Revitalise Rejuvenate launches in Exeter

Dr Pradnya Apte has launched her aesthetics practice Revitalise Rejuvenate at Sara Paleschi Hair Design in Exeter.

Guests enjoyed pink bubbles and canapés and raised over £180 for Kidney Research UK on 19 June.

Darryl Hagley, Manager of the Kidney Research Shop in Exeter said: "We're delighted to receive this donation from Pradnya and the team at Revitalise Rejuvenate. This is a fantastic example of how local businesses can support charities by adding a simple activity to an existing event."

Dr Apte first began working with facial aesthetics in 2007, and has worked...

Sandy Park to launch revolutionary App

Sandy Park Conference and Events Centre, are to become one of the first companies in Europe to use a ‘Proximity App’ at an Exhibition Venue, when they launch at the Meetings Show between the July 8-10 in London's Olympia. Tied in to their competition where visitors can win a VIP Rugby Weekend in Devon watching the Premiership Rugby Exeter Chiefs team, the innovative new App will allow anyone to enter, simply by being within a three-metre range of the Sandy Park stand at E33b. The revolutionary App works with one of the latest Proximity Beacons to deliver messages to and from a Virtual...

Exeter businesses at capacity

The latest Exeter Business Survey, carried out by Exeter Chamber of Commerce, shows the highest number of Exeter businesses working at capacity levels since March 2008.

In addition to this, members have also reported the highest level of business confidence since September 2007.

Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with the Bank of England, on 26 June 2014 to report the findings of their Business Survey, for the last quarter.

The Business Survey also shows that investment has increased in the last quarter with 53% of members investing in their company, up 10...

Student's Rugby World Cup 2015 success

A lucky Exeter art student has won the opportunity of a lifetime – to design posters, adverts and a video to promote the three Rugby World Cup 2015 games being played at Sandy Park.

Robert Boyd, aged 19, of Newton Abbot had his designs picked by Exeter City Council ahead of others at Exeter College.

As part of the preparation for Exeter being a Host City for Rugby World Cup 2015, the City Council set a design brief for the students of Exeter College to design a poster to promote the three games being held in Exeter.

The students pitched their ideas to Victoria...

2-4-1 tickets at Newton Abbot Racecourse

Horseracing fans looking to take advantage of 2-4-1 tickets for Monday fixtures at Newton Abbot Racecourse are reminded that the booking deadlines for July fixtures are fast approaching.

On Monday 7th and 14th July, horseracing fans can enjoy two Paddock Enclosure tickets for the price of one when booked by 5pm one week in advance. These are two of six fixtures in total which fall under the Super Monday promotional offer for this year.

The 2-4-1 Super Monday Special promotion has been in operation at the course for a number of years and continues to be an attractive offer...

The Magdalen Chapter needs your vote

The Magdalen Chapter is delighted to announce it has been nominated as a finalist in The Food & Travel Magazine Readers Awards 2014.

For the second year running, the Exeter hotel is one of five finalists in the City Hotel of the Year category. The hotel is defending its title, having last year been crowned the winning establishment in this category.

The Magdalen Chapter is one of only two properties outside of London to be nominated in this prestigious category. Other properties nominated include The Berkeley in London, Charlotte Street Hotel in London, Mandarin...

Summer jumps racing at Newton Abbot

Event Date: 
07/07/2014 - 12:15pm
Venue: 
Newton Abbot Racecourse

We’ll be back on Monday 7th July for another great afternoon of summer jumps racing. Enjoy a day out in Devon with friends, family or colleagues!

Racing will start at 2:15pm with gates opening at 12:15pm. The last race is at 5:15pm.

Tickets for the day can be bought online at www.newtonabbotracing.com or by calling the racecourse office on 01626 353235. Tickets are priced at £12 for the Course Enclosure and £18 for the Paddock Enclosure.

Children aged 16 and under and students with a valid photographic student ID / NUS card can enjoy free entry.

Turner Locker Barnfield Revival

Event Date: 
07/09/2014 - 11:00am to 4:00pm
Venue: 
Barnfield Crescent - Exeter

Turner Locker Barnfield is a Commercial Property Agency and Consultancy offering offices, shops, industrial units, warehouses and car parking spaces to let and for sale in Exeter and the South West - http://www.turner-locker.co.uk/

Being interested in vintage & classic cars or in other words “petrol heads”, We have decided to go forward and organise an exclusive event: Turner Locker Barnfield Revival – 7th September 2014 – Barnfield Crescent.

What to expect?

The idea is to gather around 50 vehicles (cars & bikes) from the 1930’s to the 1960’s, and in an...

"Nightmare" for mum with terminal conditions

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Fri, 06/27/2014 - 12:47pm

Exeter mum Jo Smith, who is suffering from two terminal conditions, has made a heartbreaking decision to return from Thailand where she was promised pioneering treatment.

The 36-year-old was diagnosed with a rare heart and lung disease (pulmonary hypertension) almost a year after giving birth to her son Rudey, now aged three, and within months was told she had lymphatic cancer.

She is thought to be the only person in the world with both diseases.

Jo, a former Exeter College student, cannot undergo treatment for the cancer because of the risk to her heart and lungs...

The Alex Ross collection has landed in Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/27/2014 - 11:46am

A new collection of works by one of the world’s most respected comic book artists will be on display in Exeter from this weekend. Alex Ross, who is widely considered to be one of the most pre-eminent and well-respected comic book artists in the history of the field, has produced six new signed limited edition prints featuring DC Comics superheroes Superman and Batman which will be on display at Castle Galleries, Exeter from Saturday 28th June. As a three year old, Alex was regularly illustrating and encouraged by his artist mother and admiring his ministerial father’s moral framework, he...

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