Shoppers are being given an early Christmas present by the City Council – a great parking offer!
Customers will be able to double the length of their stay in the Council’s Pay & Display car parks when arriving after 10.00am on Wednesdays in December.
The length of stay indicated on the purchased ticket will be doubled by officers undertaking enforcement patrols.
Councillor Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy & Culture said: “The aim is to encourage people to spend longer enjoying what Exeter has to offer and to encourage people to come into the city on...
A government scheme to make social housing tenants pay higher rents if they are earning more, has come under criticism from Exeter City Council.
The City Council has been critical of the Pay to Stay scheme which is due to be introduced from April 2017. The Council believes there should be greater freedom for local authorities to decide on the level of rents and not be dictated from by central government.
It is also critical of the scheme for ruling that any increased rents should be ploughed back to central government and not the City Council. The City Council has fed its...
An innovative partnership which shares ICT services between East Devon, Exeter and Teignbridge Councils is marking its first anniversary this month (November) following a very successful 12 months in business.
Over the last year, Strata Service Solutions, has been central to the work of the three councils by supporting the day-to-day ICT at each local authority and assisting in the development of working in new ways.
Strata is a stand-alone limited company which is owned and controlled equally by the three councils. The company is made up of ICT staff from each of the...
Stagecoach have unexpectedly brought forward the start date for work on the new bus depot at Matford, meaning a temporary closure of the weekly Sunday market and car boot sale at the Exeter Livestock Centre.
This week's market (Sunday 2 November) will be the last until the new year, with the market re-opening on Sunday 3 January.
It had been expected that the works on the depot would start in February and the market would have been able to operate alongside it. However the Livestock Centre is currently undergoing major works to replace its roof and install solar panels, two...
Celebrate Halloween this October half-term at Exeter’s spooky Underground Passages.
Between 24 October – 1 November there will be special ‘Witches & Wizards Tours’ where children are invited to explore under the city’s streets on special guided tours and discover ingredients for magic spells. Using the ingredients found, the young adventurers are challenged to concoct their own magic spell and enter it into a competition with the opportunity to win one of many fantastic prizes!
On Saturday 31 October the tour guides will also be running special ‘Gory Story Tours’...
People can find out how to become a councillor on Tuesday (13 October) as part of Exeter's Local Democracy Week.
Next May sees all-out elections in Exeter, with 39 seats up for grabs following the changing of ward boundaries last week by the Boundary Commission.
Local Democracy Week runs from 12 to 16 October. 'Make a difference: Be a Councillor’ is a free workshop running at the Guildhall on Tuesday from 5.30pm, taking people through just what is involved in being a councillor. There will be a question and answer session with Council Leader Pete Edwards and Cllr Peter...
Social enterprises in Exeter are being celebrated at the weekend as part of a nationwide initiative - Social Saturday.
Saturday (10 October) marks a UK-wide day of activity to celebrate, raise awareness and buy from social enterprises.
What sets these businesses aside from traditional businesses is that they trade for a social or an environmental purpose. They reinvest or donate their profits to meet this purpose.
Exeter City Council is recognising the importance of social enterprises both to the local economy and to the city’s culture by getting involved in the day...
Exeter's Rugby World Cup 2015 Fanzone is proving so popular, extra provisions are being brought in to cope with a high demand from thirsty fans.
The extra facilities will be in place for Saturday's crunch match - England versus Australia, which is being shown on a large screen in the Exeter Fanzone (kick-off at 8pm) along with two other matches earlier in the day.
Sandy Park is providing the extra bars in the Fanzone after queues developed in the bar area during the England v Wales screening.
Council Leader Pete Edwards said the atmosphere in Exeter was like a "wave...
An initiative to get more adults in Exeter active has today (1 October) received a massive financial boost.
Get Active Exeter, whose ambition is to make Exeter the most active city in the South West by 2018, has been given a £130,000 grant from Sport England.
Get Active Exeter is a multi-sports partnership led by Exeter City Council, Exeter Health and Wellbeing Board and Active Devon, set up to get more adults in Exeter involved in physical activity.
The partnership will motivate and engage new people in Exeter to take part in regular sport and physical activity. It...
The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Exeter City Council.
Today’s publication follows an eight-week public consultation on its draft proposals and draws new boundaries for each council ward across Exeter.
The Commission’s final recommendations propose that Exeter should be represented by 39 city councillors in the future: one fewer than the current arrangement. The recommendations also propose that those councillors should represent thirteen three-member wards across the...
