Entries are now open for one of the South West’s most vibrant and longest running film festivals, Two Short Nights. Festival organisers are inviting submissions from filmmakers based across the UK andbeyond, working in every genre, from animation and documentary to moving image artwork and music videos. Each winter, Two Short Nights Film Festival brings crowds of film lovers, filmmakers and industry specialists to Exeter’s city-centre arts hub Exeter Phoenix to indulge in a varied programme of screenings, workshops and events celebrating short film. Now in its 16th year, the festival...
Economic growth in the South West lost momentum at the start of 2017, while there was a strong rise in cost pressures faced by local businesses, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional PMI.
The South West PMI® fell to 54.8 in January, down from 58.7 in December. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.
Data from January showed that the pace of growth in business output and new work eased. Firms continuing to create jobs, however, albeit at a slower rate than in December.
This extra caution towards hiring can be linked to rising input costs...
A short workshop for SME business managers, after which you will understand the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its commercial impact.
The GDPR represents a fundamental change in the market, and as any businessperson knows, change equals opportunity. So while we will look at the GDPR as a new compliance risk, we will also look at what market change the GDPR is trying to drive, how this impacts business and what opportunities it creates for those that see change as commercial opportunity.
FRIDAY 21st APRIL Evening: 7.30pm DEVON YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA with Graham Hutton (Two Bands) £10 Family ticket (2 adults + 2 U18s) £30
SATURDAY 22nd APRIL Afternoon 2pm, 3.30pm & 6pm respectively MATT CARTER ORGAN TRIO £12 ANNIKA SKOOGH QUARTET £12 ALEX CHAPMAN TRIO £10
SATURDAY 22nd APRIL Evening 7.30pm THE BATEMAN BROTHERS TRIBUTE TO LOUIS ARMSTRONG & HIS ALLSTARS with MAGGIE REEDAY £15
SUNDAY 23rd APRIL Afternoon 2pm, 3.30pm & 6pm respectively THE JULIAN PIPER BLUES BAND £12 THE CRAIG MILVERTON LEGACY BAND featuring ELEISHA MAY (vocals) and BEN...
The Donkey Sanctuary is welcoming volunteers to its Woodland Management Volunteer Day near Honiton on Saturday 18 February from 10am till 4pm.
Each month the Sanctuary runs wildlife and conservation volunteer days, which include outdoor practical tasks such as gardening, woodland management, hedge planting, willow weaving and the building of bug hotels. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet like-minded people, share and learn skills, and have fun.
This month, the team will be carrying out woodland management at Brookfield Farm, near Honiton, which is home to over 300...
New recruits are joining the growing ranks of Devon County Council’s Community Road Wardens.
Around a quarter of town and parish councils in Devon have now either signed up as Roads Wardens or have been trained or are waiting for training as part of the scheme.
Community Road Wardens can carry out a range of duties including minor work such as weed clearance, grass cutting, sign cleaning, small drainage work, and minor road repairs. They act as their town or parish’s primary point of contact with the County Council’s local Neighbourhood Highway Officers.
CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading support charity for children and young people with cancer and their families.
Last month, colleagues at Morrison’s supermarkets in and around Exeter held a colleague ballot for their new charity partner, and we are delighted to announce that we won!
Thousands of people across the UK, including those in Morrison’s around Exeter area got involved in our campaign - and without them this simply would have been possible.
So if you are reading this now – thank you!
We can't wait to start fundraising with the wonderful people at...
Strictly Come Dancing professional dander an winner Pasha Kovalev announces a special month of February Valentines promotion.
His brand new show, Let’s Dance the Night Away, which is coming to Exeter Corn Exchange on 28 May, features special guests, live singing and involves kids from the local dance communities.
Pasha arrived in the UK in 2011 as one of the professionals on STRICTLY COME DANCING. His first celebrity partner was Chelsee Healey and they became the nation’s favourites when they were runners up to the coveted title.
Construction of the final phase of a vital scheme to improve transport links between the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point and the city has today (Friday 10 February) been approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet.
Councillors backed the £5.2 million scheme for the remaining section of the Tithebarn Link Road as well as the development of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the M5.
The completed road will provide an alternative route for traffic travelling between Exeter and the developments of Cranbrook, Skypark and Exeter Science Park.
On Saturday 4 March a new exhibition of paintings by Devon based painter Maite Jenner opens at the Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown.
Maite Jenner was born in the Basque city of Donostia (San Sebastian) in 1957. She was brought up in the market town of Beasain some 25 miles inland. Many of her early paintings depict the iconic Basque Mountain Txindoki which overshadows the town in which she grew up. Indeed her maiden name Maite Mendia literally means ‘Beloved Mountain,’ a phrase which perfectly embodies one of her main passions in life - art in the form of...
