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EX2 Group at Building Greater Exeter work experience week

Supporting Building Greater Exeter for Work Experience Week

In July EX2 Group was proud to support Building Greater Exeter’s Work Experience Week, an inspiring initiative aimed at introducing Year 10 students to careers in the built environment.

EX2 group team member James Rayner TMIET, led an engaging hands-on solar masterclass for Year 10 students from the Ted Wragg Trust.

Building Greater Exeter brought together a strong network of industry and educational partners, to educate and inspire, including:

New Roots Workshop CIC Vistry Group Taylor Lewis Western Counties Roofing Ltd Exeter College & Exeter College...

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4 questions to ask before going on a bike tour

So you are contemplating the idea of going on a bike tour. There are many reasons why this is the case. It’s one of the most independent ways of travelling across a country, where you have the freedom to explore the environment as you wish.

Yet deciding to actually go through with this idea is an entirely different matter. A bike tour is not something you can simply decide to do one day and then go through with it the next. There’s a lot of planning required.

There are also various questions you have to ask yourself before setting off on your adventure. For help with...

Expanding award-winning floral academy blooms during Covid-19

Business is blooming for independent, award-winning British Academy of Floral Art based in Dunchideock, near Exeter, with internationally renowned co-directors, Julie Collins and Tina Parkes taking on three new tutors and doubling the size of their Devon-based floristry training centre for beginners and professionals.

Fellow master florists Julie and Tina first met whilst teaching at Bicton College in East Devon, before establishing their new joint venture in Woodbury in 2008 and moving to Dunchideock Barton seven years’ ago. The academy offers professional floristry training and...

Top 5 loneliest lockdown cities

As the UK descends into various tiers of lockdown restrictions for the second time this year, known as local ‘Covid Alert Levels’, new research shows that some of the top cities in England with the highest percentage of people living alone - are also dealing with the highest tiers of restrictions.

The new research by insurance comparison experts Quotezone.co.uk ,shows the top 5 cities with the highest concentration of people living alone are Coventry with 21%, Leeds 20%, Liverpool 20%, London 23% and Sunderland 22%. Two of those, Liverpool and Leeds, are facing or could be about...

Seven ways to pass the time while you stay at home this winter

With winter around the corner, people are once again looking for ways to pass the time at home. Whether you’re going to be taking time off work, or simply prefer to stay indoors when the nights start to get darker, finding ways to have fun and stay entertained at home is important for your mental health and wellbeing. And the good news is that whether you want to have fun, learn something new or a little bit of both, there are plenty of at-home hobby ideas that you might want to consider using to keep yourself occupied during the next few months.

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Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

People being made redundant from the High Street should bring skills to care

A CARE company in south Devon is urging anyone being made redundant from a customer-facing role in the county to get in touch as their skills are needed in the sector (October 2020).

Guardian Homecare, which cares for people in the Exeter and surrounding areas, wants to reassure job seekers thinking of a care role that the skills they already have are transferable.

Manager for the care provider, Catherine Porter says: “At the moment there are many companies in the retail and other customer-facing sectors such as Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Boots, Topshop and the Co-op...

Make room! Drivers need to give cyclists space during lockdown

As bicycle use spikes during local lockdowns, drivers need to be aware of the 1.5 metre rule which encourages motorists to make room and protect cyclists.

During the first 30 days of lockdown in March, the Department for Transport (DfT) found that cycling fatalities were more than double the number compared to the same periods from 2015-18 even though the level of vehicle traffic had dropped to 36% of its pre-lockdown level.

Of the 15 cyclists in the UK that lost their lives from 23 March – 22 April all but two incidents did not involve a motor vehicle.

Various road...

How to Get the Financial Compensation You Deserve After an Accident

Being involved in a car accident is a traumatic experience that can result in physical suffering, mental turmoil, and property loss. Dealing with the aftermath can sometimes be even worse. Therefore, studying the situation calmly is the only way out of this mess. What is even more overwhelming than coping with physical pain are the financial troubles that one can find themselves quickly drowning in. Getting the compensation you deserve for all the pain and suffering is the least you need for you to recover and get yourself back on the right track. Here are some important steps to consider...

Rare posters showing glamorous stars of cinema’s golden age return to Britain

Rare posters showing the glamorous stars of cinema’s Golden Age have returned to Britain, thanks to a donation by one of the world’s foremost movie memorabilia collectors.

The artwork has been given to The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter. The gift comes as the museum has recently reopened to the public after lockdown so everyone can again enjoy the collection of over 80,000 artefacts.

Movie and actor posters from the early part of the last century can be rare because they were designed only to last for a few days. They were printed on inexpensive...

Builders merchant launches campaign to support local businesses

With the pandemic having had a detrimental effect on local businesses across the region, RGB Building Supplies’ latest ‘Support Local’ initiative is giving away £500 worth of independent shop and venue vouchers every week until the end of January.

The new initiative kick-starts on Monday 2nd November, when 10 RGB customers will win a £50 voucher to spend at their local butcher. Then, every Monday until 25th January, RGB will launch a giveaway where prizes will include 10 £50 vouchers to spend at an independent high street store to help with the cost of Christmas presents, five £...

Co Bikes hire scheme unveil new 'dockless' sites

The expansion of Exeter’s Co Bikes, the UK’s first on-street city electric bike hire scheme, continues with three new dockless sites for the city.

The new stations, which need no fixed infrastructure for bikes to be locked into, are being trialled at the junction of Magdalen Road and College Road, in Digby Park & Ride and outside Chapel Platt Surgery in Topsham.

Instead of a docking station, the bikes are rented and returned within a virtual geofenced space. Customers simply push the Co Bike into, or as close as possible to, the rack then lock the bike and end their...

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Supporting Building Greater Exeter for Work Experience Week

4 questions to ask before going on a bike tour

Expanding award-winning floral academy blooms during Covid-19

Top 5 loneliest lockdown cities

Seven ways to pass the time while you stay at home this winter

People being made redundant from the High Street should bring skills to care

Make room! Drivers need to give cyclists space during lockdown

How to Get the Financial Compensation You Deserve After an Accident

Rare posters showing glamorous stars of cinema’s golden age return to Britain

Builders merchant launches campaign to support local businesses

Co Bikes hire scheme unveil new 'dockless' sites

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