Specialist luxury accommodation provider, Vita Student, has selected Exeter as the location for a new £17m project. The city was chosen due to the reputation of the university, rising student numbers and the undersupply of high quality property.
Vita Student at Portland House is located just off the main high street in Exeter and is a short walk to the main university campus. It is being refurbished from a multi-use development and once completed it will comprise of 161 luxury studios and two-bedroom apartments.
The first wave of students is due to move in during September...
Exeter welcomed Robin Cousins to Princesshay on Friday 13 September. Launching ticket sales to his new show ICE, Robin met shoppers, ice show enthusiasts and business leaders, answering their questions on his new venture, an exciting new ice show touring the UK from January – March 2014. The show comes to Westpoint, Exeter from Wednesday 19 February 2014 – Sunday 23 February 2014, which is perfecly timed for February half term, but you might want to get in there quick, as tickets are selling like hotcakes.
Members of the public were in for a rare treat too, when Robin answered...
Save The Red Lion Campaign Public Meeting - Tuesday 24 September at 7.30pm - Sidbury Village Hall.
Come along and find out what the Campaign has been doing in the four months since it was formed. The Campaign will also be outlining its plans for the future, why it got the Red Lion listed as an Asset of Community Value, what that means for the pub, what the benefit to the Campaign is from achieving this & why the Campaign is trying to purchase the pub for the community.
All welcome.
Keep up to date with the Campaign at http://thepubinthevillage.blogspot.com .
The Guardian Charity Awards 2013 shortlist, announced today, has St Petrock’s, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless, among its list of successful charities. Five of these charities will find out in October whether they will share the £25,000 prize money and other prizes.
Speaking on behalf of St Petrock’s, Mel Hartley, project manager, said “Obviously we’re delighted to have been shortlisted for such a prestigious award and would love to think that we may win an award.
“If we are successful with the Guardian Charity Award, we will use the prize money towards...
Exeter and Sandy Park are celebrating the two-year countdown to the start of Rugby World Cup 2015, by placing rugby posts right in the heart of the city.
One of 11 host cities for the tournament which will be a celebration of rugby across the country, Exeter has been awarded 10 full size rugby posts by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as part of its “Posts in Parks” legacy programme. This is designed to help raise the profile of the game and encourage more people to get involved at a local level, particularly in the run-up to three games being played at Sandy Park The rugby posts...
Devon is gearing up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tour of Britain when the likes of Olympic hero Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish arrive in the county on Friday 20 September.
Businesses and traders are hoping spectators will once again turn out in force to make it a day to remember – providing a final ‘end of summer’ boost to the local economy.
Last year more than 220,000 spectators watched the Devon stage. A survey of more than 3,200 spectators, carried out on behalf of Devon County Council, found that based on an average group size of 1.4 people, day...
The rapidly-growing 50+ Show, which is already held each year in London, Manchester and Glasgow and will be held for the first time in Birmingham this 2013, is about to take place for the first time in Exeter in 2014. The 50+ Show is the largest exhibition in the UK specifically for the active over 50s.
The popularity of the 50+ Show around the country led to calls for it to take place in the West Country, and the organisers have now announced that the 50+ Show will launch at the popular Westpoint arena outside Exeter, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 September 2014.
Get out your spades and start planting for autumn! Tiverton Pannier Market is hosting a Gardening Fayre, Sunday 29 September, 10-2pm.
It’s an opportunity for you to talk to the experts and buy your winter plants, bulbs and tools for the season. Obligato (a string quartet) will be entertaining visitors and there will be a range of food stalls offering paella and Thai green curries to tempt you while you look around the stalls!
National Trust gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions at 11am. Come and experience what your local producers have to offer you this autumn...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has joined the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s biggest (and pinkest) fundraiser, wear it pink day. Over the last 10 years wear it pink has raised a staggering £23 million and on Friday 25 October 2013 people will come together in schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Campaign’s lifesaving research. Neil Parish MP says “Every year in the UK around 50,000 women and around 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer. Sadly 12,000 women and 80 men die from this...
