Households can save hundreds of pounds every year by switching from a private vehicle to car club membership, new research has revealed.
Mark Richardson, 50, a foodbank manager from Exeter, has told how he and his family saved £3,500 since giving up their private car in 2020.
The new research by Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) comes as the charity launches a new tool which tells people how much money, carbon and calories they could save by using car clubs, bike share schemes, walking and cycling.
CoMoUK has created the Travel Better Tool - which is available...
With summer well and truly bere, Devon & Cornwall Police are asking everyone to have fun, drink responsibly and plan to get home safely.
The annual drink and drug drive summer campaign, #WhosGonnaDriveYouHome, started on 1 July and runs throughout July and August 2022.
Devon and Cornwall roads policing officers will be proactively patrolling the roads of Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, to ensure those who get behind the wheel after drinking or taking drugs are dealt with robustly.
Last summer 385 people failed a breath test at the roadside while 61...
Join former England international and true giant of the game Martin Bayfield at Exeter Corn Exchange when he takes to the stage to entertain the audience with tales not just from his own varied career in and out of the game but joining him onstage will be World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Phil Vickery along with former Rugby World Player of the Year and regular TV presenter & Pundit Brian Moore.
Expect stories about international games, local teams and players, matches played on 6” of grass, mud in the winter and hard pan in the autumn and spring months. Hear about...
The Devon Art Society´s Summer Art Show with works for sale, will be held at St. Anne’s Hall, Babbacombe. There will be hundreds of paintings on display. The artists are showing works covering classical themes such as floral, still-life, figurative and landscape as well as seascape subject matters and some abstracts too.
Businesses led by women were hit harder by COVID-19 than those led by men, according to a new study.
The study, published in The World Bank Research Observer , looked at the performances of 40,000 businesses in 49 countries between April and September 2020 using interviews and analysis from the World Bank’s Business Pulse Survey and Enterprise Survey programmes.
The data, which focused on firms of all sizes in the hospitality, manufacturing, retail and wholesale, and service industries, covered countries from East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America...
Join former England international and true giant of the game Martin Bayfield at Exeter Corn Exchange when he takes to the stage to entertain the audience with tales not just from his own varied career in and out of the game but joining him onstage will be World Cup winners Lawrence Dallaglio and Phil Vickery along with former Rugby World Player of the Year and regular TV presenter & Pundit Brian Moore.
Expect stories about international games, local teams and players, matches played on 6” of grass, mud in the winter and hard pan in the autumn and spring months. Hear about...
Casual swimmers should be aware of the risk of drowning when taking a dip in the water during the hot weather, council leaders are warning today.
The Local Government Association, which represents councils across England and Wales, is urging people to keep safe in the water and learn what do in case of an emergency, ahead of next week’s heatwave.
Last year, 277 people died as a result of accidental drowning, an increase in 23 deaths from the previous year.
With more people likely to be out near water during the latest spell of hot weather, councils are urging...
Marine-i Programme Director, Professor Lars Johanning, welcomed delegates to the PRIMaRE conference which took place at the University of Exeter campus at Penryn on 6th and 7th July, 2022. Marine-i was one of the sponsors of this event.
Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly grow through harnessing the full potential of research and innovation.
The Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) is a network of world-class research institutions who...
National law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has welcomed Phil Parrott as a Legal Director to its Commercial Property team
Phil will be based at Foot Anstey's Exeter office and prior to joining Foot Anstey, Phil worked for Nabarro LLP and Michelmores LLP as well as a period working in-house at Prydis. He has extensive experience in dealing with a variety of real estate centric matters, with specialisms in landlord and tenant matters, focusing on retail, industrial and corporate occupier work as well as leading on local development projects.
Philip Everett-Lyons, founder and CEO of premium rum blender Hattiers Rum, has been shortlisted for the Food & Drink Entrepreneur of the Year award in the prestigious 2022 Great British Entrepreneur Awards (South West region). Established in 2017, Philip founded Hattiers Rum after he and his wife moved back home to the beautiful South Hams in Devon. With incredibly stiff competition and over 5,300 applications for the awards, this year’s winners will be announced during the Grand Final on Monday 21st November at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Creating premium blended aged rums,...
