Following the announcement of a surprise General Election, to be held on the 8th June, Exeter Chamber members are invited to attend a special networking lunch on Wednesday 24th May which will be a dedicated election question time giving members a chance to meet Exeter’s candidates.
All candidates from the Exeter constituency have been invited to partake in this event.
Derek Phillips, Vice President of Exeter Chamber, said; “We are very much looking forward to hosting this election question time. We have successfully held these question time events for the past two general...
One of Devon’s leading law firms and winner of the UK Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards, has revealed its year end figures, showing strong growth in the sector. Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, experienced growth of 8 per cent, taking fee income to £19.285m million in the year ended April 2017. In a year of uncertainty due to the EU referendum result, the firm saw this as strong growth. Average fee growth in recent years has been 12.5 per cent. Since 2013 the firm’s turnover has grown by 50 per cent, representing strong organic, self-funded growth in the...
Anyone can get one of thousands of FREE musical instrument lessons available nationwide on Learn to Play Day 2017. Plus, there will be loads of special event offers and competitions to take part in. There has never been a better time to start to learn playing music! The event is the flagship event of the charity Music for All in partnership with the Musicians’ Union, the Arts Council ‘Take It Away’ scheme and Making Music. Its aim is to get everyone, young and old, and different levels of experience to be inspired or return to learning to play a musical instrument. Playing music has the...
Want to know more about changes to your recycling and waste collections starting in June? Come along to one of our information days
Service change already introduced in Exmouth and will be rolled out district-wide from June 12, 2017
East Devon’s recycling and waste team is holding a series of information events across the district over the next few weeks to help residents with the new collection changes which begin next month.
From June 12, all East Devon households will be able to recycle more than ever before as the council has added extra recycling materials to...
Volunteers are needed for an event to help clean up the Exe Estuary.
People are asked to meet at the Imperial Recreation Ground slipway in Exmouth at 2pm on Saturday 13 May, to spend a couple of hours cleaning up the estuary.
Staff from the local McDonald’s will be on hand to offer refreshments prior to the clean.
After a couple of hours of cleaning, Tim and Kelly Barnes, owners of Krispies Fish & Chips, have offered to feed volunteers with a hot supper of Fish & Chips, free of charge! Krispies have just won a national award for their chips – they are...
Internationally acclaimed pianist and composer Stephen Beville and concert violinist Jonathan Storer present a meditative programme of violin and piano music - featuring Arvo Part's Fratres, Spiegel im Spiegel, Beville's Monodrama (world premiere) and Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, Op 47.
Chopin - Two Nocturnes, Op 27 Chopin - Ballad No.3 in A-flat, Op 36 Beville - Monodrama (2011) Arvo Part - Fratres (1977/80) Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Police are appealing for witnesses after a substantial amount of gold jewellery was taken during a burglary at an address in Budleigh Salterton.
Offenders entered the home on Armytage Road in Budleigh Salterton on Monday 1 May 2017 between 11.30am and 4pm.
They managed to escape with a large amount of Indian wedding gold jewellery.
Police are investigating the burglary and would like to hear from anyone who may have seen or heard any suspicious activity in the area at the time of the offence.
Anyone with information is asked to email 101@dc.police.uk or...
Twenty-two students from Blundell’s School took part in the annual Ten Tors event on Dartmoor over the weekend.
Despite gale force conditions in camp the night before the event, reducing sleep to just a couple of hours, all students made it to the start line at 7am and completed their respective distances in great spirits.
Conditions which improved as the weekend progressed served well to spur them on. Blundell’s fielded three teams; two 35 mile groups and a 45 mile group.
They were also fortunate to be offered places for four individuals with other teams, two with...
Private Bill Herd was a 25-year-old father-of- two from Exeter when he left his job as a Carter to join the Devonshire Regiment in 1914. He was killed in action four years later at Bapaume, France.
Bill was one of 11,500 Devon men and women who died in the First World War and will be remembered as part of an extraordinary ‘people’s tribute’ staged at the Devon County Show on May 18, 19 and 20 at Westpoint, Exeter.
Six months ago the Show appealed to local people to make a poppy in memory of those who had lost their lives and was stunned to receive just under 31,000 poppies...
Exeter School is delighted to offer eight free places to children from the local community. The co-educational independent school for children aged 7 – 18 has received sufficient donations and legacies from former pupils, in addition to ongoing grants from a local charity, to create eight bursaries for children from Exeter. Headmaster Bob Griffin said he was delighted with the interest shown in the free places which were launched last year. “We have already started awarding bursaries to local children who will begin their educational journey at Exeter School in September 2017,” he said. “...
