Heather Upchurch, Dealerweb Chief Technology Officer, and Lee Coomber, Dealerweb Business Development Director

DK Global Partner Programme Roadshow reaches Dealerweb in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/02/2019 - 2:15pm

CDK Global, Inc (Nasdaq, CDK), a provider in automotive dealership software used by 28,000 automotive retailers in over 100 countries, yesterday visited Dealerweb in Exeter as part of its Partner Programme nationwide Roadshow.

The CDK Global Partner Programme team is visiting eight new partners, alongside Dealerweb, with an entourage of hospitality and refreshment vans serving muffins and coffee, between 29th April and 10th May.

Dealerweb Chief Technology Officer Heather Upchurch commented, “The integration of Dealerweb and CDK marks the coming together of two industry...

Tedburn St Mary wins Prince of Wales Award for plastic awareness project

Primary school pupils from a Devon village have won the prestigious Prince of Wales award 2019, for their work tackling plastic pollution in the village.

Two young people between aged 9 from Tedburn St Mary Primary will collect the award for their project - Tedburn Turns the Tide - in a special ceremony at the Devon County Show on Friday May 17 along with their teacher Katie Skinner

The Award, which the Devon County Agricultural Association has run for the past 34 years, is open to Devon-based community projects with entries encouraged from all areas of the community, from...

Life After Sherlock - A Play in 2 Parts by Mike Grogan

Event Date: 
01/06/2019 - 7:00pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield Rd. Exeter, EX1 1SN

‘Devil’s Drum Productions’ will tour a new play in the spring of 2019. The production company will perform 21 shows at 17 theatres in the south of England with a cast of seven. Unusually for a Sherlockian drama, this new story centres on Dr John Watson and not the great detective. In the drama Watson has a personal mystery to solve but without the help of his retired friend Sherlock Holmes. Although Holmes does appear quite a lot in the play, he has now taken to the South Downs and has started a new career as a Beekeeper. Watson discovers that his late wife Mary Morstan may have passed in...

CGI Image of the Allercombe house type at The Grove, Rockbeare by Burrington Estates

New homes launching at The Grove, Rockbeare

Event Date: 
11/05/2019 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Venue: 
Dean Clarke House, Exeter

The Grove is an exceptional new collection of homes in the heart of the East Devon countryside, within easy reach of the South Devon coastline and the city of Exeter. Each of the homes blend well with the traditional, village setting. At this exclusive event at Dean Clarke House, Exeter, you will have the opportunity to find out more about the available properties and place a reservation. The homes have many impressive features, such as fully integrated kitchen appliances, luxury fitted carpets and built in wardrobes in the master bedroom. Burrington Estates New Homes are a leading luxury...

What is general fitness?

How one defines it? What is YOUR definition of it?

According to the CDC, physical fitness is the ability to do tasks with alertness and vigor, without fatigue and with enough remaining energy to pursue recreational activities. Now compare your definition with this one. Do both of them match, or is your definition a mile away from what the CDC is implying?

When talking about fitness, it can be perceived from a mental and physical point of view. Even before you begin, you must consider what you’re after and pursue it accordingly. You can paddle away on your spinning bike all...

Race for Life turns Exeter pink!

Monday saw Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life team with the help of cancer survivor Lyndsey Balsdon, Snap Fitness, and Starbucks, paint the town pink across various locations in the City of Exeter.

The team at Snap Fitness took part in the event by holding a Spinathon. Starbucks also supported the event by handing out Race for Life Coffee cup holders to all their customers, and they even managed to turn their Coffee pink for the day to support such a fantastic cause.

Cancer survivor Lyndsey, now 19-years-old from Okehampton, was five-years-old when she was diagnosed with...

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Five Exeter building projects shortlisted in 2019 Michelmores Property Awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/02/2019 - 7:34am

Five of Exeter's recent property projects have been shortlisted in the 2019 Michelmores Property Awards. The annual awards celebrate exceptional property and construction projects located in Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Bristol and Cornwall, across ten categories.

The Lodge House, Kennford Court, in Kennford, has been shortlisted for Project of the Year (under £5m) and for Building of the Year. Formerly a redundant water storage tank, the site has now been converted into a contemporary residence with far reaching views of Haldon Forest and the River Exe.

Under the Heritage...

Disney on Ice

Event Date: 
23/10/2019 - 2:00pm to 27/10/2019 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Westpont, Exeter

Grab your Mickey ears and get ready for the celebration of the century as Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic.

Mouse-ter of Ceremonies Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and pals take to the ice to honour the legacy of Walt Disney and welcome audiences on a magical journey through classic and modern Disney tales. Families will join the fun in an exciting opening number that salutes Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse as the original hosts of Disney On Ice.

The production will be skating into Westpoint in Exeter from the 23rd – 27th October 2019.

Priority customers can...

Disney On Ice celebrates 100 years of magic in Exeter

Grab your Mickey ears and get ready for the celebration of the century as Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic.

Mouse-ter of Ceremonies Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and pals take to the ice to honour the legacy of Walt Disney and welcome audiences on a magical journey through classic and modern Disney tales. Families will join the fun in an exciting opening number that salutes Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse as the original hosts of Disney On Ice.

The production will be skating into Westpoint in Exeter from the 23rd – 27th October 2019.

Priority customers can...

Police appeal after fatal collision in Axminster

Police have appealed for witnesses following a fatal collision between two HGVs in Axminster on Monday morning [29 April].

Emergency services were called at 5.50am following the head-on collision on the A35 Gammons Hill at Kilmington Cross.

Both male drivers were trapped in their vehicles.

One driver, a 54-year-old man from Winchester, sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The other driver involved, a 36-year-old man from the Bristol area, remains in Derriford Hospital with serious head and leg injuries.

Police would like...

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