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Oxygen Conservation and Burges Salmon seal £1 million partnership for 8,000 UK-based premium quality carbon credits

Leading natural capital asset manager Oxygen Conservation and independent UK law firm Burges Salmon have announced the signing of a landmark partnership valued at up to £1 million . As part of the agreement, Burges Salmon will be the exclusive buyer of up to 8,000 premium-quality, UK-based carbon credits which will be provided at £125 per tonne .

Funding one of the UK’s most ambitious nature restoration projects on the beautiful Leighon Estate in Dartmoor, Devon , the partnership demonstrates an important shift in how the voluntary carbon market operates - moving from...

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Carers provide a lifeline to the vulnerable in winter.

Carers provide a lifeline to the vulnerable in winter

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 11/11/2019 - 9:54am

A SOUTH Devon home care provider says its carers offer a vital lifeline to those who can’t get out as much as they would like during the colder winter months (November 2019).

Guardian Homecare says now the clocks have changed, elderly and vulnerable people are more inclined to stay inside, and its carers are sometimes their only link to the outside world.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which delivers personalised home care in the Exeter area, said: “The days are now getting darker and much colder, and this can often limit the amount of time our service...

Sarah Routley receiving her award from Amy Gilbert-Jeans, Housing Service Lead

East Devon tenants conference 2019 focuses on caring for our community theme

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/10/2019 - 5:46pm

Caring for our community was the theme chosen by East Devon District Council tenants for their 2019 tenants’ conference, which they also arrange and run.

This popular annual event, which took place on 21 October 2019 at Westpoint Conference Centre, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, was attended by 59 East Devon tenants, as well as 18 young persons, 12 members of staff from East Devon District Council, Ian Williams (East Devon’s housing repairs contractors), two councillors and several guests.

Peter Sullivan, a tenant from Sidmouth, who is also a Tenant Housing Review Board member,...

Natalie Peacock - Harrogate Spring Water, Mark Godfrey - Deer Park Country House and Matthew Allen

Top award for Deer Park Country House

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sun, 11/10/2019 - 5:38pm

The magnificent Deer Park Country House has been crowned ‘Best for Weddings, Parties or Special Occasions’ in the UK and Ireland in Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence 2020. Hotly anticipated, the winners of the 37th annual Awards for Excellence 2020 were revealed on Monday (4th November) during a glamourous black tie ceremony held at The May Fair Hotel, London.

An elegant Georgian manor house set in 80 acres of glorious East Devon countryside, triumph at the awards cements Deer Park Country House’s position as the favourite wedding and events venue not only in the region...

Ali Amin, CEO & Co-Founder UBI Global; Ibrahim Mannai, Executive Director of Advisory and Incubation Qatar Development Bank; Khalid M. Al-Ali, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman SENSETA Qatar; Karen Brooks, Programme Director at SETsquared Partnership; Monika Radclyffe, Centre Director at SETsquared Bristol

SETsquared ranked global #1 university business incubator for third time

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/10/2019 - 11:56am

The SETsquared Partnership, a unique enterprise partnership between five leading, research-led UK universities, including the University of Exeter, has been ranked the global number one university business incubator for the third consecutive time by leading research and advisory firm, UBI Global.

The title, which was awarded at last night’s World Incubation Summit in Qatar, continues SETsquared’s ongoing success, having maintained its world-leading position since 2015. This year, the Partnership was commended for demonstrating exceptional value for tech start-ups and the local...

Carbon Neutral Festival to engage city in developing a roadmap for change

A major festival will take place next year to engage the whole city in developing a shared roadmap for a carbon neutral Exeter.

Exeter City Futures is working alongside Exeter City Council to develop a programme of activities for the Carbon Neutral Festival.

Achieving a carbon neutral city will require the involvement of individuals, communities, businesses and organisations all working together.

The City Council has given Exeter City Futures the responsibility of coordinating a city-wide plan (roadmap) to how the city can work towards achieving the ambitious...

New director appointed to deliver Liveable Exeter Garden City project

Exeter City Council has appopinted a new Programme Director to deliver the Liveable Exeter Garden City project.

Richard Marsh joins Exeter City Council from Bristol City Council where he was the Head of Regeneration with oversight of key regeneration projects, including the Bristol Temple Quarter, and economic development. He will start in January.

Liveable Exeter Garden City is an ambitious plan for building 11,000 new homes for people in a unique way to improve quality of lives and reduce inequalities.

It will focus on at least eight key sites over the next 20...

Superfast broadband public consultation launched

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/07/2019 - 8:04am

A public consultation has been launched by Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) ahead of undertaking a fresh procurement to find contractors to provide superfast broadband. CDS, which is responsible for rolling out broadband across the two counties, is establishing the remaining area where there are no current or credible future plans to deliver Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband infrastructure capable of download speeds of at least 30Mbps. To establish the existing coverage of broadband infrastructure in the programme area as well as that planned for the next three years, CDS carried...

Matt Woolnough

Smithers Purslow acquires Byrom Clark Roberts

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 11/06/2019 - 10:12pm

Exeter-based consulting engineering and surveying firm, Smithers Purslow (SP), has acquired its northern and Wales-based counterpart, Byrom Clark Roberts (BCR), increasing staff numbers to over 100 working from 10 locations across the UK.

Five employees based at SP’s office in the Basepoint Business Centre, Yeoford Way, will now work alongside colleagues in Chester, Glaston, Leeds, Llandudno, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Reading.

The buy-out, completed at the end of October, follows a period of phenomenal growth for SP. In five years turnover has grown by...

Work starts on region’s new broadband network

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 11/06/2019 - 5:43pm

Jurassic Fibre today announced that construction of its ultrafast fibre-to-the-premises network has begun, following the granting of Code Powers by OFCOM.

The first premises will be connected in late November, when the company starts its friendly user trial in the area between Exeter Airport, Clyst St Mary and Sowton Industrial Estate.

Jurassic Fibre CEO, Michael Maltby, said: “It’s a testament to the Jurassic Fibre team’s experience that we have started to build so quickly. We are confident we will minimise disruption to local communities whilst future-proofing them for...

Richard Hills-Ingyon (left) and business partner Sargon Latching

Exeter candle shop named as a runner-up to Britain's Best Small Shop of 2019

A small shop in Exeter that sells candles made from recycled wax has been named as a runner-up in the search to find Britain's Best Small Shop of 2019.

The Recycled Candle Company, which moved into its new shop in Exeter in June this year, sells candles fragranced with its own bespoke scents created in collaboration with a UK-based French perfumier. The shop includes a workshop space for candle-making workshops, guest classes or hot-desking, and customers who donate used candles and students receive a discount whilst the shop's loyalty card rewards returning customers. Last year...

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