Santa set a new ‘gold standard’ in travel when he arrived in Exeter on a luxury bus where he encouraged shoppers to donate and decorate themselves for charity!
Teaming up with Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF), Stagecoach South West brought Santa to Princesshay shopping centre on Friday December 11 on one of the company’s new Gold buses, which feature leather seats, extra legroom, free Wi-Fi and USB ports.
It was all in aid of ELF’s EARS 4 ELF day, which helps raise awareness and funds to help families across Devon affected by blood cancers and blood disorders. Shopper’s generous...
A one-off sale of Exeter’s Rugby World Cup 2015 official city dressing items has opened to the public.
Up for grabs are banners, flags and bunting used to decorate the city during the Tournament in September and October when Sandy Park hosted 3 pool matches.
All proceeds of the sale will be split between the Lord Mayor's charity, the Exeter Foundation, and 'BEEP', Business Empowering Employment Programme, a successful Exeter Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy project which attracted the attention of HRH Prince Harry when he visited Exeter during Rugby World Cup 2015. BEEP makes a...
Wednesday 2nd December saw the experts in safe sleep scoop up a gold award at the annual Mother & Baby awards in London.
Genius in its design the travel Grobag has a clever opening allowing a five point travel harness from a car seat or pushchair to pass through enabling you to swap your baby from pushchair or car seat to cot without waking them and disturbing their sleep.
CEO Christian Jones comments; “We were thrilled to have achieved this coveted consumer award last night for Best Travel Product. The products are tested by consumers who put the travel Grobag through...
Business are set to benefit from Council plans to increase the availability of flexible working spaces across the county.
With an estimated 20 per cent of Devon's workers working from home, the Council says more flexible working hubs are needed.
Councillor Andrew Leadbetter, the Council’s Cabinet Member responsible for economic growth, says the county relies a great deal on its small, sometimes home-based businesses, and support to the industry makes Devon a more vibrant, prosperous and attractive place to other business looking to relocate.
The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter have this week announced a grand total of £1,500 raised for Farms For City Children this year. 2015 is the hotel's first year working with the charity and this figure will fund entirely for six children to experience a whole week on one of the Farms For City Children farms.
To celebrate the total, General Managers Fiona Moores and Louise Todd of The Magdalen Chapter invited the team in to raise a glass - christmas cocktail even! - to this wonderful figure.
Guests of The Magdalen Chapter have been generously donating since December last year,...
East Devon’s Electoral Registration Officer praises his young electoral services team for doing a great job on new 2016 Electoral Register
East Devon District Council has just published its new electoral register for 2016. This is the first register to be published following completion of the transition to Individual Elector Registration (IER).
The new IER replaced the discredited householder registration system, which the previous Government had decided was no longer fit for purpose and, which was potentially open to significant fraud. It is now a legal requirement for...
Exeter Junior Chamber has delivered business skills training to over 100 young business men and women in 2015. Over the past year, the group, a sub-committee of Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry has run training on topics including presentation skills and self-management with the seminars led by local training consultant and business coach, Judy Salmon.
Judy said: “It is great to see so many young business people willing to learn and develop important skills which are needed for business. There is a great pool of talent in the next generation of business leaders in Exeter and...
Corporate supporters of Exeter Hospiscare attended a Christmas drinks reception at the city hospice.
Guest speaker Express & Echo editor Jon-Paul Hedge praised Hospiscare saying: “When I visited the hospice I was unbelievably taken aback by the place. I have visited other hospices but what stood out was the quality and calibre of the staff. "
Jon-Paul ran the London Marathon for Hospiscare saying he was spurred on by thinking about the care given at the hospice. He congratulated Hospiscare on another amazing year.
Two-try hero Thomas Waldrom insists Exeter Chiefs always believed they could beat Clermont Auvergne despite going 14-3 down inside 20 minutes.
The Chiefs got stung by two early converted tries from Hosea Gear and Aurelin Rougerie but responded brilliantly with a brace from Waldrom and late scores from Don Armand and Mitch Lees.
It secured the bonus point for Rob Baxter’s side and puts them top of pool two after three games, ahead of next weekend’s vital return fixture in Clermont.
“It’s a big result,” said Waldrom, who scored tries in both halves. “We talked in the...
Devon is continuing to lead the way nationally when it comes to library services.
Recent figures from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) annual library survey showed that the number of libraries across Britain has fallen and visits to libraries are down by 3.9%. In the South West there has been a 1.4% fall in usage in the past year.
However, Devon is bucking the trend. Not only has it kept all 50 of the county’s libraries open, but over three million visits to Devon libraries in 2014/15 ensured a 10% increase across the county. PC and WiFi...
