Aviva Investors have awarded ISG the contract to create a unique dining destination in the heart of Exeter. The £12 million project sees the redevelopment of the neo-classical Guildhall in the city’s cultural quarter into a series of high-specification restaurants, as well as the reconfiguration and improvement of public realm space. Further strengthening ISG’s existing relationship with Aviva Investors, this latest scheme involves the transformation of the 36,500 sq ft site, which encompasses the iconic 19th century Queen Street façade of the Guildhall, the 13th century St Pancras Church...
Apple has announced that starting next month, Apple Pay will be available to customers in the UK, bringing them the easy, secure and private way to pay.
Whether buying groceries, grabbing coffee, picking up lunch or taking the Tube, UK shoppers will soon be able to make many of their daily purchases with Apple Pay. At launch, over 250,000 locations will accept Apple Pay, with support from eight of the UK’s most established banks, across all of the major credit and debit card networks.
“Apple Pay has quickly become a big part of millions of users’ everyday shopping routines...
Deadlines for this year’s official tourism awards for Visit Devon and other counties Cornwall, Dorset and the South West, have been extended after websites receive record 13,475 views. With judging of this year’s tourism awards due to start in July, tourism businesses across the region are being offered a short extension until Friday 19th June for submitting entries, with Friday 26th June the last submission date for those who register on or before Friday 19th June. For the Unsung Hero & Tourism Event and Festival categories there is a later deadline of Friday 28th August. The awards...
The jobs market continues to thrive in the South West, according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. With an Outlook of +9%, a two point increase on last quarter, hiring intentions in the region stand well above the national average of +6%.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,100 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking employment survey of its kind and is used as a key economic statistic by both the Bank...
Everys Solicitors has opened a new office in London, in addition to the firm’s eight branches in Devon and Somerset and first overseas office in Dubai.
New appointment Stephen Beverley has joined the firm from Cavendish Legal Group to head up the London office in Jermyn Street, at the heart of the fashionable district of St James’s.
Qualified for 30 years, Mr Beverley has worked in London for most of these specialising in advising companies and individuals on employment law, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, as well as advising directors, shareholders and...
Crowdfunder, the UK’s No 1 crowdfunding platform, is set to revolutionise UK community funding as it launches its first community share offer in partnership with The Community Share Company.
The Community Shares Company has worked on some of the most-high profile British community share offers to date including Hastings Pier, the first ever UK charity to issue community shares.
Community shares enable the communities to get together to buy shares in a project that has a strong community benefit - often making that project more sustainable or viable.
The RMT has confirmed the timetable for a ballot for both strike action and action short of a strike of all First Great Western members over the threat to jobs and safety from the introduction of the new Hitachi Inter-City trains. At the end of May the union confirmed that it had entered into dispute with First Great Western over the introduction of Super Express Trains on their franchise. We made it clear that RMT were seeking the following assurances from management to resolve this matter: To keep a safety competent Guard on every train. To keep safety critical station Despatch staff. To...
A flower festival and garden fete will be part of a weekend of events at St Peter’s Church in Zeal Monachorum from Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June. The church will be open each day for the flower festival which have a theme of ‘weddings’. More than 10 wedding dresses will be displayed belonging to ladies who were married at St Peter’s with the floral displays around the church depicting the colours of the bouquets. The church will be open from 2.30pm to 5pm on the Friday, and from 11am to 5pm on the Saturday and Sunday. A service to commemorate ‘Marriage’ will be held on the Sunday at...
Newly opened independent furnishings and giftware store, CASA, announces it has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with Topsham Rugby Club.
Exeter-based family-owned retailer Queenstreet Carpets & Furnishings, operated by brothers, Gary and Mark Dixie, opened their second new shop, ‘CASA’ in Topsham on the 1st May.Topsham Rugby Club is a registered charity and the Dixie family has taken out front of shirt sponsorship for the Under 7’s – 16’s, together with rear of shirt for the 1st and 2nd senior teams for two seasons.
Dig out your wellies for a fact-finding mud walk along the Exe Estuary led by East Devon District Council’s Countryside Rangers on Saturday June 20.
You’ll discover all about the creatures that make their homes in and on the mud and, what’s more, the event is free and open to all.
Education Ranger Penny Evans said: “We will be searching for shells, digging for worms and fishing in the creek to see what we can find there – it’s great fun for all ages.
She added: “Wear wellies or old shoes that you don’t mind getting wet, and suitable outdoor clothing.”
