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The achievement of industry leading levels of operational efficiency and customer service excellence by Devon-based Kay Transport Ltd has been recognised with a national industry award.

Kay Transport is a member of Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network whose Vision 20:20 strategy won the award for Operational Excellence at this year’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport awards.

The award was presented to Palletways’ Group Member Development Director Craig Hibbert by The Princess Royal, the CILT patron and the...

A powerful “talking heads” film launched last week to mark the annual Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) conference, is instigating an “open, candid discussion” across the engineering industry about why it fails to attract a wider pool of creative talent, particularly women. The “Engineering Change” film, produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), see’s leading industry figures such as – Michele Dix from Crossrail 2 and Anne-Marie Tuck Principal Engineer for Black and Veatch in the South West – share their experiences, set out what they think is blocking change and what...

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc (‘Aviva’) announced today (18 November 2015) that American BBQ smokehouse, Grillstock will be the fifth restaurant to join Exeter's exciting new Queen St dining quarter.

Grillstock signed contracts with Aviva Investors last week for their smokehouse restaurant which will face the newly remodeled Market Square, which with its amphitheatre-style seating areas, is set to become one of the main focus points of the whole £12m redevelopment.

Described as 'meat, music and mayhem', Grillstock began as an open air...

Police are appealing for witnesses following a distraction theft in Exeter.

At around 3.10pm on Friday 13th November, a woman was sat in her blue Fiat 500 in the car park of Waitrose in Heavitree and was approached by a man who asked if she could get out of her car to help him with directions.

A short time later the woman discovered that her bank cards had been stolen from her bag which was on the front seat. These cards have been used and a large amount of money stolen from the victims account.

The man is described as in his 30’s, stocky build, short black hair and...