Appointment increases range of services offered by family law team

Authored by EverysPR
Posted: Tue, 01/08/2019 - 1:59pm

Everys Solicitors is pleased to welcome Solicitor Anne-Marie Hamer to its Family Law team. A highly experienced lawyer, Anne-Marie is skilled in all aspects of matrimonial law, disputes, financial resolution and Private Children Act. In addition, Anne-Marie has particular expertise in Surrogacy and Fertility law. Based in the Taunton office, Anne-Marie will provide her services throughout East Devon and Exeter, Dorset and the local areas in and around Taunton.

With over 10 years’ post-qualified experience, Anne-Marie is an Advanced Family Law Panel member and is also an accredited...

South West alumni urged to join programme boosting students’ university chances

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/08/2019 - 10:56am

Former students of state secondary schools in the South West are being urged to use their experience and skills of higher education to boost current students’ chances of going to university.

The programme in twenty-five secondary schools and three colleges is run by the national education charity Future First and funded by Next Steps South West, part of the National Collaborative Outreach Programme which aims to widen participation in higher education, increasing the number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in higher education by 2020.

Future First will help...

5 simple ways you can begin your smart home automation upgrade

A smart home isn't necessarily the futuristic fantasy of a home full of robots or modern gadgets, it's simply a home that utilises your Wi-Fi network to control things such as your thermostat, security, or other electrical devices. A smart home can also provide you with information, such as what your energy spend is or what is showing at your local cinema. You can automate these devices so that things happen even without your presence or use voice control to ask them to perform tasks as you need them doing, it is completely up to you. Read on to find out how to go about upgrading your home...

Exciting plans for a week-long Exeter Pride 2019

TRUSTEES and volunteers working hard behind the scenes are proud to announce that Exeter Pride in 2019 will take place on Saturday, May 11 and will be part of a wider week of events in the city.

Exeter Pride is one of the South West's biggest celebrations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and questioning plus (LGBTQ+) communities, and one of the biggest free Pride events in the country.

It is a key annual event in Exeter's calendar and exciting plans are being made for the 11th annual event.

It will include a colourful rainbow flag march through Exeter, and...

Running Your Buy-to-Let Property Portfolio Like a Business

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 01/08/2019 - 5:24am

Many property investors don’t take investing all that seriously. Perhaps they have acquired a larger property and decided to keep the original one to rent it out for additional income? This tends to be the case. For serious property investors, they treat their property portfolio like a business. Usually, they either own several investment properties or plan to do so in the future.

Their approach is noticeably different to casual investors.

Here are a few tips for operating a property rental portfolio in a more business-like manner.

Create Financial Cashflow...

'Colours of the Wind' Flower Festival

Event Date: 
01/06/2019 - 10:00am to 06/06/2019 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Crediton Parish Church, Crediton

The Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival is one of the main fundraising events for the upkeep of Holy Cross and many people from our parishes work to make it a very special and memorable week.

The 2019 Festival has the intriguing title ‘Colours of the Wind’ and runs from 10am on Saturday 1st June until 5pm on Thursday 6th June.

Work towards the 2019 Flower Festival began as soon as the 2018 Festival ended.

Last years’ Festival was ‘In Our Element’ and if you would like to see photos of previous festivals and videos of how a car and a rhino got into the church then...

Work to start on two new Honiton play installations

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/07/2019 - 8:49pm

Two play areas in Honiton are getting a new lease of life this month, thanks to East Devon District Council, which is investing £130,000 of modern and exciting equipment in the sites.

The installations will be carried out by the council’s contractor Kompan and work is due to begin at St Marks play area from 7 January and at Glen Farm play area from 21 January.

It will take around five weeks to complete the installation of equipment and safety surfacing and, weather permitting, it is anticipated that the play areas should be ready for use in February.

Prior to Kompan...

Woodbury residents to trial additional recycling bag for cardboard

The residents of Woodbury will be trialling an additional recycling bag for the collection of cardboard from March.

Around 850 households in the village will be asked to collect their cardboard in a white foldaway collection bag instead of their green box and put the bag out at the kerbside with their other recycling containers on their usual recycling collection day.

Each household will receive a letter from East Devon District Council’s recycling team with more information about the delivery of the bags and a start date for the trial.

SUEZ, the council’s waste and...

EDDC agrees £1.1m Enterprise Zone investment in Exeter Science Park

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/07/2019 - 4:00pm

East Devon District Council’s Cabinet last night agreed to invest £1.1m in the development of a new Open Innovation Building at Exeter Science Park, in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone.

The investment will bring forward 20,000 square feet of space under one roof for growing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) sectors.

Funding has been raised against future business rates income from the growing list of businesses seeking to establish offices and laboratories alongside leading regional science and...

New clapper bridge on Dartmoor

A new Clapper Bridge has been installed over the Western Wella Brook, along with path and drainage improvements on the associated public right of way, which is part of both the Abbots Way and the Two Moors Way.

The project to make this happen has been led by Dartmoor National Park and is jointly sponsored by Totnes Ramblers and South Devon Ramblers.

There has been a need for a bridge at this location for many years. Last year following an aborted walk in the area due to the lack of a bridge, the walk leader, Steve Town, asked if Totnes Ramblers could try and make the...

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