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Urban designers David Birkbeck and Stefan Kruczkowski joined Barratt Homes at Minerva in Exeter to celebrate the five star housebuilder’s 60th anniversary.

David has been CEO of Design for Homes since 2000 and he wrote the Building for Life matrix which is tool used to assess new build applications and is currently working on an updated version to support the National Planning Policy Framework.

Stefan is an urban designer specialising in design within residential developments and works to support Building for life.

On a recent visit to the Minerva development they...

Organizations looking for higher levels of efficiency in their project planning and management processes as well as improved quality of deliverables are making the transition to online project planning software platforms. Instead of being hosted on a company server and administered by an in-house IT department, these new toolsets are hosted in the Cloud. This strategy for running your project management software is ideal for anytime, anywhere access, and can immediately cut waste by producing major time savings.

Every project manager knows that waste is the enemy of efficiency....

A local digital marketing agency is celebrating its fifth anniversary following another record breaking and successful year of growth.

MiHi Digital, based near Lifton, has worked with 64 new clients, launched 34 websites and seen turnover grow by a further 23% in the past 12 months.

The business has grown rapidly since it was set up by digital marketing specialist Mark Worden from a one-bedroom flat on the Exeter Quayside in 2013. Mark, who left a position at a regional law firm to start the business, attributes part of this year’s expansion to continued increases in...

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has welcomed Senior Associate Tom Sampford to its travel and insurance team in Exeter. Tom re-joins the firm from DAC Beachcroft, having originally completed his training contract at Stones, before the Stones' merger with Trowers in 2015. Tom has experience dealing with tourism, hospitality and travel claims, and in handling international litigation matters. He has also gained a wide range of experience advising both claimants and defendants in personal injury matters, including particular expertise in the health sector, having previously...