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Managing director of Redrow West Country, Nigel Palmer, has been working with local schools in Devon to educate teens on interview practices and inspire young people to pursue careers in housebuilding and construction.

Redrow aims to collaborate with education partners to positively impact people and communities and to inspire the next generation to build. Nigel visited Devonport High School for Boys along with Redrow JJgraduate trainee, Hannah Pullinger. The two led a presentation to 25 pupils to educate them about Redrow and to inspire students to pursue rewarding careers in...

Redrow Homes has expanded its senior team with three new appointments in the region to meet the increasing demand across their developments. David Cook started at Redrow in March this year as commercial director. David’s been involved in the housing industry since leaving school and joins Redrow from Barratt Homes where he was commercial manager. “We have many new sites in the pipeline which I’m excited to be involved with right from the beginning of the process”, says David. “Redrow has always been on my radar as it’s great to come on board at this stage of my career, it’s a great company...

"Businesses can no longer rely on the police for support when they become victims of crime" says Jeremy Asher, Head of Fraud and Business Crime at Ashfords LLP.

The figures Jeremy has collated recently are eye opening.

Under a Freedom of Information Act request the Financial Times has revealed that the number of reported fraud offences have risen from 142,991 in 2011 to 641,539 in 2016 yet in the same period white collar crime prosecutions fell 26% below the number prosecuted in 2011.

It has also been reported that Action Fraud, which acts as a sifting organisation...

The latest figures from CYBG’s SME Health Check Index has revealed the heath of the UK’s SMEs increased in Q1 2018 by 3.4 points to 47.4, ending five consecutive quarters of decline.

Out of eight indicators, lending, revenue, confidence and employment indicators all witnessed improvements, while poor GDP growth and a fall in the rate of net business creation weighed down the overall number.

The report, which is published in partnership with leading economic consultancy, Centre for Business and Economics Research (CEBR), also highlights that the contribution of new SME...