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Gandy Street is the place to be on the First Thursdays of the month this summer

First Thursdays is a new event you won’t want to miss.

From June to September, Gandy Street will come alive on the first Thursday of each month, with a festival atmosphere in the early evening.

The first event takes place on Thursday 4 June, 5–8pm. Expect late-night shopping, live music, street entertainment, extended opening hours at cultural venues and a cocktail trail. All your favourite businesses on Gandy Street and in the surrounding area will be open, including:

  • Boston Tea Party : Will be hosting an indoor market with Circular Social, featuring
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Go Ape are finalists at the School Travel Awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 04/13/2023 - 5:02pm
Go Ape are Finalists in the Best UK Attraction category at the School Travel Awards

Go Ape are delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted for the School Travel Awards for the fifth year in a row, in the category of Best UK attraction. They have previously won this category in 2019 and 2020 as well as the Best Adventure Experience in 2018 and 2019.

The prestigious awards ceremony will be presented by Olympic medallist, Katharine Merry on Tuesday 6th June at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

Go Ape have been nominated in the category of Best UK attraction...

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The benefits of cloud accounting for small businesses

The utilization of cloud accounting has changed the approach of small businesses towards their financial management. Unlike conventional accounting software, cloud accounting enables businesses to access their financial data from anywhere and at any time, as long as they have an internet connection. In this article, we will discuss the advantages that cloud accounting offers to small businesses and how it can enhance their financial management.

1. Real-time financial data

Cloud accounting offers a significant advantage in that it enables access to current financial data. By...

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Coldplay supports Devon environmental charity for a second year

Authored by Program
Posted: Thu, 04/13/2023 - 10:04am

Coldplay will support the Devon Environment Foundation for a second year to help meet the sustainability ambitions of the Music Of The Spheres World Tour.

The band have committed to make their world tour as environmentally beneficial as possible by following three key principles:

• Reduce (cut consumption and waste, while decreasing CO2 emissions by 50%). • Reinvent (support new green technologies and develop new super-low carbon touring methods). • Restore (fund a portfolio of nature- and technology-based projects to drawdown significantly more CO2 than the tour produces...

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Permanent changes to be made to Queen Street and Iron Bridge/St David’s Hill in Exeter

Work to deliver permanent changes to the road layout in Queen Street in Exeter will get underway next week (w/c Monday 17 April).

The scheme, which is expected to be completed by June, will ensure that temporary changes introduced during the pandemic are made permanent, providing more space and improving safety for the 10,000 people that walk and cycle on Queen Street each day.

Improvements include widening of the southern footway on Queen Street between Northernhay Street and Paul Street as well as a number of other alterations to access on Iron Bridge and Paul Street...

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82-year-old Exeter artist, Paul Colsell to paint largest Charlie Mackesy Mural in city centre

Authored by Al Gibson
Posted: Wed, 04/12/2023 - 5:28pm

Paul Colsell, a local artist, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to create a mural in the heart of Exeter. Known as the Exeter Kindness Mural it will feature the work of celebrated artist and author, Charley Mackesy. A key objective of the project is to celebrate kindness in the city. The mural is to be painted this Summer on the Crossline building in Heavitree Road, clearly visible from St Sidwell's Point Leisure Centre. Exeter City Council has approved the project and Charley Mackesy has given his permission for Paul to use one of the illustrations from his book, The Boy, the Mole,...

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Free mental health and wellbeing courses and peer support groups for people across Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/12/2023 - 10:55am

Devon-based mental health charity, Step One, has announced the launch of its spring programme of free mental health and wellbeing courses, workshops and peer support groups. Step One Charity’s BeWell@StepOne service provides free online and in-person support to people over the age of 18 across Devon. The latest programme offers a range of topics, including anxiety, depression, resilience and managing anger and OCD, all delivered in small, secure groups led by qualified course leaders with lived experience of mental health issues. Step One Charity has been supporting people in Devon with...

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Bertram Fairbanks Property Promotion Party is a Huge Success

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Wed, 04/12/2023 - 12:51am

Leading Exeter-based niche commercial law firm, Bertram Fairbanks welcomed c.50 guests to the exciting new ‘Property Party Launch’ held at their spacious offices at Belvedere House at Pynes Hill.

The launch event was led by Julia Knight, Partner & Head of Commercial Property who joined the expanding Bertram Fairbanks team earlier this year. Qualifying in the South East in 2005, Julia trained and worked at specialist commercial firms, before relocating to Devon in 2009. With twenty years of experience, she advises clients on all aspects of commercial property work ranging from...

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Devon partnership seeks to help more people with dementia

Wales & West Utilities has launched a partnership with Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) to help people with dementia access appropriate support and advice in relation to their energy and utility bills.

The partnership will target people living with dementia across the wider Devon area as part of the organisation’s Healthy Homes for Wellbeing initiative, which provides free energy and money saving advice.

Wales & West Utilities has provided £4,000 of funding which will allow ECOE to reach more people, allowing them to benefit from help and advice with energy saving...

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Two weeks left for voters to apply for free ID

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/12/2023 - 12:10am

There are just two weeks left to apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate, for voters that do not have another accepted form of photo ID they can use in polling stations this May. The Electoral Commission is calling on anyone that needs the free ID to apply now, before the deadline of 5pm on Tuesday 25 April.

Over 55,000 people have already applied for a Voter Authority Certificate ahead of the May elections, where photo ID will be required for the first time at polling stations in England.

New research from the Commission shows that 76% of people now know they need...

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Police appeal for witnesses following sexual assault in Ludwell Valley Park

Police are investigating a sexual assault that took place in Exeter over the weekend.

Officers are undertaking searches in the Ludwell Valley Park area of Exeter following a report of a sexual assault having taken place on the afternoon of Sunday 9 April.

Detective Superintendent Jon Bancroft said: “Officers remain in the area undertaking enquiries following the report of a sexual assault in the area, and a scene guard is in place within Ludwell Valley Park.

“We are appealing for witnesses and would like to hear from anyone who was in the area and saw anything...

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