A globally-renowned dementia and ageing expert who has headed up prestigious research facilities has been appointed as the new Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter Medical School.
Clive Ballard, Professor of Age-Related Diseases, will join Exeter from King’s College London, where he is Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Unit for Dementia at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and Co-Director of the Wolfson Centre for Age...
Entries are now open for the Michelmores Charity 5k Run, which will take place on 8 September 2016 at 6.30pm.
The run takes place over a five-kilometre city centre course starting and finishing on Exeter's Cathedral Green.
The route, new for this year, will take in many of Exeter's historic and best-loved landmarks, including Exeter Castle, Southernhay, The Guildhall and more. The event begins at 6pm, with the run itself starting at 6.30pm.
This will be followed by a prize giving ceremony for the individual runners and the fastest team.
Exeter businesses facing a barrage of new rules and regulations, from auto-enrolment to any potential impact caused by tax and accounting changes, are invited to attend special "Breakfast Briefing" sessions.
Experts from Thomas Westcott, the South West's leading independent firm of chartered accountants, will be on hand to offer advice at the free Business Breakfast Briefing event.
Over the course of an hour attendees will receive crucial insights about a range of issues which will directly impact their business, including an update on new reporting standards, latest...
Firms looking for advice on how marketing can help businesses growth will find inspiration and guidance at a series of free marketing clinics offered by Newton Abbot-based SharpEdge Marketing.
The marketing consultancy is offering business owners, entrepreneurs and anyone with responsibility for marketing in their firm a free, no obligation, one-to-one session to answer questions and to chat about any challenges they may face. The hour-long sessions will also provide attendees with an opportunity to get honest and unbiased feedback on existing marketing activity or to brainstorm...
Griffin Chartered Accountants has taken occupancy of the historic Globe building in Honiton, giving it a £30,000 makeover along the way.
Griffin founders, Misty Nickells and Graham Higgins took the plunge after working from a home office for the past 18 months.
Graham said: “We were intrigued by the history behind the Globe façade; it has had a chequered past, with stints as a public house, a Jehova’s Witnesses hall, a tattoo parlour and antiques shop.
“We first looked at the property in January, and finally moved in last month.”
Probably most contemporary English nationalist movements are associated with support for right-of-centre economic and social policies. There is an assumption, perhaps not surprisingly after the EU membership Referendum, that English nationalism is racist, inward-looking and ethno-phobic. Nationalism is right- wing, ugly and nasty.
But what if there was another form of nationalism that instead of being close-minded and narrow, was open-hearted and generous? What if there was party or movement south of Hadrian’s Wall that reflected the progressiveness of the nationalists in Scotland...
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has announced the sale of The Old Thatch Inn in Cheriton Bishop, Exeter to a new entrant into the sector.
The picturesque pub, which is located on the boundary of Dartmoor National Park, was bought by Lance & Simone Marshall. They have decided to take the leap from successful careers in catering to start a new chapter as publicans.
Having run the business together for five years, previous owners Andrew Burkin and his wife have now made the decision to sell up in order to relocate to Scotland.
Over a third of working families in the South West could not afford to pay their rent or mortgage for more than a month if they lost their job, new figures from Shelter reveal today.
With little or no personal savings to fall back on, the Shelter and YouGov study found that this means a staggering 318,000 working families in the region could be just one paycheque away from losing their home.
Even more shockingly, the research also revealed that nearly a quarter of working parents in the South West face the nightmare prospect of being immediately unable to make their next...
