Over 100 business leaders attended the launch of the new Park & Change initiative at the October Chamber lunch which was held at the Mercure Southgate Hotel.
The new initiative, targeted at cutting congestion in the city, was launched at the Exeter Chamber’s monthly lunch. The aim is to enable the Chamber, along with Devon County Council and the Chamber subgroup, ESBN (Exeter Sustainable Business Network), to work with local organisations, building greater awareness for the scheme from environmentally conscious companies. Companies on the fringes of the city are asked to allow...
There are many contributing factors to the patient experience when receiving care at NHS hospitals and WiFi is one such provision that has an increasingly important part to play.
From helping patients to remain connected to the outside world during extended periods of care to providing hospitals with a unique, scalable and customisable platform from which to communicate, WiFi services are making a vital, and highly valued, contribution to hospital wards across the country.
With hundreds of NHS locations serviced nationwide, Exeter based WiFi SPARK is a specialist provider...
The UK’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, is launching its first high-impact advertising campaign to further boost its growing investor community, which reached the 100,000 mark last week.
The advertising campaign, created by ad agency, Chapter, will see Crowdcube take over Bank Tube Station, along with 100 branded taxis throughout the capital.
Crowdcube’s forecasts suggest that by the end of 2014 it will have attracted more than 50,000 investors to its platform, a 50% increase in just 12 months. The business expects to add another 50,000+ in 2015, therefore...
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for fog across Devon.
The Exeter-based agency says patchy fog is likely to form during this evening and the first part of the night, with smoke from bonfires potentially increasing the risk of visibility falling below 100 metres in some places for a time.
Road users are urged to be aware of the risk of localised and sudden deteriorations in visibility.
Increasing cloud and wind will help to clear any dense fog later in the night.
The Met Office's chief forecaster said: “A ridge of high pressure will affect...
Start the Christmas season off with a day out at the Poltimore House Christmas Fair. Enjoy the festive atmosphere with a range of locally produced, many hand-made, gifts available to buy
This events is mainly indoors in our refurbished Chapel and Project Centre. The Hall of the House will also be open, newly painted and festively decorated.
Father Christmas will be visiting for the day with a small gift for all the children. Refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Scandiland brings you a variety of events at alternative venues across Exeter, featuring full length films, documentaries, short films and popular examples of Scandi nor from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland.
Special cinema features in the Phoenix and in and around Exeter as well as a pop-up cinema in Haldon Forest will feature dark and atmospheric screenings of classic thrillers, with live Swedish music and a salivating food presentation.
This November, Exeter Phoenix presents a season of Scandinavian and Nordic cinema. Featuring films from Norway, Sweden,...
The Fisherman’s Friends are shanty singers from Port Isaac who have delighted visitors and locals there for more than 15 years, with almost 300 live performances under their belts.
Down on the harbour front of the tiny fishing village of Port Isaac on the north Cornwall coast, the authentic sound of the shanty can be heard loud and clear via the mighty, brawny chorale of The Fisherman’s Friends. At around eight in the evening during the summer months, tourists and locals gather to hear this nine-man group mesh their voices in an incredibly rousing and joyful set of shanties and...
Following multiple sell-out tours, From The Jam return in all their glory for ‘The Setting Sons Tour’, taking place at specially selected UK venues, including Exeter Phoenix.
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the release of Setting Sons, The Jam’s fourth album, From The Jam will be performing this seminal release in its entirety.
Setting Sons is widely regarded as the band’s best album alongside All Mod Cons, and was declared by Record Mirror as “the last great album of the seventies”.
Featuring former The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and legendary guitarist Russell...
Well, it’s true. Time does fly when you’re having fun.
When I put on the first OneLion event 5 years ago on a Thursday night in Tiverton I had no idea the musical journey I was embarking on. Over the years we have had the pleasure of putting on shows featuring some of my favourite artists from across the UK and now the time has come for our biggest show to date!!
It brings me a huge amount of pleasure to announce that THE MOUSE OUTFIT will be headlining our 5th birthday celebrations at Exeter Phoenix on the 14th of November....
Artist Nick Davies presents a platform for an interconnected series of projects that include the launch of his latest artist’s book The Principal of Limited Sloppiness, new sculptures created entirely from Tippex, along with other works exploring how mistakes, chance, and accident can play a role in the creative process.
Artist’s talk, book launch and performance: Sat 29 Nov, 2.30pm, free
The artist will discuss the themes of the exhibition with invited guests, followed by a collaborative performance with Falmouth-based sound artist Dominick Allen, in which they attempt to...