Partnership between the city council and the private sector is key to the future prosperity of Exeter, the authority’s Chief Executive believes.
Karime Hassan, who is also the city council’s Growth Director, is to be a keynote speaker at the ATASS Respect Think Partnership conference being held at Woodbury Park in October (Thursday 17th).
With council budgets already under pressure and Exeter expecting direct funding from central government to fall in the coming years, he says that partnerships between councils, businesses and residents are the best way to ensure the city...
Campaigners from Exeter lobbied giant firm Coca Cola at its UK Head office in London yesterday, calling on the company to make sure our favourite food and drinks are ethically produced.
Katherine Hawkins, Fiona Bell and Emma Anderson, all aged 20 and living in Exeter, travelled to London to join other campaigners across the country at Coca Cola's head office in Hammersmith, west London to ensure that poor people are not being forced off their land and out of their homes to make way to grow crops for Coca Cola products.
Katherine, Fiona and Emma spoke to workers at Coca Cola...
No stranger to coffee lovers in Exeter and beyond, Matthew (Matt) Whittaker trades on his vintage Dutch trike, the BikeCaffe, most days except Sundays. He is also known to have peddled his coffee at various festivals throughout the land. We caught up with him to find out a little more about why he loves the city of Exeter.
Devon’s library service will be leading the way in delivering innovative new approaches to helping businesses grow, with funding announced from the Enterprising Libraries programme, which is a joint initiative between the Arts Council, British Library and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG).
The funding will enable the redeveloped Central Library in Exeter to include a new Business and IP Centre when it reopens next year following a multi-million pound refurbishment.
The resource, similar in concept to the British Library's service of the same name...
The U9's produced a comfortable 10-2 win against Cheltenham. They displayed good knowledge of how to play out from the back, with good starting positions, brave to receive the ball and taking a picture before receiving. Goal of the day from Tyler Dibbling, with strong displays from Harrison King, Dylan Jones, Ed James
Man of the Match - Sam Jose.
Under 10’s Exeter City V Cheltenham Home
Exeter was working on shape/recovery and the boys showed great understanding of the topic. In the last period City pressed...
This Christmas craft exhibition is a great place to buy a unique gift. Avoid the high-street crush and choose from a broad and exciting range of items in our gallery, which showcases over 50 of the best contemporary designers from across the UK.
Find graphic animal prints by Ruth Broadway, ethically produced bags and accessories in organic material from Hawthorn and Co, a fabulous jewellery collection and much more.
We love Emma Calvert’s colourful silver ribbon neckpieces and bracelets - just part of our huge choice of...
Collected, curated and connected: brand new video-on-demand service is unveiled
Seven channels including day and date releases for The Selfish Giant and The Epic of Everest
Biggest ever archive release
BFI (British Film Institute) Chair Greg Dyke has unveiled the 'BFI Player', a brand new video-on-demand platform for the millions that enjoy independent and specialised film and who will now get the full BFI experience, wherever they live.
Available nationwide from 9 October, the BFI Player will support the UK’s film industry by offering...
The children in Exeter School’s Junior School took part in a Poetry Competition for National Poetry day. Inspired by ‘Water, Water Everywhere’ from Coleridge’s Rime Of The Ancient Mariner , the poems focused on the subject of water and what it means to us, The children’s poems covered water on our beaches, rivers, the water in our bodies and the water we drink and how lucky we are to be able to take it for granted. There were three main winners across each of the year groups and ten runners up. The prizes will be awarded in the Junior School Assembly on Monday. The Prince of Wales and...
Thermalogica held its official launch event ‘Take charge of your health’ at Radiance MediSpa.
Guests enjoyed a drinks reception before hearing a talk by Terri Bainbridge and Lisa Portman, who launched the company earlier this year.
The dynamic duo offer radiation-free health screening for private clients to gain early detection of diseases or locate and monitor pain from an injury using a highly sophisticated camera.
Guest speaker Dilys Gannon-Bone aka ‘The Health Detective’ gave a well-received presentation on nutrition and how she took charge of her own health...
