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Leading commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has today announced the appointment of Tony Fisher as its new Head of Exeter Office. Tony, who joined LSH in 2005 and has headed up the consultancy’s national office division for eleven years, will focus on growing LSH’s presence across the South West. In his new role, Tony will be working alongside LSH Bristol’s head of office, Peter Musgrove, identifying opportunities for the office division and general agency business. In his time at LSH, Tony has worked on a number of high profile transactions, letting on 100,000 sq ft...

Education Recruitment Company Class People have won a national Recruiter Award for Best Temporary Agency of the Year.

The national awards ceremony took place last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, which celebrated outstanding achievements by agencies and in-house recruiters across the UK.

The supply agency, set up by a former Primary school teacher Lynis Bassett, undertook a restructure last year and has gone from strength to strength since. Lynis Bassett, CEO of Class People, says: “We are over the moon to have won this award and be recognised for our hard work...

Exeter’s 15th annual Really Big Quiz, organised by chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards and held at the Corn Exchange, has raised an all-time record amount for the Lord Mayor of Exeter’s charity of the year. Beating the previous record of £8,141 set in 2015, the event, which is one of the highlights of the Devon business calendar, raised £9,174 for Age UK Exeter.

The quiz, which took place on 9 May, saw a packed hall of 73 teams fight it out for the title of Exeter’s brainiest eggheads. Simpkins Edwards’ very own John Humphrys and Jeremy Paxman - partners Adrian Hemmings and...

Wollen Michelmore won the DASLS Legal Award - ‘Leading Law Firm of the Year’ for firms with over 11 partners, held at the English Riviera Centre on the 1st May.

The award was one of the biggest of the evening, competing against many high-profile law firms in the 11+ Partners category.

The DASLS Legal Awards has been going for 3 years now. It is an opportunity to celebrate the role of lawyers and to also recognise the outstanding contributions they make in supporting their clients, businesses and the communities in which we live and work.

Sue Aggett President of...