WiFi SPARK, the UK’s fastest growing managed WiFi provider has doubled its workforce in just over year since relocating to Exeter.
Previously based at Heathfield just outside of Newton Abbot, the firm moved to Matford Business Park with the help of Exeter City Council, to open larger offices and new workshop space, now filled with more than 40 full time staff.
WiFi SPARK, whose clients include the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, National Portrait Gallery in London and Plymouth University was launched in 2003 by Chief...
Exeter skipper Jack Yeandle says there must be a response of sorts from the Chiefs this weekend when they play host to Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership.
Rob Baxter’s side slipped to their fifth league defeat of the season on Sunday when they went down 31-27 against fellow play-off contenders Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.
The visitors fought back from a 31-6 deficit to grab a losing bonus point with the last play of the game, but Yeandle was far from what had occurred earlier in the match, particularly during the first half.
South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP has formally agreed a new shared ownership model with the regulators and tax authorities which could open the way for other partnerships and professional services firms to follow suit.
The scheme is a shared ownership and profit model similar to that operated by John Lewis. Stephens Scown, with over 300 staff and a turnover of £17m, is believed to be the biggest law firm to implement such a scheme.
Under the scheme, all profits over a certain minimum threshold will go into a pool, with half being retained by the firm and half being...
Award-winning South West based company, WITT Ltd, is to change the face of renewable energy forever with its ground-breaking new energy harvesting technology - launching with its Crowdcube raise on 7th March.
The WITT is the only device in the world that can capture energy from all movement and turn it into electricity. No other energy system can exploit the full spectrum of movement, enabling it to harvest power from water (sea, river or tidal), wind, human or animal motion.
"The WITT is the most exciting development in the renewable energy sector since the solar panel,"...
The Donkey Sanctuary is working with Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project to hold a hedge planting event on Wednesday 16 March at the Sanctuary’s Sidmouth site from 10am till 4pm.
As part of their Higher Level Stewardship scheme with Natural England, The Donkey Sanctuary actively manages hedgerows to improve conditions for farmland wildlife, enhance landscape character and protect the natural and historic environment.
Following on the success of their hedgelaying event in February, The Donkey Sanctuary is inviting people to help with hedge planting and fencing.
The popular International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition, now in its ninth year, will be at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) from 23 April 2016.
The winning photograph from each of nine categories from the 2016 competition, along with a wide selection of finalists, will be included in the exhibition at RAMM. The categories are: The Beauty of Plants, Beautiful Gardens, Wildlife in the Garden, Portfolios, Bountiful Earth, Trees, Woods & Forests, Wildflower Landscapes, Greening the City and Young Garden Photographer.
Folk Duo Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston released their new album in February 2016 and are touring the UK to support the release in 2016
Miranda and Rex are dazzling as ever on their respective instruments - double bass and mandolin/bouzouki catch their live show in Colebrooke at the Parish Hall £11 8pm tel. 01363 84309
On Saturday 9 April, the attention of the horseracing world will focus on Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, where the Grand National event will take place. As the highlight of the three-day festival, which will kick off on 7 April, the Grand National is legendary for the stars that are born and the course on which they compete.
The 2015 champion, Many Clouds, is looking to win back-to-back titles, but other greats will be in the thick of things, including Silviniaco Conti, a perennial favourite with great ante-post odds. Betting on the...
Organic, an Exeter-based performance and content marketing agency and consultancy, recently celebrated their 10th anniversary, and commissioned Instagram social influencer Paperboyo to capture some of the city’s most unique sights.
Rich McCor, better known by his Instagram alias Paperboyo (Instagram.com/paperboyo), is a photographer and social media influencer who uses creativity and the power imbued in social platforms to tell stunning visual stories.
With over 125,000 Instagram followers, Paperboyo’s creations celebrate cities and their history through innovative, outside...
The third edition of the Exeter Chiefs podcast is now live. In this edition Marc Ryan & Chris Bentley speak to Flanker Julian Salvi about life at the Club on and off the field.
Hear about Salvi's first day at the Chiefs when he forgot his passport and only realised an hour away from the airport, how did Rob Baxter react?
Salvi talks the differences between Chiefs & Tigers, his reasons for moving to Devon along with his experience of being coached by England Coach Eddie Jones. He also shares his views on the current England performance in the 6 nations.
