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Amicus Law records “best ever” Q1 as the firm continues to grow

Leading South West legal firm, Amicus Law, announces “best ever” first quarter in its 22-year history, with a 22.5% growth in turnover against the same period in 2025 and an increase of 65% in profits for the year so far.

With record financial results and a direct year-on-year growth, the results highlight the firm’s elevated position across the region and an ambition to match. It also recognises the firm’s development within its 113-strong team, ongoing technical investment, a huge increase in new business and strengthened financial planning – thanks to a renewed business...

Are you using mobile marketing for your business?

The world of online marketing is constantly moving at a fast rate. As soon as a new medium arrives, there are new and innovative ways to use marketing. Also, the explosion of the mobile phone has meant that people are spending increasingly more time glued to their little screen than on their PC or laptop, meaning it is becoming a greater marketing platform as the days go by.

The way mobile marketing works is slightly different to other platforms, and, therefore, you need to understand this to get the best out of it. Here are a few tips to using mobile marketing for your business...

122nd Devon County Show launches

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/28/2017 - 7:24am

HRH The Countess of Wessex will spend two days at the 122nd Devon County Show next month, it was announced yesterday (Thursday). The Countess is President of the Devon County Agricultural Association, which stages the Devon County Show. Show Secretary, Ollie Allen, speaking at the launch of the Show held at Southernhay House, Exeter, said Her Royal Highness was looking forward to being part of ‘this incredible celebration of what makes Devon such a wonderful place to live and work’. “I am sure Her Royal Highness will enjoy going around the showground and will appreciate the the wealth of...

Call for Devon firms to support employees over 50 with alcohol choices

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 10:52pm

Drink Wise, Age Well Devon is calling on the county’s businesses to make sure they are supporting their older employees with alcohol choices.

Over the past 30 years, the employment rate for people aged 50-64 has grown from 55.4% to 70.7%, and the number of over 65s in work has also doubled from 4.9% to 10.7%.

Drink Wise, Age Well is sending out an Employer’s Toolkit to offer guidance on how to raise awareness within a workforce and offering training courses.

The initiative is part of Responsible Business Week, (24–28 April), the high-profile annual campaign to raise...

Dramatic Royal Clarence Hotel fire video revealed

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 4:40pm

It has been six months since the fire on Cathedral Green.

To mark the occasion Exeter City Council has released some of the CCTV footage from the night which has never been seen before.

A spokesman said: "We would again like to thank Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and Devon & Cornwall Police for the amazing job they did on the night. We would also like to thank the public in Exeter for their continued support of the city centre. Please feel free to share our short film."

At its height, almost every fire station in Devon and Somerset was involved...

Summer Street Food returns to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 4:38pm

Exeter Street Food is excited to spring into 2017 with our regular night markets and our weekly Southernhay venue perfect for business networking and the local community every Friday! We have a varied new line up of street food traders to spice up the menu! Running for only 5 months this summer we urge locals and visitors to make the most our new additions such as live entertainment, pop up bars and fabulous food.

With an exciting array of new stalls including Brazilian food, wood fired pizza and Asian cuisine, locals and visitors can find something unique at any of our prestige...

Leading Exeter accountancy firm unveils new logo

Authored by KirkHills
Posted: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:37am

One of Exeter’s leading firms of Chartered Accounts, Kirk Hills has recently launched a new brand identity marked by the introduction of a new logo that signifies their growth and development over the company’s 25-year history.

The new logo maintains the company’s dependable colour of blue, but with a deeper tone to signify our growing strength and vigour. We have re-designed our name Kirk Hills into the strong square icon so that the new logo offers a clean, modern and solid identity.

Partner, David Kirk has said about the new brand: "Through the launch of our new logo and...

Bridge Road in Exeter closed next weekend

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 7:53am

The next weekend closure of Bridge Road is planned to take place from 10pm on Friday 5 May until 5am on Monday 8 May for the continuing installation of cantilever beams and spans for the Countess Wear pedestrian and cycle bridge.

The diversion route will be signed via Topsham Road, Alphington Road, Marsh Barton and the A379. Details of the diversion route are available here .

Details of changes to Stagecoach bus services will be available at https://www.stagecoachbus.com/regional-service-updates/south-west/greate...

Information on diverted bus services is also...

Free Lightfoot devices for drivers in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/27/2017 - 7:12am

Exeter City Futures is facilitating a collaboration between City Science and Lightfoot to offer free Lightfoot devices to drivers in Exeter. One of the biggest problems with modern day motoring is that good drivers are paying for all the bad drivers out there on the road. Not to mention the air quality issues that bad drivers create.

Well, thanks to a new technology called Lightfoot, good drivers are now rewarded.

Although the technology is not being released to consumers until later this year, if you drive in or around Exeter for two or more days a week you could be...

Exeter-based company Packexe wrap Concorde

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/26/2017 - 9:04pm

Ahead of the new museum’s highly anticipated launch this summer, Aerospace Bristol [www.aerospacebristol.org] has taken the wraps off its star attraction: Concorde 216, the last of the supersonic passenger jets to be built and the last to fly.

Concorde had been wrapped in protective film while works took place around the aircraft and the end wall of her new purpose-built hangar was built. The challenging task of wrapping and unwrapping a supersonic passenger jet was accepted and successfully completed by protective film specialists Packexe.

Lloyd Burnell, Executive Director...

Exeter Labour leads the call to improve funding for Devon schools

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/26/2017 - 4:57pm

The full council meeting of Exeter City Council on 25th April passed a motion opposing central government education funding cuts and calling for revision of the proposed funding formula which otherwise would together result in an average cut of £420 per annum for Exeter students.

Councillor Hannah Packham moved the motion arguing that: “When leaders in our local schools, the Devon Association of Secondary Heads, and the Devon Association of Primary Heads, describe the current funding situation in Devon schools as reaching “a real crisis point in the immediate future” we need to...

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