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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...

TV’s Rob Bell to host South West Civil Engineering Awards

TV’s Rob Bell to host South West Civil Engineering Awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/10/2021 - 10:53pm

TV’s champion of engineering, past and present, Rob Bell is to host the South West’s top awards for civil engineering projects and civil engineers.

Bell, who presents many popular television series, including Abandoned Engineering, Walking Britain’s Lost Railways and Britain’s Lost Battlefields, will be hosting the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West Civil Engineering Awards in autumn this year.

With a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bath, Bell is an enthusiastic advocate for engineering and science, helping people of all ages...

Devon duo launch sustainable subscription box to help small businesses during lockdown

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/10/2021 - 8:29pm

“Who doesn’t love a lockdown delivery?” Say the two female founders of a new service giving customers ethical shopping choices without the hassle

A Devon duo have launched ‘Lofty Box’ - a new sustainable subscription box which brings wellness and lifestyle products straight to your door during lockdown

The co-founders, Claudia Meller, from Crediton, and Emily Joyce, from Exeter – both 30 – launched the box during the pandemic to help emerging brands and smaller businesses reach more customers.

Each Lofty Box contains a selection of products, from healthy snacks...

Offsite construction giants Sigmat agree sponsorship deal with Exeter Chiefs Rugby

Authored by PaulaBrown1
Posted: Wed, 03/10/2021 - 9:37am

Light gauge steel frame specialists Sigmat have announced their partnership with Devon based premiership rugby team the Exeter Chiefs.

The Leeds based firm will be one of the team’s official sponsors for the 2021/22 season.

Sigmat, who are currently working on the construction of a high-profile Marriot Hotel on the club’s Sandy Park site, said they were ‘keen to put something back into the local community’ and saw the opportunity to sponsor the Chiefs as an ideal way to support grass roots rugby as clubs start to emerge from the pandemic.

Sigmat CEO Mark Eburne...

FSB shines light on female business success

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/08/2021 - 3:55pm

Female-focussed businesses from all across the South West came together to celebrate the passion and enthusiasm of women business owners and entrepreneurs in the region when Britain’s biggest business group staged its first regional ‘Women in Enterprise’ conference.

Taking place in the same week as International Women’s Day, the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) hosted the virtual event featuring speakers, panel sessions and networking which attracted attendees from Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Bath, Devon, Bristol and Somerset.

Among the sessions on...

A new Hero category for National Business Women's Awards

The popular National Business Women's Awards, which hail the success of female entrepreneurs across the country, have launched a new award category.

The Business Hero Award, as voted for by the public, will see a gong presented to the business woman who has gone above and beyond in the face of adversity and supported a local or national cause.

In a year blighted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Business Hero award recognises the challenges that have been faced across the business landscape over the past 12 months and the people who have found innovative ways to overcome...

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Staff to benefit from RGB acquisition

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 03/07/2021 - 11:58am

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce it has been acquired by Grant & Stone and has become part of the largest independent builders merchant group in southern England.

The company will continue trading as RGB Building Supplies across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, and its head office will still be located in Barnstaple. The majority of RGB’s Executive Board of Directors will not change and its current Chief Executive Kevin Fenlon will remain leading the business.

Customers will continue to receive the same high standards of service and will not see any...

How Headhunters are Using AI-Driven Executive Search software

Authored by BHTNews.com
Posted: Sun, 03/07/2021 - 9:20am

Most commonly, if a company wants to hire or select candidates for the job roles they take written tests or have a face-to-face interview with them. In some cases, companies use a special technique to hire people by having teamwork with experts who can use an exact executive search software to hire people for the companies.

You must be thinking about why and how they use the specific software. Let us tell you the whole matter in this post.

About headhunters

The companies seek the support of third parties in the hiring process to use the software and techniques to fill...

Residents invited to have their say on draft Waste Management Strategy up to 2030

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 03/04/2021 - 9:50pm

Residents and businesses are invited to have their say on the draft Resource and Waste Management Strategy for Devon and Torbay.

The Public Consultation runs from Wednesday 3 March to Wednesday 14 April, and the responses will help shape how Local Authority Collected Waste is managed in Devon up to 2030.

The new document will present how the 10 councils responsible for waste collection or disposal in Devon, will continue to work with residents to try to reduce the amount of household waste created and continue to ensure that waste is managed in a sustainable and cost-...

Grade II former school in Devon achieves UK first for energy efficiency

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 03/04/2021 - 9:45pm

The £20m redevelopment of a former school in Exeter, known as St Margaret’s , has become the first property in the UK to secure an Energy Performance Certification (EPC) A for a set of historic buildings.

Sustainable Exeter-based developer, Grenadier , is transforming the Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings into new energy efficient homes and has secured the highest EPC rating for a Grade II building, making it the first of its kind in the UK to secure the certification.

The EPC A rating is more commonly achieved in new-build properties which can perform to the...

M&S commits to helping young people in Exeter into work by backing Government Kickstart scheme

M&S Exeter is taking applications for a newly launched work placement programme to enable young people, aged 16-24, to gain valuable experience to help them onto the career ladder.

Supporting the UK Government’s Kickstart programme, M&S has created 360 work placements across the breadth of the country.

The programme will be run in partnership with The Prince’s Trust – M&S’s long-standing employability and Sparks charity partner. The first Kickstart cohort of 180 placements across 30 Regional Academy stores including six placements delivered in Exeter in April...

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