As the Exeter Pound goes into the next chapter, they’re saying goodbye to the limited edition £E15 note. The note features Exeter Chiefs and England star Jack Nowell in action and celebrated the 2015 Rugby World Cup coming to Exeter.
The special note, valid until 31st December 2015, 4 months after the Exeter Pound officially launched, is now part of the project’s unique history.
Director, Martyn Goss, was pleased with the success of both the note and the rugby: “World Cup rugby made a really constructive difference to Exeter last year. We hope the Exeter Pound will continue...
A clinical trial using cholesterol-lowering treatment Simvastatin in people living with Parkinson’s is getting underway in centres across the country – with the hope that it could become one of a number of effective treatments available to treat Parkinson’s.
Spearheaded by Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the double-blinded placebo controlled study will involve 198 people with Parkinson’s. The trial is seeking people who have been living with Parkinson’s and who are not already taking a statin. It will take place in 21 centres in the UK including...
Elaine M Goodwin, internationally acclaimed and world renowned mosaic artist, is leaving her beloved City of Exeter after some forty years. She is moving to France to establish a larger studio and gallery.
Elaine started her creative path in Exeter in the 1970s where she studied sculpture and photography at Exeter College of Art & Design.
Whilst her developing interest in mosaics took her to exotic global locations such as India, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan, it was always to Exeter she returned.
Between 1982 and 1986 she tutored mosaics at Exeter College and...
Ben Bradshaw, MP for Exeter, visited an optical practice in his constituency on Friday 4th December to find out why regular eye tests are so important in preventing blindness.
The Labour MP for Exeter was joined by Nicki Pullen from Pullen and Symes Opticians and Jonathan Drew from Devon Local Optical Committee to see for himself the work carried out at the practice and found out what community eye care can be delivered in opticians beyond regular sight testing which delivers ‘care close to home’ and is easily accessed by local people.
National charity Samaritan’s Purse has extended its thanks to the local Regus centres at Southernhay Gardens and Exeter Business Park in Exeter, for their efforts towards collecting thousands of gift-filled shoeboxes which have since been distributed to needy and vulnerable children across the world.
The shoeboxes, put together by members of the public, local businesses, schools and churches, contained everything from sweets and toys to toothbrushes, colouring books and stickers. They were distributed in time for Christmas to underprivileged children in orphanages, hospitals and...
Are you curious about Exeter? Looking for an activity which gets you out in the fresh air whatever the weather? Take one of our self-guided walks with a treasure hunt theme – looping around the better-known sights, as well as some of the more unusual and quirky ones, which combined make Exeter a unique and compelling city!
You’ll get everything – detailed directions, maps, clues (with answers in the back!), and salty stories about Exeter's history.
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter today admitted he won’t be rushed into bringing in emergency cover, even though he is yet to hear the full extent of Mitch Lees’ bicep injury.
The Australian-born lock was forced off during the first half of last week’s Aviva Premiership defeat against Northampton Saints at Franklin’s Gardens. Lees has since undergone scans this week and – according to Baxter – the initial prognosis does not look promising.
“Mitch is having some scans this week and it is potentially a bad injury. We will know later in the week,” said Baxter.
Devon County Council is set to accept the Government ‘s offer to increase council tax by two per cent to help pay for adult social care.
The increase would raise just under £6.5 million extra this year.
That would help pay for the Government’s increase in the minimum wage which will cost the county council over £7 million more in care costs.
The two per cent council tax increase will be on top of any rise in the rate for general services which will be decided at the annual budget meeting next month.
The Government has set a ceiling of 1.99 per cent for...
Exeter women are being urged to get the New Year off to a great start by signing up now to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2016.
The charity is calling on women of all shapes and sizes to show cancer who’s boss by choosing their event - Race for Life 5k, 10k or Pretty Muddy – and committing to take part at Westpoint Exeter.
Although many see January as the perfect opportunity to start a new chapter in terms of health and fitness, motivation can slip as the cold weather drags on.
That’s where Race for Life comes in. Pretty Muddy will take place on Saturday, 23...
Exeter accountants and financial planners Old Mill are doubling the number of people owning an equity stake in the business. There are already 21 shareholders in the business but from 1 January 2016, 23 further members of staff acquired equity taking the total number of shareholders up to 44 – almost a fifth of the 250 workforce. Simon Cole, Board member and one of the co-founders of Old Mill, commented “Many firms in our profession have a business model that sees them restrict their ownership all too often to a small select group of individuals. As a consequence, staff who work hard for...
