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Twenty-nine people are a step closer to entering the workplace thanks to a People Fair held by Prospects, the education, employment and skills company, and Westward Pathfinder on 17 September in Torquay.

The People Fair concept was developed by Prospects to bring together employers with jobseekers on the Work Programme. Prospects is a prime contractor for the Work Programme in the South West supporting people who are furthest from the job market and have been long term unemployed. At the People Fair, unlike at a traditional job fair, employers directly approach invited jobseekers...

City architects, Living Space, are celebrating planning success, today, thanks to a winning application to convert office space back into residential dwellings more than 200 years after they were built.

The terrace of three Georgian townhouses, 38­-40 Southernhay were constructed around the time of the old Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital but have, like much of the tree lined square, been used as commercial space for decades. In a notable planning decision, Living Space secured mixed-use approval, with two apartments planned for the site.

The project will also see new...

The rise in virtualization in the IT industry has had major impacts on reducing IT costs not to mention ease of operation and the management of resources. For example, some virtual SAN (Storage Area Network) vendors claim clients can save up to 40% on possible hardware and software costs if they invest in a virtual SAN as opposed to pursuing the hardware storage route.

What is required for virtual storage?

Essentially, two software packages are required:

• A hypervisor such as VMware’s vSphere or Microsoft’s Hyper-V • A virtual SAN package

The hypervisor...

South West Estate Agents Helmores, based in Crediton, have secured three awards from the UK’s largest property industry directory and review website regarded by many as the definitive benchmark for comparing customer satisfaction levels of local agents.

Helmores fought off stiff competition to scoop Gold for the third year running as the best agent in EX17 and Crediton, Silver for Best Estate Agent in Devon and Silver for the best agents in the South West.

The independent, single office estate agency in Crediton is now ranked 49th out of 25295 firms in the UK.

The...