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A Devon-based work placement company is preparing for its busiest summer yet with hundreds of trainees travelling to the South West from across Europe.

A record number of trainees, more than 220, will be welcomed by The Training Partnership (TTPL) in July. Another 75 will arrive in August.

The company, based at Torquay Innovation Centre, works with hundreds of Devon firms to provide placements in different sectors ranging from engineering and IT to tourism and retail.

Ian Smith, TTPL’s Work Placement Manager, said: “We work closely with companies to develop work...

Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner has today (24th June) launched a campaign for fair funding in the fight against crime in the South West. Tony Hogg is challenging the Government to change the way cash is allocated to police forces across the country. He says Devon and Cornwall is systematically disadvantaged by a scandalous funding formula that favours big city police forces. “It is time to make the voice of the South West heard. London based civil servants need to understand the anger of the local population that receives less money for its policing and other important...

An Exeter-based stove manufacturer and supplier has acquired new premises with the support of a tailored six-figure loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

Formed in 1996, after acquiring the design rights and existing stock of the Hunter Stoves brand, Hunter Stoves offers trade customers 200 different designs of wood burning and multi-fuel stoves. The 14,000 stoves the company produces each year are exported across Europe, South Africa, New Zealand and Japan.

Over the past two decades, the company has launched six new brands as well as acquiring the Parkray brand. At the...

Honiton’s Chamber of Commerce and the East Devon branch of the Federation of Small Businesses have joined forces to put on a free business advice and networking event at the Beehive in Honiton, and they are looking for exhibitors to take part.

The ‘Honiton Together’ event on September 24 will see representatives from local banks, accountants, law firms, printers and other organisations coming together under one roof to give advice on a variety of issues from setting up a business to corporation tax, business banking and support services.

Event organiser and Chairman of...