It’s not surprising that solicitor divorce enquiries surge following the stressful festive period every January. According to statistics, around 42% of marriages end in divorce and in 2019 there were 108, 421 in the UK.
Divorcing can be one of the most stressful and turbulent periods of your life, often with families, living arrangements and finances to worry about. If you are considering a divorce, then it’s always worth finding out the legal facts and procedures from a reputable family lawyer, if you are looking for advice or information, this page lists the best divorce...
Browne Jacobson has announced its new charity partners which it will support to raise vital funds for over the next two years. Each of the firm’s five offices have nominated a local community charity that underpin its commitment to diversity and inclusion as well as corporate social responsibility. The regional charities include two organisations that are focused on tackling homelessness, an organisation that works with unemployed and disadvantaged young people; an organisation that is helping to forge connections between young people from diverse, lower income backgrounds and...
Extensive preventative work by highways teams has improved the overall condition of Devon’s roads, with 27 per cent fewer potholes recorded than four years ago.
The figures coincide with National Pothole Day, an annual opportunity to take stock of the ‘health’ of the nation’s highways.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways Management says that in Devon the general state of the roads over the last four years has improved; in 2018, 67,989 potholes were recorded; in 2021 this number fell to 49,871.
Businesses, no matter what industry they are in, need to have a good marketing strategy if they want to be successful. Marketing is all about creating awareness of a company and its products or services and reaching as many people as possible. There are many different types of marketing strategies, and each one has its strengths and weaknesses. There are also various tools available that can help you capture more leads, increase sales and reduce cart abandonment since more and more people move away from brick and mortar stores and move online. One such toolkit is found on Socital’s...
Using a different language can reduce vaccine hesitancy, study finds
Vaccine hesitancy could be reduced by providing health information in a foreign language, a new study finds.
The study found that when presenting two groups with the same information about vaccines in two different but familiar languages, the use of one language corresponded with a 7% higher number of people saying “yes” and a 7% lower number of people saying “unsure” when asked whether they intended to get vaccinated.
The research, led by Assistant Professor Janet Geipel from the University of...
Wood burners are a thing of magic. They can keep you warm for a fraction of the price you’d pay for gas or electric heating. Installing one instantly makes your home look ten times as cosy. And once you light some beautifully-burning premium Lekto firewood in it, the atmosphere becomes absolutely magical.
But if you want your wood burner to last you a long time, it is paramount that you maintain it properly. This will help your firewood burn hotter and cleaner, protect your home from combustion hazards, and prolong the lifetime of the wood burner itself.
Whilst the post-Christmas period can leave many individuals feeling deflated, these January blues will only be compounded further as the uncertainty surrounding Covid continues to loom, and cases related to the new Omicron variant are on the rise.
With the Government now advising people to work from home where possible, this uncertainty will unfortunately be converted into work-related stress for a lot of people, especially if the new guidelines make it increasingly difficult for them to remain productive upon their return to work.
A survey of over 300 leaders of tech SMEs across the Southwest has revealed what makes the region so well suited for both new and experienced entrepreneurs to set up shop.
The research, commissioned by Bristol-based Antidote Communications, in conjunction with TechSpark, found that 36% of surveyed tech business leaders identify as female. This far surpasses the national averages of 22% of tech directors , 17% female startup leaders ( Startup Salary Survey ) and only 8% of the FTSE CEO s.
The research also highlighted further areas where the Southwest proved to have fewer...
After two years of uncertainty and social isolation, new research from the Jo Cox Foundation (conducted by ICM Unlimited) suggests people in the South West are less lonely - with 58% having reported ever feeling lonely in the past month, versus the national average of 67%. However the vast majority in the South West (75%) still think there is a stigma around talking about loneliness, rising to a worrying 91% among young people in the UK.
Kicking off on Blue Monday (17 January) and running until 30 January, the Great Winter Get Together is the Jo Cox Foundation’s annual campaign...
The local branch of Samaritans is encouraging people across East Devon to reach out to someone they care about for a cuppa and a catch up for Brew Monday, January 17.
Whilst the third Monday in January is sometimes referred to as ‘the most difficult day of the year’, the charity is highlighting that there’s no such thing as ‘Blue Monday’ as people can feel a range of emotions any day of the year.
Volunteers from the Exeter, Mid & East Devon branch Samaritans will be joined by station staff at a range of station in Exeter and across much of the county on January 17...
