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Exeter College’s Director of Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement Mike Blakeley has been shortlisted for a national award in the prestigious Tes FE Awards 2020.

The awards ceremony is a landmark event in the further education sector as exceptional teachers, learners and providers join together to celebrate innovation and excellence in the industry.

Exeter College’s Mike Blakeley, who has been with the college since 2014, is shortlisted in the coveted FE Leader of the Year category following an incredible year of achievements for the Exeter College Apprenticeships Team,...

According to research, there are over 24,000 branded coffee shops throughout the UK. The rise in café culture has been significant over the past decade and it shows no signs of slowing down.

So, could this popular culture be a positive thing for businesses? Here, we’ll look at how café culture can actually benefit businesses and the potential draw backs it has.

How are businesses using café culture?

The café culture has started to change how businesses operate. Take meetings for example. More businesses are starting to take their meetings out of the office and into...

The long and bitter political battle over Brexit, which brought us two general elections, three prime ministers and a three-and-a-half-year deadlock in parliament, appears to be over. With Boris Johnson, the prime minister, set to push his Brexit deal through parliament by the end of January, debate has now shifted to the trade deals that the government will need to thrash out over the next few months.

Whether you’re a Brexiter or a Remainer, all sides in the debate have long acknowledged that withdrawing from a trade bloc as big as the EU will create significant economic turmoil...

Five star housebuilder Barratt Developments has built 591 new homes in the Exeter region in the last 12 months, and brought more than £37 million to local communities.

The figures are obtained from the company’s annual socio-economic footprint and highlight how much the local economy benefits from the building of new homes, thanks to a combination of programmes that form part of each new housing development.

The company, which includes David Wilson Homes, spent £22 million on physical works in the community to improve highways, outdoor spaces and local facilities. A further...