Anything Goes

Event Date: 
20/04/2019 - 7:45pm to 27/04/2019 - 7:45pm
Venue: 
Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth

Don’t miss Sidmouth Musical Theatre’s production of Cole Porter’s classic musical comedy Anything Goes, which sails into Sidmouth next month with this toe tapping musical set aboard the liner SS American.

When Billy Crocker discovers that his heart’s desire, debutante heiress Hope Harcourt, is engaged to an English aristocrat, he stows away aboard the S.S. American to win her back. Aided by a string of eccentric passengers on board the luxurious transatlantic liner, can this web of love be untangled before they reach Southampton?

Hop aboard for sassy heroines, mischievous...

CEDA Member and Lisa Hudson of Northcott Theatre

Charity launches accessible arts festival

Authored by CEDA Exeter
Posted: Fri, 03/22/2019 - 7:15pm

A big week is in the planning as CEDA launch the Impossible Arts festival taking place from Easter Monday.

CEDA is a registered charity working with disabled adults and young people across Devon, providing learning, social and cultural experiences.

The week will see a number of events, exhibitions and artists come together to raise the Profile of disabled artists in the city and beyond.

Highlights of the week Include;

Monday 22nd April 2019- CEDA are hosting a family craft day at the AWESome art space gallery on Paris Street, if you around the city on this...

Quilter Private Client Advisers moves to fresh regional base in Exeter and ushers in new regional director

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/22/2019 - 6:39pm

Quilter Private Client Advisers is pleased to announce that it has relocated its South West regional office from Newton Abbot to Exeter today.

The move comes just a few months after Quilter Private Client Advisers appointed its new regional financial planning director, Jonathan Burden.

Jonathan will now lead a 19-strong regional team of six financial planners and 13 support staff from its new base in Vantage Point within Pynes Hill business centre. The new office will enable the company to increase its presence in the region and be closer to its clients and strategic...

Exeter Chiefs Foundation celebrates another bumper year

The Exeter Chiefs Foundation charity is celebrating one of its most successful years to date after raising £230,823 during 2018.

A total of £217,404 was handed out to more than 30 organisations during the 12-month period, compared to £164.950 the year before.

One of the largest donations was made to Exeter’s Hospiscare to fund a major refurbishment project.

The Foundation gifted £50,000 to the charity which was match funded by The Exeter Property Summer Ball Committee.

Another major grant of £25,000 was made to Exeter Deaf Academy to help pay for the...

Exe bridges resurfacing work this weekend 

Motorists are being reminded that there will be no access to Bonhay Road from Exe Bridges this weekend (March 23 to March 25) due to resurfacing work.

From 7am Saturday to 6am Monday three lanes of the North Bridge connecting Bonhay Road and Frog Street will be closed.

And In addition, access to Exe Bridges and some adjoining roads will be restricted.

Neither of the bridges will be entirely closed and signed diversions will be in place, but delays should be expected.

This work is being carried over from last weekend, which was cancelled due to high winds....

The Twilight Walk & 5K Fizz Run

Event Date: 
06/07/2019 - 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
The Maer, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2BX

Challenge yourself and join hundreds of other women at this year’s Hospiscare Twilight Walk or 5k Fizz Run.

This fun filled event takes place on Saturday 6 July, starting and finishing at The Maer in Exmouth

A glass of fizz and a spot of food will welcome you back upon completion of your walk or run, so don your pink tutus and bunny ears, get the girls together and support your local hospice!

Don’t hesitate, sign up today! For further information, please visit https://www.hospiscare.co.uk/events/flagship/the-twilight-walk-5k-fizz-run .

Female entrepreneurs in Exeter have a real appetite for business at cookery school event

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 03/22/2019 - 11:53am

Over eighty female entrepreneurs with an appetite for business attended a special event at the Exeter Cookery School this week featuring local author and blogger Sarah Turner.

The Sunday Times bestseller headlined the NatWest Boost event on Tuesday as part of the bank’s month-long activity celebrating International Women’s Day.

Accordingly to a recently published report by NatWest’s Deputy CEO Alison Rose, just 33% of UK entrepreneurs are women, a figure it is aiming to challenge by supporting more women who want to start their own business.

Exeter author Sarah...

Tony Berry

RG's turnover rises again

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/22/2019 - 11:37am

Berry Recruitment Group (BRG) has seen its turnover increase by more than six per cent to a touch under £70m, its latest accounts show.

The business recorded a profit of £1.6m before taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA*).

It works from 35 locations across England and Wales including Berry Recruitment branches in Exeter and Truro.

It made two acquisitions last year including Southampton-based CPN Construction and its training centre which will add around £6m in turnover.

In December, BRG acquired London Staff Bureau (LSB) that operates in the...

Axe Valley Hospiscare@Home

Hospiscare@Home Launches throughout Axe Valley

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Fri, 03/22/2019 - 11:30am

Three years ago, local charity Hospiscare teamed up with Seaton & District Hospital League of Friends to start the Seaton Hospiscare@Home service in response to the needs of people in Seaton.

This service provides 24/7 hands-on nursing support at home for people with a life-limiting illnesses who are in the final months or weeks of life, enabling patients to be cared for and to die at home, if that is their wish.

It proved so popular in Seaton that some patients in neighbouring Axminster swapped GP practices to get access, which up until now has been unavailable. That,...

Inspiring the next generation

Inspiring the next generation

Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Fri, 03/22/2019 - 10:52am

Local schoolchildren recently teamed up with coastal conservationists to help tackle the theory and the reality of waste plastic in Torbay.

Pupils from Roselands Primary in Paignton learned about marine pollution with education staff from Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, then helped clean Goodrington beach with the Torbay Cleaner Coasts Initiative and staff from Torbay Council. In addition, the school raised money by making gifts from items normally thrown in the bin - such as glass jars, paper and odd socks - and selling them to families in their very own pop-up...

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