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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Exeter City Council has today announced it will be submitting an expression of interest (EOI) for the prestigious UK City of Culture title. 

The City of Culture bid follows the culmination of five months extensive engagement and consultation with artists, creatives, cultural organisations and residents to shape the council’s commissioned new five-year Cultural Strategy for Exeter.

This will set out a clear ambition to become a leading city of culture. The new Exeter Culture Strategy is ambitious and will be delivered in partnership with the city’s cultural organisations...

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Creative Collaboration - How Shared Workspace Can Inspire New Business Ideas

In business, it’s crucial that you are innovative and creative to ensure that you stand out from the competition. Nowadays, your customers and clients have more access to information than ever before and they expect the very best from the products and services that they buy. With more places to purchase from than ever before and more options available than ever before, you need to ensure that what you have to offer has a real unique selling point.

For business owners, it’s much easier to follow the status quo than to innovate and think outside the box. It can be difficult to come...

Sarah Daniel from RGB Building Supplies receiving the Independent Rising Star of the Year Award at the BMJ Industry Awards. From LtoR: Natasha Kaplinsky OBE, Sarah Daniel, and a representative from H+H which sponsored the award.

Second national award for RGB employee

Sarah Daniel from RGB Building Supplies is celebrating after winning the Independent Rising Star of the Year Award at the prestigious BMJ Industry Awards 2019, her second national honour within the past seven months.

Organised by the Builders Merchants Journal, the awards celebrate the UK merchanting industry and highlight the businesses, brands and people that make the sector so successful. Sarah, 26, was presented with her award during a ceremonial lunch hosted by Natasha Kaplinsky OBE at The Brewery in London.

In October 2018, Sarah also received the Builders Merchants...

Vintage 2CV helps towards bumper sale

Honiton’s independent auction house, Chilcotts Auctioneers is celebrating after a bumper sale.

Many auction lots achieved in excess of their estimates after a surge of interest in the June Fine Art, Antiques and Collectors Items sale.

Top performer was a lot comprising important WW2 medals and memorabilia, including the logbooks, photographs, training manuals and uniforms of Bomber Command pilot Group Captain Peter Casement. This achieved a hammer price of £21,000 against an upper estimate of £15,000.

A collection of vintage jewellery which Chilcotts marketed as The...

Devon gateway business park opens up for development opportunities

Property consultancy JLL has been appointed to market the new phase of development at the popular Edginswell Business Park in Torquay.

Following the success of the original site, the remaining six acres of Edginswell was purchased by Torbay Council in late 2018. Acting as developer, the authority can now provide leasehold buildings for a variety of uses.

JLL will market the greenfield development site to secure interest from potential occupiers including businesses locally and nationally.

The site benefits from an extant planning consent for an A1 bulky goods retail...

Lympstone Manor hosts Celebration of Speed 2019

Lympstone Manor is soon to once again be transformed into a car lovers paradise for Celebration of Speed 2019 – an event commemorating Michelin-starred chef patron Michael Caines' love of all things motoring. Following the success of 2018's event, this year marks its third consecutive year at the Manor.

Taking place on 3rd July at the luxury country house hotel, Celebration of Speed allows guests the exclusive opportunity to view the iconic Formula One supercars by ROKiT Williams Racing, formerly known as Williams Formula One, as well as meet the event's guest of honour Rob Smedley...

Simpkins Edwards’ Managing Partner, Mary Jane Campbell, who joined the Bovey Tracey litter picking team to clean the streets, fields and football pitches of the town

Local accountants keep the streets of Bovey Tracey clean

The streets, fields and football pitches of Bovey Tracey are looking that little bit tidier thanks to local chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards. As part of its ongoing commitment to volunteering in the local community, the firm, which has offices on Pottery Road, sent out a team of accountants to pick up litter during a day-long blitz around the town.

The litter pick, which was conducted following liaison with Town Clerk Mark Wells, is just one of the many volunteering days that the firm is participating in over 2019. From painting and generally tidying up the local Scout...

Things to consider when forming a marketing team

It is crucial to have a strong marketing team if you want your business to do well. You need the help of this team in boosting the popularity of your company. This group will jumpstart the discussion on how to help increase your company’s presence across different platforms. Hence, you need to be cautious in determining who needs to be part of this team.

Diversify the team

You need a group of experts in various areas. For instance, you need one with years of experiences in print media while you also need another one whose expertise is online marketing. Your goal is to...

Family album app wins top business award at PSP

A team of entrepreneurs are celebrating success having been awarded a chance to grow and enhance their business at the prestigious Formation Zone, based at Plymouth Science Park.

MemoryPad is a closed, social networking app which allows for the secure and safe sharing of family moments which can record a child’s development from birth onwards. The concept is aimed primarily at parents together with their nearest and dearest.

Military families will benefit as it allows them to be able to watch their offspring grow and to share in small, but special, moments that otherwise...

Children at the new school with their bags

Funds raised by Old Mill in memory of Nick Baker help build a school in earthquake-ravaged Nepal

Money raised by staff at financial experts Old Mill has been instrumental in helping build a brand new school in Nepal and provide pupils with learning materials.

In 2015, an earthquake destroyed much of the Sindhupalchok region of Nepal, including 475 of the 545 schools in the area. In response, Rotary Club of Yeovil launched a fundraising campaign to raise £64,000 to build a brand new six-classroom school in Shree Saraswoti.

One of the charities heavily involved in the project was School in a Bag. The Yeovil-based charity provides school bags filled with stationery,...

Michelmores ranked as a top ten UK firm for client service by Legal 500

Michelmores has been named as one of the top ten UK-based firms for client service, by The Legal 500 industry rankings.

The Legal 500 research, collated by Legal Business Magazine, ranks law firms on a range of criteria including industry knowledge, team quality, billing practices and consistency of service – all based on recent client feedback.

As well as being named amongst the top ten best performing firms overall, Michelmores was also ranked within the top five UK Mid-size firms.

Andrew Maynard, Director of Client Services at Michelmores, said: "Our clients sit...

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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Creative Collaboration - How Shared Workspace Can Inspire New Business Ideas

Second national award for RGB employee

Vintage 2CV helps towards bumper sale

Devon gateway business park opens up for development opportunities

Lympstone Manor hosts Celebration of Speed 2019

Local accountants keep the streets of Bovey Tracey clean

Things to consider when forming a marketing team

Family album app wins top business award at PSP

Funds raised by Old Mill in memory of Nick Baker help build a school in earthquake-ravaged Nepal

Michelmores ranked as a top ten UK firm for client service by Legal 500

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