Business

The business heavyweights at Francis Clark were joined by another type of heavyweight when a life-sized model gorilla turned up at the accountancy firm’s Torquay offices.

The startling sight of managing partner Les Burnett and Head of Tax Steve Collins with the unique piece of three-dimensional public art can be explained by Francis Clark becoming Gold Sponsors of Paignton Zoo’s Great Gorilla Project.

The project is celebrating the 90th birthday of the region’s largest and best-known zoo, Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, which is a registered charity. It is also raising...

One of Devon’s oldest family businesses has joined forces with the University of Exeter and a world class business school in Switzerland to pioneer a scheme which will benefit hundreds of rural family businesses across Devon and Somerset.

The Family Business Growth Programme, which has been instigated by the family-owned land management business Clinton Devon Estates, will provide other family businesses working in agriculture and rural enterprises with access to over 25 years of family business research and learning from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD...

An Exeter-based marketing agency is trialling a new system to increase the physical activity of their staff, with the aim of boosting the overall wellness of the company.

Managers at Big Wave Media are hoping that by tracking their physical activity using MyZone , the team will become more conscious of their fitness.

MyZone is a heart-rate based system that uses wireless and cloud technology to accurately and conveniently monitor physical activity. Employees of Big Wave Media have each been given a heart rate monitor to wear while they’re exercising. When they bring the...

Cornerstone has completed its move into striking new city centre offices. The eye-catching new building is in a prominent position on Western Way and will house Cornerstone’s head office team following a move from Southernhay East, where the housing association had been based for the last 70 years.

The move is a major milestone for the organisation and has been necessary to accommodate its continued growth and development. The office, built by Morgan Sindall and designed by Heighway Field Associates, features brick and glass curtain walling, while being sympathetic to the historic...