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Exeter site manager recognised as one of the best in the country

A Redrow site manager at St Michael's Meadow has won a top national award for the quality of the homes they’re building in Exeter.

Roy Taylor has won a Pride in the Job award from the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the second consecutive year. This follows his success in 2025 when he achieved the Seal of Excellence in the regional stage of the competition – an accolade awarded to only the top 5% of site managers in the UK.

The awards, often dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the housebuilding industry, recognise the very best site managers across the country. Judging is...

Browne Jacobson announces financial results for 2020/21 with record turnover

Browne Jacobson announces financial results for 2020/21 with record turnover

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 05/20/2021 - 11:15pm

Law firm Browne Jacobson, which has an office in Exeter, has announced its financial results for 2020/21 with turnover rising 5% to a record £85m for the year ending 30 April 2021. This increase marks a 44% increase in revenues since 2015, when the firm’s turnover was £58.9m.

Key highlights during the year included a series of high profile client wins including, amongst others, Sport England, JD Sports, REAch2 Academy Trust, and GLF Schools and a series of panel appointments and re-appointments including the NHS North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative, Cornwall...

Worktop expert carves future growth

Authored by Frank Parker
Posted: Wed, 05/19/2021 - 12:12pm

Plymouth-based fabricators of natural stone furnishings, Mayflowerstone Limited, has secured a six-figure funding package from Lombard Asset Finance to drive forward plans to double turnover over the next 2 years.

The £600,000 finance from Lombard Asset Finance will enable Mayflowerstone to increase the capacity, efficiency and the already high product quality of it’s workshop in Plymouth.

The Plymouth premises is where the business stores and fabricates a range of its high-quality materials such as granite, quartz, sintered stone, marble and Corian, which can be...

Could the temporary jobs market be a lifeline for those without valuable work experience?

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/19/2021 - 11:31am

As Covid 19 put paid to traditional work experience for many school leavers and graduates, leading recruiter Acorn is pointing those looking for some on the job training to the burgeoning temporary jobs market.

The temporary jobs market is often seen by some as a last resort, but with data from Office of National Statistics (ONS), showing that people who have spent more time out of work are less likely to find a job, it seems that a temporary post could be the answer for many looking to add to their CV.

Acorn Recruitment is therefore urging job seekers at all levels not...

The Drivers' Lottery

The Drivers' Lottery to give away over £150,000 to eco-fleet drivers

White van man RIP. All hail 'Green van man'

Tens of thousands of commercial vehicle drivers are ‘quids-in’ having ditched their ‘white van man’ driver habits thanks to The Drivers’ Lottery, created by Devon entrepreneur, Mark Roberts. Encouraging smoother, safer and more eco-friendly driving, The Drivers’ Lottery has succeeded in creating a new breed of ‘green van man,’ rewarding better drivers with cash.

Last year alone, The Drivers’ Lottery , which is free to enter, paid out in excess of £50,000 to over 16,000 fleet drivers and in 2021 The Drivers’ Lottery plans to triple pay-...

Local rural champion calls on Devon businesses to enter national business awards

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Tue, 05/18/2021 - 2:25pm
Businesses in Devon are being encouraged to enter the prestigious Amazon-backed Rural Business Awards

Local business director and Rural Business Award winner, Phoebe Aubury from Cullompton, is encouraging fellow rural entrepreneurs to showcase their work, products and services to the nation at the 2021/22 Rural Business Awards. Entries for this year's competition close on 21st May 2021.

The Rural Business Awards 2021/22, backed by Amazon, marks the seventh year of celebrating the success of businesses across the UK's rural economy.

The Awards are organised by rural...

Christian Massey joins Michelmores to expand the firm's private wealth offering

Michelmores is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm's Private Wealth offering with a new team that will oversee Private Property and Landed Estates. The Team will be led by Christian Massey, who is joining Michelmores as a Partner from Charles Russell Speechlys.

Christian previously worked at Michelmores in the 1990s and will work alongside Partners Tom Hyde and Philip Wolfgang. Christian has extensive experience in managing a broad range of high value and sensitive private property work nationally, including complex landed estates, agricultural and country house...

Three Loganair services make debut to boost Exeter connectivity with North East and Scotland

A fourth to Norwich will follow Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh in July

Loganair, the UK's largest regional airline, has commenced three services that have re-established Devon's connectivity with the North East and with Scotland's two largest cities.

The direct flights to and from Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh add to the restoration of domestic connectivity to and from Exeter lost through the collapse of Flybe in March 2020.

A fourth direct route to Norwich, originally planned for September, will now commence on 12 July – a sign of rising confidence in domestic...

How to choose the right color for your email signature

An appealing email signature design means much for proper disclosure of your personality and brand. It is more than just a name and title. This small detail usually makes the first impression and sets the tone of the email communication.

Critical functions of any email signature are to provide information, attract attention and encourage response. Thus, it has to be both attractive and informative. Luckily, with broad email signature software functionality , there is no problem with fitting all the required information into a signature’s small space.

When it comes to...

Businesses supported by the University of Exeter have raised £10.3m investment despite the global pandemic

SETsquared has released data which shows that companies supported by the University of Exeter, including SETsquared Exeter, have raised £10.3m worth of investment from private and public sources in 2020.

This is also reflected in the national picture whereby SETsquared member companies raised a record level of investment totalling £616m, which represents a 40% increase on 2019.

These companies will have received support through a range of different programmes including through the SETsquared Exeter Business Acceleration Centre, ICURe innovation to commercialisation...

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Food Drink Devon gears up for post-lockdown boom

As Devon’s hospitality businesses throw open their doors once more, Food Drink Devon is ready to champion the finest food and drink in the county with a stunning new video and website and the help of Oz Clarke OBE.

Peter Gorton, award-winning chef and most recently appointed Food Drink Devon board member explains: “It has been such a challenging twelve months for our industry but we are all optimistic that there are better times ahead. We have worked tirelessly to support our members during the recent lockdowns and want to continue this work with a big boost for them all, as we...

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