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Exeter site manager recognised as one of the best in the country

A Redrow site manager at St Michael's Meadow has won a top national award for the quality of the homes they’re building in Exeter.

Roy Taylor has won a Pride in the Job award from the National House Building Council (NHBC) for the second consecutive year. This follows his success in 2025 when he achieved the Seal of Excellence in the regional stage of the competition – an accolade awarded to only the top 5% of site managers in the UK.

The awards, often dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the housebuilding industry, recognise the very best site managers across the country. Judging is...

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James Hopkins: How I Started a Business

National Association of Building Contractors is the one of the UK’s fastest growing Trade Associations.

National Association of Building Contractors is a growing tech community in the South West England, CEO, James Hopkins founded the business on the belief that all businesses, regardless of their size should be able to leverage the power of technology to enable them to thrive. This customer focused strategy has propelled huge growth.

James continues, before each of us leaves this world, there’s a very strong chance we will try to start our own business at least once....

Bryony Frost supports LOVE Devon’s charity dinner

One of the UK’s most famous sportspeople, jockey Bryony Frost, is supporting LOVE Devon’s charity dinner that will raise funds for the Devon Communities Together on Friday, October 4 at the Passage House Inn, Kingsteignton.

Staunch Devonian Bryony, who is a LOVE Devon Ambassador, will be joined by Simon Weston MBE, a British Army veteran known for his charity work and recovery from severe burn injuries suffered during the Falklands War, with the evening hosted by the BBC’s David Fitzgerald.

Bryony said: “I’m chuffed to be a part of the LOVE Devon fundraising evening...

Left to right: Colin Hegarty CEO Hegarty Maths and Dan Sandhu CEO Sparx

Exeter learning tech company Sparx joins forces with HegartyMaths

Exeter based education technology company, Sparx, has today announced that they are joining forces with HegartyMaths , which will increase their combined impact in the teaching and learning of maths. The new partnership brings together two of the most influential and groundbreaking education companies and is set to increase their joint reach and capability to over one million users in more than 1,300 schools. The new arrangement will mean that HegartyMaths will become part of the Sparx family.

Sparx and HegartyMaths are both award-winning companies offering maths education...

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3 Ways to Make Your Recruitment Strategy More Effective

Human resource departments play a crucial role in the success of companies.

One of their most important roles is to identify suitable candidates to fill positions when they fall vacant.

Rigid and outdated recruitment strategies are the biggest cause of longer hiring periods and ineffective recruitment processes. As a result, many companies end up hiring the wrong people.

In this article, we will look at some of the measures HR departments can take to make their recruitment strategy more effective.

1. Show that Your Company is an Ideal Place to Work...

Do you know how much water you can take?

With river levels and groundwater falling, landowners and businesses with boreholes, wells and springs are being urged to take a few simple steps to make sure they aren’t taking too much water.

One of the first things people should do is check their abstraction licence. Restrictions can come into force after periods of dry weather so it is important licence holders know when to stop or reduce the amount of water they abstract. They also need to be aware of any specific conditions that apply.

If you expand your business and require more water or if you want to start...

Teacher and student using Sparx in the classroom

Oxygen House announces further investment in learning technology company Sparx, totalling £50 million

Sparx, a socially focused learning technology company based in Exeter, is to receive a £20 million investment from Oxygen House, an ethical and impact-centric group of companies also based in Exeter. The investment follows an initial £30 million investment from Oxygen House which helped to establish Sparx and to develop and trial the technology.

Together, the £50 million investment is thought to be the largest by a UK investor into the UK edtech sector*.

Sparx was founded in 2010 and is an in-class and homework solution which uses machine learning, personalised content and...

What you need for the highest quality restaurant kitchen

When you’re in the restaurant business, the front of house and dining area create a first impression for your customers, but the most important impression you make on your customers comes from the part of the restaurant they don’t see – the kitchen. Good quality food is what every chef and restauranteur ultimately aim for, however this is not achievable unless your kitchen is fully endowed with the following necessary equipment needed to make every meal the highest possible quality. Every complete kitchen at home or otherwise will have kitchen splashbacks , so don't hang around, get yours...

Rory Campbell (MC), Caroline Strawson of Caroline Strawson: The Divorce and Breakup Coach (winner in the Best New Business category) Sam Steele (Delaware North) at the National Business Women's Awards 2018

National Business Women's Awards on look out for Southern England Business Woman of the Year

Announcing the extended deadline on Tuesday 17th September, business women from across the south of England are being encouraged to enter the National Business Women's Awards, that is returning for a second year. www.nbwawards.co.uk

This national awards event has been created to recognise the achievements of women in all sectors from across the UK.

From newer businesses and Corporate Leaders to the Employee of the Year, the awards comprise 21 categories and are open to all women that contribute to a business.

Within the total of 21 categories, award organisers...

Greater Exeter comes together for Tribe launch

150 people gathered at Hotel du Vin to learn about a new initiative from Exeter Chamber, Exeter City Council and Air Marketing, Tribe. The local buying initiative will encourage businesses within Greater Exeter to choose local suppliers where possible. Speaking at the event, were Owen Richards, Air Marketing, Ben Bradshaw MP and Ann Hunter, InExeter.

Owen Richards, managing director of Air Marketing and founder of Tribe said: “We aim to survey 5,000 companies within the area: if each of them changed just one of their services from a national supplier to a local one, we could...

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Exeter site manager recognised as one of the best in the country

James Hopkins: How I Started a Business

Bryony Frost supports LOVE Devon’s charity dinner

Exeter learning tech company Sparx joins forces with HegartyMaths

10 best business ideas you should start in 2020

3 Ways to Make Your Recruitment Strategy More Effective

Do you know how much water you can take?

Oxygen House announces further investment in learning technology company Sparx, totalling £50 million

What you need for the highest quality restaurant kitchen

National Business Women's Awards on look out for Southern England Business Woman of the Year

Greater Exeter comes together for Tribe launch

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