blur Group, the company that is reinventing commerce at blurgroup.com announces the move this month of its Global HQ from London to the Exeter Science Park, the UK’s 70th and newest Science Park. This will also see the creation of 100 jobs by the end of next year. blur Group successfully opened its R&D Centre in Exeter earlier in the summer. Meanwhile blur’s London and Dallas offices will remain as regional commercial hubs.
This move by blur Group, one of the fastest growing LSE:AIM listed tech companies, shows a commitment to a region with four of the country’s top 20...
The Barclaycard Mercury Prize Albums of the Year 2013 shortlist will be announced at 5.30pm on Wednesday (11 September).
The annual "music Booker" panel select 12 of the best and most significant UK music releases, before judging a winner at a ceremony on Wednesday 30 October.
Previous winners have included Primal Scream, Suede, Elbow, PJ Harvey (the only artist to scoop the award twice) and last year, Alt-J for their debut album An Awesome Wave .
Among the favourites to be nominated for the 22nd annual award, are albums released in the last 12 months by London...
A group of pirate enthusiasts from Exeter led by Cap’n Queeg, plan to go on a fundraising tour of the city for their local lifeboat station on 19 September.
For the fourth year running, the pirates are due to embark on a pub crawl of Exeter, this year raising money for Exmouth RNLI’s launch and recovery vehicle appeal. Taking place on Thursday 19 September, which is International Talk like a Pirate Day, the city fundraisers are inviting people to join them along the route. Members of the public are welcome to join in along the way. The Cap’n says:
For the third year running, Exmouth RNLI will be the hosts at the finish line of the Classic Jurassic Mini Club’s Mouth 2 Mouth rally on 15 September. The club plan to raise money towards Exmouth RNLI’s launch and recovery vehicle appeal.
Starting from Weymouth Pavilion in the morning, the enthusiasts will take a tour of Portland before heading along the scenic Jurassic Coast, westwards. The first Minis are due to arrive at the lifeboat station on Queens Drive from 1pm onwards. Exmouth Town Council are supporting the event and the Minis are intending to park in Foxholes car park,...
FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifier, Tuesday 10 September 2013, Olympic Stadium, Kiev
England's World Cup destiny remains in their own hands after a somewhat drab goaless affair in Kiev.
With England one point clear at the top of group H, victory in their remaining home games against Montenegro and Poland on 11 and 15 October respectively, would see them qualify for Brazil 2014 as group winners.
With few chances for either side, a 0-0 scoreline seemed a fair outcome. England offered little in the way of attacking flair - an early...
Critically acclaimed theatre company Third Man are returning to the Bike Shed Theatre for the premiere of their new production, Mugs Arrows, which was developed at the venue last year. The show will run for three weeks starting on 24 September.
Mugs Arrows is a surreal black comedy set in very ordinary surroundings – the local pub. With rural areas being forever altered through commercial development and extreme weather conditions and locals disenchanted by a lack of jobs and the ever-increasing allure of a life elsewhere, Mugs Arrows delves in to a world that is on the change. It...
“Just breathe… from the guts… just breathe. Cos nothing’s going to happen.”
Something’s not quite right. Change is afoot. They may not like it…
First work-shopped last year at the Bike Shed Theatre, Third Man Theatre return with Mugs Arrows, a surreal black comedy set in very ordinary surroundings – the local pub.
With rural areas being forever altered through commercial development and extreme weather conditions and locals disenchanted by a lack of jobs and the ever-increasing allure of a life elsewhere, Mugs Arrows delves in to a world that is on the change. It...
These geese are part of a global, public-participatory piece I am working on in collaboration with Professor Stuart Bearhop of Exeter University. I am sending out 10,000 postcards in the shape of migratory geese all over the world, asking people to write on them and post them back to me. Those that return to complete their ‘migration’ will hang in a huge installation in the shape of a flock of birds at Hope Hall, Heavitree in Exeter during Devon Open Studios in September.
As individuals, birds are vulnerable, insignificant - en masse, in migration, they signify a powerful force of...
A call has gone out to all sports stars as Teignbridge District Council gears up for the annual Teignbridge Sports Personality Awards.
Nominations are now being sought for this year's awards gala on Friday 29 November at the Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish Warren.
Anyone can submit nominations for the sportspeople, volunteers and coaches they think deserve special recognition. Quick and convenient online nominations are being welcomed at www.teignbridge.gov.uk/sportspersonalityawards
Nominations must be in by Monday 16 September 2013.
