South West public relations consultancy KOR Communications has won a major contract to deliver strategic communications advice and services to an international project which will see electricity flowing between France, the Channel Islands and the UK.
The Exeter-based consultancy is providing communications and engagement support to the FAB Project which aims to build a subsea and underground interconnector linking the French and British national grids.
The cables will run from the Cherbourg peninsula in France to East Devon via the Channel Island of Alderney where they will...
The number of Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon fell to 3,237 during May, the lowest on record.
In Devon the total number of claimants fell 75 when compared to the previous month April.
Seven of Devon’s eight districts experiencing small falls in JSA, ranging between 6 and 8 claimants. Exeter being the exception, with a rise of just 5 claimants over the period.
The claimant rate (proportion of the county’s working age population claiming JSA) remained largely unchanged, South Hams and West Devon falling by just 0.1%.
The UK’s membership of the European Union has helped boost job creation and growth in the South West for more than forty years, with as many as 250,000 jobs in the region currently linked to exports to the Single Market, the CBI argues.
According to figures from HM Treasury, there is the potential to create 74,340 future jobs for the South West if the UK remains in the EU, and continues to deepen economic ties with its member states.
Several key sectors in the region depend on the Single Market:
83,960 manufacturing jobs in the South West are linked to UK
The Donkey Sanctuary’s Car Show in Sidmouth is back on Sunday 3 July from 10am to 2pm, and it’s bigger than ever.
After the success of the first Car Show in 2015, The Donkey Sanctuary is pleased to announce that they will be running another show in July! At last year’s show they were host to over 300 fantastic cars from humble Austins to exotic Lamborghinis and this year’s show is set to be even better.
The Donkey Sanctuary Car Show brings car fanatics of all types together. As well as getting to see the cars on show, there will be trade stands and refreshments on offer....
PKF Francis Clark is celebrating the success of Corporate Finance senior associate Matt Willmott who has been awarded Young Dealmaker of the year at the Insider South West Dealmakers Awards 2016.
The prestigious awards recognise and reward the wealth of talent in the region’s professional services sector and celebrate the success achieved by dealmakers in the South West over the past 12 months.
Matt Willmott joined PKF Francis Clark’s Corporate Finance team in 2010 and has extensive experience across company acquisitions and disposals, raising finance, due diligence,...
The governors of Tipton St John Primary School have announced ambitious plans to re-locate their ageing, flood-prone buildings to a brand new site.
The Church of England school has been flooded on a number of occasions with children being evacuated and the school being shut for major clean-up operations.
The governors had applied to Education Minister Lord Nash for funding to re-locate the school within the village.
But they have now been told that the Government will not fund the move to another village site.
Now – following talks with the Diocese of Exeter...
Poor weather conditions have forced a planned road closure on the A361 North Devon Link Road to be postponed again.
The closure for resurfacing work between Bolham roundabout and Station Road, South Molton, was due to take place between 6am and 4pm from Tuesday 21 June to Thursday 23 June.
The work will be re-scheduled to take place in the coming weeks. Re-scheduled dates have yet to be confirmed but will be publicised in advance.
Advance information signs on site will be amended to display the revised closure dates and information on Devon County Council’s...
A digital marketing agency has created a full time position for its first apprentice following the successful completion of her course.
MiHi Digital, which was founded by Mark Worden from his living room on the Exeter Quayside almost three years ago, has grown exponentially year on year, seeing a 60% increase in new clients in the past 12 months and expanding its team as a result.
Former journalist Amelia Chubb joined MiHi Digital a year ago as the company’s first digital marketing apprentice. After successfully completing her twelve months of training, Amelia has now...
Under 5’s and their families celebrated National Bookstart Week with FREE Bounce & Rhyme events on the beaches of Devon.
Over 350 parents and children attended the events which were designed to encourage reading as a fun activity. They were held by Devon Libraries in conjunction with Bookstart and Children's Centre staff across the county. Themed ‘Under the Sea’, events were held at Ilfracombe, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Dartmouth & Exmouth and were aimed at under 5’s and their parents and carers.
Reading resources were gifted to parents and children from Devon Libraries...
Join Dartmoor National Park Rangers, Volunteer Wardens and staff for 2 minutes @ 2pm on Thursday 23 June at Spitchwick, Deeper Marsh, for a #2 minute litter pick (as seen on BBC Springwatch!), to tidy up the popular picnic spot.
This area always suffers from recreational litter, despite our efforts to keep it clean and tidy, so we would love you to help for just two minutes! We are meeting at the car park at Deeper Marsh (Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 713712) and will spend some ‘tidy-up time’ to get Spitchwick, spick and span…gloves and tools provided, and of course a treat...
