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Devon launches new wave of funded training to power the region’s future

Devon County Council has officially launched the sixth year of its flagship Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps programme, offering over 2,000 adults in the region a unique opportunity to upskill or retrain for in-demand jobs.

Backed by government funding as part of the national Skills for Life initiative, this latest wave of Train4Tomorrow will deliver high-quality, employer-designed training across key growth sectors; from construction trade skills, HGV driving, EV charger installation, AI and data skills and early years education.

Courses are available to adults aged 19...

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Family law changes cause delays to SW divorces

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 10:43pm

Headlines about celebrity “quickie” divorces belie the truth according to a leading South West family lawyer who believes that changes brought in in 2015 to simplify the divorce process are causing significant delays.

Andrew Barton, a partner at Stephens Scown LLP believes that the changes that came in in 2015 are having a crippling effect on couples looking to process their divorce quickly. He explains: “The new centralised court service came in for divorcing couples in April 2015, reducing 47 regional courts to just 11 divorce centres around the country. This has meant that all...

Stagecoach SW sponsors Exeter’s lights switch on event

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 10:41pm

Stagecoach South West has confirmed it is the headline sponsor of this year’s Exeter Christmas lights switch-on, due to be held in the city centre on 17 November.

The annual event attracts people from across the region and this year marks the first to be organised by Exeter’s Business Improvement District (BID).

Hosted by Radio Exe favourites Ashley Jeary, Ben Clark and Chris Dinnis, there will be a fun and festive programme of entertainment throughout the city centre from 4pm onwards. The event also marks the unveiling of a new lighting scheme that, due to popular demand,...

Palace Capital secures new tenant for former Polestar Building in Exeter

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 7:47pm

Palace Capital, the property investment company that focuses on commercial property outside London, announces that it has let the former Polestar Building (a 113,000 sq ft industrial/warehouse) on the Marsh Barton Trading Estate in Exeter.

The Company announced in its year end results that administrators had been appointed to its tenant occupying the Polestar Building, Polestar UK Print (“Polestar”), and that it was endeavouring to negotiate a 12-month licence from June of this year with the newly formed company that had purchased the assets of Polestar. This was in order to...

Crealy Adventure Park & Resort wins the esteemed Primary Times Overall Winner Award 2016

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 5:18pm

Crealy Adventure Park & Resort wins the esteemed Primary Times Overall Winner Award 2016

This year there have been record levels of Primary Times readers voting for their favourite local family friendly places and people in Primary Times’ Reader Star Awards.

Parents of children aged 4 to 11 across Devon were asked to complete a survey that appeared in this family friendly magazine that has a distribution of 58,500 copies to primary schools in Devon. Many families also cast nominations online via the Primary Times website – www.primarytimes.net

The answers reveal...

Crackdown on drivers using mobile phones

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 3:48pm

Devon and Cornwall Police and the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner are working with police forces across the South West to crack down on people using their mobile phones while driving.

It comes as figures from the RAC show that the number of motorists who illegally use mobile phones while at the wheel is rising.

1,714 motorists were surveyed and 31% of said they used a handheld phone behind the wheel. That compares with 8% in 2014.

The number of drivers who said they sent a message or posted on social media rose from 7% to 19%, while 14% said they...

South West insurer expands Devon rural field force team

South West rural insurance company Cornish Mutual has appointed a new member to its Devon team. Phill Hatfield has joined the Company’s field force located through Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset and providing on-the-ground support to agricultural business and rural communities.

The appointment comes as the company expands its operations in Devon, with the recent opening of a new office near Willand, Tiverton.

Phill, a 32 year old economics graduate from Ivybridge, South Devon, joins Cornish Mutual having worked at Rightmove and Westland Horticulture as a national...

South West insurer expands Devon rural field force team

South West rural insurance company Cornish Mutual has appointed a new member to its Devon team. Phill Hatfield has joined the Company’s field force located through Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset and providing on-the-ground support to agricultural business and rural communities.

The appointment comes as the company expands its operations in Devon, with the recent opening of a new office near Willand, Tiverton.

Phill, a 32 year old economics graduate from Ivybridge, South Devon, joins Cornish Mutual having worked at Rightmove and Westland Horticulture as a national...

Local heroes to switch on Exeter’s Christmas Lights

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 3:10pm

Representatives from the Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are all set to switch on Exeter’s Christmas lights on Thursday 17th November.

Organisers of the Exeter Christmas light switch on event, Exeter BID, have been working to come up with a solution following the errors made by Ben Haenow’s management that, due to a double booking by his agent, Ben Haenow is no longer able to switch on the Christmas lights in Exeter on Thursday 17th November.

Craig Bulley, Chief Executive Officer of Exeter BID said: ‘It’s disappointing that Ben is no longer able to come to...

Train to Teach roadshow in Exeter tomorrow

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 12:03pm

Aspiring teachers from Exeter with the passion and potential to teach are being encouraged to attend the Train to Teach roadshow when it comes to the Mercure Exeter Rougemont Hotel on Tuesday 15 November. Visitors to the event, organised by the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), will be able to meet representatives from schools and universities that provide teacher training, gain insights into how to make a strong application, and receive one-to-one advice from current teachers and teaching experts.

The event will also showcase the financial support available and...

New business wins drive SW economic growth

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Posted: Mon, 11/14/2016 - 11:38am

Private sector firms in the South West continued to recover from economic uncertainty in October, driven by the fastest gain in new business since the start of 2015, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional PMI.

The South West PMI® registered 53.6, down slightly from September’s 54.5 but still indicating growth in business activity. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity, and the greater the divergence from the 50 mark, the faster the rate of change.

New business increased at a significant pace, and South West firms saw a large boost in backlogged...

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