Hot on the heels of the NatWest Regional Growth Tracker survey, which reveals that output growth in the Southwest has reached a 28-month high, the inaugural Twelve Awards 2024 are set to celebrate the businesses and individuals driving this remarkable progress.
With the shortlist now finalised, tickets are on sale for the black-tie event on 5th December at the Exeter Golf and Country Club. This first-ever awards event is poised to become a seasonal highlight, bringing together leaders and changemakers from across the Southwest.
Hot on the heels of the NatWest Regional Growth Tracker survey, which reveals that output growth in the Southwest has reached a 28-month high, the inaugural Twelve Awards 2024 are set to celebrate the businesses and individuals driving this remarkable progress.
With the shortlist now finalised, tickets are on sale for the black-tie event on 5th December at the Exeter Golf and Country Club. This first-ever awards event is poised to become a seasonal highlight, bringing together leaders and changemakers from across the Southwest.
M Pinches and Sons Ltd, founder members of the network, won the Pall-Ex Regional Operational Award for the Southwest , and Pall-Ex Southwest, received the award from Fortec at an exclusive ceremony, sponsored by Tile Mountain, held to celebrate independent hauliers from across the UK and Europe.
Both businesses are shareholder members of Pall-Ex and Fortec – palletised freight distribution networks made up of over 160 independent hauliers that operate together to distribute freight across the UK and globally.
Worcester-based M Pinches and Sons Ltd and Exeter-based Pall-...
The Property & Homemover End of Year Report for 2023 released by property data and insights analytics firm, TwentyCi last week, has revealed some interesting facts about the housing market including the ongoing decline in market share of online/hybrid agents, as more people move away from the less personable ‘agency’ in favour of the more traditional High Street and self-employed estate agents.
Last week we reported that independent estate agents across the Southwest were already experiencing a higher volume of activity with the sentiment that the market will be much stronger...
If your business is struggling to fill roles or wants to find the very best candidates for the job you are hiring for, having a top-quality recruitment agency will give you a huge advantage.
Recruitment agencies can take care of all of the time-consuming aspects of advertising a new role and can guide you on how to write job ads that will attract the highest calibre of employees or fill a role that is frustratingly difficult to fill. If you are recruiting for a large volume of roles, using a recruitment company will help you to manage the campaign and the high volumes of...
Four out of five (81%) renters in the South West are unable to purchase a property over the next five years, according to the Affordable Housing Commission. Using the new approach set out in its recent report: ‘Defining and measuring housing affordability – an alternative approach’, it reveals that 430,000 households in the South West are living in unaffordable housing, a total of 18% of households in the region.
In wake of these findings, the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) along with the Affordable Housing Commission, will be hosting free training events for councils...
Douglas & Gordon has become the UK's first estate agent to deploy Lightfoot's innovative connected car technology in their vehicle fleet to increase efficiency and improve the welfare of their drivers.
Lightfoot's award-winning technology, used by fleets across the UK, guides and rewards better drivers. Using Formula 1-style analytics, Lightfoot's technology communicates directly with the engine and coaches drivers in real-time, using visual and audio alerts, to get maximum efficiency from their vehicles. Benefits include increased MPG, reduced accident rates and associated...
The new South West Creative Technology Network is expanding the use of digital technologies throughout the region’s creative, health and manufacturing sectors.
The network is one of 14 nationwide hubs to have won a share of a £67 million Research England-funded investment announced this week.
Exeter-based Kaleider is joined by Bristol’s Watershed as Co-Executive Producers of the 3-year project led by UWE, in collaboration with Bath Spa University, Falmouth University and University of Plymouth.
The southwest hub will partner with a community of innovators, drawn...
Aquamarine Media has continued their team growth with the addition of two new team members.
The latest addition to the team is Sam Packham, who joined the specialist search and social agency as a PPC Account Executive at the beginning of August. Aquamarine also welcomed Content Executive, Adrienne Watson, in July who has been writing copy and managing social media for a variety of different UK-wide clients.
Since moving from Teignmouth to Exeter Quay in February this year, demand for Aquamarine’s specialist PPC and social media services had rapidly increased. This year the...
A biennial exhibition showing work by 15 new or emerging designer-makers from the South West. The exhibition reveals a diversity of approach to materials and the design process, whilst also providing a debut platform for new makers’ craftwork
