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.
Exeter Chiefs flanker Tom Johnson is hoping his impressive on-field display in Saturday’s Aviva Premiership win over London Irish was enough to win him a place amongst Stuart Lancaster’s England squad for this weekend’s crunch RBS Six Nations clash with Wales at Twickenham.
With Saracens No.8 Billy Vunipola sidelined with a knee injury sustained in the recent win over Ireland, Lancaster will now have to make an enforced change to his back-row for the penultimate fixture in this season’s tournament.
Gloucester’s Ben Morgan is likely to get the nod from head coach Stuart...
Nearly half of the South West’s businesses plan to take on apprentices in the next five years according to a survey of employers across England. The study of 601 businesses, released to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, also shows how Apprenticeships are growing in popularity, with half of all employers in the South West (50%) reporting that they are now more likely to offer an Apprenticeship than they were two years ago. A quarter of employers also reported that they would be taking on apprentices within the next 12 months indicating that more companies are seeing the advantages...
