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Westcotts marks 40 years of supporting South West businesses

Westcotts, one of the South West’s leading firms of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, has celebrated its 40th anniversary - marking four decades of providing trusted advice and specialist expertise to individuals, SMEs and organisations across the region.

Founded in Honiton in 1985 by Richard Thomas, Westcotts has grown from a single office into the major regional firm it is today - with a team of more than 300 working across a network of offices across Devon, Somerset and now Wiltshire.

Throughout this period, the firm has maintained a strong commitment to...

South West Chef of the Year announces 2017 finalists

Authored by abigail
Posted: Mon, 10/02/2017 - 4:48pm

This year’s South West Chef of the Year competition continues to pick up the pace with the announcement of its 2017 finalists following closely-contested semi-finals on Saturday.

Now in its 14th year, South West Chef of the Year champions the very best of the region’s professional chefs and junior and home cooks as well as its exceptional produce for which the peninsular has gained a worldwide reputation.

Places in the competition are much coveted with chefs and culinary enthusiasts from 11 years up entering for their chance to cook for the panel of highly regarded regional...

Exeter BID lights up the city

Authored by abigail
Posted: Mon, 10/02/2017 - 12:46pm

For the second year in a row, Exeter Business Improvements District (BID) will hold the city’s Christmas lights switch on event with a huge party for all the family to enjoy scheduled to take place in Princesshay Square on Thursday 16 November.

As well as live music from local musicians, the evening will mark the official switching on of Exeter’s city-wide festive illuminations and kick off the first of six Thursdays leading up to Christmas, when shops will stay open until late.

City residents and visitors can enjoy the celebrations from 4pm on the Thursday when local...

Conference focuses on support for armed forces community

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/02/2017 - 9:57am

Specialist training could be offered to help frontline NHS and council staff across the county better support the needs of Devon’s veterans, forces personnel and their families.

It is one of the ways that £190,000 awarded to a consortium of South West Councils from the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant fund and announced at The Devon Armed Forces Community Wellbeing Partnership conference today (Friday) could be used. More than 50 delegates from the armed services, local authorities, businesses, charities and the public sector convened to debate and discuss subjects ranging from...

Search to find Devon's best park

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/02/2017 - 7:46am

Do you think that your local park, playground or playing field is the best in the country? Here’s your chance to prove it.

National charity Fields in Trust have launched a campaign to find the UK’s Best Park, as voted by YOU! This unique award is open to all public green spaces across the UK through a simple online nomination at www.fieldsintrust.org/bestpark . It might be that your local park is great for a Sunday afternoon stroll, your neighbourhood playground is a hive of activity for children, or a nature reserve provides a stress-free space to relax. This is your chance to...

South West businesswomen gather at high profile event

Bishop Fleming, alongside Ashfords, were delighted to host a dinner for some of the most influential business women in the South West at Lympstone Manor.

The evening brought together women from Flybe, Pennon, South West Water, Grey Matter, Condition Monitoring Group, Hazelwoods Holiday Park, EIC Group, Exeter City Council, Ashfords and Bishop Fleming, including Tax Director, Isobel Savage and Partner, Fleur Lewis.

Fleur commented "Getting these influential women together in busy modern day life is always a challenge. Dinner at Lympstone Manor, hosted by Michael Caines, was...

Property Search Group announces spectacles appeal for World Sight Day

In Property Search Group’s 20th year, 3 of its South West offices have joined forces to raise money for international charity Vision Aid Overseas.

In celebration of World Sight Day, PSG’s teams based in Swindon, Somerset and Plymouth are planning to visit law firms across the region to collect old spectacles for recycling. Vision Aid takes the glasses and recycles them, with the income generated from the campaign used to help train eye care workers in Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia and provide eye care services and life changing glasses to some of Africa’s poorest areas.

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DWT's Emily has three wheels on her wagon

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 10/01/2017 - 10:26pm

There’s a new bike on the streets of Exeter this autumn and it’ll be arriving at a school near you soon!

The bike in question is a very special three-wheeler and it belongs to local nature charity, Devon Wildlife Trust. Since April the Trust has been running a project which is working with most of the schools in Exeter, helping them to take their pupils out of the classroom and into the great outdoors to learn more about nature and themselves.

The Exeter Schools Project, as it is known, is being supported by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. Its aim is simple: to...

Sanderson Weatherall bolsters holiday and caravan park team

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 10/01/2017 - 10:03pm

Nationwide chartered surveyor and commercial property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall has grown its holiday and caravan park team with the appointment of Lee Southan, who joins the firm as senior surveyor. The caravan park market continues to capitalise on buoyant trading conditions with Sanderson Weatherall’s specialist caravan and holiday park teams agreeing in excess of £40M worth of sales over the past nine months. Commenting on current market conditions, Chris Tucker, partner at Sanderson Weatherall said, “We are predicting that these strong trading conditions will continue, which...

Teignmouth law firm awarded for Will Aid effort

A LAW firm in Teignmouth, Devon has raised more than £6,000 for charity after taking part in a will-writing campaign which asks lawyers to write wills for local people in exchange for a donation. Scott Richards Solicitors have taken part in the annual Will Aid scheme for the first time and raised an impressive £6,409 in the month-long fundraiser. This makes them the highest fundraising firm in Devon. This is the 11th year they have taken part, raising a fantastic £22,663 to date. Sue Carter, from the firm, said: “Our team has thoroughly enjoyed participating in Will Aid and have worked...

Devon’s Naturalmat runner up for Brand of the Year at Little London Awards

Authored by AmyatWire
Posted: Sun, 10/01/2017 - 8:03pm

At the third Little London Awards last month, Topsham based Naturalmat scored Runner Up position in the Brand of the Year category.

The Little London Awards are voted for by thousands of Little London and Baby London readers but Brand of the Year winners are chosen by an esteemed panel of judges. This year they included Editor-in-Chief Kate Freud, broadcaster and journalist Kate Silverton, founder of Peanut app Michelle Kennedy and TV sports presenter Natalie Pinkham.

Naturalmat have made a name for themselves in the children's market with their range of handcrafted baby...

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