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Devon Air Ambulance has once again received a two-star accreditation as an Outstanding Company to work for.

A recent staff feedback and engagement survey undertaken by Best Companies has resulted in the charity moving up in its sector rankings in comparison to last year’s results.

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) is a growing organisation and constitutes over 170 members of staff that work in diverse fields from charity retail and fundraising to the critical care team and air crew. Though roles are extremely varied, it’s crucial that all staff feel well supported and heard,...

Ahmed Goga has joined the Great South West Partnership as a director, advising on the Board’s future growth plans.

The Great South West is a Pan-Regional Partnership of senior business leaders, local government, Local Enterprise Partnerships, universities and colleges across Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. The Partnership aims to promote the region’s ‘blue and green’ assets, as part of its ambition to become the ‘UK’s Natural Powerhouse’, and deliver up to £45bn of economic benefit by 2035.

The region’s unique marine, manufacturing, energy,...

The founder of one of the South West’s leading service specialists for affordable and public sector housing has praised his staff as the company marks 25 years in business.

MD Group , which employs 19 staff and 47 operatives out of its offices in at its offices in Clyst St Mary near Exeter, started life in a one-room office in Ashton Gate, Bristol in 1998.

A quarter of a century later, founder and executive director Steve Devlin has overseen the growth of a company which turns over £42 million, employing some 300 people based out of offices in Exeter, Poole, Bridgwater,...

Communities hit by flash floods in September are being encouraged to approach the Devon Community Resilience Forum if they need support.

The forum has extended its Emergency Resilience Grant scheme until next April so that Devon communities affected by flash flooding on Sunday 17 September can seek help if needed.

The initiative offers two funding schemes: - Help for communities to develop emergency plans, and - Support for small scale works and resilience equipment, which is usually intended for those communities with an emergency plan already in place.

However...