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Devon site manager wins prestigious national award

A Devon site manager is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for his work at a local housing development.

Chris Spencer, a Site Manager from Devon, received the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Quality Award for excellence in on-site management at David Wilson’s Hampton Mill in Okehampton.

For more than 40 years, the NHBC’s Pride in the Job scheme has been dedicated to recognising the industry’s very best performers and is a prestigious accolade that site managers aspire to achieve.

To receive the award, site managers must score...

ArmaUrto Partners with Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/08/2020 - 9:56pm

ArmaUrto, the innovative lifestyle protection brand, has today announced a new partnership with Ribble Weldtite, the UK's number 1 domestic cycling team. The partnership will see Ribble Weltide riders including Dan Bigham, Jacob Tipper and newly signed Cameron Jeffers, train and race in ArmaUrto’s advanced protective Impact Pro base layers. Incorporating the brand’s own lightweight, flexible and machine washable ARMA active polymer padding (rated to EN1621 motorcycle standard) and the latest anti-abrasion fabrics located in the most common impact areas, ArmaUrto’s range of road cycling...

Malt Accountancy

Virtual third birthday toasted by Mayor

Newton Abbot Accountancy Firm have celebrated their third birthday by announcing a new business name that pays tribute to their local roots.

Malt Accountancy - as it will now be known - was set up in October 2017 as TH & Co, led by husband a wife team Tami and Paul Harrison alongside Tami’s sister Cherry. With rapid growth in recent years seeing the team growing to seven, now including Shannon, Cat, Hussein and Kim. They have also recently relocated from their offices in Union Street to Devon Square, the heart of the town’s professional services community.

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Rydon Signs add new range

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 12/07/2020 - 10:22pm

Rydon Signs have launched a new range of sign system products to complement their well-established bespoke sign manufacturing capabilities and enable them to offer a total sign service to a wider range of customers.

Best known for working with well-known High Street retailers, rail and other transport operators, the new range provides a ready-made solution to many common signage requirements, particularly in towns, public spaces and buildings, education establishments and service businesses.

Waypoint finger posts provide effective directions for visitors to towns, cities...

Exeter College

Viral Facebook post sees Exeter College students flooded with donations for neonatal charity

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Mon, 12/07/2020 - 11:43am

A group of charity-minded Exeter College students have been inundated with knitted clothing after a post asking for donations went viral on Facebook.

A tutor group of Health and Social Care students have been collecting various knitted items for distribution to neonatal units around the country to help keep babies that are premature or with additional needs to stay warm in the days after birth. Students had planned to contact a few local knitting groups to help create small knitted hats, gloves and blankets but after a poster found its way on to Facebook the request has gone viral...

Guardian Homecare Manager, Catherine Porter.

Guardian Homecare seeks more carers in run-up to festivities

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Fri, 12/04/2020 - 3:24pm

A SOUTH Devon care provider is recruiting new carers as it enters its busiest period of the year with a target to take on 100 new employees in the run-up to Christmas and into the New Year (2021).

Guardian Homecare needs carers to join its team and provide services in the Exeter area not just during the busier festive period but beyond into 2021.

Manager for the care provider, Catherine Porter said: “This is our busiest time of the year. As the weather turns potentially chillier and we’re working in either very wet or snowy and cold conditions, and elderly and vulnerable...

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Dentists urged to enhance COVID safety

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/04/2020 - 11:01am

More dentists in England, Wales and Northern Ireland need to follow the lead of their Scottish counterparts and install high-grade air purification systems, if they are to stay profitable during the pandemic.

That’s according to air quality specialist, John Wilton Davies, who advises a range of businesses, including dental practitioners, on keeping their premises COVID-19 secure.

Where surgeries carry out procedures that may generate aerosols, guidelines require fallow time – the period from when the procedure finishes to the time the room may be cleaned in preparation...

How 2020 has changed business trends in Exeter

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 12/03/2020 - 11:29am

2020 has been a challenging year for businesses up and down the country. However, here in Exeter, we’ve seen a number of local businesses thrive. Here, we’ll discuss how a strengthened sense of community has helped these businesses succeed. We’ll also take a look at how small business owners can improve the likelihood of their businesses succeeding by learning more about market trends.

Exeter’s Business Success Stories

For many small business owners in Exeter, the pandemic has been the springboard to improve and innovate. Lockdown has left us with more time on our hands, and many...

Launch Online

European and UK awards for growing Exeter advertising agency

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 12/01/2020 - 10:54pm

Exeter-based online advertising business, Launch Online, has won two leading awards in as many months thanks to its work through the pandemic to support South West and UK tourism businesses.

Launch Online, which specialises in Google and social media advertising for companies looking to grow their online sales, was recognised for its work in supporting local and national tourism businesses specifically during lockdown to secure vital holiday bookings.

Launch Online won the award for Best Use of Search in the Travel and Leisure category at the UK Search Awards last week (...

Winners of Tech South West Awards 2020 Revealed

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/30/2020 - 5:56pm

Winners of this year’s Tech South West Awards have been revealed at a live digital ceremony.

An online platform to redistribute surplus food to worthy causes, a safer method for underwater robotic surveys for the offshore energy sector and a rapidly deployed online PPE supply hub were amongst this year’s cutting-edge technology honoured at the 2020 awards.

Businesses and individuals from across the region’s tech industry tuned in to the annual ceremony, held for the first time online, and presented by Devon-based naturalist and broadcaster Nick Baker.

Rovco,...

Businesses urged to sign up to 'prepare for Brexit' webinar

Businesses in Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset are invited to a FREE webinar to hear from experts about preparing for Brexit in less than five weeks’ time.

Deal or no deal, after December 31, 2020 any business that trades with the EU must follow new rules.

The webinar is being presented by Better Business for All, a partnership of businesses, business support and regulators across Devon and Somerset and is on Friday 11 December, at 10am.

The webinar will offer practical guides on a range of issues including the new UKCA mark, which replaces the existing CE...

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