Heat networks that will use Energy from Waste to be developed in East Devon and London with support of funding awarded through the Government’s Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).
Over £250 million of funding has been awarded to heat network schemes under the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) since it opened its doors to applicants in 2018. The total Capex of schemes offered HNIP funding exceeds £826 million highlighting the scale of the opportunity for investment in the sector.
Ken Hunnisett, Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management, said: “Heat...
With the average British household now paying £1.1 million in taxes over their lifetime, Perrys Chartered Accountants provides its six top tips to make sure you aren’t overpaying.
1. Check your tax code
If you’re a full or part-time employee you’re likely to be paying tax via pay-as-you-earn (PAYE). This means your income tax is deducted at source and goes straight to HMRC. Your tax code is essentially a few numbers and a letter, for example 1257L, and it’s shown on your payslip. Those few digits can make quite a difference to the amount of tax you’re paying, and it’s...
Anne Marie Morris MP was getting in the spirit on Friday 6th May at a visit to Exeter Gin to see the distillery premises in Teignmouth.
Exeter Gin was born from listening to their customers at their family-run pop-up gin bar in the heart of Exeter. Managing Director Karen Skerratt noticed that there was a demand for an Exeter gin after trying to source some for the gin bar. To no avail, she decided to make it herself. The distillery houses three main stills as well as a hand bottling, waxing, and labelling area.
Karen Skerratt, Founder of Exeter Gin, was keen to win the...
The city of Exeter has some pretty wacky regulations, but how do these compare to the strangest laws in the UK?
Technology law firm EM Law has devised an infographic that unveils some of the UK’s strangest laws and we’ll explore some of those laws and other renowned unique UK laws, as well as those that have been implemented in Exeter.
1. Posting a letter with the stamp upside down is theoretically unlawful in the United Kingdom
Placing a stamp upside down was treacherous because it desecrated the monarchy's image. It's considered treason. The Treason Felony Act of 1848...
From 26th May – 29th August, 10am-10pm daily, sit back, relax, and soak up the sun at the pop-up Mojito Beach Bar in Princesshay Square!
Packed to the brim with all the holiday vibes – beach-hut styled umbrellas, cocktails, real sand, palm trees, live music and more, you can find the beach in the heart of Exeter this summer.
Visitors to Princesshay can enjoy a range of refreshing cocktails and mocktails and selection of Princesshay’s restaurants will also be serving up a taste of summer.
Now that classical music concerts have really begun again in earnest after the bad old days of lockdown, we are lucky that musicians are returning to perform in St. Margaret's Church in Topsham, and make use of its beautiful Yamaha grand piano again.
One such is Exeter pianist and composer Stephen Beville, who last played here in 2019. His new programme Angels and Saints contains one of his own compositions entitled Portrait of the Angel Raphael , plus music by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. It concludes with Franz Liszt's, Deux Legendes, an interesting piece which celebrates both...
Met curtains and garden gnomes are OUT, and home gyms and EV charging points are IN, according to new research
A new study of people in the South West aged 65 plus from the developer behind the Pym Court Retirement Living Plus development on Exeter Road in Topsham has revealed a list of interior trends for retirees, that are IN and the ones that are well and truly OUT.
The study, by leading developer of retirement communities, McCarthy Stone, has found that today’s over 65s in the South West are after top spec home security systems (a must for 46 percent), electric vehicle charging...
A new fund, launched in memory of Juliet Garmoyle, aims to transform children’s mental health support in Devon and the South West of England.
The Juliet Garmoyle Fund was launched in March at her memorial service held at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, attended by over 600 people. The Fund will enable leading children’s mental health charity Place2Be to extend its vital school-based support into the South West of England for the first time.
Hugh, Juliet’s husband, has already pledged £1 million to help establish the fund. An additional 136 donors have already...
Bob Dylan’s first limited-edition triptych print makes its debut at Castle Fine Art this month. 'Sunset, Monument Valley', recreated from an original artwork featured in the groundbreaking Retrospectrum touring museum exhibition, captures the acoustic American landscape seen in The Beaten Path series. Originally painted in acrylic on canvas, this exclusive hand-signed limited-edition artwork has been recreated in a silkscreen format.
Recreated by a specialist atelier team, this seminal new artwork is a painting comprised of three individual panels, the composition influenced by...
Chief Ouray Crowfoot and a delegation from the Siksika Nation in Canada will take possession of sacred regalia in a handover event in Exeter on 19 May 2022.
The regalia and other belongings which has been housed in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery in Exeter since 1878, include a buckskin shirt, pair of leggings, a knife with feather bundle, two beaded bags and a horsewhip. These objects once belonged to Chief Crowfoot, an important late nineteenth-century Blackfoot leader.
Following a blessing at the museum, the regalia will be packed and returned to...
