Charity's year gets off to a tee thanks to golf club

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 1:14pm

Teign Valley Golf Club has chosen Exeter Dementia Action Alliance as its Charity of the Year for 2019.

Gina Awad, Lead of the Alliance said: “I was delighted to meet everyone and share our community work with Teign Valley Golf Club. We received a very warm welcome and very much look forward to collaborating with them."

The Exeter Dementia Action Alliance empowers and inspires organisations and businesses to raise awareness and deliver dementia-friendly services for people living with dementia and their families.

Jane Summers, Ladies Captain for 2019 at Teign Valley...

Fast-growing suicide bereavement charity Pete's Dragons appeals for trustees

A fast-growing charity that supports suicide bereaved families is appealing for new trustees to help shape its bright future. Award-winning Pete’s Dragons, which has received national and international recognition, is on the lookout for volunteers to join its board as it continues to expand ‘exponentially’.

The Exmouth-based charity supports families and individuals across Devon and also provides market-leading suicide prevention training around the country and abroad.

Pete’s Dragons currently has a caseload of 91, which equates to around 300 people across Devon.

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Educated Recruitment's Kate Anderson: Venus Award semi-finalist!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 10:11am

Educated Recruitment are thrilled to announce that their Finance and Compliance Officer, Kate Anderson has made it through to the Semi Finalists of the Venus Awards 2019!

The Educated Recruitment team are extremely excited since receiving the news yesterday evening at the Venus announcement event held at the Plymouth Gin Distillery.

The Venus Devon and Cornwall Awards was created to applaud working women and is a celebration of excellence recognising business women across the region. Nationally, this engages over 12,000 women and we are extremely honoured to have been...

Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Group and Cyrus confirm offer for Flybe

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 9:21am

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...

County Council updates streetlighting policy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/11/2019 - 7:12am

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.

Energy reduction over the past...

A detailed guide to equity release: what it is and how it works.

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 9:05pm

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 Year, New Home

Authored by Hayley431
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 5:56pm

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...

January Blues: Why Couples Divorce at the Start of the Year

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 set to increase in Exeter

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.

The council is...

Generous funding brings enhanced Hospiscare services to Ottery St Mary

Authored by Hospiscare
Posted: Thu, 01/10/2019 - 11:53am

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...

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