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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...

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Willmott Dixon investing in Devon

Construction company, Willmott Dixon, is expanding its business in the South West peninsular having recently won four major contacts in the area. Together the investment exceeds £20 million and work will begin straight away. Willmott Dixon have committed that £16 million will be spent in Devon, with Devon based contractors.

Willmott Dixon is inviting companies from across the construction sector to attend a Meet the Contractor event at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter on 4 September. Attendees at the event will learn more about Willmott Dixon, its regional presence and its...

Exeter’s historic waterside wine cellars to become new micro brewery

St Austell Brewery, one of the South West’s leading breweries, is planning to invest £1.5million in transforming a derelict 19th century warehouse on Exeter’s vibrant quayside into a brand new pub-restaurant and micro-brewery.

The building, in Commercial Road on The Quay, has been bought leasehold from Exeter City Council by Cornwall’s premier independent brewery, and will be dramatically renovated to create a new venue for the city.

St Austell Brewery is currently revising a planning application for the stone building and hopes to begin renovation works in early 2014, with...

Ten new ‘leaders’ for Stephens Scown

Ten solicitors from leading South West law firm, Stephens Scown LLP, are celebrating after being selected as new ‘leaders in their field’ in the latest edition of Chambers , an independent guide to the legal profession.

The happy ten are Andrew Barton, Jo Stone and Sarah Atkinson (family law), Ben Travers (information technology), Catherine Mathews (litigation), Helen Furneaux (charities), Sally Norcross-Webb (mining and corporate), Susie Murray (agriculture and rural affairs), Hilary Pitts and Keith Wright (social housing). They join Stephens Scown’s 16 current ‘leaders’.

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Network Central Show at Sandy Park in doubt after company director jailed for 6 months

The Network Central event due to take place at Exeter's Sandy Park in November has been thrown into disrepute following the sentencing of well-known Devon businessman and the event's organiser Rod Major. Mr Major has been jailed for acting in contravention to a ban on running a company and owing creditors a total of £126,000.

While awaiting sentencing, Mr Major is reported to have carried on the business from a base in Marsh Barton, Exeter. Major’s company Network Solutions ran events in Barnstaple, Plymouth, Torbay, Cornwall, Bridgwater and Taunton and was, until this morning,...

Solicitors raise funds for Help for Heroes

Help for Heroes is set to benefit from £2,456 raised by local legal firm Stephens Scown following fundraising over the last 12 months.

Fundraising events included cake bake sales, dress down days, quiz nights and a Wimbledon themed night. Robert Camp, Managing Partner of Stephens Scown, said: “Help for Heroes is our firm-wide charity which staff voted for and which we have been supporting for the last few years. We are delighted to be giving our time and efforts for such a positive cause that does so much for our servicemen and women.”

Clare Hutton, Help for Heroes’...

Stephens Scown sponsor practical exporting event

Stephens Scown LLP has announced its sponsorship of the Devon International Trade Forum (DITF) event on 10 September 2013, aimed at providing practical advice on exporting for local businesses.

The event, which is being held at the Innovation Centre at Exeter University, starts at 5.30pm, with presentations beginning at 6.45pm and ending at around 8.30pm.

A variety of South West businesses have been invited to speak at the event which has a distinctly international flavour. Ben Travers, Head of Intellectual Property and IT Law at Stephens Scown, is one of the speakers,...

CBI raises its 2013 UK growth forecast

The CBI has raised its growth forecasts for 2013 and 2014 from 1.0% to 1.2%. But the UK's leading business lobbying organisation says the rebalancing away from consumption towards investment and trade is taking longer than expected.

The CBI says it has increased the figure from its May forecast, after a better than expected second quarter and signs of a pick-up in confidence across a broad range of sectors, including services, construction and manufacturing.

In 2014, the CBI expects the economy to gather pace, forecasting 2.3% GDP growth up from 2.0% in May, as disposable...

Colin hangs up his keys after clocking up 700,000 miles

A Stagecoach employee who has spent 42 years ‘on the buses’ has hung up his keys for the last time.

As an examiner Colin Kneeshaw was the man whose approval many drivers had to win before passing their test. But despite his intimidating role, he was a popular member of the team who, during his time, made a piece of company history.

Colin, 66, joined the former Devon General as a conductor after leaving the army. He only intended working for six months “until something better came along” but stayed for 12 and was then asked to train as a driver.

Colin enjoyed life...

Careers advice for the over 50s

Careers South West has launched an initiative that promises to help fifty-somethings decide on their future career path.

The new ‘Mid Life Career Forecast’ service offers free careers advice sessions to people aged 50 and over and is available for up to 200 eligible people across the South West on a first come, first served basis.

The Mid Life Career Forecast is suitable for mature people who are considering whether to change their career at this more uncertain time of life as well as those who want to develop their skills more, are interested in self-employment or want...

Chalk & Ward Advertising say Thank You

Chalk & Ward Advertising recently held a ‘Thank You’ party for all those involved in making their move from The Quay to Southernhay a smooth transition.

Managing Director Robert Chalk said; “We were very lucky to have had such good people working on our behalf, the architect and builders did a fantastic job on the building renovations and turned it around really quickly. Similarly, everyone on the legal side and tech support were also brilliant, getting us up and running on time. We felt it was really important to get everyone together and say thank you, it was a fantastic...

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How Exeter Businesses Use New Technologies to Boost Efficiency

Willmott Dixon investing in Devon

Exeter’s historic waterside wine cellars to become new micro brewery

Ten new ‘leaders’ for Stephens Scown

Network Central Show at Sandy Park in doubt after company director jailed for 6 months

Solicitors raise funds for Help for Heroes

Stephens Scown sponsor practical exporting event

CBI raises its 2013 UK growth forecast

Colin hangs up his keys after clocking up 700,000 miles

Careers advice for the over 50s

Chalk & Ward Advertising say Thank You

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