Exeter College has won the prestigious City & Guilds ‘UK Centre of the Year’ award – celebrating the outstanding opportunities delivered by the college to technical and vocational learners.
The City & Guild’s Lion Awards are one of most prestigious in the skills education calendar and is a culmination of the Medals for Excellence awards programme, which dates back more than 100 years.
Judges of the awards - known as the ‘Oscars of skills education’ awards - praised the College for ‘ensuring excellent care, guidance and support for their learners’.
Police were called at 4.57pm on Sunday the 9th of October following reports of a fire at and address in Turnworth Court, Coombe Street, Exeter.
Devon Fire and Rescue were in attendance.
The body of a 47-year-old man was discovered within the address. The man’s next of kin has been informed but formal identification has yet to have taken place.
Fire Investigation team and the police remain at the address – police are currently treating the death as unexplained and are appealing for witnesses.
If you have any information that can help police with their...
High levels of investment and the impact of a hot summer combined with changes to consumer spending in the wake of Brexit have led to members of the Devon Hotels and Restaurants Association reporting an almost unprecedented demand for new staff.
Hotel and restaurant managers are attempting to recruit for a variety of openings with roles for front of house, reception, housekeeping and chefs available.
Craig Findleton, Chair of the Association said: “Members of the Association have been investing heavily in their hotels and restaurants over the past two years resulting in...
The Exeter Dental Centre has been announced as finalists in two national award events; The Dentistry Awards and Private Dentistry Awards.
Following a year of huge expansion, growing from four to seven surgeries, the pracrice is very proud to have been recognised within the industry.
The award catergories are; Best Practice (South) at The Dentistry Awards, and Best Practice (South) and Most Improved Practice at the Private Dentistry Awards.
Co-owners Mike and Lara Hesketh bought the practice in 2012 and since then have worked hard to develop a leading dental centre...
Despite increasing pupil numbers, Devon is still meeting 95 per cent of parents' first choices for primary and secondary school places.
The admissions round for moving to secondary schools is already open for the 2017-18 academic year. The deadline for applications is Monday 31 October.
The primary school admissions round, including moving from Infants to Junior School, opens on Tuesday 1 November 2016 and closes on Sunday 15 January 2017.
Councillor James McInnes, Devon County Council's Cabinet Member with responsibility for education, said: "We want every child to...
A local digital marketing agency is celebrating its third anniversary following another record breaking and successful year of growth. MiHi Digital, originally set up by Mark Worden from his living room on the Exeter Quayside, has worked with 46 new clients, taken on its second full time member of staff and seen turnover grow by a further 30% in the past 12 months.
Work has extended to another five countries and clients now include an international design studio, global logistics provider, a Visit England award-winning accommodation provider and an acclaimed Bafta and Emmy...
Tomorrow (Tuesday 11 October) is World Obesity Day, and today the British Dietetic Association pushes for junk free checkouts as new figures from the World Obesity Federation indicate that 3.28 million school aged children in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2025. On current trends, obesity-related diseases will increasingly affect school-children, including 43,000 with type 2 Diabetes and 296,000 with hypertension by 2025.
The British Dietetic Association (BDA), founded in 1936, is the professional association and trade union for dietitians (the only legally regulated...
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has expanded its litigation team with the hire of Senior Associate Kathryn Insall in the firm's Exeter office.
Kathryn joins from Clyde & Co and brings 9 years of experience in trial, arbitration and mediation, particularly across the aviation and aerospace sectors.
Kathryn has represented aviation insurers, airlines and manufacturers worldwide and has been heavily involved in high profile aviation disaster work. She also has vast experience in defending passenger and cargo claims on behalf of airlines and their insurers...
South West businesses continued to recover from the shock of the EU Referendum, recording higher order books and creating new jobs in September, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional PMI.
The South West PMI registered 54.5, down slightly from August’s recording of 55.5 but still showing a quicker pace of growth than the UK average. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.
Data for September revealed that private sector firms continued to create jobs for the third month in a row as new business increased, albeit at a slower pace than the previous...
Beacon Life 2 - a snapshot of life in Beacon Heath's community centre
Boxes of baby clothes are piled high on the right hand side of my desk at The Beacon Community Centre and on my left there are two boxes of bread.
My desk, with its squeaky chair, sits in the middle of this chaos and I love it; this is a community centre in action!
Richard, our centre manager, apologised for the cramped working space but I told him that these boxes are the reason I’m here – to give a helping hand to local people. Who needs trendy, clutter free offices with sterile designer chairs...
