Exeter City’s Ability Counts team require someone to drive the team minibus on Sunday 19 May, as they prepare to play their final fixture of the season.
The volunteer will be required to donate a large part of their day to help the team. They will need to collect the minibus from St James Park at 8.15am and drive to Tavistock (via King George V Playing Fields on Topsham Road) and will return at approximately 4pm. Someone that is willing to donate their time to help Exeter City’s Ability Counts team – and perhaps volunteer additionally at the event – would be welcomed.
Don't miss your chance to get properly wet and muddy at this year's Bogtastic! event on Exmoor on Friday 31 May.
The event features fun activities for all the family and the opportunity to visit a bog restored by the Exmoor Mires Project, as well as all-weather activities including stream-dipping, dam-making, crafts, undercover exhibitions, a sawmill tour and guided walks exploring the local nature and heritage.
Entrance is free, although there may be a small charge for some activities.
Please wear outdoor clothing (wellies advised.) Children must be accompanied....
Accountancy firm, Haines Watts, is celebrating success, having won Auditor of the Year in the SME category for a second time at the annual FDs Excellence Awards.
The awards recognise the service providers that support Britain's finance community using the results of an annual survey, in which 1,380 FDs and financial decision-makers recorded their opinion.
The prestigious awards ceremony was held in Grosvenor Square, London and hosted by Real Business in association with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and supported by the Confederation of...
Pakistani politican Imran Khan has sent a message to his supporters and the people of Pakistan from his hospital bed in Lahore, urging the Electoral Commission of Pakistan and Supreme Court to take the rigging complaints seriously because the future of the country as well as democracy directly depended upon free and fair elections.
The message, posted on Facebook, shows Khan in his hospital bed where he is recovering after falling some 15 feet from a forklift during a campaign rally in Lahore, just days before historical elections in Pakistan. (NewsPoint)
Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin today visited the South Devon Link Road site to see how work is progressing.
Mr McLoughlin was joined by Anne Marie Morris, MP for Newton Abbot, where they viewed construction activity on the long awaited South Devon Link Road.
The Minister was also accompanied by Gordon Oliver, Mayor of Torbay; Andrew Leadbetter, Cabinet Member for Economy at Devon County Council; Stuart Hughes, Cabinet Member for Highways; Cllr Jeremy Christophers, Leader of Teignbridge District Council; Liz Waugh, interim Chief Executive of the Heart of...
Devon County Council has today welcomed Government backing for a new railway station in Exeter.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin was in Devon today to announce that the Department for Transport’s New Station Fund would provide half the funding of the near £1.5 million scheme for a new station at Newcourt. The other half will be met by developer contributions.
Devon County Council will now work with Network Rail to finalise the Newcourt station plans which will deliver a new platform and shelter, ticket machine and passenger information system, secure cycle parking,...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is welcoming some of the world’s favourite superheroes to the park on Monday 27 May. Superman, Batman and Captain America will meet and greet their fans throughout the day, as a way to celebrate the launch of the new Superman film ‘Man of Steel’.
When younger guests to Devon’s Crealy dress up as their favourite Superhero on the day, they will receive half price entry* to the South West’s No. 1 Family Attraction. And for the younger Annual Members who dress up on the day, they will receive a free fun gift when they arrive!
Personal assistants in the South West have high levels of job satisfaction and commitment to the profession, according to a national survey of PAs by Hays PA & Secretarial, the leading recruiting expert, to mark the launch of the search for the UK’s top PA through the Executive PA Magazine/Hays Awards. The research shows that PAs in the South West enjoy their jobs and want to remain within the profession, with almost two thirds (63%) of respondents saying they are either happy in their current role or would apply for a senior PA position in the same organisation. Three quarters (74%)...
Devon Artist Network with Chagford-based sponsor, Helpful Holidays , is delighted to announce the winners of the Devon Open Studios Emerging Artist Bursary Scheme.
The Bursary is running for the third year and aims to nurture and encourage new talent to take the next steps in their career by helping to fund their participation in this prestigious annual open studios event. We are grateful to our key sponsor, Helpful Holidays, which has grown to become one of the UK’s leading holiday home agencies, for funding this initiative that will support five emerging artists living and...
Exeter’s 10th annual Really Big Quiz really did turn out to be the biggest ever, raising an impressive £5,981.90 for the Lord Mayor of Exeter’s charity, SOCOPS – the most ever raised at the event.
Organised by chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards, this year with support from Tozers Solicitors, the quiz took place at the Corn Exchange in Exeter on Wednesday 8 May. More teams from local businesses entered than ever before, with a reserve list having to be started after the venue’s capacity of 70 teams was reached.
Guests enjoyed a lighthearted evening of challenging...
