Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw met the Recruit Princesshay team last Friday (2 December), to hear about the successes of the employment initiative launched back in March 2016.
Since it started in the spring Recruit Princesshay has:
Seen 193 local people hae register on the scheme
Held 6 employability workshops, attended by over 40 people in total
Successfully placed 18 local people into long term employment
Worked with 50 businesses, including, Reiss, Hotel Chocolat and Debenhams, to help them source appropriate candidates to their workforces
Exeter Rugby Club chairman and chief executive, Tony Rowe OBE, heralded a “fantastic” past year – on and off the field – for the Aviva Premiership club when addressing the club’s members at their Annual General Meeting held at Sandy Park.
Building on the success of previous years, Mr Rowe remarked on a hugely positive 12 months for the region’s premier sporting club, highlighted by the fact that they were the most profitable club in the Premiership, returning a profit of £1.2m.
Rugby income, which was bolstered thanks to the staging of three Rugby World Cup fixtures and...
East Devon District Council Countryside Rangers are putting together a number of monitoring schemes that will be used at sites across the district. The surveys will be used to record important information about the quality of the habitats the Countryside team manage and help to record biodiversity in East Devon.
The surveys will measure a range of indicators of habitat quality including botanical surveys and counts of butterflies, reptiles, wetland birds, dragonflies and more! The surveys will be conducted at a range of sites managed by the East Devon District council Countryside...
Following last year's sell out production of ‘Exceptional Mysteries’, Iron Moon Arts return to the stage with ‘The Spirit Whistle', a chilling ghost show for Christmas at Tiverton’s Oak Room from Wednesday 7th to Saturday 17th December 2016 at 8pm.
Ghost puppetry, comedy, film and exceptional physical theatre skills will make The Spirit Whistle a thrilling experience for theatre-goers ages 10 and upwards. Full of surprise, fear and enchantment all played out in Tiverton's most exciting and haunted 17th century venue, The Oak Room.
Devon & Somerset Law Society (DASLS) hosted an Admissions Ceremony to welcome this year’s newly qualified solicitors.
The ceremony, the fifth of its kind, was held in the historic Guildhall in Exeter.
19 newly qualified solicitors from Devon and Somerset received Certificates of Congratulations from His Honour, Judge Geoffrey Mercer QC, who also gave a short talk recounting his early years in the legal profession.
DASLS President, Mark Roome said: “We were delighted to welcome so many new solicitors to the profession this year.
Devon County Council and the Diocese of Exeter are pleased to announce that they have given the go ahead for construction to start on Trinity Church of England VA Primary and Nursery School in Newcourt, Exeter.
Originally scheduled to open in 2016, the school has been subject to delays due to significant planning issues.
Through careful negotiations, Devon County Council has now successfully resolved the issues to enable construction to start.
The school will welcome its first reception pupils in September 2017 in temporary accommodation within Newcourt. It is...
A trio of Westcountry firms have been appointed to help fit out waterside apartments at The Point, Exmouth.
A hallmark of all the apartments developed by Eagle One Residential at Exmouth Quay has been the commitment to high quality finishes and contemporary design.
Chris Fayers, Director of Eagle One Residential explained: “The opportunity to source bathrooms, kitchens and interior design locally is testament to the strength of this sector in Devon and Somerset. We demand top quality for our homes and are delighted to be able to continue our relationship with these...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter was full of praise for his side after they notched up a third successive Aviva Premiership win with a 21-3 success away to Sale Sharks.
An early penalty try, coupled with first half touchdowns for James Short and Will Chudley, were the highlights for the visitors, whose remaining points came courtesy of skipper Gareth Steenson’s right boot.
Fly-half AJ MacGinty claimed Sale’s only points on the night with a first half penalty, but that completed the scoring for both sides as the second period remained pointless.
None of the UK’s regions or cities will be immune to slower economic growth over the next three years, with the South West expected to slow down to 1.3% in the period 2017-2019, according to EY’s UK Region and City economic forecast.
However, Bristol’s growth is set to outperform the region as the city’s GVA grows from 0.3% in 2016 to 1.6% annually over the next three years – just ahead of the UK average growth until 2019 of 1.5%. Employment across the South West has grown 0.9% in 2016, with the fastest employment growth coming from public administration (0.6%), transport &...
Exeter’s Christmas buzz has started and is growing as the advent calendar windows open day upon day. Then at last the final long awaited window introduces the excitement of the wondrous day. The special day marking the birth of a baby cradled in a manger, whose coming gifted us Christmas, enabling us to celebrate its real meaning as an opportunity for joy. One of those opportunities is attending Exeter and District Mencap Society in conjunction with Celebrate Together, Exeter’s Church for the city’s differently-abled community, annual Carol service at South Street Baptist Church, South...
