Exeter’s four-woman ‘Row For The Ocean’ team, who set off yesterday (Wednesday, December 12th) in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, is delighted to announce a new sponsor whose tagline is ‘Let’s discover the world’. Online travel agent Travel Up has become the team’s Platinum Partner for the race, pledging £10,000 in funding.
Row For The Ocean set off from La Gomera in the Canaries to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic with a mission to raise awareness of the ocean plastics crisis. Kirsty Barker, Rosalind Holsgrove-West, Kate Salmon, and Laura Try want to raise as much money...
Within the UK, each area has its own unique problems and challenges and Exeter is certainly no different. Businesses within the town face numerous challenges in order to become successful. While work has started on improving some of the major issues in the town, there is still a long way to go to fully resolve certain problems.
Here, we’ll look at what challenge’s businesses within the town centre face in today’s economic climate.
Rising overheads
In recent years, both consumers and businesses have seen a significant increase in the cost of living and operating....
Rob Baxter says his Exeter Chiefs side must use the disappointment of their European campaign so far to make them a better side moving forward.
Hopes were high at the start of the season that the Devonians would really attack their rivals in this season’s Heineken Champions Cup. However, that has not proved the case and after three rounds the Chiefs are still without a win and sat bottom of Pool Two.
An opening round draw with Munster at Sandy Park has since been followed with defeats to Castres and Gloucester, the latter coming just last Saturday when the Cherry &...
This is a fantastic event supporting a wonderful local charity. Hospiscare cares for local people across Exeter, Mid and East Devon living with a terminal illness and offers much needed support to their friends and family. The care provided by Hospiscare is free of charge and available 24 hours a day, every day.
Starting and finishing from The Double Locks pub, participants will walk a new linear route along the picturesque Exe Valley Way and River Exe to the Millers Crossing Bridge and back, with live music and refreshments along the way.
Sole traders, micro businesses, and small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay are being reminded that they can still apply for 12 hours of fully-funded business support.
The Heart of the South West Growth Support Programme, overseen by Devon County Council, provides access to one-to-one business support and advice in an array of areas, including digital marketing. The programme is receiving up to £904,945 of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for companies in the Heart of the South West area.
Whether you are trying to sell an old property for some fast cash or just selling your current home before you move onto something better, finding good property deals can be tricky, especially if you need the sale to go fast. For a seamless and speedy home-selling experience, Highcastle Estates offers expert guidance and proven strategies to help you secure the best deal. While an exact timeline is impossible to specify without knowing all the parameters involved, here are a few simple tips for selling a house or even any other property, as fast as possible.
Leading high-tech companies, based at Plymouth Science Park, are celebrating following the recognition of their ongoing successes at the Western Morning News Business Awards.
Staff at Pixalytics, Sponge UK, Microtest and Kovia were among the firms singled out for their excellence in a number of key areas.
Microtest is delighted to have been named a Finalist in the WMN Business Awards 2018. It’s one of only four IT suppliers contracted to provide clinical systems to GP surgeries in the NHS in England.
The company has recently won a contract to supply clinical systems...
Stagecoach South West have released the special Christmas and New Year bus schedule detailing services over the holiday season.
Services will run up to Christmas Eve to accommodate as many people as possible during the busy festive period. Services are set to finish slightly earlier on Christmas and New Years Eve, in preparation for the annual holiday, but routes will continue to operate through to around 7-9pm, to ensure people can travel after work and shopping.
Two specific service changes just for both Christmas Eve and New Years Eve affect the H bus service in Exeter,...
In case you face troubles paying the high gas bills, then you should try to control the costs. Don’t worry; we are going to help you out. Following, we are sharing some simple tips that will keep the energy bills down this winter.
1. Wear Warm Clothes
When you get home, don’t remove your extra layers. Instead, wear the warm layers inside your home while keeping the thermostat down. It can help you save up to 10% on gas bills. Every degree you drop on the thermostat in 60-70 degrees range can help you save up to 2-5...
Three separate grants have been made recently by the Freemasons of Devonshire totalling over £4000 to Pete’s Dragons a charity dedicated to supporting those who have been bereaved by suicide across Devon.
Earlier this month Pete’s Dragon received a grant for £2500 from the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), given on behalf of all the 5,500 freemasons in Devon and on the 23rd November they also received another grant of £1500 from the Wake Fund, a masonic trust fund which makes donations to local good causes by-annually throughout Devon. In addition to these the Sun Lodge who meet...
