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Gregory Distribution Limited (GDL) has recruited four new apprentices at its Cullompton Depot as part of a long term strategy to attract younger drivers into the sector.

Sean Pearson, Mitchell Brooks, Callum Clinton are from Exeter along with Jack Miles from Silverton are all 19 year olds and are undertaking their driver training courses with Marsh Barton based Trans Plant Mastertrain while learning other job related skills in-house at GDL’s Cullompton Depot.

GDL’s Business Unit Director Darren Beaven said: “The industry as a whole is facing a shortage of drivers and it is...

Ignite has launched its national roadshow for 2015, which is looking for people with a bright business idea that uses energy to make a difference to people’s lives.

The ideas will be pitched to a panel of experts with successful applicants receiving a package of pre-investment support that could potentially lead to an investment of up to £2 million.

The Ignite roadshow is open to anyone with a bright business idea that uses energy, meets the requirement of making a difference to people’s lives and needs help in getting the idea investment ready. The idea will eventually be...

The Law Management Section's 2015 Financial Benchmarking Survey, sponsored by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, and compiled by Hazlewoods LLP, has showed that financial stability in the South West is 'on the up'. Compared with findings from last year's survey, it is clear that there has been a dramatic rise in the percentage of practices operating profitability and within their overdraft limit. One in six were likely to seek external investment for expansion, and a similar number were likely to bring in one or more non-lawyer owners, for example HR, IT, Finance etc. In line with last year,...

Butterfly Children's Hospices, an international children's charity based in Exeter, have recently launched a beautiful new website in partnership with Exeter web design agency SwankyApple.

Founded by Lyn and Alan Gould, who had experienced first-hand the desperate hardship faced by Chinese children born with life-threatening illnesses, the charity provide care and support for children and their families.

Having introduced China's first palliative care service, Butterfly Children's Hospices have experienced significant growth. In 2010 work began with the...