The partners of Haines Watts, Exeter celebrate national success as Accountancy Firm of the Year – Small, Medium Size Entities (SMEs), at the annual Financial Directors (FDs) Excellence Awards. This award follows on the back of the Haines Watts group winning Auditor of the Year in the SME category for two consecutive years beating off stiff competition from other leading local firms.
Ben de Cruz, Managing Partner Haines Watts Exeter said: “It’s great to see Haines Watts win such a prestigious award particularly as it is voted for by business people, and not by an academic panel of...
Players from Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire are set to compete in the specially adapted version of cricket which gives those with severe physical or learning disabilities the opportunity to experience the excitement of sport.
The Sir Christopher Ondaatje Devon Cricket Centre, on the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus, is preparing to welcome 100 children from across the region to the South West Table Cricket competition on Thursday (15 May).
Teams of six to eight players compete on a table-tennis table sized playing surface, with the...
Over 30 years experience in the butchery business means that there’s nothing The Really Good Meat Company doesn’t know about providing top quality meat to the restaurant and catering trade.
And the accolades continue to flood in as The Really Good Meat Company has just been awarded Gold in the Sausage category of the Taste of the West Awards for its delicious Really Good Homemade Sausage. We’re delighted!
As the face of TRGMC, and having worked as a retail butchery sales manager for national brands like Somerfield since he left school at 16, Bryan Howard is pursuing his...
Organisers of Exeter’s Great West Run, sponsored by Tozers, are delighted to announce that the 2014 event has already attracted over 1,600 sign ups in just three weeks of entries being officially opened.
Last year, a total of 2,123 runners took to the streets of Exeter to complete the 13.1 mile challenge. With 1,600 already registered for 2014, the surge of runners taking advantage of the early bird savings would suggest that this years entries will substantially surpass those of recent years.
Jamie Warren, Marketing Manager at GO2, said: "The response in just three weeks...
Approaching its 40th year, Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra has a rich alumni of musicians who have gone on to perform professionally following their time with the band. The Dream Band is a handpicked group of past students who come together for one day to perform together and inspire the current generation whilst raising funds to allow the magic to continue. This year’s Dream Band is made up of exceptional musicians performing an array of exciting foot tapping music. Big Band jazz is all about entertainment and if past experience is anything to go by this will be another fantastic evening....
The Chamber’s Exeter initiative for Science and Technology (ExIST) welcomed speakers from the South West Academic Health Science Network, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Exeter’s Professor of Biomedical Imaging and Biosensing, at its May event. Over 60 science and technology orientated businesses attended the event held at the Business School, the University of Exeter.
The three speakers covered a range of topics outlining the challenges faced by our region, the opportunities for business and an insight into future healthcare technology. Paula Varndell,...
Did you go to St James School? If you’re a former student who would like to support current students, the school would love to hear from you!
Right now, there are students in the assembly hall where you once sat, facing similar challenges and opportunities that you did. Being connected to you could really help them.
The school in Exeter is one of more than 450 state schools across Britain which have registered with the charity Future First to set up networks of former students or alumni.
Future First’s vision is that every state school or college should be supported...
MORE than 175 apprenticeships are waiting to be snapped up by youngsters looking to start work after their exams this summer, it has been revealed.
School-leavers in Devon and Cornwall are being urged to avoid the post-exam rush and think now about securing an apprenticeship in their chosen career, and not wait until September.
Mark Boulting, managing director of Plymouth-based Skills Group, said: “Learners are in the driving seat right now. We have around 175 vacancies, it is the most we ever have had.”
With so many vacancies, employers are looking to provide more...
Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) is calling for entries for the 2014 Local Art Show competition.
Run jointly by RAMM and the Express and Echo, all art groups and societies from Exeter and the surrounding area can compete for the chance to exhibit the work of their members in the museum from 7 to 21 August. #
All groups wishing to enter must download entry forms from the museum website: www.exeter.gov.uk/RAMM and submit them before Tuesday 10 June.
Rosie Denham, Exeter’s Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, explains: “This competition allows us to...
