Local site managers win awards in national housebuilding competition

Site managers working for local housebuilder Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, have scooped two prestigious awards in a national competition to find the best-run building sites in Britain.

Bob Maund who works for Barratt Homes in Fremington and Jason Dugdale who works on site for David Wilson Homes in Exeter gained official recognition for the excellence of which they run their developments with a Pride in the Job Quality Award.

In Fremington, Bob is overseeing work at Riverside Park, a development of two, three and four bedroom...

Glas-Denbury family friendly music festival

Event Date: 
15/07/2016 - 5:30pm to 16/07/2016 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Fairfield Farm, Danbury, near Newton Abbot TQ12 6DQ

Music lovers who missed out on Glastonbury can still get tickets for Devon’s family friendly Glas-denbury festival, which offers two days of great entertainment from local bands and headliners from all over the country.

The event is open from 5.30pm on 15 July and from 9.30am on 16 July.

Tickets are priced from £25 per adult and teen and £1 for children under 12. The event takes place at Fairfield Farm, Newton Abbott and offers free parking.

A platform for local artists and bands, the festival also brings in headliners, this year’s line up includes: Dr & The...

Veterinary pathologists announce move to Exeter Science Park

Torrance Diamond Diagnostic Services (TDDS), a leading veterinary clinical pathology firm have commissioned their own bespoke new ‘grow-on’ building at the Exeter Science Park.

Andy Torrance, a clinical pathologist and co-founder of TDDS, has been watching the progress of the Science Park from his base at the Innovation Centre, knowing that TDDS would eventually make the move.

Andy said: “We have been based at the University of Exeter’s Innovation Centre since we launched. It has been a fantastic facility for us, and we have taken up more office and lab space as and when we...

Getting Started - Social and Community Enterprise - Top Tips

Event Date: 
13/07/2016 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Training Hub, Unit 3 & 4 Cranmere Court, Lustleigh Close, Matford Business Park, Exeter, EX2 8PW

An interactive workshop exploring social enterprise as a business model, the legal structures and financing and case studies from Devon and beyond.

By the end of this session participants should be able to:

  • understand characterises of social and community enterprises
  • start developing ideas to design a social enterprise
  • apply a range of tools and techniques to assist with business planning
  • describe the different legal structures used by social enterprises and their features

From only £70 per DCT member, this is one in a...

GraphExeter illuminates bright new future for flexible lighting devices

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/27/2016 - 1:07pm

Researchers from the University of Exeter have pioneered an innovative new technique to make flexible screens more effective and efficient.

A team of Engineers and Physicists from Exeter have discovered that GraphExeter – a material adapted from the ‘wonder material’ graphene - can substantially improve the effectiveness of large, flat, flexible lighting.

By using GraphExeter, the most transparent, lightweight and flexible material for conducting electricity, instead of pure graphene, the team have increased the brightness of flexible lights by up to almost 50 per cent....

Welfare reforms lead to more benefit enquiries

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/27/2016 - 12:22pm

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, today publishes its advice trend statistics for the period 1 April – 31 May 2016.

The charity has helped 38% more people with their advice and information when compared to the same period in 2015.

The advice trends over the period were as follows:

Welfare benefits

Overall, the charity dealt with 47.8% more welfare benefit enquiries. The main increases being:

• 60.9% about employment and support allowance • 44.2% about tax credits • 42.5% about disability benefits (PIP/DLA) • 32.9% about housing...

Heath week

Event Date: 
24/07/2016 - 11:00am to 30/07/2016 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
Woodbury Castle, SY 022 873

A celebration of our heathland heritage

A week of activities celebrating the beautiful heathland landscape of East Devon. Sunday 24 July to Saturday 30 July 2016.

Whether you enjoy wildlife, history or getting active in the outdoors there is something for everyone!

The week kicks off with the family festival day on Sunday 24 July at Woodbury Castle.

For more information on events throughout the week take a look at the guide, available at TICs and keep checking our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/heathweek/

A partnership project with East...

What's that bird? 29th September

Event Date: 
29/09/2016 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Island Hide, Seaton Wetlands, Colyford to Seaton Road, EX12 2SP

Improve your bird identification skills

Drop-in session - improve your bird identification skills, whatever your level of knowledge, with the help of a knowledgeable and experienced volunteer guide.

Meet in the Island hide at Seaton Wetlands. Telescopes and binoculars are available for use in the hide free of charge during the session.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/

Bird ringing demonstration 24th September

Event Date: 
24/09/2016 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Venue: 
Discovery Hut, Seaton Wetlands, Colyford to Seaton Road, EX12 2SP

Bird ringing demonstration by Axe Estuary Ringing Group

An exciting chance to see wild birds up close as they are ringed to allow us to obtain important data about them.

Please note, this event is dependent on suitable conditions and weather. Sometimes the event is unavoidably cancelled at the last minute. Check the Axe Estuary Ringing Group's blog for up to date information.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/

Bird ringing demonstration 13th September

Event Date: 
13/09/2016 - 9:00am to 11:00am
Venue: 
Discovery Hut, Seaton Wetlands, Colyford to Seaton Wetlands, EX12 2SP

Bird ringing demonstration by Axe Estuary Ringing Group

An exciting chance to see wild birds up close as they are ringed to allow us to obtain important data about them.

Please note, this event is dependent on suitable conditions and weather. Sometimes the event is unavoidably cancelled at the last minute. Check the Axe Estuary Ringing Group's blog for up to date information or cancellation.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events/

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