The new season continues at a gallop at Exeter Racecourse next Tuesday with the chance to win a share in a racehorse trained by Victor Dartnall for all pre-booked tickets
“It’s a great initiative and I am delighted to be involved. It will give the winner a taste of racehorse ownership, with the chance to go into the paddock and come racing every time the horse wins,” said Dartnall.
Exeter’s second October meeting is renowned for attracting a plethora of stars and recent previous runners include Grade One winning Melodic Rendezvous, Rocky Creek and Harry Topper and the...
Work to redevelop a Devon County Council residential care home in Newton Abbot into a modern, state-of-the-art centre of excellence for people with dementia has finished two weeks ahead of schedule.
Mapleton was developed in partnership with the University of Stirling Dementia Centre, which is nationally recognised for setting the standards for dementia-friendly buildings. Devon-based Midas was in charge of the construction and building work.
The £1.5 million project, which started in July 2013, included major alterations and an extension to the care home, parts of which...
Every good leader needs to be risk aware. Do you know what risks exist in your business? Who owns each risk?
Leaders need to be aware of the risks that exist within their organisation and they need to understand how the risk process works and have confidence that they will be made aware of the risks whenever it becomes necessary.
Getting to use and understand risk can give an organisation a real advantage over its competitors. Risks include human, operational, reputational, procedural, financial, technical, natural, political and structural.
Following last month’s ‘turf cutting’ work is moving at a pace on the site of the new visitor centre, Seaton Jurassic. The old Tourist Information Centre has been demolished so that construction on the new centre can begin and the new car park entrance, at the Marsh Lane end of The Underfleet, is on schedule for completion by the end of the month. The short stay car park is now restricted to disabled users only and from 24 October will be closed completely with all traffic following the signed roadway to the long stay car park. The existing entrance to the car park is expected to close on...
How often do you look strategically at your business?
Many people don’t look at their business strategically often enough. By becoming too engaged in the detail they use common and normally financial metrics to measure progress and success. The end of the year offers an excellent opportunity to intelligently review how far you have come and what you will need to change to achieve the outcome that you want. This may...
One of the South West’s leading charities has been awarded a top environmental award.
Devon Wildlife Trust, whose main headquarters is in Exeter and bases at Wembury (near Plymouth) and Cookworthy (near Great Torrington), demonstrated its commitment to environmental management recently by becoming the first county wildlife trust to gain the prestigious ISO - international standard accreditation.
Many businesses are committed to reducing their environmental impacts, but few have taken the time and made the investment to gain the coveted ISO14001 award.
If you’ve always wanted to learn all the fabulous dances seen on TV, but don’t have time to commit to a weekly dance class? Then Donahey’s Learn to Ballroom Dance in a Day workshop is for you!
Whether it’s just for fun, or you need to learn a routine for your first dance or holiday, Donaheys new Strictly classes are the perfect choice. You’ll be gliding round that dance floor imagining you’re in Anton Du Beke’s arms in no time!
You’ll learn a fabulous selection of the world’s most popular Ballroom & Latin dances; Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha Cha & Jive.
I have been receiving lots of complaints from individual constituents, businesses and local estate agents in recent months about the amount of time it’s taking to do land searches in Exeter.
There seems to have been a problem in Exeter City Council’s land search service. Earlier in this summer I was assured this was being addressed, but the latest figures are showing a rise rather than a fall in the back-log. This is very worrying and should be an absolute priority for the council to address.
I completely understand that all local authorities are under serious financial...
One in three vulnerable young people is leaving care aged just 16 or 17, in sharp contrast to new polling which shows the public in the South West believes 21 or older is the right age to move out of the family home.
Leading charity Action for Children warns that young people in the most difficult situations are not getting the right help early enough, leading to even greater problems.
Brigitte Gater, director of children’s services at Action for Children, said: “Young people who have had traumatic early lives, who struggle with learning disabilities or mental health issues...
People across the South West can have their say on the future of the region’s rail network following the publication by Network Rail of the rail industry’s draft Western route study.
Open for consultation until January, the study looks at the demands that will be placed on this part of the rail network over the next 30 years, including significant increases in passenger numbers and the need to continue to drive and support economic growth in the region. Passenger numbers into Bristol are set to rise by half in less than a decade, while demand for journeys into London from the West...
