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Greendale appoints three new members to board of directors

The Greendale Group (FWS Carter & Sons), a diverse, family-owned local business, with interests in farming, fishing, retail, property and haulage, has announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Martyn Youell, Tom Chanter and Richard Gibbons.

ffective immediately, these appointments will provide extra strength and stability to the board, helping to shape the business for years to come.

Youell brings over 15 years of experience in the fishing sector. As Commercial Director for Waterdance (the Group’s fishing enterprise), he has...

South Devon University Technical College

Newton Abbot technical college’s founding student on track to become the first to graduate as a Toolmaker with MB Aerospace

Celebrating its employer partnership with a leading international engineering firm, South Devon University Technical College (UTC) has announced that one of its founding students is on track to graduate as a fully qualified Toolmaker in 2021.

Joe Phippard, 21, will be the first student from Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college to graduate as a Toolmaker with MB Aerospace.

Joining the college the year it opened in 2015, Joe studied the Level 3 Extended Diploma course in engineering which saw him complete a week’s work experience at MB Aerospace, based in Newton Abbot...

University of Exeter Business School

University of Exeter Business School launches new sustainable  finance research centre

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/05/2021 - 11:11am

The University of Exeter Business School has launched a new research centre focusing on sustainability in finance, an area experiencing huge growth within the financial sector.

Professor Chendi Zhang will be heading up the new Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre (ESF), which will draw on the University of Exeter Business School’s vast expertise in the areas of sustainability, finance, accounting, economics and management.

Sustainability was once considered a niche area in finance, but its growing importance has seen it catapulted into the mainstream as is now one of the...

Hendy Group

Hendy Group helps buyers switch to electric

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/04/2021 - 10:02pm

Customers switching to electric are being given a helping hand by one automotive group which is offering far more than just the vehicle.

Hendy Group, which represents 21 manufacturers across the south coast, has joined forces with Zoom EV to offer electric vehicle customers a host of benefits to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Hendy Group’s commercial director Mark Busby said the partnership with Zoom EV will provide reassurance to customers considering electric vehicles that they can easily access the right services.

“Part of the experience of...

Azu Spirits

Devon spirit tasting company launches with local twist

A new whisky and gin tasting company has launched in Devon, shining the spotlight on the region’s finest drinks and distilleries.

Based in Exeter, Azu Spirits is a premium spirits tasting brand, delivering a blind tasting experience straight to customers’ doors.

The company’s local gin tasting box features selected gins from Atlantic Distillery, Conker, Curio, Papillon, Pothecary and Wrecking Coast, showcasing some of the South West’s finest distilleries.

Ellen Gibson, founder of Azu Spirits, said: “Being based in Devon, we’re privileged to have some of the...

Dangers of emotions in Forex trading profession

In Forex, there are two types of traders. Traders who are emotional and traders who are robots. You may not know what type of trader you are if you do not start trading but most people think emotional traders are profitable. They are wrong as emotional does not come to help when you are trading. Maybe this is the reason people try to spend their money on buying Forex bots that can automate their trading. These bots do not have emotions and they are pure robots. They are the only software that is designed to meet your needs of the trading platform and make your analyses faster. They act...

Octopus Renewables, RES

RES commits to new Exeter site for Octopus Renewables solar spares

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 12/31/2020 - 3:13pm

RES and Octopus Renewables have signed a three-year spares management contract which will see RES supply inverter spares for the clean energy investor’s solar assets in the UK.

The agreement requires RES to own over 1000 spare parts that are compatible with Octopus Renewables’ inverter fleet and deliver these on-demand within a guaranteed time period. This provides substantial availability improvement and commercial advantage for 640 MW of Octopus’ UK solar portfolio.

To support this and other recent growth, RES opened an operations and maintenance (O&M) site in...

Devon-based chartered accountant appears in Leaders Council podcast alongside Lord Blunkett

Chartered accountant David Park, a partner at Haines Watts (Exeter and Crediton) was invited on to an episode of The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland regular podcasts, including an interview with former Home Secretary and Education Secretary Lord Blunkett.

The Leaders Council chaired by Lord Blunkett, brings together business leaders, politicians, and influencers across the UK. The Council’s goal is to celebrate the achievements of the nation’s unsung leaders, while laying the ground for the next generation. Leaders Council members are invited to take part in...

New contractors to roll out fibre broadband across region

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/23/2020 - 3:07pm

Three companies have been selected to roll-out full fibre broadband networks on behalf of the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme, backed by Government funding. Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet will be installing full fibre broadband across Devon and Somerset to more than 56,000 rural homes and businesses over the next four years. The combined public and private sector investment of around £80million will be in the vanguard of the Government’s ambitions to build a Gigabit capable network across the UK. The three companies all have experience of working in the region and,...

Growth Support Programme launches initiative to support economic recovery

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/22/2020 - 11:17pm

The Heart of the South West Growth Support Programme (GSP) is launching its new “Adapt + Revive” initiative which aims to equip businesses in the region with vital digital skills to help support economic recovery. Businesses across Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay will be offered support and training focusing on digital marketing, e-commerce and website management through the scheme. A number of training webinars are also being aimed specifically at businesses operating in the tourism, food and drink and retail sectors. Since the Heart of the South West Growth Support Programme...

Broadband, Technological

Rural communities benefit from voucher scheme investment

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/21/2020 - 11:24pm

Rural communities in mid Devon and west Somerset have received a huge boost to their broadband, thanks to Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) in partnership with Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Exeter based broadband provider Technological. A £350,000 investment through the Rural Gigabit Voucher scheme and CDS’ Community Challenge Programme has enabled Technological to deliver a full fibre network to over 180 premises in a number of hard to reach rural areas – with a further 400 in construction and 120 scheduled to be connected early next year. The full-fibre...

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