The BBC television show, now into its 36th series, will see some of the UK’s top experts in antiques and fine arts offering free valuations to anyone who attends. By 9am the queue was already several hundred strong with people and antiques stretching around Exeter Cathedral Green. One of the attendants was Melanie Sharwood (pictured) who brought a treasured painting to be appraised. Melanie said: “I’ve had it since the early to mid-70s when it came into my parents' auction room and I’ve always loved it. “It cost £35 years ago and I don’t...
The government has given notice of its intention to proceed with the privatisation of what it has indicated will be the majority part of the Royal Mail.
Notice has been given to the London Stock Exchange with the plans set to begin in the coming weeks.
10% of the shares will be given to UK Royal Mail employees - 150,000 given free with a priority offer for additional shares, subject to a minimum £500 investment.
The remaining shares will be offered to institutional investors and members of the public who will be required to apply at a minimum investment of £750....
Exeter’s business brains and taste buds will be tested at a brand new Big Biz Quiz launching at Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel on Thursday 26 September at 6pm. Featuring a special wine tasting section as well as quiz questions, the Biz Quiz is open to teams from the business community.
Southgate Hotel General Manager, Fiona Dardé, explains, “The Biz Quiz is a chance for work colleagues to enjoy an evening together and perhaps even win prizes! The wine tasting section will give contestants the chance to try some of the fabulous wines on our wine list.”
Aspiring entrepreneurs from across Britain will get financial backing from the government under a £69 million package of support that will help create tens of thousands of new businesses, according to the government.
David Cameron has announced the new funding which will include:
Business mentoring and funding for people who are unemployed but want to start up a company. The New Enterprise Allowance will be extended for new starters up until the end of 2014, providing an additional 60,000 mentoring places for claimants. The government says the scheme has already
The Royal British Legion has announced that the Centenary Poppy Campaign, which originated in the Greenhithe and Swanscombe Branch of the Legion, will be rolled out nationally in partnership with B&Q.
The national campaign will see the Legion asking the public and local authorities to purchase Flanders poppy seeds from B&Q to plant on their own land. The funds raised by the campaign will go towards the £1.6 million the Legion spends each week on vital care and support to the Armed Forces community.
The idea for the campaign was initiated by members of the Greenhithe...
To Autumn O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou mayst rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe, And all the daughters of the year shall dance! Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.
by William Blake Hi, my name's Iain Smith and I've been running my own little wine shop, Smith's, on Magdalen Road for the last 2 1/2 years. Prior to this I spent four years with Majestic Wine and before that it's all a bit of a blurr! I'll be writing regular pieces about my adventures with, mostly, wine...
Exeter band The Big V will be stepping off stage and into an empty office space in Princesshay next week when they participate in five live performance events during Unexpected 2013, Exeter’s brand new arts festival.
From 17-21 September, The Big V – who describe their sound as “a swirl of dangerous riffs, stomping propulsion and careful harmony” – are collaborating with Devon-based art collective Blind Ditch on the third and final part of their ambitious digital project This City’s Centre. Called Here, Now, the performance element completes Blind Ditch’s ‘digital triptych for...
The 12 shortlisted titles for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year were announced on Wednesday (11 September).
Among the long players from the last 12 months nominated for the "music Booker", were debut albums, titles by previous nominees and established artists and one by a legend, David Bowie.
Bowie's excitedly received comeback album - his first in a decade - The Next Day , finds itself nestling among the hip young things of the more critic-friendly end of the musical spectrum.
The Mercury Prize seems to have finally expelled the rather tokenistic...
East Devon District Council is inviting representatives of coastal businesses, particularly food businesses, and coastal Town and Parish Councils to its free Seagull Summit on the evening of Thursday 31 October.
There will be advice on:
Seagull lifestyles
Waste and pest control for food businesses
What residents and businesses can do – proofing and control
