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Teachers given the gift of Exeter’s independents

Exeter Supply Partnership switched from Amazon vouchers to the Exeter Independent Gift Card for its supply team reward and referral programs, funnelling support to the city’s independent sector.

An Exeter based not for profit organisation providing supply staff to over 180 schools in Devon is using a popular city gift card to reward its team, and has praised the initiative for its ability to support independent businesses.

Exeter Supply Partnership rewards its supply teachers who have gone above and beyond in their role each half term. After initially using Amazon...

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Your Office: The Ultimate Design Guide

If you’re a business owner or manager, chances are you spend most of your time at the office. Therefore, it makes sense that you’d want to personalise the design, free up space and maximise productivity. Creating the perfect office space is easier said than done, however, and sometimes you need a few pointers to help you plan your design. Here is the ultimate design guide to help you spruce up your workspace.

Colour Scheme

There’s no getting around it: the colour scheme in your office is important. Certain shades of colours, such as red, blue, yellow and green can all...

Exeter-based SITU shortlisted in international 2018 Relocate Awards

Exeter-based SITU, one of the UK’s leading providers of global serviced apartments and corporate accommodation, has been shortlisted for “Best Serviced Apartment Provider” at the prestigious, internationally recognised Relocate Awards.

Launched by Relocate Magazine in 2007, the Relocate Awards recognise excellence in the relocation and mobility sector, and celebrate the contribution that supplier businesses and HR professionals make in relocating staff to new locations, domestically and internationally.

Award nominees were shortlisted following a rigorous and thorough...

How to secure success for your business

The world of business can be extremely unpredictable. One moment you can be on top of the world, and the next moment you can be intensely worried about the future of your entrepreneurial endeavours. Although it is natural to expect plenty of ups and downs, it is still possible for you to hedge your bets. Taking certain steps will improve your chances of outshining your industry peers and securing success for your business. If you would love to see this happen, you should take on board the following four pieces of advice.

Establish a strong team of workers

In order for your...

Chiefs 34 Sharks 19

As the final prep is made to Harry and Meghan’s big day on May 19, so the planning is already being put in place for Exeter’s showpiece occasion on the same day.

The Chiefs already knew they had home advantage for next month’s semi-final showdown at Sandy Park, but they helped rubber-stamp their authority in the Aviva Premiership by collecting a maximum haul against visiting Sale Sharks.

Tries from Nic White White, Lachie Turner, Jack Yeandle and Greg Holmes were the highlights of another decent display from Rob Baxter’s side, whose latest victory on home turf ensured they...

Class People Swap Kick Off For Yoga

Education Recruitment Company Class People are helping to highlight the importance of National Stress Awareness Month by holding a yoga class at work. The independent education specialists invited yoga teacher Catherine Brooker-Magee to hold a class which replaced their weekly Monday morning meeting. Teaching has been found to be one of the most stressful professions, and according to a recent national survey 80% of classroom teachers have seriously considered leaving the profession in the past 12 months. Class People invited their teachers, teaching assistants and early years...

Weird Fish diverts unwanted textiles from landfill through ongoing partnership with textilerRecyclers

Popular clothing brand Weird Fish has been working with Bristol Textile Recyclers (BTR) since November 2015 and in that time has successfully diverted 1,296 kilos of unwanted textiles from landfill.

BTR is a family run business which diverts textiles from landfill on a daily basis, helping its retail charity partners further fundraise for beneficiaries by purchasing their unsellable clothing and textiles.

Shannon Fogg, fundraising manager at Bristol Textile Recyclers, commented: “It’s been great working with Weird Fish since 2015 and helping them maximise their fundraising...

‘X’ marks the spot: Everything you need to know to vote in local elections

With just a few days to go before polling day the Electoral Commission, the independent body which oversees elections, is highlighting what voters need to know to vote in the elections and answering some of the most common questions and misconceptions.

The elections

4 out of 37 Local Authorities in the South West have elections on 3 May.

Local government elections select councillors, who are responsible for making decisions on running services in your local area.

People can find out if they have elections in their area on the Commission’s Your Vote Matters...

Michelmores looks to the future with Technology and Innovation Division

Top 100 law firm Michelmores, today announces the rebranding of its existing Technology Media and Communications practice.

Headed up by Partner Tom Torkar, the new Technology & Innovation Team will be made up of an expanded group of experienced lawyers who will deliver innovative, joined-up solutions through a multi-disciplinary approach. The team will include Richard Cobb (corporate), David Thompson (commercial), Charlotte Bolton (IP) Nathaniel Lane (data privacy and security), Tom Stenner-Evans (employment disputes), and Brian Garner (tax).

Tom commented: “The...

They Got There in the End

Exeter’s highly successful Cyber Security Awareness Week finally drew to a close - just seven weeks late!

The last event in the sell out programme of events had to be postponed because of snow. But the organisers, Bluegrass Group, were determined the week should finish in style.

Undaunted, they rescheduled the final event at Hanlons Brewery in Newton St Cyres to toast the success of the week and announce plans for next year’s event.

This year’s CSAW attracted 90 businesses from the city who attended a week long range of seminars, workshops and networking events,...

Overnight closure planned on Bridge Road in Exeter

Bridge Road in Exeter will be closed overnight on Wednesday 9 May.

The road will be closed from 8.30pm on Wednesday 9 May, and will re-open by 5:30am the following morning (Thursday 10 May).

The closure is needed for the installation of Automatic Traffic Counters, and Devon County Council’s maintenance contractor Skanska will also be taking the opportunity to clean out drainage gullies.

The traffic counters are magnetic loops sealed in the road surface which record the number of vehicles travelling over them and feed the information to a roadside cabinet. The data...

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Teachers given the gift of Exeter’s independents

Your Office: The Ultimate Design Guide

Exeter-based SITU shortlisted in international 2018 Relocate Awards

How to secure success for your business

Chiefs 34 Sharks 19

Class People Swap Kick Off For Yoga

Weird Fish diverts unwanted textiles from landfill through ongoing partnership with textilerRecyclers

‘X’ marks the spot: Everything you need to know to vote in local elections

Michelmores looks to the future with Technology and Innovation Division

They Got There in the End

Overnight closure planned on Bridge Road in Exeter

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