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SW small business eye share of nation’s £5bn Christmas Spend

Local small businesses across the South West are gearing up to take their share of a much-needed Christmas boost, as new data predicts the UK could spend £5.3 billion with small firms over the festive period, delivering critical end-of-year gains for this vital segment of the economy.

In wider positive economic signs, new data from the Small Business Saturday campaign also found Brits could spend over £23 billion in total across the UK this festive season, representing a nominal 16% year-on-year spending rise.

On average, one fifth of the nation’s seasonal spending pot...

Tithebarn Link Road open to traffic

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Posted: Fri, 04/13/2018 - 3:46pm

A new route linking Exeter with developments to the east of the city has been completed and has opened to traffic.

The Tithebarn Link Road provides an alternative route avoiding M5 Junction 29, connecting the city and the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point, including the developments of Cranbrook, Skypark and the Exeter Science Park.

The route includes a 60 metre span pedestrian and cycle bridge alongside the existing bridge just north of Junction 29 of the M5. The bridge opened for use in February.

Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for...

Baxter welcomes in record Academy intake at Chiefs

Rob Baxter is set to welcome his biggest intake of academy youngsters into his Exeter Chiefs squad for the 2018/19 season.

A great advocate over the years of bringing through youthful, homegrown talent at Sandy Park, the Chiefs Director of Rugby is once again ready to reap the rewards of yet more outstanding work being carried out by the club’s highly successful academy programme.

Richard Capstick, Flynn Elworthy, Barrie Karea, James Kenny, Sam Maunder, James McRae, Sam Morley, Max Norey, Joe Parker-Cook, Alfie Petch, Joe Snow, Danny Southworth, Cory Teague and Rus Tuima...

Powderham Food Festival announces its return

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Posted: Thu, 04/12/2018 - 2:45pm

Devon’s popular Powderham Food Festival will return this autumn as organisers announce this year’s dates.

Powderham Food Festival, the autumnal foodie event that celebrates the South West’s finest food and drink producers, will return on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October 2018, 10am to 5pm. Now in its seventh year, the festival will be hosted in the grounds of the beautiful Powderham Castle and promises to provide a fantastic family, foodie and fun day out for all to enjoy.

Brimming with all things edible, drinkable and delectable from over 150 producers, there are also...

Recruitment firm donate £100 in memory of Director’s father

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Posted: Thu, 04/12/2018 - 9:22am

ISCA Recruitment, an independent recruitment consultancy based in Devon, made a company donation of £100 following one of the team’s sudden and unexpected loss of her father. Jo Blythe recently lost her father suddenly following a heart attack. “My Dad was an active 71 year old. He woke my Mum in the early hours of the morning and said he was struggling to breathe and had some discomfort in his stomach. Whilst waiting for an ambulance, he stopped breathing and my Mum performed CPR for 25minutes until the paramedics arrived and took over. Despite the heroic efforts of my Mum, there was...

SW housing market fails to gain momentum as activity and stock plummets

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Posted: Thu, 04/12/2018 - 6:20am

The momentum in the South West housing market continues to slow, as buyer demand falls, according to the March 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

During the month of March interest from would be buyers fell with only 5% more respondents seeing a rise rather than a fall in new buyer enquiries. This subdued trend is also seen in other key indicators as both new instructions and newly agreed sales remain in negative territory. One of the main factors impeding demand and sales, alongside the ongoing concerns over affordability, is the lack of fresh stock coming onto the market. In...

Have your say on East Devon’s proposed changes to parking charges

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Posted: Wed, 04/11/2018 - 8:37am

District council wants to hear what the East Devon local community thinks about a review of off-street public pay and display car parking fees

East Devon District Council is considering reviewing the charges it makes in some of its off-street public pay and display car parks, as well as to its car park permits. The council has put some proposals forward and is now keen to hear what the local community think of these changes through its consultation, which runs until Friday 1 June 2018.

Anyone interested in learning more about the changes and who wants to have their say,...

Free event to help local businesses gain more enquiries by using their own photography

A local digital marketing agency is aiming to help businesses make the most of their photography in the latest of their series of free events.

The masterclass, which will explain how photos and imagery can be used to to boost bookings and enquiries, is to be held on Tuesday 24th April and is aimed at any business in Devon or Cornwall wanting to raise their revenue and online activity this year.

The speaker at the event will be digital marketing specialist Mark Worden, who having set up his own business four years ago has generated more than £1.5 million in online enquiries...

Barratt Homes reinforces position as the UK’s most recommended housebuilder

Local housebuilder Barratt Homes has received the maximum 5 star rating in the new Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual New Homes Survey.

The number of stars awarded is based on responses to the question “would you recommend your builder to a friend?” For Barratt to have been awarded 5 stars means that more than 90% of its customers would recommend their homes to a friend.

Barratt is currently the only major national housebuilder to be rated as 5 star for nine years in a row, having first been awarded the accolade back in 2010.

With 2018 also being the 60th...

First Women’s Equality Party candidate for Exeter local elections

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Posted: Tue, 04/10/2018 - 7:25am

Voters in Exeter will be able to vote for the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) for the first time on 3 May.

Former British diplomat Bea Gare is standing in Duryard and St James, a ward she first became familiar with as a PhD student at the University of Exeter.

She has been out talking with residents, and they have been raising their concerns with her, from planning decisions to increasing homelessness, and alcohol and drug misuse. Bea Gare said: “Duryard and St James ranges from quiet country lanes to streets where Exeter’s late night economy needs balancing with respect for...

Lightfoot appoints Rupert Lyon Taylor as Managing Director of fleet division

Lightfoot, the award-winning in-vehicle technology and driver rewards platform, has recently announced the promotion of Rupert Lyon Taylor to the position of Managing Director of its fleet division.

Rupert joined the company in 2017 as Operations Director, and the team is delighted that he has now taken on this challenge. In his new position, Rupert will have primary responsibility for managing the fleet side of the business as Lightfoot continues its rapid growth.

In the past year Lightfoot has doubled its number of employees and this is set to double again in the next...

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