The Yealm Ward at Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital has been voted as a winner of RGB Building Supplies’ Well Built Community Fund and now has £1,000 to spend on building materials.
The hospital received the most votes following a public poll where it was up against the Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Court Fields Pre-school in Wellington.
The Yealm Ward specialises in the rehabilitation of those who have suffered a stroke, and patients can be on the ward from between two and 12 weeks.
The team would like to create a therapy garden for use by patients to aid their...
The Donkey Sanctuary offers a packed programme of seasonal fun this February half term. It’s the perfect opportunity to get the family outdoors, enjoy a host of activities and meet some of the friendly donkeys who are cared for at the sanctuary,
As part of the charity’s Golden Anniversary celebrations, the ‘Golden Carrot Hunt’ gives visitors a chance to follow clues around the Sidmouth sanctuary to find a treasure chest full of golden carrots. Each clue relates to a special achievement or interesting fact that have defined the charity over the past 50 years.
An exciting line-up of speakers has been revealed for this year’s eagerly anticipated TEDxExeter event.
The city’s eighth annual ideas festival takes place on Friday, April 5, at the Exeter Northcott Theatre. Tickets for the live event and a livestream at the University of Exeter’s Alumni Auditorium sold out in 10 minutes when they went on sale in November, but there are plenty of opportunities to be part of the day at free livestreams happening at venues across Devon.
At a launch event at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum on Thursday, February 7, organisers announced that...
In today’s digital age, all businesses are expected by their customers to possess a website. Actually, simply possessing a website isn’t enough - your site should be professional, engaging and well laid-out in order not to put off prospective customers. An unprofessional website instantly decreases the trust and faith that consumers will view your brand with - so it’s important to create the kind of website that you feel best represents your company. This article explores the steps you should take to achieve a website that looks the part and encourages more consumers to part with their...
The last situation you want as a business owner is your employees getting hurt or people filing complaints because you have an unsafe work environment. Luckily, there are a number of precautions every business owner can take to help ensure that everyone who walks through their doors is protected and won’t be exposed to any harm.
There are a few tips which will help you to run a safer business so that you can sleep soundly at night knowing this is one less concern you have to worry about. This will not only prevent any unwanted lawsuits but also allow you to focus more time on...
A new waste transfer station at Bynsworthy, Barnstaple will become fully operational on Monday 11 February 2019.
The new facility will enable Devon County Council to bulk up and transfer non-recyclable ‘wheelie bin/black bag’ waste collected in the North Devon and Torridge areas away from landfill to Energy from Waste facilities where it is converted into electricity.
The new facility marks the end of household ‘black bag’ waste being sent to landfill in the county of Devon. This type of waste elsewhere in Devon is already being sent to either the Exeter Energy Recovery...
Your guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (8-10 February):
THEATRE
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Friday & Saturday, Queen Elizabeth's School Drama Hall, Western Road, Crediton
Billed as Shakespeare’s forgotten rock and roll masterpiece! Shows at 7.30pm, matinee 2.30pm Saturday. Tickets £10, £7 students. Available from the School Libraries 01363 778365.
The Life I Lead
Friday & Saturday, Exeter Northcott
David Tomlinson built a career playing a certain type of Englishman – stiff, formal and a bit of a silly...
Council will begin cliff safety work across the district from 11 February 2019 – this important work will help manage the risk to people who want to enjoy our unique stretch of coastline, which forms part of the Jurassic World Heritage Site Following recommendations made in East Devon District Council’s 2018 cliff inspections report, cliff safety works are to be completed at Beer, Seaton and Sidmouth. The works are designed to manage public safety at these locations. The first scheme on the list is the installation of 15m length of catch fence adjacent to the Hideaway Café at West Walk,...
“Sex sells” is something that’s heard a lot in the advertising industry. It is definitely difficult to avoid sexual innuendo even on a daily work commute whether it’s from a provocative billboard advert’ or a sexily-clad mannequin in a shop window or a sexualised song lyric or radio ad’. There are, however, many countries where such overt sexualisation of advertising output is not allowed.
Censorship is on a whole different level in some countries and if you go down to the nuances of the regulations in some of these countries, the level of control is very tight. For example, in the...
Worrying new research published in Accountancy Age has revealed that with less than two months to go until ‘Making Tax Digital’ becomes mandatory on 01 April, just 57 per cent of UK businesses are expected to be ready for the change.
To help get businesses Making Tax Digital-ready, local Chartered Accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is staging a series of free "What You Need To Know" seminars. Events will take place on:
26 February at Daignton Park Golf Club with NatWest, 10.30am-12pm
