The Boards of Flybe and Connect Airways, a company bringing together Virgin Atlantic Limited, Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital, are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer for Flybe. Following which Connect Airways will acquire the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of Flybe. Stobart Group will contribute Stobart Air and Propius, Stobart’s aircraft leasing business into Connect Airways. Concurrently with announcing the Acquisition, Cyrus, Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic have committed to make available a £20 million bridge...
Devon County Council’s Cabinet has agreed an updated streetlighting policy to continue to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.
The energy costs of operating more than 88,000 streetlights and other lighting assets across the county is around £3 million this financial year – and it accounts for a significant amount of the County Council's carbon emissions.
Over the past three years, the County Council has converted over 25,000 street lights to low energy LED technology and has replaced more than 5,400 streetlighting columns.
Those looking to draw cash from the value of their properties have to grapple with a wide range of products. Confusingly, even the equity release market itself uses the terms “equity release” and “lifetime mortgages” interchangeably, when they are two entirely different things.
Here, The Exeter Daily explains the most common types of equity release in an easy to understand way.
What is a lifetime mortgage?
A lifetime mortgage is the most common form of equity release and it involves borrowing a sum of money against the value of your home. As its name suggests,...
New Season, Trend Lead Homeware At Great Value Prices From The Original Factory Shop!
This January The Original Factory Shop is the savvy shopper’s one stop shop to spruce up the home with great looking products that won’t break the bank.
From a new range of affordable, functional and stylish homeware to top quality household brands the discount retailer will enable shoppers to transform their homes with great products at great value prices.
The retailer has released a number of different ranges for the home, from warm and plush winter themed items to cosy up the...
The start of this week – January 7th – is ominously dubbed D-day as it’s the most popular time of year for divorce lawyers and solicitors. After the giddy heights of the festive period, couples often wake up in the New Year unable to handle the headache of their marriages. Richard Scott, Head of Family Law at Howells Solicitors, has helped us pinpoint the reasons why couples go their separate ways in January:
Christmas Party Regrets
All the way back in 65AD, philosopher Seneca the Younger stated that “drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness” which, if you’re fond of a...
Car parking charges in Exeter are set to rise by 10 per cent from April to support the City Council’s aim of reducing congestion, while helping it to balance its budget.
A report due to be discussed by councillors next week reveals that the council cannot support its aim of reducing congestion in the city centre without “reasonable and regular increases in tariffs”.
A key strategic priority for Exeter is to tackle congestion and accessibility, where sustainable means of travel are safer, cheaper, quicker and more convenient than private car ownership.
Enhanced Hospiscare services, including new nurse led clinic, have come to Ottery St Mary and surrounding areas, thanks to £50,000 of funding from the Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends . The launch was celebrated in the Sandhill Rooms at Ottery St Mary Hospital on 8th January with members of the local healthcare community. Adrian Rutter, Chair of Ottery St Mary & District League of Friends says: “When we asked the GPs of Coleridge Medical Centre what they saw as the healthcare priorities for the people of our town and villages, their answer was quick and clear; dementia...
Rather than making a new year’s resolution that you break by the end of January, ensure 2019 a year of positive change by taking on new challenges and trying something new. Like playing rugby.
Don’t let your preconceptions put you off, you can do this. Topsham Rugby Club are offering women a less daunting way of broadening their horizons as they encourage women to step out of their comfort zone with a fun introduction to rugby. During the Warrior Camps, women are encouraged to unleash their inner strength and determination as they embrace the challenge of trying a new sport....
Huntsham Court , near Tiverton, will play host to a Burns Night ceilidh on 24 January when the estate holds their celebration of the Scottish bard’s birth in aid of Hospiscare . What better way of livening up the depths of winter than with a Scottish hooley? Huntsham Court’s owners, Chris Badham and Damian Llambias, have generously made the venue available for the occasion, and the splendour of this Victorian-Gothic country house provides the perfect backdrop for what promises to be an evening of stirring spectacle. There will be Scottish music and dancing and a traditional Burns Night...
Summer months call for alfresco lunch, calling over friends and family for a game of cards in the backyard or even enjoying your favourite author basking under the sun. The hot summer season does not stay for long and it is time now to pack the garden furniture. Do you know how to store rattan garden furniture rightly so that you can keep using it for years and years?
Since, garden furniture is usually constructed from natural wood or rattan, wicker, it might get damaged bearing the harsh weather conditions. Brooks Rattan Garden furniture brings to you some handy tips and tricks...
