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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...

Flatbed Trailer Rentals: The How and Why Companies Choose to Rent Flatbed Trailers

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 10/22/2019 - 8:39am

Flatbed trailers are used for many diverse purposes. This style of commercial vehicle, since it is not enclosed, does lend itself well to less size-specific hauls or loads. This includes but is not limited to over size loads (housing and cars), equipment loads, and for many companies, waste removal and garbage loads. Since many companies are restricted in the dumping of waste materials to certain landfills, any type of waste or garbage, if there is a goodly amount, must be trucked to another area and dumped according to regulations. If a company does not do this on a regular basis, owning...

What Canadians can take away from the National Justice Survey

In a nutshell, the role of criminal justice is to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws. A criminal lawyer is a professional who will help those accused or suspected of doing this and they play a fundamental role in representing the defendant throughout the trial. However just as important is for the general public to know what their rights are and have at least a basic understanding of the justice system.

In an effort to learn more about perceptions and knowledge of Canadians, the Department of Justice conducts a survey every year. The most recent findings...

Going Local 2019 will match local suppliers with public sector buyers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/22/2019 - 6:24am

A major event aimed at local suppliers who want to find out how to work with the public services is taking place in Exeter later this month.

The Going Local 2019 event has been organised by the Devon and Cornwall Procurement Partnership, and will be held at Exeter Corn Exchange on Tuesday 29 October, 10am-2pm.

Among those taking part are South West Police Procurement Department, Exeter City Council, Torbay Council, Devon County Council, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, and Teignbridge District Council. This event will provide suppliers with the opportunity to:...

Online gambling halls as a business model: To create or not to create them?

An increasing number of people is choosing entrepreneurship as the best perspective. And every entrepreneur is looking for a segment of market where to open a successful business to gain profit. An interesting area for this is gambling, namely the opening of a casino on the Internet.

Online casinos have recently become widespread. As popularity grows, rumors and superstitions constantly circulate around them, which in essence are not supported by anything, but regularly mislead ordinary people. This is all due to the fact that in most countries gambling is prohibited, so online...

Ben Travers

Global internet advisory role for Exeter lawyer

Authored by Paula_D
Posted: Mon, 10/21/2019 - 8:56am

An Exeter lawyer has been appointed to the internet committee of a global trade mark organisation.

Ben Travers, partner and head of intellectual property and IT at Stephens Scown LLP, will help to advise the International Trademark Association (INTA) on how trade marks are used in the domain name system.

“Along with my fellow committee members, I will monitor developments in global internet governance, social media, mobile apps and other technical platforms,” explains Ben Travers.

The role is set to benefit Stephens Scown’s clients too. “Being at the forefront of...

Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden launches new Centre for Entrepreneurship 

Dragons’ Den star and businesswoman Deborah Meaden has helped launched the University of Exeter’s new Centre for Entrepreneurship.

The centre will help create the next generation of start-up founders and innovators who will thrive in the fourth industrial revolution. It will help people start meaningful ventures which improve society and their communities, with their work informed by research from the centre’s experts.

The centre builds on the work already ongoing at the University of Exeter to encourage student entrepreneurship, including the Student Startup Team.

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Marvellous PR becomes media partner of the South West Business Expo

The South West Business Expo, the leading business showcase in the South West and second largest in the UK, today announced a partnership for the upcoming event in November 2019.

Marvellous PR, one of the region’s leading PR, social media and content marketing agencies, will become the (PR) partner to the Expo which showcases and celebrates the Business Community from across the Region which now moves into its 8th year.

The annual Expo takes place at Westpoint Arena, Exeter, and provides an enormous platform for businesses to grow and prosper. Free to attend, it offers...

Devon engineer recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Engineering

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/21/2019 - 6:09am

Katy Toms, a senior engineer at WSP Exeter and Chair of the board of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West, has been announced as one of the top 100 Most Influential Women in the engineering sector.

The list, produced by board appointments firm, Inclusive Boards, in partnership with the Financial Times, will be officially released at the Inclusive Boards: Women in Engineering Leadership Conference on October 22nd.

On the same day, Inclusive Boards will also be publishing extensive research into engineering in the UK, as well as the results of their diversity...

Transform a kitchen or bathroom area with Community Fund help

RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund aims to help groups, charities and schools from across the region to finance projects they would otherwise be unable to complete. For its next giveaway, the builders merchant is offering £1,000 to help transform a kitchen or bathroom area.

Perhaps a school would like to update its kitchen cupboards, or add new appliances to a teaching space, or a community centre would like to create an inclusive bathroom area. Whatever the project, RGB would like to hear how groups in the local area would use the donation.

The builders...

West Devon Premier B Netball Team

SSG sponsors growing netball club 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/20/2019 - 6:57pm

SSG Training and Consultancy are proud to be the sponsors for a West Devon Netball team for the 19/2020 season.

The West Devon Premier B Netball Team were struggling to find a new sponsor before SSG stepped in to offer up sponsorship.

A fundamental part of the SSG business ethos is to support the local community, financially and by giving time to activities termed ‘Beyond Business’.

SSG have sponsored various sporting teams this year including Tavistock Cricket Club and Devonport Services Rugby Club Under 11s team; who played at Twickenham during the Army v Rugby...

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