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A new chapter for Exeter based Sparx Learning: Chair Simon Lebus CBE steps down as Sir Charlie Mayfield appointed

Sparx Learning , the Exeter-based education technology company, has announced that Sir Charlie Mayfield will become Chair in October 2025. He will succeed Simon Lebus CBE who is stepping down after six years of transformative leadership.

Since becoming Chair in 2019, Simon Lebus has overseen a period of remarkable growth and strategic progress at Sparx. At the start of his tenure, the company served just 14 schools in Devon. Today, Sparx’s platforms support over 2.4 million students in 2,600 schools, including almost 50 in Devon, across mathematics, literacy and science.

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Free places available on virtual STEM courses for students in Devon to become future innovators

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 04/30/2021 - 10:33pm

The John Coates Charitable Trust is offering young people in Devon the chance to deep-dive into the exciting world of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and develop their skills to become future engineers, through fully funded places on a range of courses.

Created by children’s STEM education charity, The Smallpeice Trust, the virtual courses are available to students from Devon non-selective state schools and are hosted in partnership with leading universities.

With a shared vision for supporting young people from all backgrounds to thrive in education...

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Exeter company, AnTech, wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Authored by ZoeOsborne
Posted: Thu, 04/29/2021 - 5:57pm

An Exeter-based company with over 25 years in oilfield innovation has been honoured with the highest accolade a business can receive – The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade.

A world leading designer and manufacturer of products for the upstream oil and gas industry, AnTech, which has its headquarters in Exeter and a presence in Texas and Saudi Arabia, is one of just 205 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise, and is in fact the only company in Exeter to receive one.

Employing 49 staff, AnTech was...

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Defence giant embraces Exeter business’ workplace innovation programme

Authored by Proteus
Posted: Wed, 04/28/2021 - 1:25pm

Multinational manufacturer of defence products MBDA has instructed Exeter based Workplace Innovation Europe Limited (WIE) to deliver its Workplace Innovation Practitioner Programme to twelve of its Innovation Champions based across Europe.

Based on learning by doing rather than teaching abstract principles, the ILM-accredited Leadership Development Programmes provide participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence, together with practical support and mentoring, to deliver real change in their organisations. Each Programme is based around a flexible combination of e-...

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‘The Billion Trees Project’ helps rebuild sustainable communities

Exeter firm's 'treemendous' quest to plant 1 billion trees to help offset carbon footprint generated by businesses

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Wed, 04/28/2021 - 11:28am

Leading independent software company RapidReg Ltd. located in Exeter is on a quest to plant 1 billion trees as part of an aspiring initiative to save the planet by offsetting the carbon footprint generated by businesses, whilst helping them to attract a new wave of green-minded consumers all for just 15p per tree.

Studies suggest between 75%-90% of the total global carbon emissions are produced by businesses and not individuals. Proactive tech entrepreneur Chris Collins co-founder of ‘The Billion Trees Project’, a non-profit arm of his RapidReg brand said: “These are scary...

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Exeter Based Optix Solutions Recognised as Top UK Digital Marketing Agency

Optix Solutions Recognised as Top UK Digital Marketing Agency by The Drum

The team at Optix Solutions has been recognised as one of top Marketing Agencies in the UK in The Drum’s UK Digital Agency Census 2021 .

Optix Solutions has come in at number 12 on the marketing magazine’s shortlist of 50 British marketing firms for Client Ratings. The honour is a testament to the commitment to client satisfaction by the team at Optix Solutions during the last year.

How Does an Agency Get Listed in The Drum’s UK Digital Agency Census?

The Drum’s UK Digital Agency Census...

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Net Zero Heroes

Celebrating Exeter’s Net Zero Heroes

Exeter City Futures has launched a brand new initiative, called Net Zero Heroes which aims to celebrate local individuals, families and groups of people who are taking action on the climate and helping to deliver the city’s Net Zero Exeter 2030 Plan. Net Zero Heroes has been launched for #EarthDay – a global awareness campaign to drive positive action for the planet.

Throughout the pandemic, residents, families and workers have come together as a community, changing their habits, buying local, pooling resources and supporting the more vulnerable members of the community....

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Valeport achieves Made In Britain status

Marine tech firm achieves Made In Britain status

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 04/22/2021 - 11:44am

Valeport, a global leader in underwater measuring equipment, has achieved the internationally recognised Made In Britain accreditation for its range of innovative marine solutions that are developed, designed and manufactured at its UK headquarters in Totnes, Devon.

The independent, family-owned business, which employees more than 90 people from state-of-the art facilities on the River Dart, designs and supplies precision sensors and probes to a worldwide customer base that includes: environmental, energy, construction, dredging, engineering, scientific research and military...

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Exeter ranked 63rd in the world in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:48pm

The University of Exeter’s commitment to sustainability and tackling inequality on the global stage has been recognised in the latest influential rankings.

The University has been ranked 63rd in the world in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings , released today (April 21st 2021).

The rankings, established in 2019, measure universities’ overall impact through their work in meeting the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals.

The overall ranking is produced based on institutions’ data for SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals, plus their...

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Devon manufacturers wanted

Devon manufacturers wanted as Barometer aims to uncover if COVID-19 has changed industry working practices forever

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:12pm
SME manufacturers in Devon urged to take part in survey

The largest survey of small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturing companies in Devon has been launched today to record trends in performance and confidence levels across the sector, whilst also exploring how firms are supporting their staff as a result of COVID-19.

The Manufacturing Barometer, which is organised by SWMAS (the South West Manufacturing Advisory Service) and the Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP), is looking to understand how the pandemic has accelerated new working practices that may have unearthed potential...

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Shazam co-founder to deliver keynote at flagship South West tech conference

Organisers of SW Innovation Expo have announced Dhiraj Mukherjee, Co-Founder of Shazam and experienced investor in tech start-ups, as the keynote speaker of the region’s flagship technology and business event. SW Innovation Expo will be held at Sandy Park, Exeter on 14th October 2021 bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs and investors for panel discussions, an interactive technology expo, Pitchfest competition and networking opportunities.

Dhiraj Mukherjee is the Co-founder of Shazam Entertainment, the world’s first mobile phone-based music recognition service and is...

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