Afternoon shopping for a new office!

Exeter-based SPACE has acquired 2,228 sq ft of office space at Kings Wharf overlooking Exeter Quay on behalf of Girling Jones Recruitment.

Girling Jones Recruitment, which specialises in the recruitment of technical professionals in the construction industry, had grown considerably in the past couple of years and in doing so needed to move from its current serviced office location to what would be this fresh young company’s first office of its own.

Simon Girling, Managing Director and founder, of Girling Jones Recruitment said “Due to our continued success and expanding...

Rathbones Spring Concert Series: Martin Cousin Piano

Event Date: 
15/05/2013 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, Exeter

Museum doors open at 6pm. Drinks are available from 6.30pm for a donation of £2. Concert begins at 7.30pm

Pre-concert suppers, £12.50: RAMM’s café is open from 6pm for pre-concert rustic suppers made with locally sourced ingredients.

Save with a Season ticket £48 (£42)

Programme includes:

  • Beethoven - Sonata in E flat Op.7
  • Brahms - Three Intermezzi Op.117
  • Rachmaninov - Sonata no.1 in D minor Op.28

Martin Cousin is one of the most exceptional pianists of his generation. A winner of the Gold Medal in the Royal Over-...

The Exeter Southgate Wedding Show

Event Date: 
23/05/2013 - 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Venue: 
The Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

The Exeter Southgate Wedding Show is the ultimate showcase designed to meet the needs of the bride & groom-to-be. Set in a magical and sophisticated atmosphere, the show will feature a wide range of products & services; elegant fashion, wedding cakes, music & entertainment, photography, venue decorating, jewellery, floral arrangements and much more.

The Wedding Show is a perfect place to find that must have item, and meet the finest wedding companies who will be on hand to help plan your most special day.

So visit The Exeter Southgate Wedding Show on Thursday...

Dream-A-Way helped by local Freemasons

As part of an annual programme of charitable giving, Devonshire Freemasons have again distributed over £20,000 to 25 local charities and worthy causes. The donations were presented by the Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire, Right Worshipful Brother Ian Kingsbury, at the Exmouth Masonic Hall, Exmouth on Friday evening 10 May.

Dream-A-Way was included in this distribution and received a donation of £1,250 towards providing holidays and days out for people with disabilities. Jeff Merrett MBE, Chairman of Dream-A-Way said “We are delighted that Devonshire Freemasons have chosen to...

The Mountbatten Dinner

Event Date: 
15/06/2013 - 6:30pm to 16/06/2013 - 2:00am
Venue: 
Commando Training Centre, Royal Marines

This year’s Mountbatten Dinner will be held in the heart of the Royal Marines at the Commando Training Centre on Saturday 15 June 2013.

The C Group is a Royal Marines charity that inspires business to support Royal Marines in need whilst they are serving, in transition to civilian life and thereafter. We do this by asking businesses for in kind support in the form of mentoring, internships and permanent jobs.

The Mountbatten Dinner is an annual auction dinner that raises funds which are dispersed to veterans to assist with training for new careers and their welfare needs...

Springtime in Exeter - in between the (snow) showers!

By no means of the imagination can we say that we have had a good spring - here we are in May and there are still heavy rainstorms across the South West and although there are no reports of snow in Exeter, there have been snow showers on Dartmoor! - however nature is doing its utmost to shine despite the inclement weather.

Here are a few signs of nature doing what it does best in and around the city. Keep your eyes open for signs of botanical bravery against all the odds.

Photos by Chris Wollacott of Peninsular OneSource

Have you taken any beautiful photos of Exeter...

Legendary Chaz Thorogood to play at Lobster on the Lawn

Top musician Chaz Thorogood is to headline Lobster on the Lawn at The Magdalen Chapter on Bank Holiday Monday.

Chapter Hotels, in association with Quba & Co, are delighted to be playing host to this iconic Devon singer songwriter on Monday 27 May.

Live music and bank holidays at The Magdalen Chapter go hand in hand. The Quba & Co Stage, nestled in the manicured gardens of the hotel, promises to provide the very best music while guests can sit back and enjoy the culinary delights cooked up by head chef Ben Bulger.

To celebrate the start of the lobster season...

35,000 fewer jobs in South West, says TUC as general secretary Frances O'Grady visits region

There were 35,000 fewer jobs in the South West at the end of last year than before the recession, according to the latest workforce Jobs figures published by the Office for National Statistics. The workforce jobs figures show that September 2007 and September 2012, the number of jobs in the South West fell by 35,000. Across the UK only three regions – London, the South East and Wales – experienced any net growth in jobs. The TUC, whose leader Frances O’Grady visits the region today (Wednesday), says job creation in key industries across the South West has not been strong enough to replace...

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