Experienced Chartered Accountant and business adviser Patrick Tigwell has joined Thomas Westcott as a Partner. Patrick, whose appointment brings the number of Partners at the fast-growing firm to 30, will be based in Thomas Westcott’s Exeter office working across its portfolio of regional and national clients.
In the last two years Thomas Westcott, which has 17 offices across Devon and Somerset, has almost doubled in size and has made a string of senior appointments as well as announcing its largest ever intake of apprentices. Before joining Thomas Westcott, Patrick Tigwell was a...
There were celebrations at Exeter City Football Club today when it officially unveiled its new £3.4 million stadium redevelopment.
The project, which has seen the construction of a new stand, changing rooms, away end, and associated facilities, will be opened to fans for the first time on Saturday.
The new stand has been named the Stagecoach Adam Stansfield Stand in honour of fans’ favourite Adam Stansfield, who died eight years ago. It also features a heritage display which has been created thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the work of the Supporters’...
The award-winning Chicago Blues Brothers present the world’s biggest and best tribute to the legendary Blues Brothers with ‘MOTOWN MISSION’, a two hour high energy, all-singing, all-dancing songfest featuring over 40 smash hits – many of which were featured in the Blues Brothers films – performed live in concert. They bring their high-energy tribute spectacular to Exeter's Northcott Theatre this Saturday 27th October.
Says Chris, who also serves as the show’s musical arranger and producer: “One of the things I love about being a Chicago Blues Brother is the chance to carry on the...
This is Exeter's first ever Etsy Made Local market. Taking place at Exeter Phoenix on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd December, it is part of a national event that will see the biggest regional spread of markets across the UK take part. In total 54 cities across the UK will celebrate the makers, designers and collectors that sell on Etsy.com, the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods. It’s about encouraging people to look locally for this year’s Christmas gifting and connecting them to more than 40 South West Devon based makers and designers.
GripHero Ltd, the developer of the world's first fuel nozzle-mounted hand-protection dispenser, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Tomorrow's Health & Safety Awards 2019, which honour services and products that have had the biggest impact on the health and safety industry over the past year. The shortlisting is seen as a huge achievement for the Devon-based business, which only launched its revolutionary new hand-protection dispenser at the start of October. Despite being available to the public for less than a month, the awards recognise GripHero's global potential, and the fact...
Having received significant funding from an international investor, Exeter based tech company Re-flow has seen major growth over the last quarter, including doubling operational staff, new offices and the onboarding of a series of national clients. 2019 is set to be very bright for the company and there is a call for more talent to come and join them.
Re-flow is an app-based workforce tool for businesses with staff working outside the office, on location, that need a solution to improve planning, communication and evidencing in the field.
Degree Level students at Exeter College celebrated their ‘Golden’ graduation in the magnificent setting of Exeter Cathedral.
Hundreds of guests, friends and family, came together to celebrate the graduation of more than 165 students from the college’s Centre for University Level Studies.
Students donned their gowns and caps to be awarded their degree level qualifications ranging from BA to Foundation Degrees, HNCs, HNDs in subjects ranging from photography to civil engineering.
The guest speaker at this year’s event was Nicola Dandridge CBE, Chief Executive of the...
The short days and long nights are approaching, and as the clocks go back, we are left wondering “where did the time go…?”
As the winter comes closer and the days become darker, time becomes more important and we do our best to make the most of the light we have. However, we may be losing up to 40 minutes a day due to a type of temporal illusion.
The Stopped Clock Illusion, scientifically known as Saccadic Masking, occurs following a rapid eye-movement (R.E.M.) where the brain produces a still image rather than a blurred one.
