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Devon site manager wins prestigious national award

A Devon site manager is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for his work at a local housing development.

Chris Spencer, a Site Manager from Devon, received the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Quality Award for excellence in on-site management at David Wilson’s Hampton Mill in Okehampton.

For more than 40 years, the NHBC’s Pride in the Job scheme has been dedicated to recognising the industry’s very best performers and is a prestigious accolade that site managers aspire to achieve.

To receive the award, site managers must score...

Acronyms

Acronyms promotes Matt Cook recognising role in Cornish expansion

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/16/2020 - 10:35pm

Leading South-West IT company, Acronyms has promoted Matt Cook to Business Development Manager. This is a reflection of Matt’s role in the acquisition of Cornish IT support provider, IT-OK earlier in 2020.

Matt initially joined Acronyms in February 2019 with an extensive background in business development across a broad band of industries. Throughout his time at Acronyms, Matt has prided himself on building strong business relationships, whilst ensuring that the client is getting the right solution for the right issue, and it is this honest approach, which is reflected throughout...

Hollis celebrates its first year of business in Exeter

International independent real estate consultancy Hollis is celebrating its first year of successful business in Exeter.

Over the past 12 months, the firm has seen the team double in size and the range of clients the team services has also grown to include The Crown Estate, British Land and a number of local private property owners and investors.

The team has in-house specialists in dilapidations, project services, tenant alterations, pre-lease surveys, reinstatement cost assessments and planned preventative maintenance reporting. The firm has maintained a committed...

Castleforge announces investment in Exeter office real estate

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/15/2020 - 9:38am

PROPERTY investment firm Castleforge Partners today (November 13) announced the acquisition of Broadwalk House, a corporate office building in Southernhay Gardens, Exeter.

The investment comes after Castleforge’s research team identified Exeter as having one of the fastest growing city economies in the UK.

Castleforge forecasts that the 79,000 sq ft site, which is currently 64% occupied, and is located in the business centre of Exeter, holds a gross development value of over £40m.

With the investment, Castleforge plans to meet the increasing demand from...

Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

South Devon home care provider needs more carers to meet winter demand

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Sat, 11/14/2020 - 9:22am

A LEADING home care provider is creating 100 new roles this month (November 2020) to help meet growing demand for its services in south Devon as winter begins and the pandemic continues.

Guardian Homecare, which cares for people in the Exeter and surrounding areas, says it needs to boost its staff numbers as the colder weather creates a greater need for services.

Manager for the care provider, Catherine Porter says: “We’re fast approaching winter, which is our busiest time of the year because, as the temperatures drop and the night’s close in, elderly and vulnerable people...

Hanlons Brewery

Love your local: Have one for yourself!

As Samuel Johnson once said. ‘There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.’ We at Hanlons Brewery emphatically agree with the considered opinion of such an esteemed scholar and would also humbly add that we too, ‘bloody love pubs’.

Recent events have proved to be a uniquely challenging experience for the U.K’s Hospitality sector and in particular the pubs which make up a huge part of our national life. As well as providing jobs for millions of people, contributing greatly to the economic success of our country and...

Food Drink Devon

Devon's finest honoured at Food Drink Devon’s Virtual Awards

Authored by kath@raw
Posted: Fri, 11/13/2020 - 9:50am

Devon’s world-class food and drink scene was celebrated at Food Drink Devon’s Virtual Awards on Thursday 12th November. The county’s finest food and drink producers, hospitality businesses and speciality retailers were recognised at Food Drink Devon’s first ever virtual awards which were announced online by Devon food and drink champion Kerry White and board member Tom Chartres-Moore of Stephens Scown.

Food Drink Devon is a not for profit organisation, run by its members, which champions the county’s food and drink industry. Unable to hold its annual awards, due to coronavirus...

Exeter law firm named one of UK’s leading businesses for social mobility

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/12/2020 - 9:56am

The Social Mobility Foundation has announced that Exeter based law firm Browne Jacobson is one of the UK’s leading employers for promoting social mobility in the workplace.

This year, the firm has been placed 5th amongst the country’s leading employers in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2020 , rising up from 82nd place last year, making Browne Jacobson one of the highest ranked law firms in the country.

The Social Mobility Foundation singled out the firm’s partnership with the National Literacy Trust and supporting schools in deprived areas where a high proportion of...

Arbuthnot Latham announces 2020 Inspiring Innovator Award finalists

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 11/11/2020 - 10:10pm

Arbuthnot Latham & Co. Limited, the private and commercial bank, is delighted to announce the finalists of the 2020 Inspiring Innovator Awards, highlighting the continued ambition and creativity of the UK’s home-grown entrepreneurs.

Now in its fifth consecutive year, the Inspiring Innovator Awards supports young entrepreneurs looking to innovate and disrupt, bringing exciting solutions to some of the many challenges facing society today. The Awards look to guide these early stage entrepreneurs and help them build strong businesses with sustainable, long-term growth prospects...

Exeter College celebrates graduates with unique #DIYGraduation event

Exeter College has celebrated this year’s higher education graduates with a unique event that allowed them to celebrate at home, although it went above and beyond a simple live streamed ceremony.

Exeter College’s Higher Education Graduation normally takes place at Exeter Cathedral, but due to social distancing and government guidelines it had to be adapted this year. Many other institutions have moved their ceremonies online, inviting students to watch from home, but Exeter College has gone one step further, making it a hybrid event.

Each graduate who pre-registered was...

My Super Connector

Devon mentor named one of Britain’s top 50 business advisers

A Devon based business mentor has been named as one Britain’s top 50 business advisers.

Jennifer Corcoran who offers LinkedIn business advice to help local entrepreneurs, was picked from hundreds of advisers from around the UK for her work with entrepreneurs, executives, job seekers and graduates.

Jennifer who runs My Super Connector from her home office in Shaldon said: “Having spent many years working in and with small businesses I understand the many challenges they face to maintain their existence, add in Covid-19 and the challenge is immense and so if by giving my...

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