Businesses from Exeter are exhibiting and sending delegates to the Business Showcase South West 2015.
The event, which organisers hope will attract 3,000 delegates, is held at Colston Hall in Bristol on May 14 and 15.
Business Showcase South West 2015 is the biggest event of its kind in the region, and celebrates the best in innovation, creativity and enterprise. Last year’s event proved to be one of the biggest business events of the year, with 1,719 tickets ordered and a sell-out exhibition.
More than two-thirds of the 91 exhibition stands have already been...
Devon has smashed the record for the number of new businesses launched in the area in a single year, according to new research. Statistics, compiled by www.informdirect.co.uk , have revealed that there were 5,501 companies formed in 2014, up from a previous best of 5,280. This brings the total number of businesses operating in the region to a high of 42,661. There are now 4.4% more active companies than there were a year ago and 28% more than there were five years ago. Henry Catchpole, CEO of Inform Direct, said: “This is clearly an area where fledgling firms are flourishing and where...
People all over Devon are putting their trainers, shoes and boots on and taking to the streets and pathways of their towns and villages in celebration of Devon Walking for Health Week from 13th-19th April.
Walking for Health is a successful national partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support and the Ramblers to promote walking as a free, fun and inclusive form of regular exercise for all ages. Although walks happen every week all around Devon, the Celebration Week focuses on nine established walks from Tavistock to Silverton where walkers will be winding through their local...
The first in a series of initial air tests at one of Exeter City Council's developments of Passivhaus homes has delivered outstanding results of 0.19 air changes per hour (depressurisation) and 0.2 air changes per hour (pressurisation) at five0Pa.
The development of six houses near Newport Road, Exeter, which will be known as ‘Reed Walk’ is being built by independent contractor, C G Fry & Son. Once completed, it is one of three sites currently being developed by ECC to deliver high-quality, affordable Passivhaus homes for Exeter's social tenants.
An exciting opportunity for East Devon District Council’s Countryside team and River Cottage to collaborate has been cemented following a series of meetings held at River Cottage’s HQ at Park Farm and the Seaton Wetlands.
Both teams are keen to inspire visitors about East Devon’s outstanding natural environment by working together on each other’s sites. Initial discussions have led to agreement to the following joint working:
• East Devon District Council’s Countryside team to attend River Cottage’s Food Fair on May 23 and 24 as one of their exhibitors and to promote East...
Dove Tree House in Exeter, Devon has won an award for being a top recommended care home in the South West.
The home came 9th out of 2,318 homes in the South west area. The top twenty South West homes received an award from the leading guide to care homes carehome.co.uk
The award was based on the home’s recommendations from their residents, plus friends and relatives of residents.
Dove Tree House is the top recommended home in the Exeter area.
Davina Ludlow, Director of carehome.co.uk, said: “We felt the best people to say how good a care home really is, are...
Eight young carers were given a free ride at the award-winning Virtual Jet Centre to give them a boost and at the same time give them a break from their responsibilities at home.
The young adults have all been taking time out of their own lives to care for others.
Staff at the state-of-the-art Virtual Jet Centre showed them how to land aircraft, talked them through cabin safety and gave them a chance to land their own 737 in the flight simulator.
Only two of the children in the group, who are all from the Torbay area, had ever been in a real aeroplane.
Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their attacking options for next season with the acquisition of young fly-half Will Hooley from Aviva Premiership rivals Northampton Saints.
The 21-year-old playmaker has penned terms on a two-year deal at Sandy Park and will provide top quality competition for the No.10 role alongside current incumbents Gareth Steenson and Henry Slade.
Cambridge-born Hooley arrives at Sandy Park having joined the Saints Academy as a 12-year-old. Since then, he has grown in stature at Franklin’s Gardens and worked his way into Jim Mallinder’s first-team squad,...
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards has launched a new 'Buy with Confidence' website that aims to protect buyers - and an award-winning solar business is backing its campaign all the way. Marsh-Barton-based SunGift Energy, which is the UK Solar Installer of the Year, frequently encounters renewable energy installers and other tradespeople that do poor quality work, and the company believes that more householders must made be aware of where they can go to find a reliable company. "We’re in favour of anything that helps protect buyers and rid the world of rogue traders," said Gabriel...
