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Exeter-based law firm achieves record breaking results

Porter Dodson, the South West-based UK Top 200 law firm, has announced a record-breaking year of growth and achievement, increasing revenue to £20.2m, while retaining the highly prestigious Gold Investors In People accreditation for the third successive time.

Across its Exeter, Sherborne, Poundbury, Bridport, Wellington, Taunton, and Yeovil offices, the firm has seen year-on-year growth of 15.5%, leading to a 25.4% leap in net profit.

These impressive results round off a year in which the firm has achieved significant headcount increases, made possible in part by the...

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After three generations farming, Fordmore moves into the 21st century

After three generations farming at Fordmore, near Cullompton, Devon, an award-winning farm shop has now moved into the twenty first century by introducing an online shop.

The farm, purchased during the perils of WW2, was originally called Plymtree but now trading as Fordmore Farm Shop has faced the present challenges of the pandemic by embracing on-line meat sales to support the business.

The farm specialises in organic dairy and poultry products and boasts a herd of Longhorn cattle, bread for the table.

With the extended lockdown continuing since Christmas the...

The delay of the gender pay gap reporting

Only two-and-a-bit months ago were we excitedly writing about the return of the gender pay gap. We spoke about how vital it was that the return to normal had to come soon, or we would risk seeing the reversal of crucial diversity and inclusion efforts, and a real decline in the welfare of women in the workplace.

“Moving forward, things will be returning to normal very soon. It has been made clear that the suspension of pay gap reporting was only a temporary measure during the pandemic and, as of 2021, emphasis will be put back on eradicating the inequality faced by many women in...

The Family Law Company strengthens its team in Exeter

Family law specialists The Family Law Company has announced the appointment of Mary-Ann Wanjiku to its Exeter Children and Domestic Abuse Team at Balliol House.

Mary-Ann, who studied at Hull University and BPP Law School Holborn, previously worked for a London firm. After initially working within immigration law, lockdown found her moving into the family department.

She says, “I was brought up in Kenya where I lived until I was a teenager, and I’ve always been interested in law and justice – hence studying for a law degree.

“During my training contract I really...

Peter Gorton joins Food Drink Devon board of directors

Peter Gorton, an award-winning chef who made his name developing some of the best-known restaurants in the West Country, has become a director of Food Drink Devon.

Peter who has owned and run famous establishments such as West Devon’s Horn of Plenty and Dartmouth’s Carved Angel, says he accepted the invitation to join the board because he believes it will be vital for the West Country catering industry to pull together in a post-Covid era, and because he believes the produce of Devon is second to none.

“My heart is in Devon and I wanted to support members of this...

Connecting Devon and Somerset has warmly welcomed further investment in broadband

Project Gigabit investment welcomed

Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) has warmly welcomed further investment in broadband in the region as part of the Government’s announcement on Project Gigabit today (Friday 19 March).

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has outlined the phasing of its £5 Billion commitment to delivering next generation broadband in the UK.

CDS is in the vanguard of the Government’s ambitions to build a Gigabit capable network across the entire country through its new contracts with Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet, which will install full fibre broadband across...

How will hotel businesses manage a second Easter in lockdown?

The coronavirus pandemic has affected every industry, but few have been hit as hard as hospitality. While there are now reasons to be optimistic for later in the year, businesses in these industries are having to find ways to manage in the interim.

A Second Easter Under Restrictions

This is extremely challenging, especially when you consider that there are many events and holidays happening around this time of the year. Hotels and other businesses in this industry thrive on events like Mother’s Day, Easter and Bank Holidays, but now are facing the prospect of missing out...

5 benefits of concrete pipes over other pipes

Concrete pipes have been used in various industries for more than 160 years. These types of pipes have been quite popular due to their strength and easy installation. Generally, the strength of these pipes varies from class I to class V as per ASTM C-76 and AASHTO M 170 standards. According to the companies like https:///civilmart.com.au Concrete pipes have always proven to be the last long compared to the other material pipes. With Concrete pipe, you will not face any issues like deflect, tear, burn or rust. According to a recent survey concrete pipes can last longer up to 70 to 100...

Jurassic Fibre to build full fibre broadband network in Sherborne

Jurassic Fibre has announced that it is extending its cutting-edge broadband network to the town of Sherborne in Dorset.

The first premises in the town are expected to become serviceable by the end of the year with full fibre connectivity of up to 1Gbps for residential users and up to 10Gbps for businesses.

Sherborne will be the first location in Dorset to go live, following two years of close cooperation between Jurassic Fibre and Dorset Council.

The announcement represents another key milestone for the Exeter-based internet service provider, which has already...

Local leader to the fore

The SME National Business Awards are delighted to announce that Jason Sinclair, Partner from Queensbury has joined the judging panel of these prestigious awards. The awards are in their fifth year and are open to all SMEs in the UK www.smenationals.co.uk

The final takes place on the Friday 3rd December at the iconic Wembley Stadium. Speaking on behalf of the organisers, Awards Director Damian Cummins said " We are thrilled that someone of Jason's calibre has joined our panel, we rely on experienced business people from across all sectors to choose winners in these sought after...

Company incorporation in Spain

When thinking of the most frequently incorporated types of companies in Spain , two figures should come into your mind: Private Limited Companies ( Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada -SL- ) and Public Limited Companies ( Sociedad Anónima -SA- ) (for more information on company figures and to avoid possible confusions we highly recommend to check our post about Branches vs Subsidiaries ).

To give a glance at the main differences between both kinds of companies, we should highlight the fact that SL’s have a closed structure since these are generally composed of a short number of...

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Exeter-based law firm achieves record breaking results

After three generations farming, Fordmore moves into the 21st century

The delay of the gender pay gap reporting

The Family Law Company strengthens its team in Exeter

Peter Gorton joins Food Drink Devon board of directors

Project Gigabit investment welcomed

How will hotel businesses manage a second Easter in lockdown?

5 benefits of concrete pipes over other pipes

Jurassic Fibre to build full fibre broadband network in Sherborne

Local leader to the fore

Company incorporation in Spain

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