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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...

TFLC Board of Directors

Four new Directors for family law firm

South West family law specialist The Family Law Company has appointed four new Directors from within its ranks to strengthen its team and secure long-term succession plans.

The move swells the number on the Board by a third, with 58 percent now being women. Two of the new Directors are based at the company’s head office in Exeter and two at its Plymouth office.

In Exeter, Accounts Manager Jennie Wise has been with The Family Law Company for 20 years; she started with the company as an administrative assistant. Senior Associate Solicitor Fiona Wadey joined the firm in 2012...

Plymouth Science Park

PSP firm continues international expansion as success grows

More than 80 jobs are being created at a Plymouth Science Park based company this year as tech firm Sponge continues to expand upon its’ award-winning successes – despite the current uncertainty generated by Brexit.

Sponge delivers bespoke digital learning designed to train employees and improve performance for multi-national brands.

Virtual reality is just one of the latest technologies used by the team to make learning an immersive and enjoyable experience. One such training package focused on helping Royal Mail postal workers reduce the risk of dog attacks during their...

How content marketing can help your travel business grow

The travel industry and content marketing – the two couldn't be more perfectly aligned. Couple beautiful imagery and videos with interesting destination descriptions and guides. Then add resort stats, customer reviews, user-generated content and accommodation recommendations and you're on to a winning combination.

Content marketing is key to growing your travel business's awareness and potential customer base, and to helping you meet your wider business goals. Invest in a strong content marketing strategy and you will see it contribute to your business's bottom line.

With...

Plymouth Science Park

Expansion for successful PSP heart screening team

Nearly 10,000 people have benefitted from a heart screening service, based at Plymouth Science Park, which is now tripling the size of its premises to meet increasing demand.

Ultracardiac is also planning to take on an extra cardiac sonographer and another receptionist - having already more than doubled its staffing numbers in nearly two years.

The company is able to provide detailed heart scans (echocardiograms) for patients from its HQ at PSP, conveniently sited next to Derriford Hospital.

The team spent more than three years planning the venture which has...

Green light for £30 million of transport infrastructure

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/10/2019 - 2:49pm

More than £30 million of major transport infrastructure has been approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet today (Wednesday 10 April).

The programme of transport schemes aims to deliver infrastructure priorities across the county and continues support for sustainable travel to encourage growth in walking, cycling and public transport.

DevonCounty Council Leader John Hart said: "This is a good news story for Devon as this programme will support economic growth, encourage sustainable transport and help achieve the objectives of the Air Quality Management Plans developed in...

Women in business celebrated across the South West 

Authored by Claire Small
Posted: Wed, 04/10/2019 - 12:23pm

Over 100 business women were inspired as The Successful Women in Business Network (SWIB) held their annual conference and launched their SWIB Awards last month.

SWIB is a membership organisation for women who want to grow their businesses , an or develop their careers, with the support of other women, at regular networking events across Devon, Dorset, Hampshire & Somerset.

Founded by Gill Donnell MBE experienced leader, motivational speaker and business coach, who has spent much of her working life promoting the role of women in the workplace.

In 2009, Gill’s...

Importance of Reliable Web Hosting: How’s the Performance of the Travel Industry?

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 04/10/2019 - 10:18am

Many businesses in Exeter have a website presence, but little is clearly understood about the importance of fast, reliable web hosting to ensure a quick loading site that rarely goes offline. Nevertheless, these are two critical aspects businesses should take note of. Indeed, what is more important than an attractively designed website is whether it takes longer than two seconds to load or is offline too frequently. That's why it is essential to use website monitoring tools to manage website performance effectively.

StatusCake , a website monitoring service provider, has recently...

Leading family law team welcomes divorce law overhaul

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/10/2019 - 12:19am

One of Devon’s leading family law teams has welcomed today’s announcement of the introduction of ‘no fault’ divorce, hailing it a major step forward that will allow couples to end their marriages in an amicable way.

The government has today, 9 April 2019, announced an overhaul of divorce laws, which will allow couples to divorce without blame. The law currently requires one spouse to allege adultery or unreasonable behaviour by the other for divorce proceedings to start straight away. The change will mean that couples will be able to divorce straight away by stating that their...

A CGI of what the 120-bed new student accommodation in Exeter will look like

J S Wright awarded Exeter student accommodation contract

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 04/09/2019 - 5:54pm

Birmingham-based building services specialist J S Wright has been appointed to help meet booming demand for purpose-built student accommodation in Exeter.

The 129-year-old mechanical and electrical services specialist, which has its head office in Aston and offices in Bristol and London, has secured a contract worth more than £1.3million to design and build the M&E services for a new 120-bed scheme on the site of the dilapidated former Honiton Inn in Paris Street.

J S Wright was commissioned by South West regional contractor Pollard to equip the eight-storey block and...

A CGI of what the 120-bed new student accommodation in Exeter will look like

J S Wright awarded Exeter student accommodation contract

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 04/09/2019 - 5:52pm

Birmingham-based building services specialist J S Wright has been appointed to help meet booming demand for purpose-built student accommodation in Exeter.

The 129-year-old mechanical and electrical services specialist, which has its head office in Aston and offices in Bristol and London, has secured a contract worth more than £1.3million to design and build the M&E services for a new 120-bed scheme on the site of the dilapidated former Honiton Inn in Paris Street.

J S Wright was commissioned by South West regional contractor Pollard to equip the eight-storey block and...

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