A Devon IT firm has officially opened new offices in central Barnstaple, celebrating its 30th year anniversary in business. Lineal Software Solutions Ltd. has expanded its operation, moving into Commercial House on Barnstaple’s Strand. The building will be home to Lineal’s team of over twenty IT support and software development staff, including three apprentices from […]
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Local marketing specialist, AMI runs a national manufacturing apprentice competition and is encouraging entries from North Devon Manufacturers The competition is social media driven and seeks to find the very best Apprentices currently working within the UK Manufacturing industry. Read a recent interview with Will Hunt of AMI HERE See a list of this years
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Sharp and Tappin are proud to add Renault Sport Racing to its expanding list of F1 and blue-chip engineering clients. Earlier in the year Sharp and Tappin installed and commissioned one of their Compcut 200 composite plate saws at Renault’s test facility in Enstone, Oxfordshire. The recent feedback received from the team at Renault reinforces
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The Surrey-based pneumatics manufacturer is due to open a division in Bratton-Fleming in July NDMA welcomes the arrival of another world-class manufacturer to the rich network of companies in the area, and with it, employment and apprenticeship opportunities within engineering. In particular, the company’s structure reflects encouragingly on women in engineering and a positive approach
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Four budding engineers from a South Molton primary school have made it through to the finals of a national competition. Pupils from South Molton United Church of England Primary School have been taking part in the Jaguar Primary School Challenge – a STEM competition that involves designing and manufacturing model cars. After finishing second in
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Higher Education staff at Petroc in Barnstaple have been recognised for the ‘excellent’ outcomes of students. Petroc has received a silver award for Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) after students achieved ‘excellent’ outcomes. The award from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) saw a panel reviewing the college against its criteria. In its statement
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When Ray Parkin of Parkin Estates (owner of Woolacombe beach) decided to celebrate the tied history of Woolacombe and Mortehoe, Dymond Engineering was commissioned to design and manufacture the stainless steel metalwork. Mike Garner and Sue Roberts, Directors of Dymond Engineering, attended the opening ceremony which was followed by a lovely lunch at Woolacombe’s 4
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The cycling initiative aimed at encouraging people to take to two wheels runs all year and businesses can compete to achieve the best mileage for points and prizes in Bike Week! Bike Week runs from 9-17 June and we’d love for you to join us to encourage more people to experience the joys of riding.
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Barnstaple’s Petroc College is part of a consortium of educational establishments bidding for a South West Institute of Technology, reports Devon Live: “A £25million bid for a South West Institute of Technology is taking a major step forward. Plans to create state-of-the-art centres in Exeter, Truro, Plymouth, Barnstaple and Bridgwater area have reached the final
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STEM ambassadors from EATON aerospace engaged with Great Torrington School on a very special project During the Spring term two STEM ambassadors from the South Molton plant attended Great Torrington School (GTS) to help a class of pupils with a very ambitious project that the school has been struggling to resource technically for the last
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