The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E) is set to reduce its energy costs by £800,000 a year, following a £7 million investment in sustainable energy measures.
The project, delivered by Centrica Business Solutions, will see state-of-the-art energy technology installed at five sites across Exeter, helping the RD&E to cut its energy costs by 17 per cent.
Design and construction is set to be completed by the end of April 2020. It includes the installation of a new 1.5MW combined heat and power unit that will generate power onsite at Wonford Hospital, as...
Starting your own business can be one of the most rewarding and freeing journeys that you take in life. If you have a passion, talent or marketable skill that you think you can spin into a business, why wait? Far too many people are going to work every day to jobs that they don’t really enjoy, not because they want to, but because they have to.
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A local groundworker has reconstructed an original Roman road at Redrow’s Romansfield development in Okehampton, Devon.
In 2018, archaeologists from independent commercial consultancy AC archaeology working with Redrow on the development before its launch discovered what they thought to be the most south-westerly Roman town in Britain.
The local archaeologists found the foundation trenches and post-holes of some 25 timber-constructed buildings situated either side of a well-preserved Roman road extending eastwards from a military fort.
Ottery St Mary Table Tennis Club B Team has been promoted to the First Division of the Exeter & District Table Tennis league.
League Chairman Bob Carlyon presented the trophy to the team, Chris Jones (Captain), Guillaume Gaston and Jeremy Broad at club venue, The Institute in Yonder Street.
The club, which meets on Tuesdays at Colin Tooze, sports striking club t-shirts sponsored by Otter Garden Centres. Manager, John Giblin said: “We are delighted that the team achieved promotion this season, and we look forward to hearing how they do in the First Division.
The curtain has closed on yet another season and with just weeks remaining until the start of the new campaign excitement is already building.
There’s set to be plenty of comings and goings over the next month, most recently Jonny Maxted , as Matt Taylor attempts to mould a squad capable of mounting a real challenge next term but as we count down to kick-off there’s plenty of Gercians fans to keep themselves busy.
From taking stadium taking stadium tours to familiarising yourself with matched bettering so you can earn some risk-free cash by backing city next year, here’s a...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton visited leading Devon-based bacon producer Denhay’s factory on Thursday 27 June to learn more about the local company’s new sustainable initiative.
Denhay has switched its products’ packaging to fully recyclable clear trays made from 25% recycled plastic - removing black plastic from any Denhay retail packs of bacon which will avoid an estimated 60 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from going to landfill.
A clear new vision
Denhay’s new easy-peel packaging is both consumer and environmentally-friendly, as the clear plastic tray...
Two physicists from the University of Exeter have received prestigious national awards in recognition of their long-standing, pioneering research.
Professor Bill Barnes and Professor Gilles Chabrier have received notable prizes from the Institute of Physics, announced today.
Professor Barnes has been named as the 2019 winner of the Thomas Young Medal, while Professor Chabrier has been awarded the Fred Hoyle Medal.
The awards are designed to recognise, celebrate and reflect the impact and applications of physics in everyday life, the breadth of the discipline in...
South Dartmoor Community College has teamed up with national charity, Giving World, in a new initiative which will benefit all students at the school.
The school in Ashburton has called the scheme the 'Room of Requirement' – after the Harry Potter books – and has seen it receive dozens of items for free that students can claim. The haul includes 150 pairs of socks, 30 pairs of gloves, 240 bottles of spray disinfectant, 176 tubes of hand cream, 72 bottles of shampoo, 120 pocket travel guides, 20 hairbrushes, 1,000 biro pens, 10 cookery books and 150 reading books.
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