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RAW named PR Agency of the Year at Roxhill Media Awards 2026

Specialist food and drink PR agency RAW has been named ‘PR Agency of the Year’ at the 2026 Roxhill Media Awards, following a rigorous judging process led by senior national journalists.

Founded in 2011 and based in Devon, RAW is celebrating 15 years in business this year. The judges of the award commented: “This agency has been named PR Company of the Year for consistently delivering national-calibre results while remaining proudly regional, offering a truly integrated 360° service that rivals major London firms with stronger ROI and a highly collaborative client experience. By...

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How to Ensure Your Start-up Follows Workplace Health and Safety Regulations

When starting a business, health and safety should be one of your key priorities. Often when people are starting their own business, they can get so lost in finances and advertising that they can forget to take into consideration just how important workplace health and safety is. Accidents in the workplace happen every day, and most of these can be easily avoided. Before you go rushing in, here is why it is so important that your start-up considers workplace health and safety.

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Work clothing is so important to have when starting your own...

Activa Contracts renew Fleet Manager of the Week prize sponsorship

Activa Contracts, the vehicle leasing and fleet management specialist, has renewed its sponsorship of Lightfoot’s pioneering Fleet Manager of the Week initiative, which rewards fleet managers achieving high levels of efficiency and safety in their fleets.

The Fleet Manager of the Week initiative awards a prize to a randomly-selected manager each week of the year, whose fleet has achieved an average Lightfoot score of 85% or above, thus meeting Lightfoot's Elite Driver standard. At this level, fleets are proven to deliver the greatest savings in fuel, and the biggest reductions in...

Double Award Triumph for Salcombe Distilling Co.

Salcombe Distilling Co. has been awarded ‘Best in class’ and ‘Master’ for its limited-edition gin ‘Mischief’ at The Design & Packaging Masters which forms part of the internationally renowned Global Spirits Master Awards Series hosted by The Spirits Business.

‘Mischief’ from Salcombe Gin’ s limited edition Voyager Series was developed in collaboration with celebrated chef, restauranteur and food writer Mark Hix MBE. The distinct design and unique packaging of ‘Mischief’ was voted for by the judging panel to be the Best Product in the entire Design Masters competition.

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CYBG SME Health Check Index finds market is stable, though a sharp fall in confidence reflects ongoing Brexit concerns

The latest figures from CYBG's Q3 SME Health Check Index have found that the SME business environment has remained broadly stable in the last quarter, having recorded 46.3 points, down 0.7 points from last quarter. Although the drop is not severe, the findings represent the second lowest level recorded since data collection began at the start of 2014. The low level recorded by the Index is largely driven by depressed business confidence across the quarter.

The decision by the UK Government to defer the vote on the proposed Withdrawal Agreement will likely lead to continued...

Leading Exeter-based energy lawyer joins forces with Bristol City Council on innovative energy project

An Exeter-based lawyer who was recently awarded an MBE for her services to renewable energy is working with Bristol City Council on the delivery of its innovative City Leap project – a key part of the city’s aims to become carbon neutral by 2050. Sonya Bedford MBE, partner and head of energy at Stephens Scown LLP is using her specialist energy legal knowledge and technical know-how as part of Bristol City Council’s City Leap project. City Leap is a series of energy and infrastructure investment opportunities that the council is seeking local, national and international partnerships to...

Stagecoach SW invests £2.5m in 14 new high-spec vehicles

Stagecoach South West has invested £2.5m in a fleet of 14 new, state-of-the-art, British built, single decker buses in Exeter – just in time for Christmas.

All of the vehicles boast luxurious high-backed, e-leather seats and multiple USB charging points.

As with the rest of the fleet, the new buses are fitted with technology that will allow customers to use the Stagecoach mobile app to track their bus live.

The buses took to the road at the beginning of this month.

Fitted with environmentally-friendly, Euro 6 engines and start/stop technology, these buses...

Brexit Problems for UK Translation Agencies

Britain voted to leave the EU (European Union) through a poll on 23 June 2016. On 29 March 2017, British Prime Minister Theresa May proposed Article 50 of the European Union, leading to what is now recognized worldwide as Brexit.

Called The Lisbon Treaty, it states that an EU member can leave the Union two years after announcing the company. This implies that on March 29, 2019, and no later than the period of April 2019, Britain will be out of the EU.

With the pending exit, more commonly known as Brexit, the translation industry, among other industries, feels the risk of...

Blooming good news for small scale growers at Devon County Show

The Devon County Show has announced that it is to introduce a new section to the Craft & Garden feature for 2019 which will enable small businesses operating in horticulture to benefit, for the first time ever, from the 91k strong audience that visit the show over three days in May.

Lisa Moore, Features Co-ordinator at Devon County Show explains: ‘Historically, all of our competitors, and our exhibitors in the Gardens section have had to adhere to RHS rules and regulations. Whilst this has given this section of the show status and gravitas, it has meant that a lot of smaller,...

How stories from prison help keep families together

The pioneering work of a charity based at a prison in Devon is in the international spotlight after a talk from TEDxExeter was selected to appear on TED.com, the 11th TEDxExeter talk to be featured on the global ideas channel.

In a moving talk at TEDxExeter in April, Alan Crickmore explained how Storybook Dads helps prisoners to keep in touch with their children by enabling them to record stories they can listen to at home – and how this benefits society.

“Every year in the UK, 200,000 children experience the shame and isolation of a parent in prison,” he said. “It can...

Chiefs European hopes take a serious blow

Strictly speaking, Exeter Chiefs have waltzed their way impressively to the top two of the Gallagher Premiership this season. Europe, on the other hand, remains a ‘work in progress’ as Rob Baxter’s side slipped to a second successive defeat at the hands of rivals Gloucester.

The visiting Cherry & Whites not only bolstered their own Pool 2 aspirations, but at the same time they gained sweet revenge for a 23-6 loss to Devon’s finest at the same venue just a fortnight ago.

Although they fell behind to an early Don Armand try – and again to Nic White’s converted score just...

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RAW named PR Agency of the Year at Roxhill Media Awards 2026

How to Ensure Your Start-up Follows Workplace Health and Safety Regulations

Activa Contracts renew Fleet Manager of the Week prize sponsorship

Double Award Triumph for Salcombe Distilling Co.

CYBG SME Health Check Index finds market is stable, though a sharp fall in confidence reflects ongoing Brexit concerns

Leading Exeter-based energy lawyer joins forces with Bristol City Council on innovative energy project

Stagecoach SW invests £2.5m in 14 new high-spec vehicles

Brexit Problems for UK Translation Agencies

Blooming good news for small scale growers at Devon County Show

How stories from prison help keep families together

Chiefs European hopes take a serious blow

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