Francis Clark’s annual Finance in the South West event, now in its 4th year running, will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd February from 08:00 to 14:00 at Exeter Racecourse.
The Seminar brings together specialists representing funding and business support available to businesses in the Heart of the South West LEP area. This year the keynote speaker will be Radio 4 business and economics journalist Jonty Bloom.
Research has indicated that there is a significant funding gap between funding available from traditional sources of funding and actual business requirements.
Throughout March and April, Devon Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a number ‘Your Future’ Careers Fairs in conjunction with schools, colleges and local partners in the county, aimed at supporting the successful transition of young people from education to the world of work. The events, aimed at 14-24 year olds, form part of a programme of 250 England-wide career events being delivered by Accredited Chambers of Commerce and supported by the Skills Funding Agency.
Planned events include:
Wednesday 16th March at South Devon College, Paignton
Every child in Devon is to be invited to take part in a Battle of the Somme centenary project not only to learn about the war but also to leave a lasting legacy for future generations.
Devon Primary and Secondary Schools will be invited to contribute by entering a project that will help their students consider the impact of the Battle of the Somme on their own community.
All projects will be displayed at Exeter Library and Exeter Cathedral during the week of the commemoration of the Battle of the Somme beginning on July 1st 2016 as part of the 19240 Shrouds of the Somme art...
eMoov.co.uk has announced the recruitment of Lewis Rossiter as their latest Local Property Director for the South West region. If you would like to see the moment Lewis decided to join the eMoov ranks, you can watch the video here .
Lewis originates from a high street background, previously working as the Branch Manager for Bradleys estate agents in Exeter, where he rose to fame as the hit star of BBC reality TV series “Under Offer: Estate Agents on the Job”.
Lewis recently went on to co-host ‘All About Property’ with Gabby Logan on BBC Radio 5 Live, the first radio show...
BRADLEY FEWSTER scored twice to condemn the Grecians to a 2-0 defeat at Bootham Crescent. JORDAN MOORE-TAYLOR returned as captain for Exeter City; Jake Taylor made his first start since rejoining the club in the January window, while Ryan Harley was another City man who made his return to the starting eleven after an appearance off the bench at Wycombe at the weekend. Matt Oakley and Jordan Tillson were the fourth and fifth changes from the weekend. This clash ended 0-0 at St James Park earlier in the season - the only time City have been involved in a goalless draw all season. City had...
Ten Exeter School pupils have been awarded medals in the demanding British Biology Olympiad in which over 7,000 pupils took part, with one Upper Sixth pupil qualifying for the next round. Upper Sixth pupil Suraj Ghandi scored the top mark in school and is one of the top 150 pupils in the country. Head Girl Rebecca Richardson also achieved a gold medal. Luke Crocker, George Hoult and Hannah Withers took Silver and AK Addo, Robbie Bell, Alex Jenner, Abby Pelling and Ayesha White obtained a Bronze Award. The Biology Olympiad is a national on-line competition for schools organised by the...
Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital has invested £120,000 in breast care imaging technology. The new mammography suite enhances the state-of-the-art diagnostic offering at the hospital.
The Fuji Amulet system provides high quality images which helps to detect abnormalities more effectively. The images are produced immediately with no processing time. The system is more comfortable for patients as the scanning time is reduced.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with around 12,000 women dying of the disease every year.
A fast growing mobile app that combines loyalty with payments is one of the first companies in the UK to return to Crowdcube to achieve its aim of being in 20 cities by the end of 2016.
Droplet, which launched in Exeter last year, will look to secure more than £450,000 of funding in a second round bid that went live this week.
The decision comes after the company achieved its 12-month business plan of setting up and rolling out in 10 major cities, including Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Norwich.
