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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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Marvellous PR becomes media partner of the South West Business Expo

The South West Business Expo, the leading business showcase in the South West and second largest in the UK, today announced a partnership for the upcoming event in November 2019.

Marvellous PR, one of the region’s leading PR, social media and content marketing agencies, will become the (PR) partner to the Expo which showcases and celebrates the Business Community from across the Region which now moves into its 8th year.

The annual Expo takes place at Westpoint Arena, Exeter, and provides an enormous platform for businesses to grow and prosper. Free to attend, it offers...

Devon engineer recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Engineering

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/21/2019 - 6:09am

Katy Toms, a senior engineer at WSP Exeter and Chair of the board of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West, has been announced as one of the top 100 Most Influential Women in the engineering sector.

The list, produced by board appointments firm, Inclusive Boards, in partnership with the Financial Times, will be officially released at the Inclusive Boards: Women in Engineering Leadership Conference on October 22nd.

On the same day, Inclusive Boards will also be publishing extensive research into engineering in the UK, as well as the results of their diversity...

Transform a kitchen or bathroom area with Community Fund help

RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund aims to help groups, charities and schools from across the region to finance projects they would otherwise be unable to complete. For its next giveaway, the builders merchant is offering £1,000 to help transform a kitchen or bathroom area.

Perhaps a school would like to update its kitchen cupboards, or add new appliances to a teaching space, or a community centre would like to create an inclusive bathroom area. Whatever the project, RGB would like to hear how groups in the local area would use the donation.

The builders...

West Devon Premier B Netball Team

SSG sponsors growing netball club 

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/20/2019 - 6:57pm

SSG Training and Consultancy are proud to be the sponsors for a West Devon Netball team for the 19/2020 season.

The West Devon Premier B Netball Team were struggling to find a new sponsor before SSG stepped in to offer up sponsorship.

A fundamental part of the SSG business ethos is to support the local community, financially and by giving time to activities termed ‘Beyond Business’.

SSG have sponsored various sporting teams this year including Tavistock Cricket Club and Devonport Services Rugby Club Under 11s team; who played at Twickenham during the Army v Rugby...

Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

Spare a thought for the elderly this Bonfire night

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Sun, 10/20/2019 - 3:14pm

DEVONIANS planning Bonfire Night parties or fireworks displays this November (2019) are being urged to spare a thought for the elderly and vulnerable in their area before they host an event.

Guardian Homecare is asking people to inform any elderly neighbours they may have in their community of any potential parties and displays taking place.

Catherine Porter, who is a Manager at Guardian Homecare, which provides care in the Torbay and Exeter areas, said: “Bonfire night is a particularly frightening night for the elderly, as they often don’t like the associated loud noises,...

In it for the long run – over 100 staff cover 700km for firm’s centenary

More than 100 team members at regional chartered accountancy and business advisers, PKF Francis Clark have run 5K this year, as part of their centenary celebrations. In doing so, they have also raised money for a number of local charities across the South West.

During the summer months, over 100 energetic team members from the firm ‘took to the tracks’ in a joint effort that totalled a combined distance of over 700 kilometres, equivalent to over 430 miles.

The firm that promote a ‘healthy workplace’ and have a ‘health & well-being programme’ rolled out across all of...

L-R: br George Demirev,  Ailsa Tatton – Shell,  Wendy Harris,  Janet Milton,  Richard James,  Sharon Ruskin, January Roberts and  Eleanor Chew

Exeter law firm expands services with collaboration

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 10/19/2019 - 12:15pm

Exeter based Solicitors Title have today announced a collaboration with Harris Law South West which will bring a significant expansion of services offered to local businesses.

Solicitors Title LLP already has offices in Exeter and Yeovil, covering areas such as online data management, franchising, licensing, retail and manufacturing, commercial property and leases, litigation, wills, probate and intellectual property.

Wendy Harris, founder of Harris Law South West has been a practicing lawyer in Devon for over 13 years. Solicitors Title’s collaboration with Harris Law will...

L-R: James Dart, Roger Whiffin, Susie Healey and Jennifer Whiffin

Darts Farm continues to raise funds for local charities

During the summer months Darts Farm is renowned for its vibrant yellow fields of pick-your-own sunflowers and it’s superb ‘Maize Maze’. The beautiful flowers have raised a total of £5,034 this year for Darts Farm chosen charity, Hospiscare and the ‘Maize Maze’; a maze that’s constructed entirely out of the maize crop grown in the Darts Farm field, has raised a total of £3,061 for local charity ELF (Exeter Leukaemia Fund).

These are popular attractions with visitors in the area, and with a donation to Hospiscare or ELF, customers enjoy wandering around the field to choose their...

Secretary of State Visits Exeter College to Talk T Levels

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Fri, 10/18/2019 - 11:23am

The Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson MP visited Exeter College to learn more about the impact new T Level qualifications will have on the region’s learners.

As a government-selected ‘early adopter’ of the new technical-based qualification, Exeter College is the only provider in Devon offering T Levels for 2020 delivery, with courses initially available in Construction, Digital and Education and Childcare. Further T Level courses will launch from 2021 as part of a national roll out.

T Levels mark a revolution in technical education in the UK as the...

L-R: John Drewett, Andy Fraser, Ryan Joint, Ruth Burrows, Tarryn Lowth & Rosan Petrov at the event

Housebuilder colleagues smash charity target in memory of Dean - one year on from race tragedy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 10/18/2019 - 9:53am

Colleagues at a national housebuilder have smashed their charity target after running the Cardiff Half Marathon this month, in memory of 32-year-old Dean Fletcher, who tragically died last year at the event.

The husband and father - a management accountant at Bovis Homes’ South West region - suffered a cardiac arrest after completing the course last October.

In his honour, six Bovis Homes’ colleagues ran the 2019 event to raise funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), a charity that aims to reduce the risk of cardiac arrest in those aged under 35. The team aimed to raise...

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