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Winners of the 2026 Michelmores Property Awards revealed

The 23rd Michelmores Property Awards took place on 25 June 2026 at Sandy Park Conference Centre in Exeter, celebrating the very best of property development, construction and regeneration across the West of England and South West. The evening was hosted by Josh Widdicombe and brought together professionals from across the sector to celebrate this year’s shortlisted and winning projects.

The Awards continue to celebrate projects that demonstrate exceptional quality, innovation and sustainability, while making a positive contribution to their communities and the wider built...

Celebrate social enterprise day with Co-Cars & Essence

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/13/2018 - 9:32am

Exeter’s first social enterprise pop-up marketplace is happening in Princesshay on Friday 16 November. Taking place in Bedford Square from 10.00 to 16.00, it celebrates Social Enterprise Day 2018 by bringing together members of ESSENCE, the city’s Social Enterprise Network.

Co-cars, who have co-ordinated the event, will be there promoting the two new electric cars joining their Exeter network. Costing just £4.75 an hour or £34 per day to hire*, they will shortly be arriving in Queen Street and Bonhay Road, just moments from Central and St David’s stations. The company also runs Co-...

TEDxExeter 2019 ticket release date announced

Authored by TEDxExeter
Posted: Tue, 11/13/2018 - 7:16am

Organisers of TEDxExeter, the leading South West ideas festival, have announced that tickets for its eighth annual event will soon be released for sale.

Tickets for the much-anticipated day will be available from 10am on Friday 30th November 2018 via ticket website Eventbrite.

The event, which usually sells out in minutes, will take place on Friday 5th April 2019 at Exeter’s Northcott Theatre. Interested attendees are encouraged to act fast to avoid disappointment.

Claire Kennedy, licensee and curator of TEDxExeter, said: “We are already making great progress for...

Rokk Media announces a global rebrand to Rokk

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 11/12/2018 - 10:06am

Rokk Media, one of the UK’s leading software and mobile app development agencies, today unveiled it has rebranded to – Rokk. Operating in over 15 major industry sectors, the multi-award winning company has transitioned into a full-service software agency capable of developing, delivering and maintaining innovative software, data solutions and mobile application development projects with market leading user experience design.

The rebrand is supported by a new logo, tagline and website to reflect its solid track record and credentials as a trusted adviser delivering digital-first...

Exeter Chamber of Commerce raises over £5,000 for Dartmoor Zoological Society

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 11/12/2018 - 7:30am

Christmas has come early for the animals at Devon based wildlife park, Dartmoor Zoological Society, following the successful charity prize draw at Exeter Chamber’s Exeter Business Dinner in November.

The guest speaker this year was Benjamin Mee, who in 2006, discovered Dartmoor Wildlife Park which at the time was in severe financial hardship. Benjamin and his family stepped forward to save the animals and the zoo, starting a year-long struggle to get the zoo ready to re-open. They achieved this in 2007, under the new name of Dartmoor Zoological Park and in 2008, Benjamin published...

The Cryptocurrency Debate: Bitcoin’s Next Spotlight

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 11/12/2018 - 5:00am

Businesses around the globe hold their breaths to see the way cryptocurrencies pan out. We at Mobile Signal Boosters have been following Bitcoin's price journey as it experienced extreme turbulence during the last year, witnessing its price go down to £4,590 last September and reach an all-time high of £15,300 by December. Every Bitcoin holder in the world is truly having a hard time sleeping!

Recently, Bitcoin has been enjoying a somewhat stable period, its price averaging £4,970 for a span of 2 months.

Other cryptocurrencies, like Litecoin, Ethereum, Ripple and more...

Burts Chips celebrates success at Made in the South West awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/11/2018 - 5:35pm

Premium snack brand, Burts Chips, is celebrating after scooping two awards at the prestigious Made in the South West Awards which took place last night at The Bristol Hotel. Fending off stiff competition the Plymouth-based company won the Food & Drink Award as well as Manufacturer of the Year Award in the over £25m category.

Recognised for a year of incredible growth and achievement, the judges were impressed by the company’s ambition and innovation within a crowded marketplace.

With an impressive Burts Snacks turnover of £46m, Burts has been producing award-winning...

South West firms celebrate success at CECA Training Awards

The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) South West has recognised the exceptional performance and dedication of trainee civil engineers, apprentices and lifetime achievers at a special ceremony in Torquay. Five young people received accolades at CECA’s annual training awards and a lifetime achievement award was also made at the same ceremony. Ashley English from Plymouth, was named the Most Promising Apprentice after joining South West Highways in Exeter as an apprentice roadworker. Jordan Anderson, from Bournemouth who is employed by Knights Brown in Ringwood, received the...

Stars of the future secure Chiefs win against Harlequins

It's been the breeding ground of future stars at Exeter for many a year and today the Chiefs were able to unearth some new sparkle as they cemented their position at the top of Pool One in this season's Premiership Rugby Cup with victory over visiting Harlequins.

In a dominant display from Ricky Pellow's side, they not only preserved their unbeaten record in the competition this term, but they underlined the quality that exists within the playing ranks at Sandy Park.

Whereas many Premiership rivals took the opportunity to re-introduce a number of their top guns ahead of...

Eight arrested linked to County Lines drug supply

Officers in Devon and Cornwall have made a number of arrests as part of a joint operation to tackle the supply of drugs across the country.

Eight men, aged between 19 and 53 are currently in police custody and all were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Heroin and Cocaine; the arrests were made at a number of locations across the region including Plymouth, Exeter and Cullompton.

These arrests are part of a joint operation with our colleagues from the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) who executed warrants and made a number of successful arrests in...

ExIST explores the impact of living with plastics

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 11/09/2018 - 11:26am

This month, Exeter Chamber subgroup, Exeter Initiative for Science and Technology (ExIST) held its latest event which focused on the extremely relevant topic of plastics and what impact plastic is having on the planet combined with the science, research and development of alternative materials and technology.

Speakers for the event included Dr Mark Hennen of ARGANS Ltd who are using novel techniques to establish the feasibility of observing floating plastic litter from orbit. The results of their research in this area will aid in the locating and tracking of marine plastics. Also...

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