Once known as a sub-par floor-covering that was only useful in the tackiest of situations and in sports arenas, it would seem that artificial grass is having the last laugh.
Over the past several years, the synthetic grass industry has seen a resurgence of interest from a variety of groups and industries. From ecologically motivated home owners to profit-motivated businesses, many entities within the UK and beyond have begun to take a second glance at the product.
Once Faltering, Synthetic Grass Is Now a Booming Industry
Leading local advice charity, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau, today publishes its advice trend statistics for the period 1 April – 30 November 2015.
Clients with urgent, or priority debts, owed an average of £5,383.64 to their creditors, an increase this financial year of 80%, or £2,405.60 per client. Urgent debts include things like mortgage, rent and council tax.
The increase in the amounts owed to urgent, or priority, creditors is a real worry. Coupled with increases in enquires about things such as housing benefit, council tax arrears, and tax credits this is a clear...
Stagecoach South West today launched a new fleet of buses for its busiest Exeter Park & Ride route.
Staff were ready and waiting to greet commuters with a fresh chocolate chip cookie on what is, for many, the first day back to work after the Christmas break.
Commuters could then relax and travel in style on the four brand new buses, an £800,000 investment in the service. All feature free Wi-Fi, allowing customers to connect, share and play on the move. The Red Park and Ride route runs from Honiton Road to the city centre up to every 12 minutes, 7 days a week.
Professionals can understand trends and issues affecting businesses in the South West and globally through masterclasses run at the University of Exeter.
Those attending the Business Insights 2020 masterclasses can network with industry experts and leading academics. The masterclasses are run by academics from the One Planet MBA at the University of Exeter’s Business School and senior business practitioners with relevant industry experience in partnership with the Devon and Cornwall Business Council (DCBC).
They are designed to help those who attend reconsider their...
Gilbert Stephens’ Young Professionals Network (YPN) got into the festive spirit last month with not one but two Christmas meet-ups, making sure no one missed out on the festivities.
Gilbert Stephens’ Exeter office opened its doors to members for mulled wine and nibbles, as well as some Christmas tunes to get people in the mood. For anyone who missed out on the first event, there was a second opportunity for YPN members to meet at the ski lodge on Cathedral Green for drinks before the Christmas break. The gathering was well attended and it was a great opportunity to catch up on...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir directed by Andrew Millington with the Sinfonietta
Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 12th March 2016 at 7.30 p.m.
An evening of English music including:
Vaughan Williams – A Sea Symphony Andrew Millington – a new work
Tickets: £22, £17, £12 (unreserved) online at: www.exephil.org.uk or by phone: 01392 499211 at the box office: Exeter Visitor Information and Tickets, Dix’s Field, Exeter 01392 665885
The Met Office has issued another severe weather warning for Devon, as heavy and prolonged showers are set to return today.
The warning is valid until noon on Tuesday 5 January.
Some 5-10mm of rain could fall in an hour at times locally. Through the whole period of the warning an additional 10-20mm is expected quite widely across the area and very locally up to 40 mm, mainly over high ground.
Given the saturated ground, surface water flooding is possible.
Strong, gusty winds will be an additional hazard in places with gusts of 50mph possible around some...
Directors and investment managers at Brewin Dolphin Exeter and Taunton office, raised a glass of orange juice to toast Hospiscare as their new charity of the year for 2016.
The wealth management company is kick-starting the New Year with a ‘Dry January’ in support of the local charity’s ‘Lose the Booze’ campaign to help raise funds.
In 2015 Brewin Dolphin Exeter office raised just under £2,000 for The British Red Cross and throughout 2016 they will raise further funds for Hospiscare as their newly elected charity of the year.
The Business in Britain report, now in its 24th year, gathers the views of 1,500 UK companies, predominantly small to medium sized businesses, and tracks the overall “balance” of opinion on a range of important performance and confidence measures, weighing up the percentage of firms that are positive in outlook against those that are negative.
Since the last report in July 2015, business confidence in the South West - an average of respondents’ expected sales, orders and profits over the next six months - has declined to 40 per cent, down from 49 per cent. However the index remains...
