An illustrated talk by Dan Okey, Regional Development Manager in the Southwest for First Great Western.
The next four years promise to be very important for railway services in Devon with major improvements to both London services and local train services being implemented. First Great Western commences a new three and a half year franchise just days before this talk with new trains and more services between Exeter and London and better trains on more frequent services on the local services around Exeter to Barnstaple, Paignton and Exmouth under development together with 3 new...
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards is reminding the public to stay alert to rogue traders after residents are conned out of thousands of pounds.
The shoddy work cost victims thousands more to make good the poor standard of work.
The Trading Standards service has received a number of complaints about unsolicited visits from doorstep traders, including one that claimed to be from Somerset Highways, offering gardening, building and driveway works.
The complaints refer to poor quality work, excessive costs, and even sometimes to elderly people being driven to the bank...
Whether it is the big monthly shop, or the smaller weekly one, one thing both supermarkets and consumers alike strive for is a slicker, more efficient shopping experience.
Online shopping means goods can be delivered direct to your door, whilst self-scan-and-pack checkouts, and the more recently introduced hand-held scan-and-pack systems all make shopping easier for consumers, for many, it is the end of the shop that causes the most stress – the dreaded bag pack.
In 2010, Paul Doyle, a father regularly in charge of the weekly shop, created a nifty invention to help with the...
Just a week after revealing their new home shirt for the 2015/16 season, Exeter Chiefs and Samurai Sportswear have today officially launched the club’s eye-catching cup kit. Set for its first outing in Thursday's Singha Premiership Rugby 7s at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium, the orange and black Iconix™ rugby match shirt will also be sported by Rob Baxter’s side in all of their European Champions Cup fixtures and comes with a host of new features, including high performance 4D fabric for improved fit and comfort. Worn around the world and boasting a sleek style for both players and...
Government plans to increase apprentice numbers by 2020 will fail according to training providers and businesses with training academies in England. Many businesses say they would rather take on a migrant worker than an apprentice.
As 16 year olds prepare themselves for their GCSE results this week, research published today reveals that FE colleges and businesses believe they will struggle to recruit the numbers and quality of apprentices they need to sustain economic growth over the next five years. Education cuts, poor careers advice, and schools keeping pupils on to maintain...
Children had lots of fun at an Exeter church summer holiday club, with games, drama, crafts, stories and a sports day.
Staff and volunteers from Isca Church welcomed 67 children to the club, which had the theme Polar Explorers, and took place at Willowbrook School.
They held their sports day at the Exeter Arena and later enjoyed a high-spirited prize giving and bbq at the new The Beacon, youth and community centre in Beacon Heath.
Duncan Medlock, Isca Church children’s worker, said: “We had an amazing week with lots of fun, games, crafts and teams chanting their...
Plymouth commercial property specialist Bruton Knowles has sold an office investment near Plymouth city centre.
Glenn Kelly sold 210 Exeter Street next to the Cattedown Roundabout to a private investor off an asking price of £415,000 freehold.
The two-storey building – currently occupied by GP Strategies Training – offers a total of 3,818 sq ft of modern accommodation with seven parking spaces.
Glenn said the sale underlined increased investment interest across the city.
“We have seen a number of headline deals going through in the past few months and the...
A World First on Exeter’s Canal Basin this August Bank Holiday
World first in Exeter this August Bank Holiday Monday!
The UK’s only climbing wall on water returns to Exeter this August for the second Deep Water Solo Exeter competition which takes place on Exeter’s canal basin from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August. The event attracts climbers from across the UK including top athletes such as Steve McClure, Neil Gresham, Emma Twyford and GB para climber Dave Bowes. All come to compete on a climbing wall built over Exeter...
As the school summer holidays get into full swing, a survey has found that the humble chicken is likely to be in high demand on barbecues in the South West. Bangers and burgers have lost out as 29% of people in the South West named chicken as their top pick .
Encouragingly, 29% of people in the South West said they take extra care when cooking chicken on the barbecue. However 22% said they never worry about it, despite the fact that over a quarter of a million people fall ill every year due to campylobacter, the bug most often carried on raw poultry.
Exeter-based recruitment platform for ex-forces personnel, Cross Deck, is all set to launch a National series of Careers and Training fairs, with the first on the calendar taking place here in the city on Wednesday 9 September 2015 at Exeter Castle. Cross Deck is the leading careers and training information resource for everyone with a military background and their families. With over 30,000 members of the site, they aspire to be the recruitment channel of choice for companies seeking to hire qualified, experienced and motivated ex-service personnel.
