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...
More than 10,000 days of additional imprisonment were imposed on prisoners in the South West region who were found to have broken prison rules last year, a report published by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals today (Monday 23 November). Punishment in Prison: The world of prison discipline looks at how jails in England and Wales operate disciplinary hearings called adjudications, where allegations of rule-breaking are tried. Nationwide, the total number of additional imprisonment imposed during 2014 was almost 160,000 days – or 438 years.
Browne Jacobson has announced its financial performance for the first half of the 2015/16 accounting year with revenues totalling £30.8m up from £28.6m, a rise of 7.5% on the first six months of 2014/15.
The figures follow on from the firm’s impressive 2014/15 financial year results which saw revenue rise 17.2% to £58.9m with profits reaching £16.2m, a 26% year-on-year increase.
Managing Partner, Iain Blatherwick, said: “We have had a promising half year and these figures are in line with our expectations.
“Growth is being generated across the business with our...
Children came dressed in nativity costumes, the hall at St James School, Exeter, was decorated with banners and balloons and band members wore Santa hats.
Children joined in the nativity story, sang songs, played a game of pass the parcel, decorated crowns and after the service were given party bags which contained very loud party blowers which of course they loved!
Then it was time to cut the amazing birthday cake made by Heather Knee and tuck into party food brought by the congregation.
Once more our senses are being bombarded with manufactured images and messages of totally irrelevant and mostly unneeded seasonal tat.
It is nigh impossible to escape the Christmas kitsch which pushes us to value ourselves by what we buy, never mind the costs of consumerism to other people, other places or the planet. As long as the tills keep ringing, we can forget the bells.
So what is really at the heart of the Christmas story? In one word - ‘hospitality’.
We have an unmarried pregnant woman, marginalised in her own culture in an army-occupied land which is harsh...
