The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced a £2 million investment in the Environmental Living Lab, enabling the trial and demonstration of sustainable agricultural and environmental technology in the South West.
The funding will support the Satellite Applications Catapult to establish an Environmental Living Lab within the Heart of the South West area (Somerset, Devon, Plymouth and Torbay). The lab will enable the collaboration between the space sector and the agriculture and environmental sectors to trial new solutions, and demonstrate...
The South West’s leading independent commercial waste management and recycling firm DCW has acquired electrical collection and recycling company Collectrical.
After facing the challenges of a tough economy, Plymouth-based social enterprise Collectrical has been acquired by DCW, allowing DCW to expand the scope of its services in electrical waste management and grow its client base across Devon and Cornwall.
In addition to benefitting from the regular services that Collectrical provides, including appliance repair, stripping equipment for spare parts and donations of...
Sustainable farming robots, feminist videogames and an AI-powered property transparency platform are among the technologies being developed by the finalists for the Tech South West Awards 2022.
Now in their fourth year, the awards celebrate the best in tech from across the South West including Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.
The judging process involved a full day in Exeter deliberating with the judges to reach the final shortlist. There were almost 300 entries to this year’s awards from across the region...
Westcotts, a UK top 50 firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, has relocated its offices in Okehampton to new larger premises from today (Wednesday 21 September).
Formerly known as Thomas Westcott, the firm’s seven strong team (pictured) will be based at new premises on Cranmere Road, Exeter Road Business Park on the outskirts of the Devon market town.
The move to bigger, more open-plan facilities from its previous location on West Street was marked with a small celebration for the team led by the firm’s partner Sarah Watts who manages the Okehampton office...
International, independent real estate consultancy Hollis has relocated to a flexible working space in Exeter’s central business district. The move to a more agile workspace aligns with the adoption of hybrid working and prioritising the evolving needs of employees in the post-pandemic world.
Working across all sectors and providing a range of services including dilapidations, project management, technical due diligence and tenant alterations throughout the local and national marketplace, Hollis Exeter has key relationships with numerous public and private sector clients...
Long-standing independent Devon-based company Wistman’s Ltd., specialists in bespoke joinery and carpentry, celebrates its 25th business milestone with a re-brand and move from Dartmouth to larger premises at Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot.
Formerly known as Rendle & Elliott Carpentry & Joinery Ltd., the company was established in Dartmouth in 1997 by Adrian Rendle and Wayne Elliott. Today it is known as Wistman’s Ltd.,
working with both private customers and commercial clients across the South West and the UK. Wistman’s provides a completely personal...
Many Devon businesses don’t know which way to turn, as they continue to struggle with recruitment difficulties on top of rising costs of commodities, energy and fuel.
Businesses in hospitality and leisure especially, mainstays of Devon’s local economy, are continuing to find it difficult to recruit, says Stuart Elford, Chief Executive of Devon & Plymouth Chamber. And part of the reason for that is because property is seen to be too expensive and out of reach, dissuading many people on lower incomes from moving to where the vacancies are.
The University of Exeter has been awarded £5 million for a project that aims to instil researchers with improved awareness of the benefits of collaborating with business.
The new business and entrepreneurial skills scheme will provide support for postgraduate and early career researchers seeking to improve their awareness of the advantages of, as well as opportunities for, deeper collaboration with businesses.
Funded by Research England, part of UK Research and Innovation, through its Research England Development (RED) fund, the scheme aims to increase the movement of...
The only tech business support programme for the whole of the South West of England is launching for its second year, after helping companies secure £1m.
Tech South West StartUp Studio 2021 saw the likes of Paranimo, Eate, Groundwaves, Milbotix and a clutch of other early stage pre-seed companies go on to raise £1m of grants and investment since completing the programme - with some still actively fund-raising; seeking another £1m!
Now StartUp Studio is back and open to new entrants. Companies must have been trading for less than two years to qualify.
CARL Bennett from Ogwell in Newton Abbot has returned to work at a Devon-based family-run printed-packaging company as its Production Operative after 18 years (August 2022).
The 47-year-old originally joined Newton Print Ltd in 2002 but moved to another role in 2004, and has returned as its new Production Operative, ensuring production is running at optimum efficiency.
He said: “I originally worked at Newton Print for two years in the early noughties and thoroughly enjoyed my time, so it’s great to be back again with the team.
