Education and enforcement to encourage respect for all road users On Wednesday 20th September, the Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police Alliance roads policing team carried out the first deployment of Operation Close Pass in Exeter, with the support of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Devon...

A local company who raise funds for a children’s cancer charity have teamed up with Exeter Chiefs to make a day to remember for local families who have been affected by cancer. Adopstar, an advertising company based in Cullumpton, are a corporate partner of CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading cancer...

Staff from Barratt Homes in Exeter have completed one of their most ambitious charity challenges – a skydive over the South Devon countryside. Thirteen brave souls from the housebuilder’s regional division in Exeter completed the challenge to raise money for the Exeter Foundation. “We wanted to...

Exeter star Henry Slade says the Chiefs are well aware rivals Wasps will be out for revenge when the two sides lock horns in Sunday’s Aviva Premiership clash at Sandy Park (3pm). In the first meeting between the two since last May’s Premiership Final at Twickenham – which the Devonians won 23-20...

Lidl UK has announced that its new Exeter RDC, which is due to open this November, will create up to 500 full and part-time jobs for the South West. Recruitment has already begun as the company aims to recruit local talent for a number of different roles, including warehouse operatives and desk...

Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has announced more than £500,000 in funding for researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School to advance understanding of how dementia affects the brain. Announced on World Alzheimer’s Day (Thursday September 21), the charity is investing a total of £577,000...

Richard Harris and Andy Thornhill have joined PKF Francis Clark’s awarding wining corporate finance team to continue the growth of its specialist renewable energy advisory business. Richard and Andy are both senior sector experts with a proven track record of delivering market leading results for...

Schools across Devon stand to gain £7.5 million more from the Government's proposed new funding formula, it has been revealed. Education Secretary Justine Greening announced the revised formula last Thursday and accountants at County Hall in Exeter have been number crunching the figures. Their...