Exeter chartered accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards is thrilled to announce that the top auction lot at its 12th annual Really Big Quiz will be a very special evening and night’s accommodation aboard HMS Defender – a Daring-class air-defence destroyer whose White Ensign was raised for the first time as a Royal Naval vessel in 2012. Under the command of Commander Stephen Higham, HMS Defender is the affiliated ship of the City of Exeter.
The unique experience for two people includes a Navy escort from home to where the ship is docked (at either Plymouth or Portsmouth), dinner with the...
Boys and girls at Exeter Cathedral School are getting ready to move into a brand new, state of the art, single storey nursery in May.
The nursery pupils aged from rising three to five, will benefit from two new classrooms, a sensory room and newly landscaped gardens in two distinct zones– an ‘active zone’, where the children can ride bikes and let off steam, and a ‘natural zone’ which will include a ‘bug hotel’, sandpit, tree house and gardening plots for each teaching group.
The school has invested over half a million pounds in this exciting project in order to offer the...
Young visitors to the X-ray department at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital are being asked to help decide on a design theme for a new children’s X-ray room.
Having an x-ray can be quite a scary experience for young patients so the Medical Imaging staff are keen to create a clinical area that is more welcoming and friendly.
Children visiting the X-ray department can now vote for a theme – underwater, jungle or space – by placing a token in the corresponding voting box in the waiting room.
The team are hoping to raise funds to refurbish an existing X-ray room with...
Easter was the busiest period of the year so far for Exeter Airport with over sixteen and a half thousand inbound and outbound passengers using the airport over the holiday period; a figure which was helped by the re-introduction of the Flybe ‘sun routes’ to Alicante, Malaga and Faro.
A high level of bookings on the other Flybe services, together with those of Skybus and Thomson flights which operated to as far away as Sharm El Sheikh, meant that the airport was over fifteen percent busier than Easter last year.
Exeter Airport managing director Matt Roach said: “The Easter...
An initial £750,000 of funding from Virgin StartUp will be available for up to 100 businesses that successfully run a campaign on the UK’s No 1 rewards-based crowdfunding platform. As part of the pioneering partnership, those who raise funding through Crowdfunder, could be automatically eligible for a Virgin Start-Up loan of up to £25,000. Every successful applicant, will also be matched with their very own mentor who will be committed to at least 15 hours of one-on-one face-to-face support over a year. "Working with Virgin Start Up to champion funding for start-ups will create many...
One of the UK’s leading comedians is back on the road this autumn with a brand new show! You know - that bloke. The Irish guy. No, not the bald one - the other one. You know him. The one Carol from work really likes. Wait, that might be Jason Byrne. Anyway….funny chap….has a new show!
The star of Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, Live At The Apollo, Comic Relief Bake Off and Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure will be bringing his new show Outside Looking In to the Exeter’s Corn Exchange on Monday 16th November.
As an observational stand up, Ed Byrne is unrivalled....
On Friday 27 February, Sandford Parish Hall hosted a sell-out quiz which was organised by members of Newton St Cyres Young Farmers Club and the Crediton/Witheridge branch of the National Farmers Union.
The successful event raised £1,745 for the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) and the Farming Community Network (FCN).
Andrew Goodridge from RABI said ‘Devon Young Farmers are a real credit to the organisation. As a former member of Exeter Young Farmers, the evening brought back many happy memories and it was good to see the tradition of charity work still high...
Poltimore House is delighted to host a return visit by this talented duo whose eclectic musical style and highly personal songs are earning them a growing fan base across the world.
Have you ever wondered about the history of Poltimore House and Estate, curious to know what happens next? Now is the chance to hear about the house and the Bampfylde family who lived there. Join us for a talk and guided tour followed by tea. Numbers limited so booking is essential.
