24 hour timeframe along the oldest path in Britain. The duo followed the footsteps of Romans, Vikings, farmers and...

Local contract hire & leasing company supplies new corporate aviation vehicle to airport

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Wed, 08/28/2013 - 10:47am

Independently owned Vehicle Save Contract Hire & Leasing Limited based in Exeter has supplied a second corporate aviation bus for Exeter International Airport. The new vehicle will be used for escorting private passengers using chartered or privately-owned jets, from their aircraft to the terminal or their own onward transport.

Delivery of the distinctive Vauxhall Vivaro was taken by Group Corporate Aviation Manager Chris Beer who heads a team of three offering a premier corporate concierge service, bespoke to the needs of private passenger clients. The team marshall the...

High demand for business premises

High demand for premises from small firms has seen East Devon District Council let all its available business units over the last month.

Four units have been taken up in Axminster at Millwey Rise with the new firms trading including commercial vehicle agents for Italian car manufacturer Piaggio, a fishing bait manufacturer, a caravan refurbishment business and a glazier.

In Seaton a car cleaning and valeting business has moved into the one of the Riverside Workshops whilst in Sidmouth a unit at the Manstone Workshops has just been taken on by a bespoke carpenter and joiner...

YouGen founder up for two prestigious Devon Venus Awards

YouGen founder Cathy Debenham has reached the final three in the Green Business and Inspirational Woman categories of the Devon Venus Awards . She will find out whether she has won at a grand awards ceremony in Exeter University’s Great Hall on 5 September 2013.

Cathy started YouGen in 2008, having noticed that it was difficult to get the practical information she needed to assess whether renewable energy was suitable for her house. Since then, the website has had nearly a million visits, and 2.5m page views.

“Just being nominated in two categories of the Devon Venus Awards...

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