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Rebecca Thurgood joins LHC Design board with ambition to support thriving places across the South West

Leading architecture, masterplanning and landscape practice LHC Design today [Friday, July 24th, 2026] announces Rebecca Thurgood’s appointment as board director as the firm builds on its 35-year track record of supporting sustainable development.

An award-winning architect with 25 years’ experience, Thurgood joins fellow board directors Graham Devine and Ian Noakes with an ambition to create sustainable, thriving places across the South West and the UK.

As the studio lead for LHC’s Exeter city centre office, she will support the team’s architecture, masterplanning and...

6 Traits of a Successful Project Manager

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 11/05/2019 - 6:01am

Being a project manager is not an easy position to be in. To be truly great at your job, you need to be a strategic business partner who is willing to invest their time into organizational success and to be able to deal with foreseeable setbacks. Every project manager must know how to accomplish a project on time and on a budget. They need to be consistent and willing to make changes to ensure this. If you want to stand out and be a particularly effective and successful project manager, then here are the six traits required.

Be Strategic

If you can offer a high-level of...

Exeter-based Paritor to discuss the future of music education management at the Music Mark Annual Conference 2019

Paritor, who specialise in music tuition management solutions, is delighted to be exhibiting at the Music Mark Annual Conference 2019 and launching its exclusive @Music Mark app for the event, with the chance to win an enviable tech prize.

The conference is dedicated to showcasing the latest innovations and insights in music education management and delivery.

Music Mark 2019 will take place on the 21st and 22nd November at the impressive Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, welcoming leading industry organisations, music hubs and teachers from across the UK.

Partnership,...

Delivering free advice for the people of Exeter

Citizens Advice will be working closer with the City Council to offer free, independent, confidential and impartial advice and information to people in Exeter to help resolve any problems they may be facing.

The City Council said today (Friday 1 November) that it was pleased to announce the appointment of Citizens Advice Exeter to provide a city wide Independent Information Advice and Advocacy Service.

Cllr Amal Ghusain, Lead Councillor for Equalities, Diversity and Communities, said she was delighted with the appointment: “ It is really important that we do what we can to...

Highways & transportation conference steers the way to rejuvenating the regional economy

The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation South West (CIHT SW) has set the theme of ‘Rejuvenation and the Economy’ for its annual conference, being held on 27th February 2020 at Reed Hall, University of Exeter. The annual South West regional conference is sponsored by WSP who develop creative, comprehensive and sustainable engineering solutions for a future where society can thrive.

The topic for the annual CPD event will look at insights into how transport can influence regional prosperity. This reflects CIHT’s vision of: ‘World-class transportation infrastructure...

Guardian Homecare says now the clocks have changed, elderly and vulnerable people are more inclined to stay inside, and its carers are sometimes their only link to the outside world.

Carers provide a lifeline to the vulnerable in winter

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 11/04/2019 - 9:58am

A SOUTH Devon home care provider says its carers offer a vital lifeline to those who can’t get out as much as they would like during the colder winter months (November 2019).

Guardian Homecare says now the clocks have changed, elderly and vulnerable people are more inclined to stay inside, and its carers are sometimes their only link to the outside world.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which delivers personalised home care in the Exeter area, said: “The days are now getting darker and much colder, and this can often limit the amount of time our service...

How to File a Fire Claim and the Role of the Fire Claim Adjuster

We all know that the last thing that we want to happen to our home is for it to be consumed by fire. So, being a homeowner, it is already a natural instinct that we do the necessary steps so that we can avoid getting our homes to burn down. But still, even with such precautions in place, there are things that we still cannot control and accidents can happen. So with this, it is also necessary that you not only make your home “fireproof” but you should also have an insurance policy to protect you once the inevitable happens.

And when it does, despite the tragedy, you can still be...

3 steps to creating a slick startup logo

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 11/04/2019 - 5:02am

When you’re launching a startup, there are a million important things on your mind.

For starters, you’ll have to develop your kernel of an idea into a fully-flourished business plan if you hope to secure the funding necessary to develop it to its full potential.

And you might be shelling out on prototypes to ensure a novel product works and market research to assess whether there’s enough consumer demand to make it profitable.

Then there’s the issue of deciding whether you’ll have a physical store as well as an online presence and hiring the core staff needed to get...

Terry Falcao

Employment Tribunal success for Exeter firm

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 11/03/2019 - 12:20pm

An Exeter law firm has secured compensation amounting to almost £100,000 for four clients in a series of successful Employment Tribunal cases.

The cases won by Stephens Scown LLP ranged from age and disability discrimination to sexual harassment, victimisation and constructive unfair dismissal.

“It takes an enormous amount of courage to bring a claim against your employer,” says Terry Falcao, head of the employment team at Stephens Scown and the advocate for all of the claims. “The individual circumstances of each of these cases was very different, but they all share a...

Exeter engineer wins prestigious award for ground-breaking innovation for surfers around the globe

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sat, 11/02/2019 - 6:59am

The Lord Sainsbury backed Engineers in Business Competition, which inspires engineering students and graduates to develop life changing business innovations through university enterprise competitions culminated in the first Champion of Champions Grand Final at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Ten teams that won their university heat of their Dragons’ Den style competitions reached the Grand Final where they competed for a share of £10,000 and mentoring to help them take their business innovation to the next step, be that developing a prototype, product testing or marketing....

How to boost your business during the busy holiday season

The type of industry you work in will determine how you feel about the busy holiday season. For some, the Christmas period is one of their busiest periods and the chance to make up for any quieter periods throughout the year. For others, Christmas can be one of those nail-biting times when you’re just hoping you meet your overheads.

However, it doesn’t matter what the nature of your business is, as there’s many cost-effective ways you can boost your business sales during the holiday season. Below we offer three ways you can make the most of the Christmas period and ensure your...

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