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South West housebuilder makes new appointment

Persimmon Homes South West has promoted from within to find its new Contracts Manager.

Kenny Corrick has moved into the position after serving as a site manager and senior site manager for the five-star housebuilder for the last six years. He was an assistant site manager for two years before that.

Kenny has had a long career in construction, starting aged 17. He was an apprentice carpenter that used to sub-contract for Persimmon back in 1998, working on sites in Honiton and Seaton in Devon, before a spell as a self-employed carpenter.

Following this, he held...

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The Recycled Candle Company Exeter store

New Exeter store for eco-friendly candle company

The UK’s only candle recycling business, The Recycled Candle Company has opened its new shop in Gandy Street in the heart of Exeter’s indie shopping district.

City shoppers looking for a combination of luxury goods with a strong green ethos have been flocking to the store to browse the candles, which are created by reusing scrap wax.

Founder Richard Hills-Ingyon explained: “The concept is simple; wax from used candles is melted down, filtered, dyed and scented to create beautiful new candles.

“As far as we know, we’re the only company providing this opportunity for...

3 British Companies You Need to Be Introduced to

Don’t believe the naysayers – Britain is booming with some fantastic companies and products that are waiting to burst onto the international market. After a lot of investment and the hard work of the nation’s best entrepreneurs, British manufacturing is coming back and is quickly becoming one of the country’s fastest growing sectors.

Here is a list of three of Britain’s fastest growing companies that offer some of the most innovative and desirable British-made products on the market today.

Simba Mattresses

This young mattress manufacturer has quickly become the...

Free training courses at PSP focussing on staff wellbeing

Free courses focusing on human and organisational performance, creating high performing teams, operational excellence, resilience and safety are being held at Plymouth Science Park at the end of July.

Paradigm Human Performance is rapidly becoming the ‘go to’ organisation for the construction, oil and gas, utilities, rail and healthcare sectors.

Moving into the prestigious PSP site at Derriford will assist in the company’s plans for further expansion across sectors in the south west.

Paradigm Human Performance specialises in helping clients overcome some of their...

Summer of Independents campaign launched at indie showcase

Crafters, makers, bakers, barbers and bar tenders gathered together to showcase their one-of-a-kind products and services at the InExeter independent showcase in St Stephens Church on 27 June. Celebrating the launch of InExeter’s Summer of Independents campaign, which will champion Exeter’s vibrant independent scene, the event shone a light on a handful on the brilliant indie businesses in the city.

Businesses including The Roots Foundation, Mantis, Erin Cox, The Belt Makers, March Coffee, the Recycled Candle Company, and Chococo were on hand at the event to show and talk to...

Exeter-based software company, Paritor, is helping graduates to kick-start their technology careers in the South West

By Simon Dutton, founder and CEO at Paritor, who specialise in software solutions for music and performing arts education

Technology is one of the UK’s fastest-growing and most innovative sectors and the South West is rapidly emerging as one of the key centres for tech growth and discovery.

With over 13,000 digital tech businesses in the South West turning over £2.4 billion and plans for a new Institute of Technology to support technical further education in the region, it is an exciting time to pursue a career in the field. However, attracting and retaining young tech...

These conference call tips will help you be heard

For starters, there’s no doubt in the fact that one of the best things technology has given us is the ability to make conference calls. Isn’t it just amazing that you are sitting in another country miles away from someone and you can easily connect with them through video and audio conference calls? Well, it definitely is amazing, but at the same time, we cannot deny the fact that conference calls can be a mess.

This mess includes bad tech, noisy background, connectivity issues, and then the fact that people keep popping on and off again and again. Now with all of these issues, it...

PKF Francis Clark’s Chris Bishop named ‘Emerging Dealmaker of the Year’

Regional chartered accountants and business advisers, PKF Francis Clark is celebrating yet another impressive award, after Corporate Finance Senior Associate, Chris Bishop was announced ‘Emerging Dealmaker of the Year’ in the prestigious South West Insider’s Dealmakers Awards 2019.

The significant awards recognise and reward the wealth of talent in the region’s professional services sector and celebrates the success achieved by dealmakers in the South West over the past 12 months.

Chris Bishop joined the firm’s Corporate Finance team, the largest and most active deal making...

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust invests £7 million in new energy technology

The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) is set to reduce its energy costs by £800,000 a year, following a £7 million investment in sustainable energy measures.

The project, delivered by Centrica Business Solutions, will see state-of-the-art energy technology installed at five sites across Exeter, helping the RD&E to cut its energy costs by 17 per cent.

Design and construction is set to be completed by the end of April 2020. It includes the installation of a new 1.5MW combined heat and power unit that will generate power onsite at Wonford Hospital, as...

Start your own business today with these simple steps

Starting your own business can be one of the most rewarding and freeing journeys that you take in life. If you have a passion, talent or marketable skill that you think you can spin into a business, why wait? Far too many people are going to work every day to jobs that they don’t really enjoy, not because they want to, but because they have to.

You can break free from the drudgery and monotony of an unsatisfying professional life by taking control and starting your own business. It’s a much more realistic proposition than many people realise. There are lots of things that keep...

60 tonnes of black plastic prevented by British bacon brand

Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton visited leading Devon-based bacon producer Denhay’s factory on Thursday 27 June to learn more about the local company’s new sustainable initiative.

Denhay has switched its products’ packaging to fully recyclable clear trays made from 25% recycled plastic - removing black plastic from any Denhay retail packs of bacon which will avoid an estimated 60 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from going to landfill.

A clear new vision

Denhay’s new easy-peel packaging is both consumer and environmentally-friendly, as the clear plastic tray...

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South West housebuilder makes new appointment

New Exeter store for eco-friendly candle company

3 British Companies You Need to Be Introduced to

Free training courses at PSP focussing on staff wellbeing

Summer of Independents campaign launched at indie showcase

Exeter-based software company, Paritor, is helping graduates to kick-start their technology careers in the South West

These conference call tips will help you be heard

PKF Francis Clark’s Chris Bishop named ‘Emerging Dealmaker of the Year’

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust invests £7 million in new energy technology

Start your own business today with these simple steps

60 tonnes of black plastic prevented by British bacon brand

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