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Exeter firm Paradigm Norton wins prestigious King’s Enterprise Award for Sustainability

Exeter based financial planning firm Paradigm Norton has been honoured with the UK’s most coveted business award. Paradigm Norton is one of only 185 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in 2026, with just 36 receiving an award for sustainable development.

Announced today (Wednesday 6 May), the Award recognises businesses which have excelled in international trade, innovation, sustainable development, or promoting opportunity, and is the highest award for British businesses.

Paradigm Norton has been recognised for its...

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Armand targets rapid response

Don Armand believes it won't take much to help Exeter Chiefs rediscover their winning formula, after they slipped to a rare home defeat against Worcester at the weekend. The visiting Warriors became the first side since Bath in October 2016 to emerge victorious from Sandy Park, edging out the reigning Aviva Premiership champions 6-5 in a low-scoring Round 14 encounter. Defeat for the Chiefs, coupled with a win for Saracens over Newcastle Falcons, means Exeter's lead at the summit of the standings has now been reduced to just two points. Next best are Wasps, who themselves maintained third...

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Exeter students set to ‘Sail Against Plastic’

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Posted: Tue, 02/13/2018 - 10:24am

A team of students and staff from the University of Exeter are set to embark on an 12-day voyage to measure pollution including micro-plastics in the Arctic.

The goal of the expedition, named Sail Against Plastic, is to discover the impact of non-visible pollution, such as noise pollution or micro-plastics, on marine life.

The trip, to the icy waters surrounding Svalbard in the Arctic Circle, will produce vital information on the build-up of toxic pollutants in marine food chains.

The team will travel on Blue Clipper, a 33m tall-ship, powered solely by wind and...

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Exeter climbs ranking of best employers for LGBT staff

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Posted: Tue, 02/13/2018 - 6:18am

The University of Exeter has been named as one of the top-200 best employers in Britian for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff.

The University has climbed more than 100 places to 163rd in the high-profile rankings, published by leading charity Stonewall on 31 January.

The ranking, now in its 14th year, celebrates the efforts of leading organisations to create inclusive workplaces and is based on a range of key indicators which include confidential questionnaire of staff.

Anne-Marie Baker, the University of Exeter’s Wellbeing and Inclusivity Manager, said...

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Forecourt firm announces plans for electric car chargers

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Posted: Mon, 02/12/2018 - 5:33pm

Cornwall Garage Group Ltd, which owns 18 petrol forecourts across England, has announced plans to install rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers.

The company is working with InstaVolt to install and maintain the DC chargers at nine of its sites:

Southville Services, Southville, Bristol New County Services, Clophill, Bedfordshire Putnoe Services, Bedford Exton Services, Exeter Honicknowle Services, Plymouth Bassett Services, Epping, Essex Shoreham Services, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex Bedworth Services, Bedworth, Coventry Glendale Services, Nuneaton, Warwickshire

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Forecourt firm announces plans for electric car chargers

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/12/2018 - 5:33pm

Cornwall Garage Group Ltd, which owns 18 petrol forecourts across England, has announced plans to install rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers.

The company is working with InstaVolt to install and maintain the DC chargers at nine of its sites:

Southville Services, Southville, Bristol New County Services, Clophill, Bedfordshire Putnoe Services, Bedford Exton Services, Exeter Honicknowle Services, Plymouth Bassett Services, Epping, Essex Shoreham Services, Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex Bedworth Services, Bedworth, Coventry Glendale Services, Nuneaton, Warwickshire

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Flybe pilots take flight in new uniform!

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Posted: Mon, 02/12/2018 - 12:18pm

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has given its 650-strong pilot workforce a brand new look that complements the striking purple uniforms of its cabin crew.

The new navy uniform for its pilots features a stylishly fitted jacket with distinctive platinum epaulettes and stripes that clearly designate the rank of Captain (four stripes), Senior First Officer (three) and First Officer (two). Designed with full crew participation, the brief was for it to be a quality, comfortable, user-friendly outfit to better reflect the airline’s forward looking image than the previous...

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Bryony Frost becomes first group-wide ambassador for Jockey Club Racecourses

Authored by Lucy
Posted: Mon, 02/12/2018 - 11:50am

Fast-rising star jockey Bryony Frost, from Buckfastleigh in Devon, was yesterday announced as a group-wide ambassador for Jockey Club Racecourses.

Bryony has lit up British racecourses this season with a string of brilliant rides, her first Grade 1 victory and a winning smile to match, helping her to become one of the most popular faces in the sport.

The partnership is the first of its kind for Jockey Club Racecourses, which stages the likes of The Cheltenham Festival, the Randox Health Grand National, the QIPCO Guineas Festival and The Investec Derby Festival, and will now...

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Exeter-based The Real Food Store wins place on prestigious learning programme

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Posted: Mon, 02/12/2018 - 11:15am

The Real Food Store in Exeter is one of 100 leaders across England to have been selected for a competitive learning programme and Match Trading grant of up to £10,000.

More than 330 people across England applied for the Community Business Trade up Programme, run by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Power to Change. The programme supports people improving their local communities through trade.

The programme will support The Real Food Store to grow, which will help expand the awareness of organic, local food and sustainability in Exeter and the...

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UK’s top hypnotherapy practitioner in publishing first

One of the country’s foremost hypnotherapy practitioners, Matthew Cahill, is celebrating the launch of his book - which is the first of its kind as it charts the growing popularity of Solution Focused Hypnotherapy.

Plymouth based Matthew, 45, is the Principal of The Observatory Practice, based in The Crescent, where he has successfully trained hundreds of students on the acclaimed CPHT course (Clifton Practice Hypnotherapy Training).

Running a successful practice, combined with his love of learning and his dedication to teaching, led him to write ‘Solution Focused...

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Stephens Scown becomes the first business in the UK to install Lightfoot in pool cars

Stephens Scown LLP, one of the largest law firms in Devon and Cornwall, has installed Lightfoot in three of its pool cars, in order to reduce emissions and improve its carbon footprint. The firm has been improving its corporate social responsibility and contribution to sustainable development, and is using Lightfoot as a key solution to help achieve this.

Lightfoot encourages a smoother and safer driving style, which in turn reduces emissions and fuel costs. Lightfoot is committed to coaching the driver to be better and it continuously rewards them for doing so. Stephens Scown’s...

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