A group that supports businesses starting up has beaten off stiff opposition to win a prestigious award.
Exeter Business Support won Best Planning Initiative at the Federation of Small Businesses Devon Council Awards Scheme 2013.
The Awards aim to highlight best small business practice throughout the county and to build better working relationships between local authorities and small businesses. Exeter Business Support fought off tough competition from other local authorities to claim the award.
Exeter Business Support is funded by Exeter City Council and provides...
Nottinghamshire Police have issued a nationwide appeal for Artus Anisimovs, a Lativian man who has been missing since August.
The 24-year-old, who moved from Latvia to Mansfield last year, was last seen at the end of July this year.
He was wearing a red baseball cap with an 'A' on the front, a yellow shirt with blue detail, blue corduroy type trousers, a beige hip-length coat and canvas shoes.
Since his move, Arturs has kept regular contact with his family via the Internet. The fact that he has not been in touch with them since 11 August is of great concern. Arturs...
Dorchester-based independent, family-owned developer C G Fry & Son toasts the success of two of their site managers receiving awards in the South West regional finals of the NHBC (National House Building Council) ‘Pride in the Job’ 2013 in the medium house builder category. Steve Walker was announced as the South West regional winner for The Duchy of Cornwall Poundbury development in Dorchester and colleague Adrian White has won the Seal of Excellence for Wyndham Place in Tisbury, Wiltshire; his first site for C G Fry.
Pride in the Job is the only UK-wide competition dedicated...
More than half of women wouldn’t tell an employer they were pregnant if offered a promotion or new job, according to the latest research by maternitycover.com
A new study released today by recruitment specialist maternitycover.com shows that 57% of women from the South West would not necessarily admit to being pregnant if offered a promotion or new job, with 52% of those women insisting that their decision to be ‘upfront’ would depend on the role being offered.
According to the survey, 72% of women from the South West region felt that their promotion prospects altered...
DanSci Dance Studio participants are all set to dance for five hours to help children survive their first five years. To celebrate the launch of Exeter’s first independent professional dance studio on 13 October 2013, DanSci Dance Studio in Guinea Street will be holding a five-hour Ultimate Danceathon event to raise money for Save the Children. Dancers in the local area are invited to come along, get their dancing shoes on and donate what they can to help children around the world survive their vulnerable first five years. Event organiser Ava Barron Thomas, Director of DanSci Dance Studio...
Author High Meller will be giving a talk, with slides, about the cemeteries of London. Friends of Higher Cemetery are arranging the event which will be held in the chapel at the Higher Cemetery.
Adult admission is £4, £2 for FoHC members, £1 for accompanied children. No need to book.
For more information see our website https://sites.google.com/site/friendsofhighercemetery/
Puzzled about depression? Come to a free open day at the University of Exeter Mood Disorders Centre. Researchers from the University of Exeter are inviting members of the public to visit the Mood Disorders Centre on Saturday 12 October between 10am – 4pm to find out about the latest depression treatments and research. Therapists, researchers, GPs and pharmacists, as well as with people who live with depression, will be on hand to answer questions and discuss ideas with visitors. Experts will demystify the claims of miracle cures including the recent headline that wine drinking can protect...
If you need inspiration for those ‘hard to buy for’ people in your life this Christmas, look no further than The Boniface Centre in Crediton on Saturday 26 October.
A Christmas shopping event, from 11am to 2pm, is being arranged by two local ladies, Jenny Wood and Sara Brockway.
Among the products available will be a range of hand-made jewellery and gifts, candles, locally made crafts, cards, homewares and much, much more. There will also be activities for the children to keep them occupied while you browse.
The event is free to enter and free parking is available...
University of Exeter researchers have had a high profile role in creating the world’s most comprehensive report on climate change.
A combined total of 12 researchers from the University and the Met Office were selected as lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I (WGI) 5th Assessment Report (AR5) – a greater number than from any other region.
The Summary for Policymakers was published on Friday 27 September 2013 and is the six yearly update on the state of the Earth’s climate, covering the physical science basis of climate change....
The Student Lock-In is set to return to Princesshay Shopping Centre for the third year running on Wednesday 2 October from 18.30-21.00. The shopping centre will be closed for exclusive use by students from Exeter and the surrounding area for one night only.
Over 30 shops and restaurants will be keeping their doors open while students indulge with brands such as Topshop/Topman, Superdry, Schuh, New Look and River Island. The DJ truck will be creating a party atmosphere for student shoppers and retailers involved.
Students will not only enjoy the benefit of exclusive...
