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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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Study Inn adds another Russell Group city to it's second portfolio

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 02/28/2021 - 11:08pm

Study Inn Group, the luxury hotel-style student accommodation owner, developer and operator, are set to open in Exeter in September 2021.

The £25million development is located on the site of the former BBC studios in Walnut Gardens, St David’s Hill in the heart of the city. The property will provide 167 rooms in a mix of well-designed studios and shared serviced apartment bedrooms and is a 15-minute walk to the University of Exeter.

The Study Inn platforms’ latest generation of properties re-affirms the Group’s deep-rooted focus on resident wellbeing and life experience...

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Ex K+N Quinn & Adams Acquire STR Logistics Limited

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 02/26/2021 - 10:40pm

Former Kuehne + Nagel senior executives Anthony Quinn and Peter Adams have announced their acquisition of STR Logistics Limited. The acquisition has been made via their holding company 2020 Logistic Solutions Limited and completed on the 26th of February 2021.

UK based STR Logistics (located in Exeter, Devon) has been operating for over twenty years specialising in the provision of transport logistics solutions including, first and last mile, multi-drop, two-man home deliveries, contract management, trunker operations and secure freight handling. The company employs over one...

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Brexit challenges threaten to slow South West manufacturing’s comeback, reveals latest Barometer

Brexit issues are causing small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturers in the South West significant disruption as they look to recover from the economic effects of COVID-19.

The latest South West Manufacturing Barometer, which is produced by SWMAS, reveals 61% of companies have seen negative price changes within their supply chain since leaving the EU, with the availability of raw materials an issue for 52% of firms.

More than half of regional respondents cited complications with importing goods (53%), whilst 43% found exporting products more difficult since December 31st....

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National award puts Vallance Transport in pole position

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Fri, 02/26/2021 - 10:22am

Vallance Transport has moved into the fast lane after picking up a coveted national award from logistics specialists Fortec.

The firm presented WL Vallance Ltd, from Newton Abbot, with the Marsh Commercial Award for Excellence in Freight Management at a virtual ceremony, held to celebrate independent hauliers and transport workers from around the Pall-Ex Group of companies.

The event offered Fortec and its members an opportunity to celebrate overcoming the difficulties faced by the logistics industry in 2020, while championing staff who have worked tirelessly as keyworkers...

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Trowers announces new head of office and growth in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/25/2021 - 11:22pm

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins announces partner Chris Rundle as new head of office in Exeter . Chris takes over from Joseph Acton who was in post since Peter Keuls retired in 2008 for 12 years, and will be retiring from the firm after nearly 32 years at Trowers.

The office has also undergone further change with the expansion of its corporate, litigation and real estate teams in Exeter with several recent hires across various levels.

In recent months the Exeter office has welcomed partner Stuart Mathews and associate Jonathan Holloway to the corporate team...

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Fire-hit waste management firm returns home and expands business

After a devastating fire destroyed its Exeter-based recycling centre in March 2017, leading independent commercial waste management firm DCW has at long last returned home to its original operations site where now stands a state of the art new-build HQ. The move follows a four year wait for the new HQ to be built and is perfectly timed to facilitate the company’s latest expansion plans.

This month, the Zero to Landfill waste and recycling experts also welcomed eight new employees to the picking line at DCW’s Thorverton Road commercial recycling centre. Here, mixed waste is sorted,...

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Exeter business chosen to support Lithuania drive for ‘Decent Work’

Authored by Proteus
Posted: Tue, 02/23/2021 - 10:47am

Exeter-based Workplace Innovation Europe CLG (WIE) has joined a partnership of organisations in a project to enhance the concept of ‘Decent Work’ in Lithuania.

WIE is a not-for-profit organisation collaborating with public and private sector enterprises, trade unions and policymakers to explore the future of work and organisations and to share good practice in the workplace.

The Lithuanian initiative is funded by Innovation Norway, the state development agency, as part of its programme aimed at reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area. In...

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Missing Salmon Alliance goes from strength to strength as two new organisations join

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 02/21/2021 - 10:31pm

The Missing Salmon Alliance is delighted to welcome two new members, Fisheries Management Scotland and The Rivers Trust.

In 2019 a group of conservation focused organisations came together to drive action and save our wild Atlantic salmon from extinction by combining expertise, coordinating activities and advocating effective management solutions. The three existing organisations, The Atlantic Salmon Trust, the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, and the Angling Trust, have now been joined by Fisheries Management Scotland and The Rivers Trust.

As new members both...

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South West agency celebrates business wins

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 02/18/2021 - 9:19pm

Members of staff at a leading South West strategic marketing agency are celebrating after winning several prestigious clients.

Over the course of the past year, Chalk + Ward, which has offices in Exeter and in London, has acquired a total of 23 new clients, including in recent weeks, Exeter Cathedral, and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.

The Managing Director of Chalk + Ward, Robert Chalk, says: “We are delighted to be working with two of Exeter’s most iconic institutions and are heartened that during the toughest year imaginable, businesses and public organisations are...

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Gregory Distribution installs Gasrec Bio-LNG facility to fuel latest batch of Volvo gas trucks

Authored by Proteus
Posted: Wed, 02/17/2021 - 9:55am

Logistics business Gregory Distribution has continued its drive towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly operation by installing its first Bio-LNG (liquified natural gas) refuelling station.

Last year, the company began a trial to test the suitability of Bio-LNG to replace diesel in its fleet of more than 1,000 trucks – initially running seven Volvo FH LNG 6x2 tractor units as part of its operations in Bristol and Magor.

The success of that trial has now seen the company make the next move, installing the station – owned and operated by Gasrec – at its...

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