Broadband provider Jurassic Fibre has installed its first 10Gbps connection at Winslade Park on the outskirts of Exeter.
The business park, which is set to generate around 2,000 sustainable employment opportunities, was connected to Jurassic Fibre’s cutting-edge network earlier this month.
With a 10Gbps connection from Jurassic Fibre, businesses will benefit from faster and more reliable connectivity, with access to a local customer support team based in Exeter.
Winslade Park is being developed by property group Burrington Estates. Once completed, it will...
Berry Recruitment has appointed Rebecca Hilling as regional manager for the South West – overseeing branches in Cornwall, Devon and Wales.
The experienced consultant has been with the group since it took over the company she worked for in 2010.
She oversaw the branch’s move from Falmouth to Truro and its expansion to cover the whole of Cornwall.
After a year of lockdowns and Covid restrictions in which the business prospered by supplying temporary workers across numerous sectors, she has been promoted.
Students studying Medicine, Nursing and Medical Imaging at the University of Exeter have supported the NHS in a wide range of roles throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Exeter and Truro, many Medical Students volunteered to help run the Novavax vaccine trial at the Royal Cornwall Hospital and Royal Devon & Exeter sites. The vaccine is now pending UK approval after showing 89 per cent efficacy in the UK-wide trial.
Exeter’s Medicine, Nursing and Medical Imaging students routinely support NHS teams while on placement across the region as part of their studies. Now,...
Staff and students at South Devon College are celebrating as it the first further education (FE) college in the country to have its Nursing Associate programme directly approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
This trailblazing validation comes on the back of news that student applications to healthcare related courses across the college are up by 200 per cent.
The pre-registration Nursing Associate foundation degree was created to bridge the gap between health care assistants and registered nurses and provide vital career progression for the future workforce...
A new report by UK merchant payment provider, Dojo, part of the Paymentsense brand, has revealed the extent to which Britain’s high streets are losing their ATM’s and which UK cities are the most affected.
During the pandemic, Exeter has lost 15 ATM's in the city, meaning there are now only 115 available to the residents, a decline of 11.54%.
The report found that between January 2019 and September 2020 the number of cash machines in Britain dropped from 62,967 to 55,674, a decrease of 7,293, with an average of over 340 machines disappearing from high streets every month...
Exeter financial experts Old Mill has acquired Yeovil-based family accountancy firm Ivan Rendall & Co.
Established in 1956 by Mr Ivan Rendall, Rendalls is one of the longest-established accountancy firms in Yeovil and services businesses of all sizes and across a wide range of sectors including agriculture, construction, manufacturing and retail. It is currently run by Ivan’s youngest son Stephen, 61, who has been managing director since 2011.
Stephen needed to find a new home for the business if he was to be able to retire and chose Old Mill because of its people-...
Devon Air Ambulance has recently signed up to an initiative which is eagerly approaching a number of charities to encourage them to show the salary on their job vacancy advertisements.
Show The Salary is an initiative that was born out of frustration at the lack of action being taken to address pay gaps and inequity in the charity sector. At the heart of the campaign is a commitment to fairness and equity, and to the people with lived experience of the impact of salary secrecy.
Where advertisers are seen to be keeping particular salaries a secret in their job ads, the...
Surfing helps improve police officers’ wellbeing and mental health, according to research from the University of Exeter Business School.
A research team evaluated the effectiveness of Surfwell, a health intervention programme spearheaded by Devon and Cornwall police that combines surfing with a programme of peer support and group therapy.
Around one in five police officers is thought to be living with some form of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to 2018 research by Police Care UK, with over 90% of officers and staff having been exposed to trauma and 65% not...
The inaugural celebration of NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day is set to take place on 5 July 2021, with Freemasons leading the event. The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the governing body for Freemasons, is inviting its 200,000 members to fly specially designed flags at 10am on 5 July, to celebrate this unique day dedicated to the NHS, social care and all those that work on the front line, who have saved so many lives during the pandemic. The celebration will also remember those workers we sadly lost. The UGLE is one of the core supporters of the event alongside the...
The flora and fauna of a renowned nature reserve is about to be given a huge helping hand by the arrival of six Dartmoor ponies.
The RSPB has teamed up with the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust who have arranged for the ponies to be relocated today (April 5) to its headquarters in Bedfordshire where they will help to restore the nature reserve through their natural grazing habits.
Dartmoor ponies are prized for their hardiness, even temperament, and ability to eat plants that other ponies and horses might balk at. Their day to day habits of browsing vegetation and trampling...
