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High honours for Devon holiday park


Entrepreneur gets his reward


One of North Devon’s youngest entrepreneurs, Kyle Chivers (pictured) of Firethought, won the Enterprise of the Year Award, at the Prince’s Trust Awards in Bristol. The Enterprise Award


recognises young people who have overcome barriers and achieved success in creating a sustainable business or a community enterprise. Twenty-two-year-old Kyle


Award-winning facilities at Ladram Bay. Inset: Zoe House, Ladram Bay Diretor.


Fresh from the spotlight of November's Devon Tourism Awards, Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Budleigh Salterton has begun the start to a landmark year. This year the family-owned business will


see its 75th anniversary – and a whole raft of celebrations are being planned. From a small cliff-top camping site


with its own private beach access, Ladram Bay has grown to become one of Devon's largest and best-loved holiday parks. It has gathered a wealth of top national and regional awards for the quality of its facilities, the standards of hospitality, and its care for the natural environment. And there was a new honour recently


The outstanding views and the welcome provided by


‘Ladram Bay's family-friendly


facilities have won us a large and loyal following’


for the business when it was declared by judges of the 2017 Devon Tourism Awards to be among the top three parks in the county. The park has been owned by the Carter family for


many decades, and in 1943 it began welcoming camping guests for the first time.


the owners soon cemented its popularity, and the family began to invest in new facilities and accommodation options. Ladram Bay director Zoe House, who is a member of the Carter family, said that everyone was looking forward to celebrating 75 years of creating happy holiday memories. “We have invested many millions


of pounds over the years in our business, and Ladram Bay's family- friendly facilities have won us a large and loyal following,” said Zoe. “But what we most enjoy hearing is how much guests say they enjoy the


friendly atmosphere here, and the helpfulness of our staff team members. It's going to be a


milestone year for us in 2018, and we plan to ensure that holiday guests are able to join in.”


www.ladrambay.co.uk Specialist accreditation for legal pair


Two solicitors from multisector law firm, GA Solicitors, have secured a hat-trick of specialist legal accreditations in their niche area of the law; wills, inheritance and trust disputes. Anna Wonnacott is now a full member of ACTAPS (Association of


Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists), making her one of just four solicitors in the city to have achieved this status. Angelo Micciche has been made an associate member of ACTAPS and


also an affiliate member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners). ACTAPS is the leading association for lawyers specialising in contentious


trust and probate work. STEP is the global professional association for practitioners specialising in family inheritance and succession planning. Anna and Angelo are the only solicitors in Plymouth to be listed under the banner of contentious trusts and estates. Speaking of her full membership, Anna commented: “It takes a lot of


work to gain these accreditations and Angelo and I have had to demonstrate a huge amount of experience in this specialist area. Clients can instruct GA Solicitors on any contentious matter and be confident that they will get expert legal advice in what is often a very complex area.”


Anna Wonnacott and Angelo Micciche, of GA Solicitors www.gasolicitors.com January/February 2018 Chamber Profile 5


said: “I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes during my GCSE years, and I don’t think you can ever get used to the treatment, it completely invades your life. But I was determined to make a career for myself in digital animation, video and virtual reality production and set up Firethought in 2014.” Kyle added: “I’m a director


for COMBEBusiness and affiliate member of the Devon Chamber, where we’re planning one of North Devon’s biggest ‘Open For Business’ exhibitions at the Landmark Theatre on the 2 March 2018.”


For more information about the Open For Business showcase visit: www.combebusiness.co.uk


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