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The Holt Exeter is brewing an extra-special event with its first Beer Festival

Fancy a pint? Well, this weekend (7th-9th August) there are over twenty guest ales - plus the standard six on tap - at The Holt’s very first beer festival. With beers and ciders from some of the South West’s very best independent breweries, your new favourite pint is just waiting to be discovered!

Located by Cathedral Green, The Holt is an independent pub in the heart of Exeter. Owned by the same family behind The Holt, Honiton and the award-winning Otter Brewery, it is safe to say that they certainly know a thing or two about what makes a delicious Devon pint! Whether it’s your...

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Former footballer brings mental health campaign to the city

Former professional footballer turned campaigner Clarke Carlisle met experts who help to keep people in the South West safe and well at an event held to discuss how they can tackle male suicide and mental health problems.

It is hoped that the event will lead to better mental health support for men in the future.

The meeting, organised by University of Exeter historian Dr Ali Haggett, Active Devon and Exeter City Football in the Community, was designed to encourage charities and others who currently help men to work more closely together and discuss what works. They hope...

Still time to have your say on A30/A303 improvements

There are just two weeks left to have your say on Devon County Council’s proposals for improvements to the A30 between Honiton and Devonshire Inn.

People are being reminded that the deadline for responses to the consultation is Friday 30 September.

Devon County Council is promoting an improvement to A30/A303 Honiton to Ilminster section of the corridor to London. As a first phase of improvement, the Council is proposing to identify a Preferred Route for 8km (5 miles) between Honiton and Devonshire Inn.

The authority has put forward three potential route options to...

Taste of The Teign food and drink festival launches with a sprat spectacle

The Taste of the Teign food and drink festival (19-25 September) is launching with a sprat to catch a mackerel this coming Monday (19th September) when twenty tonnes of freshly caught sprats will be landed at Teignmouth’s New Fish Quay ready to be sizzled and sampled by the public.

Commencing at 4.30pm, the finest of these silver fish will be accompanied by tastes of the week to come: sausages from Westaways, internationally renowned cheese straws from Luders’ Patisserie, award winning elderflower cordial from Shute Fruit and Produce, and wine from Old Walls Vineyard. Followed by a...

LHC team go the extra miles for charity

In a true test of team endurance, a group of cyclists from LHC Architecture + Urbanism have clocked up over 2,000 miles in order to raise more than £2,500 for Balloons bereavement charity.

The team of twenty-one tackled the Devon Coast to Coast cycling challenge on September 10th and 11th, climbing over 4,000 feet and each cycling 100 miles across the two days.

Setting off from Ilfracombe on Saturday, the team was led by Directors Rob Bramhall, Graham Devine, Mark Daley and Urban Design Director Paul Osborne, completing the challenge on Sunday in Plymouth.

Several...

Police appeal for witnesses to hammer attack

Police are appealing for witnesses following a violent assault on a 33-year-old man.

The incident took place at temporary traffic lights on Blundell’s Road, Tiverton, around 6pm on Wednesday 14 September 2016.

A lone man was believed to be assaulted with a hammer by five men as he sat in his van at traffic lights.

The five men, who are believed to have been known to the victim, then made off in a dark blue Rover towards Halberton.

A 21-year-old man from Tiverton and a 23-year-old also from Tiverton, have been arrested in connection with the incident and...

Top 50 spot for Thomas Westcott

For the first time ever Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants has taken its place among the accountancy sector's elite after being named in the UK profession's Top 50.

Every year accounting bible Accountancy Age surveys 100 of the UK's leading accountancy practices, taking into consideration factors including fee income and number of partners, before compiling and publishing its list of the Top 50 firms.

Considered an essential research tool for decision makers seeking professional financial advice and services, entry into the Top 50 is recognition of excellence within a...

Deliveroo creates 125 jobs in Exeter

Deliveroo, the on-demand delivery service for high-quality restaurant meals, is celebrating its first birthday in Exeter.

Since its launch last year, more than 25 restaurants have signed up to Deliveroo and more than 125 jobs have been created for local people in Exeter, with the majority of these being the Deliveroo riders that aim to deliver your food which will be cooked fresh to order and delivered to your door within 30 minutes.

The riders, who deliver to homes, offices and addresses across Exeter via a fleet of delivery mopeds and bicycles, cover more than 200km a...

Key university appointment announced

Professor Janice Kay, Provost and Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, has been appointed to the high-level Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) panel.

Professor Kay has been chosen as one of a highly select group of leading UK academics to sit on the influential panel, appointed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

More than 1,200 applications were received for the roles available on the panel, which also includes students, employers and widening participation experts from a wide range of different organisations.

The...

Another gong for Exeter College

Exeter College has been named as the number one further education college in the South West for its Apprenticeship programme for 2016.

The Skills Funding Agency also placed the college within the top ten of Further Education College’s in the UK, with record breaking success rates of 86% propelling them to the top of the regional table. It comes as the college recently welcomed the next generation of Apprentices who have started on the college’s award-winning Apprenticeship programme.

And the college has recently worked with a number of Apprentices to spearhead a city-wide...

Plan now for a comfortable retirement

Today is Pension Awareness Day and Citizens Advice Exeter is encouraging people to plan earlier for a comfortable retirement.

The leading local advice charity says that many people find pensions confusing and can be put off by complex language and paperwork, leaving their retirement plans to the last minute.

Previous research from national Citizens Advice shows that one in four people with a defined contribution pension feel they don’t understand their pension plan.

The research also finds people aren’t checking their pension, with just under a quarter of people not...

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The Holt Exeter is brewing an extra-special event with its first Beer Festival

Former footballer brings mental health campaign to the city

Still time to have your say on A30/A303 improvements

Taste of The Teign food and drink festival launches with a sprat spectacle

LHC team go the extra miles for charity

Police appeal for witnesses to hammer attack

Top 50 spot for Thomas Westcott

Deliveroo creates 125 jobs in Exeter

Key university appointment announced

Another gong for Exeter College

Plan now for a comfortable retirement

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