The Fry Group, a financial adviser specialising in tax, wealth and estate planning for high net worth individuals, has expanded into new offices in Exeter. The company, which has operated an office in Exeter for 48 years, has now moved to more modern premises in Southernhay Gardens.
The offices at Southernhay Gardens offer a more contemporary and enhanced working environment, along with improved meeting room space. All of the Exeter office staff have now been relocated to the new office.
Julian Smith, Manager of The Fry Group's Exeter office comments: "This is an exciting...
For Spring 2017, Pop-Up Opera are reviving their first ‘tragic’ opera, staged to great acclaim in 2016. I Capuleti e I Montecchi will pop up at Teignmouth United Reformed Church as part of Teignmouth Festival on Sunday 12th March.
I Capuleti e I Montecchi (sung in Italian with English captions) conjures an atmospheric and intimate environment that places spectators at the heart of Bellini's moving love story.
With their signature ‘Silent Movie’ captions that add another layer to the performance, Pop-Up embrace the unique spaces in which they perform, driven by Bellini's...
Princesshay has today announced local charity, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) as its 2017 charity partner.
Each year the shopping destination supports a different local charity. This year Princesshay hopes to help raise awareness that CHSW are the children’s hospice for local families in the Exeter area, through fundraising and events.
Children’s Hospice South West helps and supports children with life-limiting conditions. The charity has three hospices across the South West, including Little Bridge House in Devon, Little Harbour in Cornwall and Charlton Farm near...
Around 52,000 people in the South West are carrying a faulty gene that puts them at high risk of developing coronary heart disease or sudden death, according to new estimates from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
Worryingly, the majority of people affected are undiagnosed and unaware that they may be at risk of a deadly heart attack or cardiac arrest. The figure is higher than previous estimates due to better understanding of the prevalence of inherited heart conditions.
The UK’s leading heart research charity warns the overall figure could be much higher due to...
Devon tech entrepreneur Nick Ellison is launching the UK’s first dedicated video creators academy Tubers in Exeter on 4 February. The Tubers studios will be opening their doors on Sat 4 Feb from 10-4pm for parents and young people to come along and see what is in store.
Tubers gives tuition and hands on access to dedicated technology and studios for young people to learn how to make their own videos for YouTube and become the vlogging stars of the future.
Pundits are predicting that social video and virtual reality are the two major trends for 2017. A generation of...
At around 2.30pm on Monday 30 January 2017, two men approached a man in his 50s, close to the junction with Lawn Hill and The Strand.
The man, who is an employee of a nearby shop, was taking the weekend takings to be banked. He was sprayed in the face with a substance and the cash was stolen by these two men.
The offenders made their way from the scene on foot, running up Lawn Hill, turning left on to High Street before turning right again and running up Orchard Gardens. The offenders were followed by one or two young men on push bikes.
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, is reminding local people that there is only one week left to complete their economic well-being survey.
The survey will highlight the current financial and employment situation in Exeter.
It will help Citizens Advice Exeter to highlight trends with policy-makers and to further tailor their advice and information resources to meet the needs of local people.
The anonymous survey can be found on the Home Page of the charity’s website – www.citizensadviceexeter.org.uk or at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/H8Q95FV...
An increase in entitlement to free childcare for pre school age children is likely to highlight a shortage of early years practitioners across the UK.
From September, the Government is doubling entitlement to free childcare for all three and four years olds, from 15 hours per week to 30 hours a week for working parents.
While the increase is welcomed, Devon County Council is concerned that there are too few early years practitioners working within the sector, and is encouraging people to consider careers in early years education.
Leading South West firm in running to become national public champion in Europe’s largest business competition Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP hopes to gain public backing to become the ‘National Public Champion’ for the UK in this year’s European Business Awards. The company has posted a video online at www.businessawardseurope.com telling the unique story of its business, focussing on how important its home in Devon and Cornwall is and explaining how its clients and staff have inspired the firm to change and improve. The firm hopes the video will inspire the general public...
The University of Exeter has entered into an important strategic partnership, designed to enable America’s leading students to embark on postgraduate studies at one of the UK’s leading universities.
As part of the partnership, Exeter will meet the cost of tuition fees for up to two students over the course of their studies, while the Marshall Commission will cover the students’ maintenance and travel costs.
The partnership was formally confirmed at a special signing ceremony, presided over by the Professor Sir Steve Smith, the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the...
