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Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has reported increased activity in the care home market in the South West over the first half of 2016 as compared to the same period last year.

Christie & Co’s South West team, which includes offices in Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter, has completed on 40% more care businesses, and agreed deals at an increase of almost 25%, than this time last year.

This growth of demand in the market comes despite the looming European referendum, as well as the implementation of the National Living Wage on 1st April which was...

A loud, colourful Rio themed parade will kick off the Devon School Games which are coming to Exeter for the first time in their four year history this Wednesday 29th June.

The Devon Summer School Games will take place across 3 sites: Exeter Arena will host the RIO themed opening ceremony with St Luke’s Science and Sports College hosting all the Inclusion Sports and the Exeter Saracens pitches providing the location for a variety of sporting competition.

The School Games, which are the County Finals and mark the exciting culmination of months of inter-school competitions,...

A technology firm in Devon and Cornwall is helping to keep a publicly-funded life-saving air ambulance going. ITEC, based in Exeter, Plymouth and Redruth, is now providing IT support for Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT) following a rigorous tendering process. The essential back-up ensures vital computer communications remain robust, enabling the charitable trust to raise the money to fund the helicopter’s 700 missions a year. CAAT, which receives no taxpayers' money or National Lottery grants, relies on fundraising to raise the £3 million needed annually to keep the lifesaving...

Exeter-based Trinity Fire & Security Systems has secured a new 10-year contract to maintain a number of the fire and intruder alarms at the University of Warwick.

The contract was awarded earlier in the year and involved a mobilisation period of four months, which was headed by Mobilisation Manager, Simon Hilton.

He said: “This was an outstanding win for Trinity. The contract forms part of a 10-year agreement and we view it very much as a partnership between ourselves and the University.”

The contract currently includes fire alarms and intruder alarms covering...