Exeter Junior School welcomed back 1987 leaver Charlie Alder for World Book Day.
Author and illustrator Charlie, who studied A Level Drama at Exeter School, spent the morning of Thursday 5 March with Year 3 pupils and Junior School librarians sharing her first author illustrated picture book, Daredevil Duck.
During her workshop Charlie showed the children the journey from a doodle to an actual published book. The children were able to look at examples of Charlie’s work at every stage of this journey.
Charlie said the Exeter Junior School pupils were a fabulous...
The jobs market in the South West has fallen this quarter but remains firmly in positive territory at +6%, according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts.
This Outlook is in line with the UK national average and puts the South West on a steady course after a couple of quarters of ups and downs in hiring intentions.
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...
Two brave teams from the Santander Exeter branch and Bodial Nutrition will push themselves to the limit at the Exeter Rock Solid Race to raise money for St Loye’s Foundation.
From shimmying under barbed wire in pools of mud to crawling through pitch black wet tunnels, Exeter Rock Solid Race, at Escot Park, is a challenge of courage and endurance. The teams are set to battle through obstacles at the race on March 21 and 22.
Santander Exeter branch and Bodial Nutrition, from Paignton, will be raising funds to support St Loye’s Foundation, the Exeter-based charity that...
Stagecoach South West has unveiled the final phase of its modernisation of Paignton Bus Station: a nine metre long mural featuring many of the Bay’s popular visitor attractions.
The mural represents the latest project completed in partnership with English Riviera Attractions (ERA), and the English Riviera Tourism Company (ERTC). It is designed to not only brighten up the bus station but also provide inspiration for anyone looking to plan a day out in the Bay.
Helen Scholes, Marketing Manager for Stagecoach South West, commented: “Torbay is blessed with such a fantastic...
A Mid Devon bridge which was destroyed in floods in late 2012 has been reinstated.
The original Waterstave Bridge, near Bradninch, which was built in the nineteenth century, was partially swept away following heavy rainfall and flooding on 21 November 2012. The extent of the damage meant that the remainder of the Grade Two Listed bridge was irreparable and unsafe, and was subsequently de-listed and demolished.
It has been replaced with a new structure which has been constructed over the past six months. It uses concrete beams supported by reinforced concrete piled abutments...
Exeter based branding agency Red Rocket and Gusto Marketing have joined forces to offer a new content creation service, Freshly Made.
Freshly Made sessions last a full day and involve the creation of videos, images, infographics and written articles to help support content marketing activities.
So why did Red Rocket and Gusto create Freshly Made?
Any business investing in online marketing is likely to have been encouraged to create awesome content. We’re being told that if we want to win peoples’ attention, we’ve got to create ‘engaging’, ‘valuable’, ‘shareable’ and...
Several members of staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for their exceptional contribution to the hospital and its patients at the winter Extraordinary People Awards. The seasonal awards are a way of celebrating extraordinary staff that do exceptional things every day and often go above and beyond to provide high quality services. Nominations are made by fellow staff members who want to acknowledge the contribution of an individual or team, and the difficult decision of choosing a winner in each category is undertaken by a panel of judges. The...
Regus, the leading workspace provider, is offering free Business Lounge access to anybody buying a raffle ticket in support of three UK charities.
Tickets are available from any of Regus’ 300+ UK locations, and customers purchasing tickets at centres with a Business Lounge will be able to use the facility free of charge.
The raffle aims to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, Debra and the Hilton in the community Foundation.
For the price of a £1 ticket, buyers have the opportunity to work in a Regus Business Lounge for a day – modern, comfortable, well-...
A new Street Food Market is opening in April at Piazza Terracina (Exeter Canal Basin) with a 23 meter hair-raising drop, live music, salsa dancing, reflexology taster session, cannoning and much more from the same organisers that have brought you the Exeter Street Food at the Guildhall Shopping Centre and the Historic Exeter Quay, Exeter.
So what did you planed for the third Thursday Night in April? Well thanks to the new market at Piazza Terracina night market you could be eating some delicious street food, having a drink, getting a quick foot massage and then throwing yourself...
On Wednesday11 March, The British Heart Foundation’s No Smoking Day returns for its 32nd year.
The annual campaign inspires and helps smokers who want to quit. This year, over one million smokers are expected to use No Smoking Day to quit.
As well as supporting as many smokers as possible to take part and begin their smoke-free lives, our Public Health team has been working with Devon Partnership NHS Trust to provide support for people with mental health issues – who are particularly susceptible to the damaging effects of smoking.
