Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg will today (Wednesday 5 March) sit down with major supermarkets and retailers to discuss the availability of cheap alcohol and the impact it has on crime and disorder. Partly due to the rise in cheap supermarket deals, alcohol is now 45% more affordable than it was in the 1980s, which experts say has lead to a major change in how people drink socially- most notably through the relatively new practice of ‘pre-drinking’ or ‘pre-loading’.
The growing prevelence of 'pre-loading', the practice of drinking heavily before...
Redrow Homes will open a new West Country division on 1st July 2014 from new premises on Pynes Hill in Exeter, as it looks to further extend its operations in the south west of England.
Currently celebrating its 40th year, Redrow Homes is one of the UK’s leading house builders, operating across England and Wales, with a strong emphasis on high quality family housing in prime locations.
Covering the Somerset, Devon and Cornwall counties, the West Country Division will be headed up by newly promoted Regional Director, Keith Miller. Keith is joined by an experienced team; a...
Rugby posts have started springing up around Exeter in the build up to the Rugby World Cup 2015.
Exeter is one of 11 host cities for the tournament and will host three matches at Sandy Park.
As part of this, the city has been awarded ten full size rugby posts by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as part of its “Posts in Parks” legacy programme.
Nine out of the ten posts have now gone up in prominent locations around the city, with the tenth scheduled to go up at Exeter Airport in the next few weeks.
They are located in: Southernhay (next to Giraffe restaurant)...
Designer, Maria Smythe, has been appointed to deliver the interior design for the showhome in high quality development Spinnakers on Exmouth Quay.
Maria, who owns Parkfield Interiors, will be responsible for creating the design concept for the showhome as well as creating and sourcing all the fixtures and furnishings.
She said: “I’m delighted to be working with Eagle One Homes again. Spinnakers is a superb development with unrivalled views over the River Exe. Creating a design which really makes the most of this feature is my challenge. Everything needs to lead the eye to...
Local residents are invited to attend a free lecture this evening which will bring them closer to the world-class research carried out by Exeter’s academic community.
The Students’ Guild has developed the Research Uncovered open lecture series to open up academic research to a wider audience and the next lecture takes place at 17:30 at the Bike Shed Theatre on Fore Street today (Wednesday 5 March). Academia can seem a rather rarefied, distant world and this series showcases topics chosen by students to a wide audience. For free!
Insolvency solicitor Sean Jenner has joined Everys Solicitors.
He will work alongside fellow insolvency expert Emma Davy from all of the firm’s Devon and Somerset locations.
Mr Jenner, who has moved from Kitsons in Exeter, specialises in corporate and personal insolvency, debt recovery and commercial dispute resolution. Australian-born, he has six years of insolvency experience, both in Australia and England. He relocated to the South West from Sydney in 2012.
He said: “I advise insolvency practitioners, company directors, and creditors in respect of insolvency...
Exeter City's impressive run in the Under-21 Premier League Cup came to an end as an enthralling St James Park clash with Burnley had to be decided by extra-time. Burnley substitute Nathan Lowe struck the winner early-on in the extra period after it had ended 2-2 at the 90-minute mark.
A dramatic late Tom Nichols equaliser had previously ensured that the game would take at least an additional 30 minutes in order to be settled; the Grecians having hit back twice to level. Midfielder Archie Love twice gave the Clarets the lead, with Jimmy...
A Devon-wide project which hopes to save the NHS time and money while ensuring patient safety has been shortlisted for a national award The scheme simplifies the process under which trained staff such as nurses or pharmacists can give medicines or vaccinations without the need for a GP prescription.
Until now, there have been a whole range of different processes (known as Patient Group Directions) across Devon – 17 for vaccinations alone. But these have been replaced by a single working framework for clinicians, pharmacists and NHS managers to use when writing these documents....
Exeter Chiefs stars Kai Hortsmann and Don Armand added their expert insight to Cullompton RFC Under 16s’ weekly training session last week, thanks to sponsors Watson Fuels.
The event, hosted on Thursday 27th February at Cullompton RFC’s Stafford Park training ground, was organised by Watson Fuels as part of their ongoing partnership with both clubs – the Wiltshire-based fuel distributor serve as the Official Fuel Supplier to the Exeter Chiefs and player sponsors of Hortsmann and Armand, as well as main club sponsors of Cullompton RFC.
In this In a nutshell video, Tim Wadsworth from Space discusses why you should plan your lease renewal early.
Tim explains what could happen if you leave it too late and gives tips on what you should do to renew your commercial property lease. “Ideally you should start making plans eighteen months before your lease expires.
Business tenants normally don't have the right to renew the tenancy of their business premises when it comes to an end. In this case your landlord can ask you to leave.
