Monthly Archives: December 2015

new Exeter collective thrives

Jobs saved as new Exeter collective thrives Posted on: 26 October 2015 An Exeter business which provides specialist employment for people with disabilities will be officially opened by Devon County Council leader John Hart on Wednesday (October 28) at 11am. The Devon Disability Collective (DDC) was set up after PLUSS announced the impending closure of […]

Express Echo

Council loan helps Devon Disability Collective take over Pluss factory in Exeter By Exeter Express and Echo  |  Posted: October 26, 2015 Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw has been welcomed as a patron of the Devon Disability Collective Jobs have been saved at an Exeter business which provides specialist employment for people with disabilities. The Devon Disability Collective […]

Devon County Council

  Devon County Council offers new hope for disabled workers in Exeter Posted on: 23 June 2015 Devon County Council has offered to help a team of people with disabilities to remain in employment. Earlier this year, Pluss, an organisation that supports people with disabilities in employment, announced plans to close its unit in Exeter. […]

Lifeline

  Lifeline thrown to Exeter disabled workers after factory closure By Exeter Express and Echo  |  Posted: June 23, 2015 Disabled workers at PLUSS Marsh Barton have been thrown a valuable lifeline after the closure of their Exeter factory. Earlier this year, Pluss, an organisation that supports people with disabilities in employment, announced plans to […]

Exeter Pluss Factory

Exeter Pluss Factory Posted by BEN BRADSHAW on April 02, 2015 I’m very pleased that management and the union representing disabled workers at the Pluss factory on Marsh Barton are working constructively together on a solution that could save most if not all of the jobs. Two weeks ago, Pluss management announced they were planning […]

Western Morning News

Welfare minister accused of ‘insulting’ workers at factory facing closure By Western Morning News  |  Posted: April 01, 2015  Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith became embroiled in a row over job cuts at a Devon factory helping disabled people get work. Exeter’s Labour candidate Ben Bradshaw said it was “extraordinarily insensitive” for the […]

ITV News Devon Disability Collective

  Factories that mainly employ the disabled facing closure 24 March 2015 at 10:12am Two factories in Exeter and Bridgwater which mostly employ people with disabilities are facing closure. Around 78 people are facing redundancy at the Centres. The Trade Union Community is blaming Devon County Council or the decision which it says will have […]