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Trowers' Exeter office continues growth with new partner hire

Trowers & Hamlins has expanded its Exeter team with the rehiring of Brian Hitchcock as Partner in the Projects and Construction team.

Brian brings 18 years of experience as a transactional infrastructure and project delivery lawyer, advising across a full spectrum of infrastructure, energy and real estate development projects in the UK. Brian has particular expertise in advising on contracting strategy and dispute avoidance.

He is ranked and recognised by the Chambers & Partners UK legal guide as "a go-to practitioner for large-scale construction project advice...

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Exeter start-ups need your support to win prestigious Royal competition

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/10/2019 - 10:54pm

Three innovative Exeter start-ups, each making giant steps in their respective industries, are calling on locals for support as they compete to win the People’s Choice Award at the prestigious Pitch@Palace final.

Biosystems Ltd, Build Solar and OTA Water, which are all supported by the SETsquared Business Acceleration Centre Exeter, have progressed into the final of the Pitch@Palace People’s Choice Award, where winning will give the businesses an opportunity to secure investment to support future growth.

The three start-ups all have ethical and sustainable technologies at...

Exeter environmentally friendly housing complex wins design award

An environmentally-friendly housing complex has scooped a top design award.

Exeter City Council’s Chester Long Court – 26 high-quality affordable homes in Whipton, Exeter, has won the Design through Innovation Award at the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards (South West).

As a regional winner, the complex in Vaughan Road will now go through to the National finals in London later in the year.

Chester Long Court first opened its doors to tenants on the City Council’s waiting list at the end of 2018.

Designed by Exeter based Gale and Snowden,...

5 essential tps for starting your own fashion brand

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 06/10/2019 - 9:34am

On average, women only wear an article of clothing 7 times before tossing it out.

If you are thinking of creating your own fashion brand, you probably wish this number was a bit higher.

Creating something that people will want to wear more than just 7 times is what sets successful companies apart from the rest.

Continue reading about 5 tips that will help you create a brand people will love for life.

Tips on Starting Your Own Fashion Brand

Starting your own fashion brand can be exciting and hectic. Not only will you need to work with your creative...

Darts Farm shortlisted for Great British Food Awards 2019

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/10/2019 - 7:54am

Devon based Darts Farm is thrilled to be shortlisted in the Great British Food Awards 2019 in the ‘Best Independent Retailer for the West of England’ category.

Finalists in each of the 19 categories are chosen by a panel of experts from the Great British Food magazine team. Members of the public are now invited to vote for their favourite food and drink brands, retailers, celebrity chefs and personalities. To vote for Darts Farm simply visit www.greatbritishfoodmagazine.com/awards. Closing date for votes is 19th August and each entrant has the opportunity to win £7,000 worth of...

Bigwave Business Games celebrates a decade of success

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Fri, 06/07/2019 - 10:13am

South West based digital growth agency Bigwave media with offices in Exeter, Torquay and Plymouth, announces a decade of success for its hugely popular Business Games. The Bigwave Business Games are a highly anticipated event in the local business calendar, boasting five-time Olympian, Jo Pavey, as their ambassador, and expanding for the first time this year with the launch of the Torbay games.

The Games kickstarted with the first event in the series, ten pin bowling. Twenty-eight businesses battled it out to strike lucky with five playing their joker, a wild card option which...

CHICKS is one of the Ashfords Foundation’s first major grants

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 06/06/2019 - 11:38am

The Ashfords Foundation has awarded a significant grant to children's charity CHICKS. The Devon-based charity provides free respite breaks to children aged 8-17 years who would really benefit from a break from their challenging home lives.

CHICKS believe every child has the right to make positive childhood memories and since 1992, the charity has provided over 16,000 children with a much-needed break. A CHICKS break inspires new confidence and gives children the opportunity to have fun, try new experiences and relax out of their usual environments. More than anything, it gives them...

Dragons Den Honiton winners

Honiton community project groups brave ‘dragons’ to win share of £5,000 funding pot

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 06/05/2019 - 8:59am

Eight community groups faced up to a panel of critical ‘dragons’ and an audience of local people at the Beehive in Honiton on 29 May 2019 to win a share of a funding ‘pot’ of £5,000 given by East Devon District Council, Devon County Council and Honiton Town Council. The fun networking and community Dragons Den style funding event required participants to pitch their project ideas and funding requirements within five minutes to the dragons and audience who then voted on the projects they wanted to receive funding. Each audience member had a ballot card, which only allowed them to “spend” up...

Plymouth Science Park

Revolutionary solar panel design by PSP firm

A Plymouth Science Park company is currently perfecting ground breaking design work on solar panels which is set to completely revolutionise green technology – with its application potentially benefitting the whole planet.

Dr Zaki Ahmed, technical director at Pulsiv Solar, has been working at PSP for the past three years. His research has resulted in a considerable increase in the amount of energy which can be produced by a solar panel.

“Our methods are unique and revolutionary,” he explains. “We ensure the loss is minimised and, as such, we can extract more energy than the...

An insight to custom printing barcode labels

Barcode labels have a number of different applications, the prime ones are for important documentation, goods and products for sale, patient information in hospitals, tickets for live events, movies in theatres, etc. They are used widely across a range of different industries due their convenience and ability to retain information in a simple way.

Barcodes are most commonly used in retail, however they can also be found on items used by government agencies and the healthcare sector. This increase in demand for barcodes across different industries means there has been a rise in the...

Flybe CEO wins International Inspirational Role Model Award

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/03/2019 - 3:53pm

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, is proud to report that its Chief Executive Officer, Christine Ourmières-Widener, has today (3rdJune 2019) received the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) first-ever Inspirational Role Model Award. It is the most prominent of three categories featured in the organisation’s inaugural Diversity & Inclusion Awards which, sponsored by Qatar Airways, attracted 68 nominations.

Christine was presented with the prestigious Award and US$25k in prize money jointly by Alexandre de Juniac, IATA Director-General and Qatar CEO Akbar Al...

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