A Devon-based orchestra has left its usual habitat of rehearsal studios and concert halls behind to take part in a very different kind of photoshoot promoting its latest concert.
Members of the Exeter Symphony Orchestra recently went wild to promote ‘A Concert for Wildlife’ which takes place at 7.30pm on Saturday 16th July at Exeter Cathedral.
The concert, which is being generously supported by South West Water, aims to raise funds for the charity Devon Wildlife Trust. It seemed only natural to the organisers that the musicians should pose with their instruments in the...
Calling all Plymouth-based start-up stars: local marketing agency owner launches exclusive competition to win £5,000+ worth of office space and marketing support!
As supply for Plymouth office space dips in the local area*, the recently appointed Managing Director of a local marketing consultancy, Nick Burrage of LOGO COMMERCIAL CREATIVE PARTNERS, has come up with a great way of supporting local start-ups – in the form of a competition to win office space for three months and a marketing package worth in excess of £5,000.
Burrage, a former Londoner who moved to Devon back...
Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) is celebrating Dementia Awareness Week (Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 May) with a dementia-friendly art session and a slideshow highlighting the museum’s monthly programme of events.
RAMM aims to be a welcoming museum to all its visitors. Its dementia-friendly programme – Living Each Season – provides regular opportunities for people with memory problems and their carers to do something enjoyable together.
Photographs projected in the courtyard will bring to life the steps being taken alongside local partner organisations to make...
Shoppers in Newton Abbot have the chance to win a £100 trolley dash as Teignbridge District Council team up with market traders in support of Love Your Local Market 2016.
The annual Love Your Local Market campaign, led by the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA), is now in its fifth year and runs from Tuesday 17 May to Tuesday 31 May.
To mark the occasion and encourage people to shop locally, Teignbridge is offering a special markets trolley dash prize draw to attract people into the market town.
Visitors can pick up an entry form from various...
Residents and commuters could win an ipad if they share their travelling habits to help inform a pioneering project to cut congestion in Exeter.
The results of the online survey, which went live on Monday 2 May 2016, will help transport experts devise ways to cut traffic congestion in and around the City and improve the daily commute.
Those taking part in the online survey will be entered into a prize draw.
It is all part of the Engaged Smart Transport project, which will use the latest research and technology to trial new, innovative ways to tackle traffic problems...
The Master Innholder Scholarships opened for applications on 25 April 2016 for the 2017 intake of its next-level management training courses.
The fully-funded scholarships are open to both general managers and heads of departments regardless of where they work within the UK hospitality industry.
Candidates must demonstrate clear management potential and priority is given to those who are in the greatest need of financial support recognising that small, independent businesses can lack the resources to offer comprehensive training opportunities to their management.
Exeter based modelling agency ‘Mosaic Model Management’ will be conducting a model search in Drake Circus shopping centre on 30th May as part of “Drake Circus Fashion LIVE”.
Drake Circus Fashion LIVE is a unique opportunity to see this season’s latest looks showcased in stylish catwalk shows.
The shows will take place around Drake Circus giving customers an exclusive chance to see fully styled Spring Collections from 12 big name brands including New Look, Fat Face, Boux Avenue, M&S, Primark, River Island and Billabong.
Dartmoor National Park Authority’s Planning Committee has approved a major planning application in Chagford that will see the community continue to thrive for years to come.
The development, put forward by CG Fry & Son Ltd, is for 93 houses, new public car park and link road, employment space, new fire station, public toilets, and public open space. It includes 28 affordable homes and is one of the largest housing developments to be approved within the National Park.
An earlier approval for 15 units of specialist housing for older people being developed by Blue Cedar...
A record 15 Exeter School pupils have been offered places at Medical Schools or to read Veterinary Science for September 2016.
Many of these pupils received more than one offer and in the competitive field of Medicine they should be congratulated on this considerable achievement.
The pupils have worked hard preparing for the application process, securing excellent grades at AS Level, facing a barrage of aptitude tests such as BMAT and UKCAT and weathering the grueling interview process.
During the senior years at the school they have attended and, to a large degree...
Coastal Recycling has been awarded a ten year contract to process green waste collected from the kerbside and from Household Waste Recycling Centres on behalf of Devon County Council.
This will enable the firm to continue their award-winning composting service, converting green waste into quality compost to be used in the production of food and farming.
Starting in April 2017, the deal will see Coastal Recycling expanding to process an estimated 42,000 tonnes of organic waste, such as plants, grass and garden cuttings.
