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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...

Bicton to host Area dressage festival

Authored by Lucy
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 5:04pm

Bicton Arena will be hosting the British Dressage Area Festival Semi Finals for the next three years with the first on October 20 – 22, 2017.

The allocation is a welcome addition to the arena which has seen the popularity of both affiliated and unaffiliated dressage grow rapidly in recent years. It currently hosts an average of three dressage competition days a month with competitors in the affiliated classes travelling from across the country.

At the helm is Gemma Cooke who has been running the arena’s dressage schedule for five years building up a comprehensive calendar...

Bandvulc Invests in New Sales & Key Account Manager

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 4:37pm

Bandvulc has strengthened its Sales & Key Account Management Team with the appointment of Marc Kinnear.

Marc joins Bandvulc having been in the tyre industry for over 14 years in varying roles, most recently in an operational and administrative position which enabled him to gain valuable account management experience. Marc’s role will encompass every aspect of account management including client visits, reviews, analysis and managing the resulting actions required.

Marc comments; “This new role will enable me to develop new and existing business for the Bandvulc Group. I...

Devon’s JSA caimants fall to record low during October

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 4:34pm

The number of Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon fell slightly during October, representing the lowest claimant rate on record for the seventh consecutive month.

The total claimant count now stands at 2,847 - a 24% fall when compared to the same time last year.

Three of Devon’s eight districts experienced falls in JSA - Exeter experiencing the greatest fall of 31 claimants. There were also falls in North and Mid Devon of 12 and 15 respectively.

South Hams experienced the greatest increase, with a rise of 14 claimants.

The claimant rate (...

Williams expects response from Chiefs

Harry Williams says he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates will use the heartache of their last-gasp defeat to Bath as a positive ahead of their return to Aviva Premiership action tomorrow night at Newcastle Falcons (8pm).

The Devon club will make their longest domestic trek of the season looking to banish the 13-10 loss to their local rivals to the history books.

Semesa Rokoduguni’s converted try, seven minutes into added on time, condemned the Chiefs to a fourth league loss of the season – and has left them in seventh place ahead of their trip to Kingston Park.

Tight...

Plymouth Science Park to host international TEDEX conference

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 2:38pm

Clinicians, doctors and medical experts from around the region are being invited to take part in a conference at Plymouth Science Park which will see presentations and discussions being beamed into the city from America.

Christian Jenkins, Director of Operations at Plymouth Science Park, said: "This is the second year that we have been hosting the TEDEx event, bringing together some of the region's top health experts to discuss some of the developments in Medical Technology.

"We are using communication technology to reach an international audience of like-minded...

Woman dies following two car collision in East Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 2:14pm

An elderly woman has died following a two-car collision in Axminster on Tuesday (15 November).

Emergency services were called to Lyme Road around 4pm following the collision between a Ford Mondeo and a Mitsubishi Space Star near the Symonds Lane junction.

The Mondeo was heading uphill from Axminster when it collided with the nearside verge before being in collision with the Mitsubishi which was travelling in the opposite direction.

The Mitsubishi left the road and dropped three metres down a bank before coming to rest against trees.

The driver, a 73-year old...

Exeter locals star in Princesshay Christmas TV advert

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 1:04pm

Talented Exeter locals will be gracing our TV screens this festive season in Princesshay’s Christmas 2016 TV advert. The feel-good advert features 15 local people including school children, musicians, dancers, two Exeter Chiefs players and a number of staff that work in Princesshay’s stores and restaurants.

The advert is set in Princesshay and captures the cast dancing care free in locations all over Princesshay including stores, restaurants, the alm houses and around the glass pebbles in the main square. The popular festive polar bears also make an appearance too!

The new...

Game put firmly on the menu at cookery school

Exeter Cookery School, the new culinary hotspot that opened on the city’s picturesque quayside this summer, is opening its doors to the public on Sunday 20th November for a free event to herald the start of British Game Week (21st-27th November).

The Game Awareness Day, which runs from 10am to 4pm, is aimed at promoting the use of game such as wild rabbit, pheasant, partridge and duck on the menus of local restaurants and equally with home cooks.

Hosted in collaboration with Taste of Game, the event will feature an exciting line up of cookery demonstrations and tasters as...

Dame Janet Ritterman honoured by Austrian Government

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 10:39am

Newton Abbot resident and Chancellor of Middlesex University London, Dame Janet Ritterman, has been awarded one of the highest honours in Austria for her significant contribution to science and the arts. Frank Sinatra received the same honour in 1984, as did Placido Domingo in 1992.

An eminent pianist, accompanist and academic, Dame Janet received the “Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst 1 Klasse” (Austrian Cross for Science and Art, 1st Class) at a ceremony in Vienna yesterday (15 November 2016). The award was presented by Austria’s State Secretary for Science, Research and...

Chudleigh woman dies in crash

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2016 - 9:10am

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Chudleigh yesterday (Wednesday 16 November) in which a 60-year-old local woman died.

Emergency services were called at 3.40pm after the collision between a Ford Fusion and a Mitsubishi L200 Trojan at Milestone Cross.

The Ford was heading along Milestone Lane from Chudleigh and the Mitsubishi was travelling from the direction of the Whiteway Estate when the collision happened at the crosswords.

The Ford driver, a 60-year-old woman from Chudleigh, sustained serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the...

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