For the first time, AnTech Ltd has held a day of celebration to recognise successes throughout the company.
Last week, over 50 staff and guests gathered to celebrate over 115 years of long service, international patents and internal departmental achievements at the company’s head office in Exeter.
AnTech’s in-house team organised and designed awards to commemorate individuals that have in particular helped bring the company to its success. A marquee was constructed and decorated with marketing materials ranging back over the 23 years the company has been in business....
Exeter’s visitor attractions have scooped a hat-trick of top awards from an online review site.
TripAdvisor, which is the world’s biggest online travel review website, has awarded its coveted Certificate of Excellence to the City’s Red Coat Guides, the Underground Passages and Exeter Guildhall.
Now in its fifth year, the TripAdvisor award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to services that consistently achieve great reviews on TripAdvisor by continually delivering a high quality customer experience. 2015 is the third consecutive year that the Red Coat...
Two parks in Devon have received a top visitor attraction accolade.
The Grand Western Canal Country Park and Local Nature Reserve, and Stover Country Park, which are both managed by Devon County Council, have been awarded the prestigious Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence for 2015.
Now in its fifth year, the award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve great reviews from Trip Advisor travellers.
Winners include accommodations, eateries and attractions located all over the world that have continually...
Asher Simpson of Chandos Deli, Princesshay has won the ‘Roast Sesame & Chilli Sauce’ category at the grand final of the Sandwich Designer of the Year awards.
The best sandwich designers in the UK battled it out in the finals to be crowned British Sandwich Designer of the Year 2015. 29 of the UK’s finest sandwich designers had won through from five regional heats in the British Sandwich Association’s flagship competition.
The Sandwich Designer of the Year is a quest to find the UK’s most innovative sandwich designers. There were six categories, all of whom produced a...
Do you know a person or group deserving of recognition for voluntary work they do to keep their community safe? Devon and Cornwall Police Partnership is inviting the public to make nominations for the second annual Community Volunteer Awards. The awards are recognition of the valuable contribution made by volunteers in support of policing services every day. Last year, awards were given to community police cadets, Special Constables, police volunteers and community citizens. Nominations are sought in these categories once again and, additionally in 2015 the following new categories have...
The iconic gateway building to the new Exeter Science Park has won a prestigious regional architectural award.
Eagle House, home to Eagle One, Blue Cedar Homes and the Blur Group, has been named Best Project Under 2000sqm in South West England, Thames Valley and South Wales in the British Council for Offices (BCO) regional property sector awards.
It was designed by a team from LHC’s Exeter Design Studio, led by John Baulch and Ian Noakes.
Eagle House, the three-storey building which stands at the entrance to Exeter’s new Science Park, is the headquarters of Eagle...
THE Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has been highly commended for the second year in a row for the success of its apprenticeship scheme, which continues to bring significant benefits for learners and the organisation.
Two of its apprentices, Mandy Harper and Rhian Carruthers, have also received awards for their achievements.
The Trust was successful in the Apprentice of the Year Awards run by Education + Training Skills (ETS), a specialist provider of work-based learning across the South West.
The Trust was highly commended in the Large Employer of the Year...
ELF is building a critical care suite at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and its partners, Pavey Group have submitted the project to the Aviva Community Fund Awards programme to win £25,000 for the project.
The critical care suite will allow patients and their families privacy and dignity in a home away from home while undergoing treatment or facing the end of life. Once shortlisted it will be up to a panel of judges to decide if the project will be funded, but we need your votes to get us through to the shortlist.
Every vote gets ELF closer to being shortlisted and...
Exeter-based IT firm Hosted Desktop UK (HDUK) is on cloud nine after being recognised by two key business publications – Real Business and Business Insider South West. And as the cherry on the cake the firm has been announced as a finalist in the Exeter Express & Echo Business Awards in the Small Business and Business of the Year categories. Founder and MD Adam Chetnik will be keeping everything crossed on when the winners are announced later today at Sandy Park in Exeter.
HDUK was unveiled by Real Business, the UK’s leading title for high-growth business and entrepreneurial...
The NHS Trust that runs Exeter Community Hospital in Whipton and community health and social care services across the city finished runner-up at a national awards ceremony for its work to resolve complaints at the earliest possible stage.
The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust was a finalist in the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA), which took place at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Over the past two years the Trust has systematically changed the way it manages formal complaints.
The customer relations team now tries to verbally acknowledge...