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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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Chiefs side to face Leinster

Rob Baxter says his Exeter Chiefs side are looking forward to "challenging themselves" in their bid to establish the club amongst Europe's elite.

Whereas in previous years the Chiefs have been guilty of not turning up to the party until it's in full swing, there has been no such issue this time around with Devon's finest recording notable victories over Glasgow Warriors (home) and Montpellier (away) during the opening rounds of this season's Champions Cup.

Like the Chiefs, though, Sunday's visitors Leinster have also enjoyed a stellar start, bettering the Premiership...

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Exeter tech pioneers pitch for investment

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 12/08/2017 - 10:10am

Innovative tech businesses from across Southern England, including Care Systems & Innovation and KOMPAS from Exeter, came together in London on Wednesday to pitch for £20m of investment to an audience of 150 investors at SETsquared’s annual Accelerating Growth Investment Showcase. Joe Pearce, Business Support Manager, at SETsquared in Exeter said: “I am hugely proud of the success that businesses involved with SETsquared achieve on their pathway to growth. This year we have seen some extraordinary companies come forward with fantastic investment propositions. “The investor community...

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Gritters out in force across Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 12/07/2017 - 4:56pm

Devon’s gritters will be out in force this evening and overnight with the possibility of snow showers and icy conditions forecast.

There is a chance of up to 5cm of snow on higher ground, and the County Council’s 37 frontline gritters will be treating all of Devon’s main salting routes. In some cases they will be carrying out repeated treatments, some of them up to three times on routes covering Dartmoor and Exmoor, which will be salted at around 6pm, midnight and 5am. Conditions will be monitored throughout the night and into tomorrow morning to see if further treatments are...

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Nearly 600 firearms handed in to police during amnesty

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 12/07/2017 - 10:41am

Nearly 600 firearms were handed in to Devon and Cornwall Police during the firearms and ammunition surrender which ran from 13 – 26 November this year.

The campaign, instigated by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS), was supported by other forces around the country, including Dorset Police.

Items voluntarily surrendered at police enquiry offices across the force area totalled:

569 firearms of various types

More than 20,000 rounds of ammunition

Michelle Mounsey, Firearms and Explosives Licensing Manager for the Devon & Cornwall...

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Council takes successful enforcement actions against fly tippers

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 12/07/2017 - 10:19am

East Devon District Council’s Environmental Health team has recently served fixed penalty notices on three people responsible for fly tipping, as well as a member of the public seen throwing litter from a lorry.

In the first case, a resident from the Tiverton area, who fly tipped waste in Forest Gate car park, Ashclyst Forest, Killerton, claimed that a commercial waste collection company had taken her waste, but she was unable to provide any evidence to support this and has since paid the £200 fine.

In the second case, a resident of Ottery St Mary fly tipped a large...

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Citizens Advice Exeter wins national award

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has shared a national Citizens Advice One Service Working Award.

The Award recognises the role that the charity played, with nine other local Citizens Advice offices across the Country, to pilot the new ‘Casebook’ client management system. Other recipients included Devon-based offices in East Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge and Torridge, North, Mid and West Devon.

Warren Buckley, Deputy Chair of the national Citizens Advice charity said: “This Award recognises the work that was done in testing out new training materials...

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Alison Watts appointed to lead corporate finance at Thomas Westcott

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 12/06/2017 - 10:14pm

Top 50 accountancy and business advisory practice Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants has appointed experienced Alison Watts to head its newly-launched corporate finance service.

Alison joins as Director of Corporate Finance after spending 20 years successfully building a team and similar service offering at a firm of accountants in the North of England.

Thomas Westcott has grown significantly in recent years and is now recognised as one of the UK's leading mid-tier accountancy and business advisory practices.

However, whilst it provides almost all the services...

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Devon Bluebird wins Carer of the Year in the South West Regional Finals of The Great British Care Awards 2017

Debbie Foxford, a Devon Bluebird Care Assistant based in the East Devon Care Hub was announced as the Regional Winner at a ceremony in Bristol at the weekend.

Debbie has worked with Bluebird Care East Devon, Exeter and Exmouth for two and a half years and is based from our Care Hub in Honiton serving the East Devon community.

She said: “I worked in the hospitality industry before and have always enjoyed working with people. I never felt nervous about becoming a care assistant. That’s down to two things – I love working with people and I had great training with Bluebird Care...

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Exeter trusts set up new academy to help staff improve patient care and experience

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/06/2017 - 12:43pm

The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) and Devon Partnership NHS Trust (DPT) have won a national bid to set up a new academy in Devon to improve care for patients.

The Devon Flow Coaching Academy aims to better manage a patient’s journey or ‘flow’ through the healthcare system by streamlining and redesigning processes in a way that benefits them, their carers and staff. It is expected to begin its work in February 2018.

A patient’s experience of pathways of care, sometimes through different organisations, can be complex and involve multiple...

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High flying SW energy lawyer wins trio of awards

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 12/06/2017 - 12:26pm

A leading South West energy lawyer, whose dedication to the energy sector has seen her train in high altitude rescues for wind turbines, has won a trio of industry awards. Over the last three weeks Sonya Bedford, partner and head of the energy team at Stephens Scown LLP has been named Community Energy Champion at the Community Energy Awards, Energy Champion at the Energy Institute Awards and Environmental Champion at the Devon Environmental Business Initiative Awards. The Energy Institute is the professional body for the energy industry. It has over 23,000 individual members and 350...

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