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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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Digital marketing specialists celebrate 200th client win

A local digital marketing specialist is celebrating his 200th client win less than three and a half years after quitting his job to pursue the dream of running his own business. MiHi Digital, which was established by Director Mark Worden from a one-bedroom flat on the Exeter Quayside in 2013, supports businesses across Devon and Cornwall in strengthening their online presence through web design, social media, search engine optimisation and strategic consultancy. The firm, which has now worked with organisations turning over in excess of £500 million per annum has recently taken up larger...

Majority of people worried by their financial situations

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has released the results from its fifth economic well-being survey.

Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “A key finding is that more than half of those who responded to the survey, some 62%, said that they were worried about their financial position.

This is up significantly from 51% earlier in the year. Whilst income levels seem to have stabilised, with 61% of those responding saying their income levels remained the same, only 18% of respondents had seen their expenditure reduce.

Forty...

Family fun at Meldon Wildlife Festival 2017

There is something for everyone at this summer’s Dartmoor Wildlife Festival which takes place at Meldon Old Quarry on Tuesday 15 August.

Discover more about a variety of Dartmoor creatures and their homes through a series of free drop in events and workshops. There is something for everyone with all ages catered for. Immerse yourself in stream dipping, butterfly walks, wildlife gardening or make your own wildlife homes to take away with you - just a small selection of the activities on offer.

Spend the day with us and our wildlife partners on 15 August. You can bring a...

Red ribbon opening for Mamhead’s £1.5 million slipway

Exmouth’s new £1.5 million Mamhead Slipway has been officially opened, restoring the vital maritime access to the town’s wonderful waterside after an absence of more than four years.

Larger and more practical than the previous structure, the new slipway on the River Exe reinstates the town’s maritime leisure tradition and will bring more business to the town. The majority of the work was funded by East Devon District Council with Devon County Council putting £275,000 in to the project.

The old slipway was closed in 2012 due to public safety and the council decided to...

Killerton Estate takes top national award

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/06/2017 - 11:54am

Killerton Estate in Devon walked away with the top Overall Drinks Award at the National Trust’s annual Fine Farm Produce Awards, presented at BBC Countryfile Live in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. Conygree Farm on the Sherborne Park Estate won the Farming with Nature Award and, in all, 12 National Trust places and products in the South West came away as winners.

Now in their twelfth year, the awards aim to prove that sustainable food isn’t just good for nature, it tastes better too. They celebrate the very best produce from the Trust’s 1,500 tenant farmers and estates ­– looking...

Great Trees in the Clyst Valley: New project puts down roots!

An exciting new outdoor programme designed to encourage local people to explore, record and restore the heritage landscape of trees in fields, hedges, parks and orchards across East Devon’s Clyst Valley is now underway following the appointment of a project officer.

Following a successful bid for a £52,100 National Lottery grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point has recruited Jon Freeman to lead a 2 year ‘programme of discovery’ with volunteers which will include walks, workshops, research and events leading to the creation of tree...

Wildlife set to increase on the Maer

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Sun, 08/06/2017 - 10:15am

Following advice from the East Devon District Council Countryside team, the grassland on the Maer Local Nature Reserve in Exmouth will be cut less regularly in order to increase the wildlife and biodiversity on the site.

The nature reserve, which is owned and managed by East Devon District Council’s countryside and streetscene services, used to be mown extensively throughout the year, this allowed walkers and dogs free-roam of the site. The high footfall, particularly in the summer, had a negative impact on a variety of species, including locally rare sea holly and a number of...

Riding the wave: Pioneering research tames Nanoquakes

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/05/2017 - 11:05am

Researchers from the University of Exeter have pioneered a new technique to control high frequency sound waves, commonly found within everyday devices such as mobile phones.

The research team, led by Professor Geoff Nash from the University of Exeter, have created a new structure that can manipulate the extreme frequency sound waves – also known as surface acoustic waves or ‘nanoquakes’ , as they run across the surface of a solid material in a similar manner to earthquake tremors on land.

Although surface acoustic waves (SAWs) form a key component of a host of technologies...

Retired Devon GP wins prestigious Order of Mercy award

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/05/2017 - 10:20am

Until his retirement in 2000, Dr Hall was a GP in Shebbear and held a post at the University of Sussex, before becoming a senior lecturer at the Department of General Practice, Exeter University. His work there was largely involved with GP training (for which the Exeter Department was nationally renowned), screening for diabetic retinopathy and practice organisation. He also published widely.

Dr Hall also served on the Board of Directors of Diabetes UK and was Chairman of the charity from 1996 to 2001. As Chairman, he toured the UK speaking at many local-group events. He is a...

Devon’s Nursing Associate trainees start work towards pioneering new healthcare role

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 08/05/2017 - 9:40am

Dozens of trainees have started an exciting new pilot programme in hospitals and care homes across Devon, training in a new role to become Nursing Associates. Devon was selected as one of 11 pilot sites nationally and the only one in the south to develop the role. The Nursing Associate position is a new role alongside existing others, which is designed to bridge the gap between health and care support workers, who have a care certificate, and graduate registered nurses and offers opportunities for health care assistants to progress into nursing roles. A total of 69 trainees are currently...

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