The University of Exeter is bestowing key figures from the South West region with Honorary Degrees this week, among 14 Honorary Graduates.
Kicking off proceedings was Tony Rowe OBE, Chief Executive and Chairman of Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club and also South West Communications Group, which he established in 1982.
He was joined on Monday 14 July by Roy Pike who led Torquay Boys’ Grammar School for 27 years, making him one of the longest-serving head teachers. He is an alumnus of the University of Exeter and three of his six children also graduated from the University.
The Exeter Science Park Company has strengthened its links with the University of Exeter through an agreement which will see the University’s innovation arm manage the new Science Park Centre which is due to open in April 2015.
The University’s wholly-owned subsidiary Peninsula Innovations Limited has taken a lease for the Centre to offer flexible office and laboratory space for science & technology companies on the Park. PIL already manages the successful Innovation Centre, based on the University’s Streatham campus.
Professor Sir William Wakeham, Chairman of Exeter...
On Friday 18 July 2014, Tim Heal and Andrew Perkins of Ashfords LLP, will be completing an enduring and physical challenge by cycling from Ashfords' London to Exeter office to raise money for Children's Hospice South West (CHSW).
Covering almost 250 miles, both Tim and Andrew will be pushing themselves to the ultimate limit to reach the Exeter office within one day, making this one of Ashfords' biggest charity challenges of the year. While on route from London to Exeter, the cycling duo will be stopping in at Ashfords' Bristol, Taunton and Tiverton offices for a...
Join Newton Abbot Racecourse on Sunday 20th July and celebrate the upcoming summer holidays at their Family Day.
The Family Enclosure will make its return for the summer at every summer holiday fixture this season. There’s plenty to keep the children entertained with inflatables and giant garden games, with a great view of the course for parents.
Racing for the day starts at 2.20pm, with gates opening at 12.20pm.
Tickets can be bought online at www.newtonabbotracing.com until 5pm on Saturday 19th July. Tickets are priced at £12 for the Course Enclosure and £18 for...
The Natwest Venus Awards in Devon have chosen children’s charity CHICKS as their charity of the year for 2014.
The Tavistock-based organisation provides free, week long respite breaks for disadvantaged children from across the UK, who would not otherwise have time away from their difficult lives.
The children they support come from a variety of backgrounds – those living in poverty, children that are being neglected or abused, either mentally, physically or sexually, children who have lost parents or even children who are full time young carers.
Members of the public will have a right to speak and question politicians at full meetings of Devon County Council, if new proposals are agreed.
The council’s Conservative leader John Hart says people should be able to make representations and quiz Cabinet members at the start of each full council meeting and during the annual scrutiny committee examination of the budget.
The plans were agreed unanimously at a meeting of the council’s political leaders and whips.
They will enable members of the public to make representations, present petitions and ask questions at...
Phil Dollman believes lessons learnt last season will help to serve the Exeter Chiefs well ahead of the new 2014/15 season.
In a season which brought the high of the Chiefs lifting their first piece of major silverware when they defeated Northampton Saints in the LV= Cup Final, together with the low of a record-breaking home defeat to Sale Sharks, the Welshman believes the Devon club will head into the new campaign with some vital experience under their belts.
"We won a major piece of silverware, which is something you have got to take on board and enjoy, and be proud of,...
Exeter’s High Street is enjoying a welcome injection of colour thanks to the goodwill of a local nursery.
Tim and Simon Boyce have kindly offered to sponsor and plant up some of the hanging baskets in the High street for a second successive summer.
The brothers, who own and run a specialist hanging basket nursery at Shillingford st George near Alphington, had noticed that due to Council cut backs, the hanging baskets near McGaheys on the High Street had not been refilled. They decided that it would be a nice gesture to fill the baskets and maintain them during the summer...
Hospiscare is celebrating after raising £109,000 during a decade of the hugely popular Charity Golf Tournament held in Exeter.
A total of 46 teams, mainly from Exeter but also from all over the country, played in glorious sunshine at the Exeter Golf and Country Club. There was plenty of light hearted rivalry and banter as they competed for the Marnie Burgoynes Memorial Trophy which was won by the Misfits, led by Nigel Armstrong
Norma Foster, chairman of the golf committee, said: “The wonderful support of golfers over the last decade has managed to deliver the amazing total...
