Shops could be allowed to open for longer on Sundays under radical plans to devolve powers over trading hours to major towns and cities to be unveiled in tomorrow’s summer Budget.
In the biggest shake-up of Sunday trading laws since the 1990s, Chancellor George Osborne wants to allow mayors and councils to determine for themselves what the rules should be in their areas.
The existing law prevents larger stores from opening for more than six hours. It was relaxed as an exception during the 2012 Olympics, resulting in a significant surge in sales.
Exeter’s Summer Film School will be held at Poltimore House from 3 – 7 August.
It offers children aged between 10 and 13 a unique opportunity to create their own short film. They will be supported in this task by skilled and experienced film and theatre professionals including Exeter based theatre company Four of Swords and shooting on location at the incredibly magical and atmospheric Poltimore House.
The Film School was created and developed by Colourburn, an Exeter-based film production company, working in partnership with Exeter Phoenix. Damo Cross, Creative Director of...
The growth of regional festivals is helping to boost the bottom line of many local companies who provide essential services, and there’s none more essential than the toilet facilities!
Thanks to the growing abundance of festivals in and around Cornwall, Exeter and Devon AndyLoos is feeling well and truly flush.
The company’s Southern depot in Newquay provides a perfect base to service all types of festival and fayres around the region – co-ordinating the delivery, installation and servicing of all of its portable toilets and showers at events.
Nourish festival of food, craft and music, Bovey Tracey Music: Fri Sat 5 September Food & Craft: Sat 5 Sept
Following the commercial and critical success of the first Nourish Festival last year, Bovey Tracey will once again host some of the region’s top food producers and craft makers, alongside a programme of nationally and internationally renowned musicians.
The Nourish Food Fair will fill Bovey's high street with some of the best producers from the South West on Sat 5 September. As well as the regular Bovey Farmer’s Market, the length of the High Street will be...
Just in time for the Wimbledon Championships, Exeter Golf and Country Club have announced they will invest £100,000 in new tennis courts.
The club, who first installed tennis courts in the 1930s will close four of the six courts at the end of September so the work can be completed outside the main tennis season.
The four courts will be removed entirely and re-built with a new foundation, asphalt base and artificial grass surface. The club has a commitment to recycling and sustainability which has been carried through this project. The existing court surfaces will be used to...
They may be viewed by some as an invasive species or a commonplace pest of public parks, but a new study from the University of Exeter has shown that grey squirrels are actually quick learners capable of adapting tactics to improve efficiency and reap the best rewards.
To test the animals’ intelligence and mental flexibility researchers invented a task involving a box with 12 sunken wells, four of which were hollow. Of the four, two contained hidden hazelnuts.
The five squirrels observed in the study (named Simon, Arnold, Sarah, Leonard and Suzy) were all given training...
In the build up to Rugby World Cup 2015 coming to Exeter, one of the 11 Host Cities, the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour will head to the city, showcasing Exeter and Devon to a world audience.
Since May 2014, Rugby’s most coveted prize has been capturing the imagination of thousands of people across the world as part of the build up to Rugby World Cup 2015 and now the world famous Trophy has touched down in the UK following its’ global tour.
The Trophy is named after William Webb Ellis, credited as the inventor of Rugby Football, and is the prestigious prize for the sport....
Intermediaries hear of ‘extraordinary opportunities in the alternative finance market’
Representatives from the South West financial community including financial advisers, corporate finance specialists, developers and banks attended a breakfast event on Tuesday to learn more about Bricks Financial Limited, the new lending business which is offering alternative financing for investors and borrowers.
Jerry Rihll, a director and one of the four founders of Bricks Financial director explained the ethos and motivation behind the new venture. He said: “Today we announced our...
Rail Union RMT said this morning that talks aimed at settling a dispute on First Great Western over the threat to jobs and safety from the introduction of the new Hitachi Inter-City trains have broken down without agreement and the forty eight hours of strike action across the company starting at 18.30 hours on Wednesday 8th July goes ahead as planned.
There will also be a rally in support of RMT’s members on FGW in their dispute at 17.00 hours Wednesday 8 July at Paddington station.
RMT said that First Great Western were simply playing for time in the talks and were going...
Dartmoor National Park (DNP) Rangers and Devon and Cornwall Police have just formally announced that they will be working in closer partnership through the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS).
CSAS was introduced through the Police Reform Act 2002 and enables each Chief Constable to authorise the use of targeted powers by trusted organisations, which contribute toward community safety, and help tackle crime and disorder, public nuisance and other forms of anti-social behaviour in co-operation within their force area.
Devon and Cornwall Police supports and runs its...
