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Fisher German Boosts Exeter Team with Two Key Infrastructure Promotions

A leading property consultancy has announced two promotions in the infrastructure division of its Exeter office.

Fisher German LLP has promoted Richard Smale to Associate Partner, whilst Harry Whittle has also been promoted to Senior Associate.

Since arriving at the business in early 2024, Richard has played an integral role overseeing the ISD team, working across the South West and South of England.

Within his position he has worked with the firm’s clients in the water, electricity, and gas sectors, providing strategic oversight and advice on nationally...

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Old Mill takes on another 26 trainees, bringing new starter numbers this year to 72

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/10/2022 - 7:37pm

South West financial experts Old Mill has welcomed 26 new trainees this Autumn as the firm continues to expand to achieve its goal of becoming the fastest growing practice in the West Country.

At the end of 2021, Old Mill announced a restructure to facilitate its ambitious plans to grow by 15%pa over the next five years and double staff numbers by 2026.

Following a record trainee year in 2021 - which saw 23 graduates and school leavers join Old Mill - 2022 is on course to be the firm’s strongest year for recruitment to date – 72 people have joined Old Mill so...

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Curtis Whiteford Crocker and Fursdon Knapper complete merger

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/10/2022 - 5:36pm

Large Devon-based solicitors, Curtis Whiteford Crocker and local law firm Fursdon Knapper completed their merger on Monday 5th September, the firm announced. The newly merged firm will be known as ‘Curtis Whiteford Crocker incorporating Fursdon Knapper’ with a total of nine partners across six offices and an increased turnover in excess of £1 million per annum. This recent deal is the latest of Curtis Whiteford Crocker's expansions in the South West, growing the firms expertise to meet the needs of current and future clients. As a result of the merger, Curtis Whiteford Crocker have gained...

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Expansion for The Outdoors Group marketing team

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Mon, 10/10/2022 - 10:07am

The marketing department at The Outdoors Group has grown its capacity with the appointment of two new team members.

Based at the group's Crediton HQ, Matt Ranger has joined to run digital marketing whilst Karolina Rowgoska is providing support as the new marketing assistant.

Starting out as an apprentice, Matt worked as a digital marketer for four years before taking time out to work at the gym in Exeter Uni and hone his surfing skills. When he decided to return to marketing, he was keen to find something fulfilling. He joined The Outdoors Group as a business that is not...

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Breaking the mould as a woman in electrical engineering: A story of one woman’s journey through a STEM career

As the academic year of 2022 begins, it’s said that only 35 per cent of UK science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) students in higher education are women. Solutions to this imbalance include encouraging girls to study STEM subjects in the first place. However, this ignores many of the other issues that women face later in their careers. Here Tracey Richards, production team leader at signal conditioning and wireless telemetry specialist Mantracourt, recounts the challenges she’s faced as a woman in electrical engineering and how she overcame them.

As a result of missing...

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New Finance Director joins the Board at Devon charity Westbank

Devon health and wellbeing charity Westbank Community Health and Care is going from strength to strength. A new Finance Director has recently joined the Leadership Team.

Stephen Thomas, 32, grew up in North Devon and takes up his seat on the Board of Westbank less than a year after his initial appointment as Head of Finance and Business Planning. His swift promotion is in recognition of his tremendous achievements and the improvements he has made in the management of Westbank’s finances.

Stephen worked in finance for an NHS charity throughout the pandemic. He has also...

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Foot Anstey and Weston College join forces to nurture future legacy lawyer talent

National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has collaborated with Weston College to bolster its legacy team through the hiring of five Paralegals who will be trained to be specialists in the charity and legacy sector.

The collaborative approach to bolstering talent in the legacy sector is in response to Legacy Foresight's recent commentary, which estimated that the legacy sector needs another 174 legal professionals to manage the increase in legacy income that is predicted in the next ten years.

The initiative has been spearheaded by Foot Anstey's Lucy Gill (Head of Legacies), Emma...

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Project Manager who oversaw construction of Exeter’s flagship leisure centre, receives top award

The project manager of Exeter’s St Sidwell’s Point Leisure Centre has been crowned the Construction Manager of the Year in recognition of his work on the development.

Joe O’Connell, from Exmouth, who works for Kier Construction, was named the winner of the Public and Leisure category at this year’s Chartered Institute of Building’s prestigious CIOB Awards, where he was also selected as the coveted Construction Manager of the Year. Joe’s project team were also winners on the night in the Team of the Year category.

Joe was chosen following his management of the St Sidwell’...

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Ping Pong picks Newton Print to produce packaging

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Thu, 10/06/2022 - 7:23pm

A GROUP of restaurants that has recently expanded into producing ‘ready to steam’ at home meals has picked a Devon-based printed packaging specialist to help produce its packaging (October 2022).

Ping Pong Dim Sum approached Newton Print in Newton Abbot for help with a pre-glued printed sleeve to fit a film sealed pulp tray for its har gau and vegetable dumplings products.

Art Sagiryan, CEO at Ping Pong Dim Sum, which is has seven restaurants across London in Soho, St Paul’s, Southbank, Covent Garden, St Katharine Docks, Westfield Shepherds Bush and St Christopher’s Place,...

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TALKWORKS launches free mental health workshops for businesses and organisations across Devon

Ahead of World Mental Health Day , NHS talking therapy service TALKWORKS has launched a series of ‘Wellbeing in the Workplace’ winter workshops , available free of charge for businesses and organisations across Devon (excluding Plymouth).

The workshops will give employees the chance to learn a range of tools and techniques to help improve their mental health and wellbeing. These will include reducing stress, building resilience, creating manageable routines and developing healthy habits, both in the workplace and everyday life. The sessions will be bespoke for each business,...

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Optix Solutions promotes Paul Lawrence to Director of Design

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Wed, 10/05/2022 - 10:40am

Exeter digital marketing agency Optix Solutions has promoted Paul Lawrence to Director of Design after his successful first year with the company.

In this new role, Paul is responsible for directing Optix Solutions’ design offering, ensuring the agency’s studio output delivers against its proposition to ‘engage, support and delight customers at every touchpoint’.

The promotion stems from his outstanding contribution to the design department over the past year, implementing client discovery sessions in a team, brand design from the ground up or evolutionary, through to...

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