Finding out what your visitors really think surely has to be a good thing doesn’t it?
Here at Exeter-based GleaveMedia ( http://www.gleavemedia.co.uk ) we have considerable experience in doing just that, having just completed a major survey project for a Cornish Retail business.
They wanted to find out more about their customer base and not forgetting the customers who not only don’t use them but may or may not have even heard of them.
This project involved on site surveys in this major South West Retailer as well as surveying at local towns nearby the principal...
The first intake of Medicine students have embarked on the path to becoming a doctor at the University of Exeter Medical School.
The class of 2013 is made up of 130 students have enrolled for the five year degree which will see them working in NHS Trusts across the South West.
Professor Steve Thornton, Dean of the University of Exeter Medical School, said: “This is a real milestone for us, and we’re extremely excited to welcome our first Medicine students. The NHS is under extreme pressure from an increasingly aging population amid squeezed resources. Our ethos is to train...
Once not so long ago people say that shops on wheels were part of our lives. A hoot of the horn or a ring of the bell and you knew to come out to buy your vegetables or fruit or fish. Maybe even have a chat to a neighbour. Well that's what people say.
More recently and it is likely that it is solitary chimes of the ice cream van that you will hear and the sight of supermarket liveried delivery trucks dashing up and down the road full of freshly clicked food miles.
If you do meet a true mobile shop then do take a moment to pass the time of day as, speaking from daily...
Lloyds will be closing temporarily on 15 September for a complete re-fit.
The unveiling of the new brand and official restaurant opening in aid of the restaurant’s designated charity Exeter Leukaemia Fund (ELF) will take place on Thursday 26 September at 10am with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by City Centre Manager John Harvey.
Radio Exe will be joining in the celebrations from 10am – 2pm with representatives from the designated charity ELF.
Air Control Industries in Axminster is benefitting from a bespoke 50 kW solar PV array on its factory roof, which is generating significant yields and helping lower its energy bills, thanks to an Exeter renewable energy company.
Racegoers who attend either of Exeter Racecourse’s meetings on 10 and 22 October could become a racehorse owner, thanks to an exclusive partnership with leading trainer Jeremy Scott.
The Devon track has teamed up with the Somerset-based trainer to offer everyone who pre-books to attend either meeting the chance to win a share in racehorse. Mixing with fellow racing folk in the owners’ and trainers’ bar, standing in the parade ring while the horse parades and sharing a glass of champagne with fellow owners every time the horse runs will be par for the course for the lucky winner as...
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education has launched a promotional film showcasing its school. Aimed at prospective students, parents and funders, the film provides an insight into the daily life of pupils at the Academy.
Created by Inside Job Productions and directed by deaf film-maker Samuel Dore, the film features parents, grandparents, pupils and teachers, who share their experiences of Academy life.
Parents talk about how the Academy meets individual students’ needs and enables children to thrive among a supportive network of friends and professional staff. Meanwhile,...
Offering some of the best of British gastronomy in the heart of the Devonshire countryside, Highbullen Hotel has this week announced the appointment of new Head Chef, Dean Griffin.
Dean joins Highbullen Hotel, Golf and Country Club from 4* Menzies Welcombe Hotel & Golf Course, Stratford upon Avon, where he headed up a fine dining restaurant and 150-cover events venue. Other recent posts over his 25-year career include Executive Head Chef at St Ives Harbour Hotel & Spa and Barceló Imperial Hotel, Torquay.
Joining Highbullen shortly following a £1.5 million...
One local family has tracked down the full set of Great Gorillas – entirely by bus.
Lucy Sambell, from Exeter, her 13-year-old son Zachary and their two chocolate Labradors, father and son Murphy and Dooley, took two days to complete the free public art marathon.
The Great Gorillas Project is celebrating the 90th birthday of Paignton Zoo with 30 life-size model gorillas, sponsored by businesses and painted in original designs by specially-commissioned artists, placed around the streets and public spaces of Exeter and the English Riviera.
St Leonard’s Primary School in Exeter has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for its work with a deafblind pupil. St Leonard's is one of only three organizations shortlisted for a Partnership/Local Community award from Sense, the national charity supporting deafblind people.
Five-year old Chloe Ring has been a full-time pupil at St Leonard’s since September 2012. Her mum, Jane, nominated the school. She told Sense: "I would like to nominate St Leonard’s Primary School for the outstanding way they have worked with Chloe and the family, including her in the school and...
