Jeremy Filmer-Bennett

Jeremy Filmer-Bennett North Devon Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Jeremy Filmer-Bennett, chief executive of the North Devon Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Pathfields Business Forum, said: "We are delighted to welcome the Primary Care Trust to Pathfields.

North Devon Chamber of Commerce chief executive Jeremy Filmer-Bennett said: "Sadly, it reflects the increasingly competitive world of manufacturing."

Jeremy Filmer-Bennett, chief executive of North Devon Chamber of Commerce, says Ilfracombe is on the brink of a prosperous future.

"All the work which has been done to draw in the businesses and agencies is now beginning to come to fruition," he said.

Chamber of commerce chief executive Jeremy Filmer-Bennett said the issue of dualling the road should have been tackled "long before any tragic loss of life".

He said: "The fact that young people have lost their lives on the road is appalling."

Meanwhile, two motorcyclists were taken to hospital yesterday afternoon with minor injuries after a crash on the A38 in South East Cornwall.

Police and paramedics were alerted to the crash scene, close to the Halfway House Inn, west of Trago Mills, just before 3pm, after a collision between two motorcycles, a car and a van.

The two riders, one from Bodmin and one from Penzance, were taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital, at Truro.No one else was injured.

Jeremy Filmer-Bennett, chief executive of North Devon Chamber of Commerce, said: "We have to accept now that manufacturing in North Devon is catching up with the rest of the country."

Jeremy Filmer-Bennett, chief executive of North Devon Chamber of Commerce, said job prospects were still good in the region, despite the latest announcements.

"This is concerning, but there is a high demand for skilled manufacturers in North Devon," he said.