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Local businesswoman takes over Complete Estate Agency as four Devon branches remain

Local businesswoman Sara Watkins-Schmidt has taken over Complete Estate Agency, with all four of its Devon branches and its existing 23-strong team remaining in place.

The established estate and lettings agency operates from Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Teignmouth and Exeter (Cranbrook), with all four locations continuing to trade under the Complete Estate Agency name following the acquisition.

The deal includes Complete’s portfolio of 375 managed rental properties, alongside its residential sales operation and established presence within the local new-build market....

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Fitness focused meal firm works out partnership with printed packaging company

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Thu, 10/20/2022 - 10:22am

A FITNESS focused meal company specialising in nutritional meals has teamed up with a Devon printed packaging specialist to design its luxury packaging (October 2022).

Precision Prep chose Newton Abbot-based Newton Print Ltd to develop luxury sleeve packaging for its meals, which are the ideal balance of macronutrients the body needs.

Spencer Bloomfield, Founder of Precision Prep, said: “I really enjoyed working with Newton Print and am over the moon that I have found a company that has been able to create exactly what I was imagining. In fact, what they produced was even...

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South West restaurants invited to offer exclusive tasting events at their premises

Authored by Azu Spirits
Posted: Wed, 10/19/2022 - 1:40pm

Local restaurants and food businesses are being invited to join Azu Spirits, a specialist Devon spirits company, to offer unique whisky tasting and food pairing events to customers.

Dartmoor-based Azu runs a range of popular whisky and gin tasting events, offering customers the opportunity to taste premium spirits through social, engaging group experiences.

Tastings range from informal celebrations to intimate, exclusive offerings exploring rare and much sought-after single malt whiskies or craft gins. The events also offer the opportunity for attendees to discover the...

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Free training courses help Devon residents move into growth sectors with higher earnings

Authored by Program
Posted: Wed, 10/19/2022 - 1:00pm

Adults in Devon have the chance to gain skills in the region’s fastest-growing sectors through the latest wave of Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps.

Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps, delivered by Devon County Council and Cornwall Council , offer a range of fully-funded digital and technical courses for anyone looking to move into a new career.

These Skills Bootcamps offer up to 16 weeks of training with access to free courses that would normally cost between £1,500 and £3,000.

The courses have been developed with the help of training partners and employers to meet...

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Heart of the South West LEP invests £500k to support Regional Tourism Data Hub

Authored by Program
Posted: Wed, 10/19/2022 - 12:14pm

The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced £500,000 of funding for development of a Tourism Data Hub working with the Great South West Tourism Partnership.

The new Tourism Data Hub is a priority in the Great South West Tourism Partnership regional recovery plan to build a sustainable comprehensive data and research programme to support tourism, leisure and hospitality businesses, to help drive productivity across the region.

The Hub will provide Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) and businesses with consistent, robust, and valuable...

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Comex 2000 on target to cut over 2,750 tonnes of CO2 from fleet following Lightfoot installation

Leading telecoms infrastructure services provider Comex 2000, which counts Virgin Media O2, Zayo, Community Fibre and Gigaclear amongst its customers, has announced the full roll-out of Devon-based Lightfoot’s in-cab coaching, rewards, and progressive telematics platform across its fleet of 700 vans, to help cut fuel bills, emissions, and accidents on the road.

Successfully trialled in 254 vehicles over two months, Lightfoot’s driver-focused technology succeeded in improving MPG by 8.3% at the same time as reducing idling by 7% and emissions by more than 8%. This was made possible...

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James Rush named South West’s Most Promising Trainee Quantity Surveyor

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/17/2022 - 10:49pm

James Rush, from Exeter, has been named the South West’s most promising trainee quantity surveyor at this year’s Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Young Achiever Awards.

James joined South West Highways Ltd. as a Technical Support Administrator in 2019 and was promoted to Assistant Quantity Surveyor in February 2022. He received the award for his intelligence, drive and commitment to detail and is seeking promotion to full Quantity Surveyor within South West Highways in early 2023, before applying to undertake chartership with the Royal Institute of Chartered...

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Free training courses help Devon residents move into growth sectors with higher earnings

Authored by Simon Wells
Posted: Mon, 10/17/2022 - 10:28pm

Adults in Devon have the chance to gain skills in the region’s fastest-growing sectors through the latest wave of Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps.

Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps , delivered by Devon County Council and Cornwall Council, offer a range of fully-funded digital and technical courses for anyone looking to move into a new career.

The 16 weeks of training offers free access to courses that would normally cost between £1,500 and £3,000.

The courses have been developed with the help of training partners and employers to meet live, open vacancies covering...

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New offices for growing 10 year-old East Devon independent mortgage business

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Thu, 10/13/2022 - 9:56am

Exe Mortgages has relocated to new premises in Escot Park near Fairmile, East Devon after experiencing a period of growth over the past two years.

The business was founded by David Grimshaw in 2012, moving to its first base in Ottery St Mary in 2016. But with the residential market at full pelt for the past two years, Exe Mortgages, with five full-time advisors plus an office manager and two part time administrators, outgrew the Silver Street office.

David came across the potential new premises when driving through Escot Estate and was immediately drawn to the building...

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Third of all UK employees feel undervalued at work

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 10/12/2022 - 8:21pm

One-third of all employees in the UK feel undervalued at work, according to new national research revealed today.

The research, conducted by Appreciate Business Services, the home of Love2shop, puts the number of employees who feel undervalued across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland at 10 million people.

Nearly four-fifths (79%) of employees who feel undervalued are looking for a job elsewhere, with that figure increasing to nine out of ten (90%) among the youngest demographic aged 18-24.

The research, which forms part of the ‘Appreciate Report’,...

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Foot Anstey appointed to National Farmers' Union legal panel

National law firm, Foot Anstey has been reappointed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to its legal panel of expert law firms.

Foot Anstey will be working closely with the NFU to support its members.

The NFU represents more than 46,000 farming and growing businesses Its purpose is to champion British agriculture and horticulture, to campaign for a stable and sustainable future for British farmers and to secure the best possible deal for its members.

Across the South West the NFU represents nearly 9,000 farming member businesses. Foot Anstey will be the nominated...

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