Meridian Raw CIC, a local social enterprise, is offering 15 places on a free 14-week participatory photography course for the local Exeter community. The course, which will take place every Tuesday from 11th August until 10th November 2015 (12pm-3pm) at The Bridge Collective, will help participants create photo-stories, photographic themes and a portfolio of imagery.
Working in a safe environment within small groups, participants will also learn and develop basic camera skills, take part in inspiring photo-dialogue exercises, go on a photography trip and a community tour, plan a...
Ben Kosky a final year student at the University of Exeter Business School has been named Intern of the Year by Microsoft UK. Ben was up against very tough competition, which included 125 other hopeful candidates from across the UK. Ben’s internship was the third year of his four year course, the BA Management with Marketing with Industrial Experience (WIE) which includes a year in industry.
Speaking about his achievement, Ben said: “I was delighted to secure the internship in the first place. Microsoft have been named as the number one company for graduates to work for, so demand...
Rob Baxter insists a patient approach on the recruitment front has worked in his favour after he today welcomed talented winger James Short to the Exeter Chiefs.
The 25-year-old back is Baxter’s ninth new addition to the playing ranks at Sandy Park, joining the Devon club from Aviva Premiership rivals London Irish on a one-year deal. Never one to rush into the market just for the sake of bolstering his numbers, Baxter has diligently gone about capturing the Redhill-born player in a short space of time.
Having lost speedsters Tom James and Fetu’u Vainikolo at the end of last...
The Arb Academy specialises in Forestry and Arboriculture Training qualifications, specialising in high quality Apprenticeships and Traineeships as well as offering a wide range of commercial courses.
We are running a free 7 week Arboriculture Traineeship from 27th July 2015 based at our site in Newton Abbot and The River Dart.
The Traineeship is designed to prepare the candidate for a career in Arboriculture giving them the best possible chance of securing an apprenticeship and employment. The candidate will gain theoretical knowledge and practical experience in a forest...
Demand from business for commercial property in the South West rose for the eleventh consecutive quarter, while available space in the region fell for the ninth successive period, according to the latest RICS Commercial Market Survey.
As a result, rents are expected to rise at the fastest pace in the South region as a whole since the survey began in 1998 with 44% more respondents forecasting higher, rather than lower, rent rates going forward. Industrials are the segment of the market in the South West where rental expectations are currently most buoyant, while retail in the South...
Robert Camp, managing partner of leading law firm Stephens Scown, has been shortlisted for the The Smith & Williamson Entrepreneur of the Year for the 2015 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards. Going up against other finalists, Robert Camp will compete for the prestigious award, with the winner being revealed at the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards gala dinner held on 10 November at Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Since becoming managing partner in 2011, Robert has overseen the firm's growth of 41% and picked up numerous awards including The Sunday Times Best 100...
Exeter's Montgomery Primary School's JM DanceFit Little and Junior Starz* classes ended their Summer term on a Zumba high with performances enjoyed by parents and family.
All of the Little and Junior Starz* were awarded well deserved performance certificates for their creativity and enthusiasm in class this term. Summer Term Star of the Week certificates were awarded to Little Starz Laila-Rose Hutt, Rebecca Hewins and Alfred Woodland and Junior Starz Isabella Buckley and Ella Manley.
The classes which allow children to have fun while improving both their confidence and...
The Perks Ensemble has an irresistible charm that is due in no small measure to the fact that its three energetic and committed founding members all just happen to be related. During the summer months the group's vibrant members will be performing at a number of venues in France and the UK, including Exeter, Bridport, Ilminster and Shute, near Axminster in Devon for Concerts in the West. This dynamic chamber ensemble was created in 2012 by two brothers - Oscar and Elliott Perks - and their sister Ursula. Together they have earned a highly deserved reputation for playing exciting...
David Beckham and Justin Timberlake named male fashion icons as Reem Clothing starts its search for the Face of Reem
ReemClothing.com is searching Exeter for its own fashion icon with the launch of the ‘Face of Reem’ – a competition to find a new male model.
To enter, aspiring models need to upload a picture of themselves on to the Face of Reem competition site. The winner will receive a professional photoshoot, modelling portfolio, a year’s worth of clothing and be asked to join the other models on the Reem Clothing website .
More than 170,000 businesses and households now have access to faster, more reliable broadband due to Connecting Devon and Somerset programme Latest communities to get fibre broadband include (Devon - South Brent, Colyton, Lifton, Buckfastleigh, Cheriton Bishop, East Allington and Exborne) Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) has passed the halfway mark in its rollout of superfast fibre broadband. More than 170,000 households and businesses in the two counties now have access to fibre broadband as a result of the CDS programme, of which nearly 150,000 are estimated to be able to get...
