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An Exeter mental health charity will carry out a renovation of its acute mental health hospital facility in Newton Abbot, thanks to a donation from a leading builders’ merchant.

Step One, a mental health support charity based in Exeter, has received £500 worth of materials from the Exeter branch of Selco Builders Warehouse.

The charity, which supports more than 800 people a year, will use the donation to transform its old Occupational Therapy suite at the hospital into an updated space to teach valuable life skills, such as cooking, hold mindfulness and sensory sessions...

Exeter law firm Browne Jacobson has confirmed its commitment as a Real Living Wage employer by implementing the Living Wage Foundation’s newly announced rates with immediate effect to help offset the cost of living crisis for low paid workers.

Accredited Real Living Wage employers have until May 2023 to implement the rates for 2022/23 but with inflation reaching a 40-year high, Browne Jacobson has decided to implement the new rates immediately across its UK offices, backdated to 1 September 2022. The new rates are a minimum for all its employees as well as third party contracted...

A key Exeter homelessness charity has teamed up with a leading clothing retailer to trial a new business community initiative, intended to boost funding to help people without a home.

St Petrock’s, which provides services for rough sleepers and people who are vulnerably housed in the city, has awarded AllSaints their St Petrock’s Business Partner status and it’s hoped to be the first of many such relationships between the charity and local firms.

Peter Stephenson, Director with St Petrock’s, explained: “The pilot with AllSaints builds on our existing Friends of St...

National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has welcomed Kee Evans as a Legal Director to its Planning and Environment team, part of its Real Estate Group, and the firm's Energy and Infrastructure and Developer Sectors. She will be based from the firm's Bristol office.

Kee will bring considerable experience in acting for both public and private sector clients, including major housebuilders, utilities, banks and blue-chip companies. She has expertise in advising on all aspects of planning, highways, compulsory purchase and environmental law.

Prior to joining Foot Anstey, Kee spent 17...