blur helps put new national cycling team on the road

blur Group, which operates the world’s largest online marketplace for business services, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the new national cycling team for Wales to help raise the £11.2 million needed to launch the team onto the international circuit.

It is the first time Wales has fielded a professional team in international cycling and builds on the success of Welsh cycling stars including Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe and the Olympic gold medallist and women’s road race world champion Nicole Cooke.

The new team, ‘We are Wales’ Pro Cycling, aims...

MP secures debate on broadband rollout

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2015 - 4:28pm

Neil Parish, Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton, has secured a debate in Westminster Hall on the management and delivery of broadband for Wednesday 4th March. Supporting Neil is this debate will be Tessa Munt MP and Richard Bacon MP.

The debate will focus on the Government’s £1.7 billion nationwide rollout to extend superfast broadband to 95 per cent of UK homes and businesses by 2017 and the work of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), which is part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and is responsible for delivering superfast broadband and better mobile...

Fashion Show - Summer Season event

Event Date: 
19/03/2015 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
John Lewis, Exeter

Come and enjoy a VIP experience at John Lewis Exeter in conjunction with Rainbow Living.

See the new Men and Women's Summer collections on the catwalk and enjoy a relaxed evening with fashion and beauty tips from John Lewis experts.

Tickets £10 to include a glass of fizz and canapes. There will also be a raffle during the evening with some exciting prizes, all proceeds to go to Rainbow Living.

For more information or to book tickets visit www.rainbowliving.org.uk

Learning How to Learn: A revision seminar for GCSE and A-levels

Event Date: 
21/03/2015 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
St Leonards Church Hall, Exeter

Join us for one of our fantastic 'Learning How to Learn' seminars in Exeter. You'll learn about your learning style, and which revision methods suit you best. You'll then learn how to plan your revision, and most importantly how to pick the right techniques to make your learning active; no more poring over a textbook and hoping the information ends up in your brain - we're aiming for fun, 'brain-friendly' methods of learning which makes sure you'll remember it.

With fun, dynamic trainers and a creative, interactive approach, we can promise...

SW real estate investment volumes rise by 23% to £1.5bn in 2014

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2015 - 11:58am

New data released by leading property consultancy JLL shows that direct real estate investment in the South West hit £1.5bn in 2014, up 23 per cent on the previous year, and accounted for 5.3 per cent of all direct real estate investment into the UK regions in 2014. This figure included TIAA Henderson Real Estate's acquisition of Land Securities’ 50 per cent stake in Princesshay Shopping Centre in a deal worth £127.9 million, the single largest transaction in the region in 2014. Looking ahead, there are many big investment projects already in the pipeline in Exeter, including Princesshay...

Exeter firm named in top 100 places to work

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2015 - 11:36am

A leading local law firm has been named one of the top 100 firms to work for in the UK, according to the influential Sunday Times list.

At a glittering awards ceremony in London on Thursday, 26 February 2015 Stephens Scown LLP, which took part in the Sunday Times Best Companies survey for the first time this year, was placed at number 39 in the top 100 mid-sized companies list. The announcement was made by screenwriter and producer Richard Curtis at an event at Battersea Evolution in central London.

The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for is an annual survey and 2015...

Crime Commissioner to move office

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2015 - 11:23am

As part of ongoing efficiency savings, Devon and Cornwall's Police and Crime Commissioner is moving office.

Next year Mr Hogg and his team will leave privately rented offices in Exeter, inherited from the former Police Authority, and move into vacant and unused space at Middlemoor Police HQ. The new space is also slightly smaller than the current premises.

The lease on the OPCC's base at Pynes Hill runs out in 2016, and Mr Hogg is taking that opportunity to further reduce OPCC running costs. They will now become lower than the Police Authority.

There will be an...

Chief Constable co-hosts modern slavery conference

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2015 - 10:29am

Modern slavery is the topic of discussion at a conference to be held in Cornwall at the iconic Eden Project on Tuesday 3 March.

A number of speakers from across the UK will be delivering keynote speeches addressing the complexity of this issue.

The event is being co-hosted by Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, National Policing Lead for Modern Slavery; Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Tim Thornton, and Chief Executive of Cornwall Council, Andrew Kerr.

The conference aims to raise awareness of the issue in Cornwall in the hope that it will increase reporting of this...

Results in for Bishops Clyst outdoor gym

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Mon, 03/02/2015 - 10:01am

The results are in! A voting event was held by Bishops Clyst Parish Council for residents of Bishops Clyst to choose their new £7,000 free to use outdoor gym.

The turnout was impressive, with 40 residents from all age-groups coming along to vote at the event in January.

Residents got to vote on which one of three designs they wanted installed, the winner with all 40 votes was a design from a company called HAGS SMP. The result has been ratified by Bishops Clyst Parish Council EDDC will now look to ratify the result to release the available money.

East Devon District...

Devon and Jack make their mark on national gymnastics scene

The acrobatic gymnastics season is well and truly under way for Honiton Gymnastics Club men’s pair Devon Roe-Lavery and Jack Britten, who have taken two silvers in two competitions.

But it’s their performance at the Bristol International that really made the pair stand out, as they were competing against gymnasts from the top clubs in Great Britain. Nine-year-old Devon, a pupil at Honiton Primary, and 14-year-old Jack, a student at Westfield Academy in Yeovil, were competing in the Grade 4 men’s pair discipline.

“The first competitions of the season are often an anxious...

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