The annual Tech South West Awards have opened for entries as the prestigious event returns for a fourth year to celebrate the region’s tech sector.
Covering the whole of the South West from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset to Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, the awards showcase innovation across the region’s fastest growing sector.
Awards include Best StartUp, Women in Tech, MarineTech, Commitment to Diversity, Workplace Culture, AgriTech, Tech For Good, FinTech and Commitment to Talent.
The launch comes hot on the heels of the release of the SW...
VUE has announced its latest calendar of sporting events, featuring Europe’s top teams facing off in the UEFA finals.
From Tuesday 3 May, football fans can watch some of England’s biggest teams play for glory across two of world football’s biggest club competitions, as the UEFA Champions League and Europa League screen at Vue in partnership with BT Sport.
The scene has been set for a new European champion in both competitions, as last years Champions League winners and current Club World Cup champions, Chelsea, and last year’s Europa League winners, Sevilla, have been...
This August, a group of world famous adventurers and explorers will make their way to Devon creating a once in a lifetime opportunity for kids and adults to see their heroes and hear all of their exciting tales in one place. Bear Grylls, known for his wild adventures, will be joined by expedition legends including Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Ed Stafford and Laura Bingham at Nature Valley Gone Wild Festival, and for the first time the festival is now offering day tickets.
Those living across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset will be delighted to hear that after many requests Nature Valley...
The Digital era made changes in the way we do almost everything, even how we seek new job opportunities. Companies use advanced software solutions to quickly scan for the most interesting candidates, avoiding resumes that lack essential keywords. Numerous other digital solutions and hiring practices forced candidates to look for resume help services in order to make their applications more appealing.
We did some research to find out how important it is to hire a professional resume writer when applying for a certain job. We’ll list the most notable benefits that these services...
Wetter weather earlier in the year followed by warmer, sunnier spells this month in Devon may make pets and people more prone to ticks when walking in woodlands or long vegetation, Public Health Devon warn .
“Ticks thrive in warmer weather and in lush vegetation,” says Steve Brown, Director of Public Health Devon. “And with warmer weather and people taking to the outdoors for recreation, woodlands and overgrown paths are likely to have ticks living among them.”
There are approximately 1,500 cases of Lyme disease, commonly spread by ticks, in England and Wales each year...
AN Exeter optometrist whose diagnosis saved a woman’s sight is raising awareness about the importance of eye tests.
Emily Beard, who works at the Specsavers Exeter store, assessed a 33-year-old woman whose sight was deteriorating.
As part of an extensive eye examination Emily used a hospital-grade optical coherence tomography (OCT) machine to look at the woman’s eyes and what she saw concerned her, so she urgently referred the woman to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
They immediately did an MRI scan and found a tumour pressing down on her optic nerves. The...
Low website speed is extremely frustrating – and something which could put people off returning to your site again. How do you improve your website’s speed? We've listed some ideas on how to improve performance and gain high return visits and higher ranks in organic search.
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To assess your website's performance, start with a speed test, determining your current loading time. Once you have conducted a page speed test, choose the best solutions for page speed improvement.
How to increase page speed? The first suggestion is to use a...
This week marked a landmark moment for our organisation, as the doors to the Courtyard Exeter Sandy Park Hotel opened to the public.
Tony Rowe OBE, Chairman & Chief Executive of Exeter Rugby Club was joined by the wider board of directors for the grand unveiling, celebrating a new chapter in the history of the business.
The spectacular, £40 million development is the latest feature in the expansion of the Sandy Park site, following on from the re-developed East Stand at the beginning of the year, and marks a significant investment in the future of the wider business...
