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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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Bishop Fleming Partner, James Finnegan and People's Director, Anna Averis welcome the new trainees.

Accounancy firm recruits record number of graduates and school leavers

Top 30 accountancy firm, Bishop Fleming have employed a record number of graduates and school leavers as the firm continues to expand.

The recruitment of 25 graduates, seven school leavers and two 12-month industrial placements comes as the firm celebrates its centenary year and looks to the future.

Hiring a total of 34 trainees, the new intake will work across the firm’s seven offices, in the South West and Midlands. Each trainee will receive significant support as they undertake training programmes to gain their accountancy qualifications.

The investment in...

Crowdcube smashes its own records as fintech Curve reaches its £6 million target in just five hours

Crowdcube, the world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, had several of its records smashed by fintech pioneer Curve, which raised £6 million in a mere 5 hours. A total of 9,591 people backed Curve, the highest number of investors in a raise on Crowdcube. The fundraise began at 10am UK time on Tuesday and just five minutes later, investors ploughed in £1 million, in the first of the record-breaking statistics that raised the bar for future campaigns.

Curve, an over-the-top banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into a single card and app, announced in August it...

Exeter College Students Visit Honduras for Conservation Project

A group of Exeter College students recently returned from Honduras after working with conservation research organization Operation Wallacea.

A Level students travelled to Cusuco National Park in Honduras after their exams to work with scientists collecting vital data for use in their research on biodiversity and climate change.

Students gained hands-on experience of monitoring biodiversity within the rainforest, as well as a real life an insight into many of the topics they had studied at college.

Cusuco National Park is one of the most important national parks in...

Simpkins Edwards celebrates being accredited as top ten employer by British Accountancy Awards

Devon-based Simpkins Edwards is celebrating with its team after being accredited as one of the UK’s ten best accountancy employers by judges at the British Accountancy Awards (BAAs). The firm, which has offices in Exeter, Okehampton, Holsworthy, Bovey Tracey, Barnstaple and Honiton, has now been shortlisted for the BAA’s Best Employer title 2019, and will discover if it has won later this month.

This is the second successive year that Simpkins Edwards has reached the finals of the British Accountancy Awards - widely regarded as the industry’s most prestigious accountancy accolade....

Seaton Town Council declares a carbon neutrality date and community meeting

2030 is the target date for Seaton to achieve carbon neutrality with the support of the community. The decision made by Seaton Town Council, follows East Devon District Council’s declaration with a target of 2040 and Devon County Council’s declaration with a target of 2050.

By working together with members of the community, who will be invited to take part in public meetings and discuss topics such as housing, biodiversity, food and transport in Seaton, Seaton Town Council is optimistic this target will be met. The first local meeting will be held on the 16th October, at the...

‘Disruptive’ online builders’ merchant expands with new tile and floor e-superstore

Rapidly expanding e-commerce builders’ merchant, CMOStores.com, has added a sixth portal to its family of online building material retail platforms, further extending the comprehensive range of building products it offers to both professional contractors and DIY enthusiasts throughout the UK.

The new e-superstore, TileandFloorSuperstore.co.uk, offers more than 5,000 flooring products including marble and porcelain tiles, laminate flooring and carpet tiles. As well as the convenience of shopping online with 24-hour ordering, customers can also benefit from CMOStores.com’s award...

Generous community helps young people in Africa ‘build’ for the future

The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies and Devon-based charity Amigos are thanking the local community for the amazing response received to their recent appeal to donate preloved tools. These will all now go on to help young people in Africa lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Amigos has been working in Uganda for nearly 20 years and for the last nine it has been providing vocational training in construction skills. Throughout June and July, a total of 33 ‘dumpy bags’ of tools were collected across the RGB network and in some cases, instead of donating preloved...

Exeter College and Kier host work experience week to encourage careers in construction

Exeter College and Kier recently teamed up to deliver an intensive one week, pre-Apprenticeship work experience programme, designed to give local youngsters an insight into the construction industry and inspire them to pursue a career in the varied and vibrant sector. 

Six learners who are considering the Apprenticeship route with Exeter College spent the week gaining knowledge and insight, as well as hands on experience behind the scenes with Kier at some of the company’s flagship developments.

The week kickstarted with health and safety training and a test for...

Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

Free expert advice on spotting early signs of dementia

STAFF from a leading Devon home care agency are offering expert advice to the public on spotting the early warning signs of dementia as part of World Alzheimer’s Month this month (September 2019).

According to the Alzheimer’s Society, there are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, with numbers set to rise to more than one million by 2025 and two million by 2051.

Catherine Porter who manages Guardian Homecare, which cares for people in the Exeter and Torbay areas, explains: “As part of our training we are able to recognise the early signs of dementia in a person and as...

Successfully maintaining a start-up: Aspects to keep a close eye on

There is no denying how challenging it can be to keep a start-up company afloat in the middle of a competitive industry. Whether it is construction or the world of fine dining, any inexperienced business owner will have their hands full trying to maintain a start-up business. There are plenty of start-ups which end up failing due to a few rookie mistakes - aspects companies end up overlooking due to the hectic nature of start-up management.

Fortunately, you do not have to resign yourself to the same trial and error routine. You can instead improve the standing of your start-up by...

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

Accounancy firm recruits record number of graduates and school leavers

Crowdcube smashes its own records as fintech Curve reaches its £6 million target in just five hours

Exeter College Students Visit Honduras for Conservation Project

Simpkins Edwards celebrates being accredited as top ten employer by British Accountancy Awards

Seaton Town Council declares a carbon neutrality date and community meeting

‘Disruptive’ online builders’ merchant expands with new tile and floor e-superstore

Generous community helps young people in Africa ‘build’ for the future

Exeter College and Kier host work experience week to encourage careers in construction

Free expert advice on spotting early signs of dementia

Successfully maintaining a start-up: Aspects to keep a close eye on

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