Exeter City Centre Management today launches an innovative crowdfunding campaign which will help provide Exeter City Centre with a bigger and better Christmas lights display this year. The Exeter City Centre Christmas lights display has become a key part of what the city has to offer during the festive period. It provides a focal point at the heart of the city centre, fostering good will and a feel good factor for the community whilst, crucially, increasing the number of people into the city centre - helping local businesses have a successful and prosperous Christmas. That is why this year...

One of Devon’s leading law firms is lending its support to TEDxExeter, the inspiring event that will bring some of the world’s best thinkers to Exeter in 2015.

Stephens Scown LLP, which is based in Exeter, will be one of the main sponsors of the event which will take place on 24 April next year at the Exeter Northcott Theatre.

TEDxExeter is an independently organised event, which is inspired by the TED conference, which has seen some high profile speakers including Bill Gates and Sting, give the talk of their lives. A social media phenomenon, some of the talks are watched...

Chantry Dance Company brings to life Oscar Wilde’s magical story of The Happy Prince in their new triple bill UK tour programme.

2014 is the 160th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s birth. The celebrated author and poet, best known for his novel A Picture of Dorian Gray, wrote many fairy stories for children. One of the best loved of these is the magical story of The Happy Prince. To celebrate Wilde’s anniversary, Chantry Dance Company have included this wonderful story in their UK tour programme this year. The poignant tale of a statue and lost swallow who sacrifice everything they have...

Do We Do the Right Thing? the new production from contemporary theatre pioneers, BeFrank Theatre Company, will be performed for the first time in a seven date mini-tour kicking off at New Diorama Theatre on November 3.

Having distanced himself from his military heritage, Neil Walker watched from a distance as the town of Royal Wootton Bassett stood respectfully still for the repatriated bodies of 345 military personnel that travelled through its streets on the way to their final resting place.

Affected deeply by what he witnessed he began to wonder about the process of...

A big increase in the number of people starting their own business in Scotland has led to increased demand for alternative financing and in particular for crowdfunding.

This is according to equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, which opens its first office in Scotland this week to support existing customers in the region and service a strong pipeline of prospective growth businesses and start-ups.

According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the number of new businesses in Scotland registered with Companies House rose to more than 30,000 last year, up 19 per...

Prospective MP for Exeter Dom Morris welcomed Greg Clark, Minister for Universities, Science and Cities, to Exeter yesterday to sign the £270.3 million Heart of the South West Growth Deal.

The partnership with councils and businesses from across the South West secures £130.3m of Government funding, as well as a further £140m of additional investment from local partners and the private sector. The official signing ceremony took place at the Exeter Science Park. Dom Morris said: “The Growth Deal signed today is a huge opportunity for Exeter and the South West. In creating jobs, homes...

Exeter School hosted a joint local Geographical Association/South West Region Royal Geographical Society evening lecture attended by RGS members and over 100 pupils and parents from Exeter School, King’s Taunton, Taunton School and King Alfred’s School in Burnham on Sea.

Attended by 119 people, the lecture was given by Dr Stewart Barr, senior lecturer in the geography department at Exeter University, on 7 October.

Entitled ‘Are You Doing Your Bit? Environmental Responsibility in an Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change’, this was a fascinating and challenging lecture which...

People in Exeter may receive a letter over the next few days from the City Council referring to a Fair Processing Notice.

The letters have been sent to everyone who has received a payment from the city council over the last six years.

A city council spokesman said that the letters were nothing to worry about and did not need to be acted upon.

“Like all councils we must let people know when we are required by law to share their personal information with government organisations. In this case we are obliged to provide the Audit Commission with details of anyone listed...

A Devon businesswoman has carried out 24 tasks in 24 hours to raise £2,000 for the Exeter Foundation.

Starting with swimming across the River Exe, and finishing 24 hours later with a sky dive, Ashley Petrons took on an array of tasks for the round the clock fundraiser in Exeter.

A training session with the Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park, selling the Big Issue, serving breakfast at the Southgate Mercure Exeter Hotel, and a bake off with Little French Cakes at Intoto Kitchens were all successfully completed by 28-year-old Ashley, of PR and marketing firm Astley Media.

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Comedic entertainment act The Comedy Fitness Brothers will be part of the nationwide Stoptober roadshow in Bedford Square on Friday October 10 from 10.30am to 4.30pm, to mark the return of the nation’s biggest mass quit smoking attempt.

The 28-day stop smoking challenge from Public Health England is coming to Exeter to encourage smokers to swap their fags for gags and to help them quit for good this October. They will be based in a huge silver American air-stream caravan parked in Bedford Square, Princesshay.

The roadshow will give residents and visitors in Exeter the...