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Exeter-based employment lawyer joins Westbank Community Health and Care’s Board of Trustees

The Devon-wide health and wellbeing charity, Westbank Community Health and Care, is delighted to welcome lawyer Henry Cross as its newest Trustee. Henry is a Senior Associate at Michelmores, specialising in employment law.

A father-of-two from Exeter, Henry already had a broad awareness of the charity when he met Westbank’s Head of Carers Services, Andy Hood, at a networking event a few years ago. When he subsequently learnt that Westbank was looking for a law-oriented Trustee to join its Board, he was quick to express his interest in the role.

Henry says, “I knew I...

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Self-build expert to advise Mid Devon District Council on helping people build their own homes

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/15/2018 - 5:30pm

Mid Devon District Council unanimously agreed to accept expert advice and support from Teignbridge to pave the way for Mid-Devon residents to build their own homes.

The support is being funded through the Government’s new burdens payment for self and custom build. It will be provided by the Right to Build Task Force and experienced self builder, Charles Acland, who is a Right to Build Task Force Expert and Self Build Officer at Teignbridge. Mario Wolf, Director of the Right to Build Task Force, said: “In the rapidly evolving field of Custom and Self Build, shared learning and...

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WiFi SPARK to increase employee roster by nearly a quarter

Authored by WiFi SPARK
Posted: Wed, 08/15/2018 - 4:06pm

WiFi SPARK is pleased to announce that the company is looking to expand its employee roster by nearly a quarter, in order to help support its continued burgeoning business growth across multiple sectors in the UK and Europe.

The company is looking to recruit employees across a wide range of disciplines including: Core Developer, UX Developer, Pre-Sales Engineer, Field Sales, Installations Engineer, Management Accountant and Admin Support.

The recruitment drive will bring the total headcount of the Exeter based company to 55 employees, following the recent appointment of...

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New Citizens Advice Partnership launched in Exeter and Torbay

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/15/2018 - 3:39pm

Leading local advice charities, Citizens Advice Exeter and Citizens Advice Torbay, are delighted to announce the launch of a new and exciting partnership.

Both charities will now operate under a shared leadership team headed up by Steve Barriball, current Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Exeter.

Bev Foster, Chair of Citizens Advice Torbay said: “The last year has been very difficult for Citizens Advice Torbay, with significant reductions to our funding.

“We are very optimistic that the partnership we have formed with Exeter will help us share best practice and...

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South West Chef of the Year 2018: Semi-finalists announced

The semi-finalists and finalists for the prestigious South West Chef of the Year competition have today been announced.

After the challenging task of assessing an exceptional array of entries, the panel of judges, led by Michael Caines MBE, have selected the finalists across five categories: Professional, Young Professional, Home Cook, Junior Chef and Student / Apprentice.

South West Chef of the Year has been showcasing and supporting exceptional culinary talent across the region for the last 15 years. Co-founder and head judge Michael Caines MBE said: “Another solid year...

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Exeter Chamber of Commerce announces annual Business Dinner speaker

Exeter Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Benjamin Mee, CEO of Dartmoor Zoological Park will speak at this year’s Exeter Business Dinner, taking place on Friday 2nd November 2018 at Sandy Park Conference Centre.

In 2006, Benjamin Mee and his family discovered Dartmoor Wildlife Park, which at the time consisted of a private, exotic animal collection, in financial hardship. Mr Mee and his family stepped forward to save the animals and the zoo, starting a year-long struggle to get the zoo ready to re-open.

They achieved this in 2007, under the new name of...

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Digital marketing agency reaffirms commitment to region’s tourism industry

A local digital marketing agency is reaffirming its commitment to the region’s tourism industry by supporting two of the biggest events of the year; the Devon and Cornwall Tourism Awards.

MiHi Digital, which is based on the Devon / Cornwall border and has worked with more than 20 award winning tourism businesses in the past year, will be sponsoring the Active and Sporting Experience Award category at the Devon Tourism Awards and taking up general sponsorship of the Cornwall awards.

The awards take place every year and recognise the work of hundreds of businesses operating...

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Future of the Workplace study launches in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 08/13/2018 - 12:04pm

Businesses in and around Exeter are being urged to get involved in the new Future of the Workplace initiative to help understand the best ways of improving workspaces in and around the city.

Backed by Exeter City Council and Exeter Chamber of Commerce, Future of the Workplace is looking at best practice around productivity and well-being of employees at different types of organisations.

A new survey has just gone live that is gathering data on different workspaces and work initiatives covering physical space, technology and well-being. The information will be used to shed...

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Cranbrook Education Campus pupils represent East Devon at national STEM event organised by E.ON

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/11/2018 - 6:51pm

Two pupils from Cranbrook Education Campus joined around 60 other Year 7 and 8 students from across the country at a five-day residential course provided by E.ON and designed to inspire tomorrow’s bright sparks to consider a career in a field of STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. All the pupils at the educational event attend schools which have previously taken part in an E.ON Creative Conductors workshop, which is designed to help pupils’ understanding of electricity, conduction and circuits. A group of Year 7 pupils at Cranbrook Education Campus participated in the...

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Williams 'fired up' for new season

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Sat, 08/11/2018 - 10:22am

Harry Williams insists Exeter Chiefs can ill afford to dwell on the disappointment of defeat in May’s Premiership Final against Saracens.

Instead, the England international believes he and his team-mates must instead use that loss as ‘fuel to the fire’ as the Devon club look ahead to the new 2018/19 campaign.

The new season kicks-off in less than a month on September 1 against Leicester Tigers at Sandy Park and the 26-year-old is aiming to be part and parcel of Rob Baxter’s mix as they look to wrestle back their title crown from the Londoners.

“Last season has been...

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Ukrainian MarTech startups that went global

Although Ukraine is still at the dawn of its tech revolution, it’s on the way to global success. Already now it’s becoming a mecca for outsourcing, with 13 Ukrainian companies on the 2017 IAOP Top 100 list of the best outsourcing providers . But Ukraine isn’t only interesting to the international market by outsourcing its IT specialists. Young Ukrainian entrepreneurs are launching their own companies with global ambitions. According to ‘ The Dealbook of Ukraine ’ startups from Ukraine, or founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs, raised $265 million in 2017. Let's have a look at some successful...

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