Looking for business advice with the personal touch? Come and drop into Exeter Library on the second Tuesday of each month 4-6pm to network, get advice on starting or growing your business or developing your business idea from our range of expert business advisors.Cartridges Business Hub in collaboration with Exeter Library is providing a regular drop-in business advice service to businesses starting up or growing on the 2nd Tuesday every month from 4pm to 6pm.
Dates: Tuesday 8th March 2016; Tuesday 12th April 2016; Tuesday 10th May 2016
The Big Lottery Fund, ITV and The National Lottery have teamed up to give the UK public the chance to decide how £3 million of Big Lottery funding will make a difference in their local area.
Five projects have been shortlisted in ITV West Country West to take part in a TV competition where the three with the most public votes will receive grants of up to £50,000. Voting opens today at 9am thepeoplesprojects.org.uk.
The Big Lottery Fund wanted to celebrate some of the incredible projects it has funded and has worked with ITV to shortlist 95 projects across the UK. Projects...
One of the UK's largest employers, the retail sector, is facing the loss of up to 900,000 jobs and the closure of thousands of shops in the next decade.
Of the 270,000 shops in the UK today, up to 74,000 could shut, a report claims.
Sir Charlie Mayfield, chairman of the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and head of the John Lewis Partnership, said that although retailers supported the introduction of higher pay, there would be an effect on employment.
The retail sector employs three million people - a number that could fall by nearly a third in less than a decade....
Paul and Barry call on their fans in Exeter to take the Chuckle Challenge and volunteer their time to raise vital funds for Marie Curie Nurses The Chuckle Brothers want YOU to join them this March, by getting behind the Great Daffodil Appeal – Marie Curie’s biggest fundraising appeal of the year. The legendary and much-loved duo have donated their time, appearing in a photo shoot to celebrate 30 years of the appeal and are now calling on citizens of Exeter to volunteer as collectors. The annual Great Daffodil Appeal sees thousands of volunteers hitting the street to collect donations in...
If you think we've escaped a proper winter so far in 2016, you could be in for a shock.
The Met Office is warning that we might be in for a White Easter.
It's all due to what is called a sudden stratospheric warming event bringing snow, ice and temperatures as low as -14C.
The plunge - the same phenomenon that triggered the 2010 Big Freeze - is expected to result in colder-than-average weather across the UK in late March.
The Met Office March to May forecast said: "The greatest risk of cold weather impacts is in late March and early April, due to the...
A roaring, flying machine powered by magic and kitted out with a swimming pool and sweets machine is how kids in Exeter have described their ultimate dream car.
Although adults may long for a car with an inbuilt touchscreen navigation system, Bluetooth connectivity and all-wheel drive, when it comes to vehicles children are a much tougher crowd to please. A recent poll commissioned by the Bentley by Me campaign asked 1,000 children across the UK aged between 6 and 12 what their dream car would be like – and the results are out of this world.
Britain’s best loved and most important performance poet, Dr John Cooper Clarke has announced the first half of his 2016 schedule.
John is heading off on a “Seaside Tour” in Spring with dates set in Torquay, Weston Super Mare, Scarborough and Falmouth. This specially programmed coastal element of the tour was inspired by John’s recent collaboration with the National Trust when John was commission to write the “Nation’s Ode to the Coast”. Britain’s coastal communities aren’t the only ones to get a taste of JCC as John’s spring and summer tour also includes a full schedule of shows...
The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth is hosting a living willow workshop on Friday 11 March from 10am – 4pm, using willow grown on their own farms to build tunnels and domes.
Enjoy a day outdoors learning a new skill by joining The Donkey Sanctuary for a living willow workshop. This is a hands-on workshop and by the end of the day you will be ready to tackle your own project at home.
Ruth Angell, Wildlife and Conservation Coordinator at The Donkey Sanctuary said: “We grow willow beds next to our muck heap so that any dirty water run off can be collected in tanks and then...
The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth is hosting a living willow workshop on Friday 11 March from 10am – 4pm, using willow grown on their own farms to build tunnels and domes.
Enjoy a day outdoors learning a new skill by joining The Donkey Sanctuary for a living willow workshop. This is a hands-on workshop and by the end of the day you will be ready to tackle your own project at home.
Ruth Angell, Wildlife and Conservation Coordinator at The Donkey Sanctuary said: “We grow willow beds next to our muck heap so that any dirty water run off can be collected in tanks and then...
