Home furnishings retailer, IKEA, today announces a revised opening date for its new Exeter store. Following extreme weather conditions in the region, IKEA Exeter will now open on Thursday 10th May, 2018. As a values-driven organisation, IKEA always prioritises the safety and wellbeing of its co-workers and contractors. Due to adverse weather conditions over the last three weeks and temperatures reaching sub-zero with snow and ice, IKEA made the decision twice to halt construction of its upcoming Exeter store to ensure the safety of its team. Nick Earle, IKEA Exeter Store Manager, said: “At...

Construction of a new junction to the east of Tiverton and nearby resurfacing work on the A361 remains on schedule, despite the recent bad weather.

Devon County Council says that that scheme is progressing well and it is expected that the traffic contraflow between the Bolham Roundabout and Craze Lowman bridge, which has enabled resurfacing on the eastbound carriageway, will be removed during an overnight closure from 8pm on Thursday (22 March) evening.

There will also be westbound closures overnight from Sampford Peverell to Gornhay on Friday (23 March) for cable work. The...

The behaviour of birds on and around the River Exe Estuary is to be monitored for the next three years to understand the effects of people and their activities on this important wildlife habitat.

Monitoring of birds will help measure the effect of new Wildlife Refuges at Exmouth and Dawlish Warren, which will come into force in September 2018.

The Wildlife Refuges were agreed by the South East Devon Habitat Regulations Executive Committee (SEDHREC) in October 2017 , following a 9 month public consultation.

Chair of SEDHREC, and Chair of Exeter City Council’s...

The Hospiscare charity shop in Cowick Street, Exeter, has found a new lease of life since focussing on providing mobility aids alongside its usual homewares and clothing.

Mandy Harding, the Shop Manager for nearly six years, said: “We’ve always provided a great selection of homewares and furniture, but realised that because of our location, space and easy access, it made sense to focus on mobility aids. Our supporters donate all sorts of items - electric beds, riser recliner chairs and scooters. We’ve found our top sellers are 3 wheeled walkers and the 4 wheeled walkers that can...

According to a recent UK travel survey collated by Great Western Railway (GWR), the residents of Exeter are some of the most spontaneous travellers in the UK with 81% revealing that their ideal weekend would involve a trip away. Residents of Exeter are also keen explorers of the UK having visited 11 UK cities on average compared to the UK average of 10. 44% of Exeter residents treat the weekend as opportunity of discovery and adventure with 77% having taken a spontaneous, unplanned trip in the last 6 months. Residents of Exeter are also willing to spend over 3hrs travelling for a...

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has announced its Winter schedule from Exeter Airport earlier than ever this year with its 2018 programme featuring new weekend flights to Norwich on Sundays and the return of two popular sun routes to Alicante and Malaga.

Flights are on sale now at www.flybe.com and currently available for travel between 28th October 2018 and 13th January 2019. This winter, Flybe is closer than ever before to its customers, providing unparalleled air travel to and from local regional airports, that includes Exeter, to destinations across the UK and...

Max Polyakov, a serial entrepreneur, has obtained 6 patents to protect his business interests overseas. As such, Max Polyakov shares his recommendations before applying for legal product protection.

Knowledge and creativity are common ingredients of a successful entrepreneurship recipe. What is more, versatile entrepreneurs like Max Polyakov , managing partner at Noosphere Ventures, recognize the importance of legal product protection, or to be more precise, patents. Max Polyakov came up with several novel concepts relevant to social networking, Ad Tech, social online gaming and...

A Charity Auction will be held on 17th April at The Canopy in South Street, Exeter to raise money to fix the roof of a school for children living in the slums of Mumbai.

In October of last year Daniel Hiller, director of Vision ICT, worked with SlumAid and volunteered at a school in Sion, South Mumbai which was set up by the local charity Lok Seva Sangam (LSS). While there he experienced life and education as it is for children in the slums. Daniel had this to say about his time there:

“It was very humbling to see the wonderful work taking place in Mumbai thanks to...

Exeter City battled well to take all three points as they beat Port Vale 1-0 in Sky Bet League Two.

Jordan Storey scored his first senior goal in the first-half which was enough to win it for the Grecians, who had to defend well against a Vale side who put City under considerable aerial pressure.

But credit to City who defended excellently, with standout performances from Storey and Pierce Sweeney in the centre of defence.

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Paul Tisdale made four changes to the City side that lost to Morecambe last weekend with Jordan...