Preserving the value of a familial inheritance needs great planning and strategic decision-making. With inheritance tax receipts reaching record levels and estates becoming more complex to manage, protecting your family's wealth demands a proactive approach.
Understanding Probate Loans
The probate process can create some financial pressure for beneficiaries and executors. During this period, assets remain locked within the estate whilst essential expenses continue to mount. Probate loans provide crucial access to funds before probate completes , allowing families to...
In recent years, Dublin households have been facing rapidly increasing energy costs. Fuel, gas and electricity prices have risen sharply, driven by global supply constraints, volatile markets, and policy shifts toward decarbonisation. For many families, this means choosing between heating, lighting, or other essentials. One solution that is gaining momentum is solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. By generating electricity locally from sunlight, solar panels offer both immediate and long‑term relief from energy costs. This read examines how solar can help Dublin families, what incentives exist...
Racing fans can enjoy the day with family, friends, thanks to the pre-booked ticket offer allowing one free ‘best mate’ per paying guest. Children aged 17 and under go free when accompanied by a paying adult, while students and young adults aged 18–24 can secure discounts through the Season’s Pass.
Gates open at 12:10 PM, with the first race at 1:40 PM. Racegoers can expect an action-packed day featuring novice chases, a lively atmosphere, and the perfect celebration of a national jump racing icon. With convenient transport links, including a free shuttle bus from Exeter St David’s...
After a challenging start to the season, Exeter Racecourse is gearing up for a thrilling return on Tuesday, October 21, with the Pricedup Best Mate Novice Chase Day, celebrating one of jump racing’s most adored champions.
Best Mate, the revered champion who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three years in a row (2002–2004), holds a unique connection with Exeter Racecourse. He began his legendary career over fences here on October 17, 2000, marking the 25th anniversary of that flawless chasing debut on Haldon Hill this year. Proving his class a year later on November 6, 2001, Best Mate...
Recycling rates at Sandy Park soared at the start of the 24/25 season whilst they saw a 25.75% reduction in general waste compared to the same time period in the previous year all thanks to Exeter Chiefs’ sustainability partnership with Devon Contract Waste (DCW). Now, the Devon waste management company has confirmed it will continue the collaboration for the 2025/26 season, as well as sponsoring rising star Christ Tshiunza.
Last season, the partnership delivered impressive results in making Sandy Park more sustainable. With new recycling stations, improved waste segregation, and...
Living Space Architects has been highly commended in the Best Residential Extension section of the Local Authority Building Control South West Building Excellence Awards 2025 for the imaginative design of extensions and renovations at a holiday home in Lyme Regis.
The Exeter-based practice was asked to formulate a substantial and sustainable upgrade to create a bold and exciting property for the client’s extended family to enjoy.
The house, which stands on a hill, had a garden room built into the gradient with doors opening onto the garden. The master bedroom now looks...
Agrifest South West is set to welcome a delicious new addition this year: the South West Food Village, bringing a fresh flavour to the region’s premier one-day celebration of prime livestock. Held at Westpoint, Exeter on Wednesday 5th November, the event promises a vibrant showcase of agricultural excellence—and this year, culinary delights too.
The Food Village will feature twelve artisan producers from Devon, each offering a tempting array of locally crafted treats to sample and purchase. From Flapjackery’s indulgent flapjacks to Gotland Gin, distilled to navy strength on a...
A leading Exeter opticians is marking its 50th anniversary by throwing a special event for loyal customers that will see them able to bag a bargain pair of designer glasses.
Pullen & Symes Opticians has been an ever-present in Longbrook Street, Exeter for five decades and has forged a reputation as one of the south-west’s most recommended vision care practices.
It has opened a second branch in Ottery St Mary and has recently undertaken a period of sustained investment, bringing in the latest technology to ensure patients have access to the best possible eye care, as...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is preparing to begin its 2025/26 season with a very special musical first at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 8 November - performing an ambitious new choral work called The Weather Book, written for the choir by one of the UK’s leading contemporary composers and highlighting Exeter’s unique status as the home of the UK’s Met Office.
The new work for soprano soloist, choir and chamber orchestra, composed by Cecilia McDowall, is a joint commission with a top chamber choir from Sweden. Gustaf Vasa Kammarkör performed the first movement called ‘Celsius Rising’...
Exeter Science Park has begun the search for a new chief executive officer to lead the organisation into the next phase of its growth as a hub for science, technology, and enterprise in the south west.
This follows the announcement that current CEO, Dr Sally Basker, will retire in June 2026 after nearly a decade of leadership. Under her guidance, Exeter Science Park has secured strong financial foundations, welcomed significant new investment and supported the growth of pioneering STEMM companies.
Dr Basker said: “It has been a privilege to lead Exeter Science Park...
