Business Daily

The city’s leading business organisation, Exeter Chamber, has teamed with award-winning, Ofsted Outstanding rated Exeter College in a two-year growth partnership deal. The two organisations will work together to enhance the connection between business and education in the city.

The partnership deal will focus on providing a gateway for businesses into the college, offering Chamber members enhanced access to the College’s world-leading facilities, and a route for businesses to find the next generation of talent. Exeter Chamber members will have access to discounts and services at...

Stagecoach South West has announced the appointment of new operations director, Katie Wagstaff to join their senior management team.

Katie began her career as a graduate trainee at Stagecoach South in 2014 and has since worked in various management roles within the Stagecoach London business and was previously Operations Manager for Basingstoke. She will be responsible for the South West operations which includes 917 drivers and 348 buses and coaches spanning over 111 routes and over 16 million miles a year. She replaces Paul Clark, who left at the end of May 2021 to take a new...

A revamped Exeter hair salon has become the city’s first to win the Standards Agency Flagship’s 5-star rating for its standards of hygiene. Futura Hair , in Exeter’s South Street, is emerging from the national lockdown with a new vision for the future.

Founded and run by Nadia Barlaba , Futura Hair, which was formerly The LXS and rebranded during the pandemic, has emerged from a tough period in which a new focus was born out of the need to survive.

Nadia said: “We knew the impact the pandemic would have on the business and the community immediately and so we had to do...

An Exeter woman has been announced as a finalist at the 2021 Amazon everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards .

After the Covid-19 crisis threw the critical role of transport and logistics into the spotlight as never before, Mel Peirson is one of 66 finalists, and therefore one of the most outstanding individuals working in the industry today.

Mel, who is Service Delivery Leader at Royal Mail in Exeter, has been announced as a finalist for The Supply Chain Award - Leader, which is awarded to a woman who is innovating and excelling in their role within the supply chain...