A new venture for Exeter-based marketing agency Big Wave Media, the UK Business Games, will be officially launched by their ambassador Jo Pavey at a fun and motivational event in January. ‘An Evening with Jo Pavey’ will be a chance to find out all about the UK Business Games, plus enjoy Jo speaking about her profession and career. The event, held in late January will take place at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Four-time Olympian Jo is a long distance runner, specialising in the 5000m and 10000m. She holds the second fastest time for the 10,000m in Britain and her time recorded in the London...

Having spent the past fortnight going toe-to-toe with reigning European champions RC Toulon in the Heineken Cup, it's back to the blood and thunder of the Aviva Premiership this weekend for the Exeter Chiefs, who tomorrow welcome Newcastle Falcons to Sandy Park (3pm).

After a punishing run of fixtures, both domestically and in Europe, the Chiefs will be looking not only to address a five-game losing streak, but at the same time deliver an early Christmas present to their supporters in the final home game of 2013.

Despite recent setbacks, assistant coach Ali Hepher insists...

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Welcome to our flagship event, our once a year extravaganza! Don’t worry, we’ll still be running our Optix Fridays throughout the year and we also have a special series of sector specific events planned. This one however is for those of you who want to start the year with a bang. It’s about making sure you’ve not missed out on any of the changes in 2013 and are ahead of the game in 2014. At the very least you’ll come away with loads of ideas to take...

In the run up to Christmas, members of LV=’s Exeter Community team spent the day delivering 800 presents to eight local preschools and primary school around the local area.

Dressed as Father Christmas, Dave Cotton and colleagues visited the schools in traditional grotto fashion, delighting children with early Christmas presents. Dave Cotton from LV= said: “During the day we travelled over 100 miles and delivered 800 presents, and the best bit was definitely seeing the smiles of surprise and joy on the children’s faces.

“All of the schools were nominated by employees within...

Police in Devon and Cornwall and Dorset will review how the two forces can collaborate more effectively in “all policing areas”.

The review was revealed in a joint announcement from the Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners from both forces.

A project team is expected to carry out the review across a six month period, which will look into how to maintain a good service across both forces at a time when police budgets are decreasing.

Both forces will have to make savings in the next year with Devon and Cornwall police cutting its budget by £51m and...

Local Wealth Management Company Brewin Dolphin Exeter hands over a cheque for £2,500 to its first ever Charity of the Year, Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education. The funds raised through a series of events over the last 12 months are being earmarked for new outdoor play equipment for primary-age students when the charity moves to its new Exeter site.

Exeter Deaf Academy is building an inspiring new Academy, designed with and for Deaf children with capacity to take up to 180 students in its pre-school, primary school, secondary school and college. It has full planning...

Local MPs Oliver Colvile, Alison Seabeck and Ben Bradshaw joined the Devon Local Optical Committee and Devon Local Pharmaceutical Committee for a Roundtable Discussion on Tuesday 3rd December 2013 to discuss the management and treatment of minor health conditions in Community Optician Practices and Community Pharmacy.

Visual Impairment is one of the major health challenges facing the NHS, affecting a substantial proportion of the population. 2 million people in the UK are living with sight loss yet over 50% is avoidable. Fewer than 50% of the population visit their optician to have...

Residents in Teignbridge are being encouraged to ‘starve your bin’ by reducing, reusing and recycling waste wherever possible this festive season.

To prevent a build-up of rubbish, all households are urged to visit Teignbridge District Council’s website to check out green gift ideas, how to recycle Christmas wrapping paper, cards and trees and get the revised waste and recycling collection dates.

Over three million tonnes of waste is created in the UK every Christmas and to help reduce the build-up a ‘ Christmas Waste ’ page has been put together and is packed with...

A popular topic in the news at the moment is that the age to receive your state pension has increased to 68, many people are wondering how the changes will affect them.

In this In a nutshell video, Chris Dunston from Artavia PFS explains what Auto enrolment pensions are and how they can benefit you.

“It applies to all UK employers, no matter how many people they employ. If you're an employer, and you haven't yet done so, you will soon need to enrol your staff in a pension scheme and make employer pension contributions of at least three percent of their salaries. Remember, a...