Nicola Oakey, (24) has beaten over 1,300 candidates for a place on the ground-breaking Homebase Garden Academy training programme.
Now in its second year, this pioneering scheme will run for 12 months and offers young people a once in a lifetime opportunity to develop their gardening skills, in addition to working alongside award-winning gardener designer Adam Frost.
Over the next year, Nicola will spend time learning from Adam about garden planning and design; working with top garden suppliers to develop her product knowledge covering planting and landscaping; and learn...
People are being invited to ‘charge around’ Exeter as Electric Friday hits the city.
Exeter City Council has joined up with sponsors Westerly Exeter BMW to encourage more people to use electric cars.
On Friday (12 December), shoppers using the City Councils car parks will be able to find out more about Electric Cars, and charging facilities provided by the Council as well as an opportunity to see the new BMW i3 and i8, provided by charge point sponsors Westerly Exeter BMW.
The Chargepoints located at Matford Park and Ride, Mary Arches, John Lewis, Guildhall,...
Actress June Whitfield has joined Age UK in a nationwide search to find the Charity’s Digital Champion of the Year for 2015, with the aim of inspiring the 4.8 million older people who have never been online, to give it a try.
Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that in Devon, there are 126,000 people who have never logged on.
Age UK is looking for an older person whose life has been changed for the better by learning to use digital technology, whether it’s finding long lost family members on Facebook, buying and selling on eBay, listening to music or...
Over 50 business representatives were present at the launch of the Exeter BID proposal document which was revealed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum on Monday (8 December).
Those attending the event learnt more about the BID and what will be included within the BID Business Plan which will go out to all voters in January 2015.
The business plan identified three main priorities: marketing and events, welcome and safe as well as looking after businesses.
Further ideas within the plan include making Exeter a clean and safe city which could include gaining Purple Flag...
The new seafront hotel for Exmouth, Premier Inn, has started recruiting for staff and is looking for local people to fill the equivalent of 23 posts following the successful recruitment of a manager and assistant manager.
Following the sale of the former Elizabeth Hall to Whitbread plc as part of the regeneration of Exmouth seafront the 60-bed hotel is being built and will open on 2 March 2015.
The hotel is looking for chefs, reception and housekeeping staff. Premier Inn offer three weeks’ paid training prior to the hotel opening. All pay will exceed the national minimum...
A day of collaboration and support for the small trader, Small Business Saturday, now in its second year saw thousands support the independent traders of Exeter.
Small Business Saturday is an independent, grassroots movement supporting, inspiring and promoting small businesses. Although the focus is on one day, the campaign aims to make a difference all year round.
The Lord Mayor of Exeter, the City MP Ben Bradshaw and Councillor Rosie Denham kicked the day off by meeting at Bunyip and Beads independent shop in Fore Street with Matty Richardson of Exeter Trails and Michael...
An exciting new fitness trail is set to be installed in an Exeter park.
The trail, which will incorporate outdoor fitness equipment as well as standard exercise challenges, will be installed at Cowick Barton playing fields. The project has been made possible thanks to a £41,620 grant from Alcoa Foundation, and local company Alcoa Howmet.
Active Exeter in partnership with Exeter City Council will work with local communities in designing and installing the trail, which is scheduled to be ready for action early next Summer. A key part of the community involvement will be with...
The Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary is hosting a festive Christmas Jumper fundraising feast for pre-Christmas revellers.
Diners joining the fun on Friday 19th December will be obliged to wear a jumper festooned with a seasonal motif or decoration, although chef Robin Rea believes some will go the extra mile.
“I’m sure we’ll be seeing some extra special efforts from creative Rusty Pig diners,” he said.
Robin will choose his favourite jumper on the night, and the wearer will enjoy their meal for free.
“There’s also a booby prize for the worst effort, and I imagine...
Young people in Exeter are being given the chance to apply for Wolseley UK’s customer service apprenticeship scheme via a vacancy at its Plumb Center branch on Sowton Industrial Estate in Exeter.
Wolseley UK provides construction products and materials through a nationwide branch network, including Plumb and Parts Center, Pipe Center, Climate Center, Drain Center and William Wilson. The company employs 6,000 people, has a network of 919 branches and boasts a commercial fleet of more than 800 vehicles, making it one of the biggest in the UK.
The UK’s major energy suppliers have launched a nationwide campaign to help reunite customers with cash owed to them by their former energy supplier.
'My Energy Credit' enables energy consumers to claim credit repayments through a new 'My Energy Credit' helpline 0370 737 7770 and freepost address (see below) in addition to www.myenergycredit.com website which launched in September. The public awareness campaign is being accompanied by a UK advertising campaign that targets energy consumers across the country.
The campaign is supported by the six largest energy companies –...
