Devon County Council is calling on small and medium-sized businesses to think about the benefits of offering an apprenticeship.
The Council is organising a special event at Sandy Park in Exeter on Tuesday 12 March to bring young people and potential employers together.
Businesses are being encouraged to sign up to the event to see how they could get involved and maybe find a suitable apprentice for their organisation.
The day starts with a Business Breakfast between 8:00 and 9:00 am for those considering taking on apprentices to find out more information.
Specialists from Devon and Cornwall Police have worked closely with Exeter City Council to help secure a prestigious Park Mark award for its John Lewis car park, Exeter.
The John Lewis car park, formerly King William Street car park, reopened for business during September 2012 and has been successful in achieving the Park Mark Safer Parking accreditation for the first time. Previous attempts to secure the award were unsuccessful due to high crime figures and ongoing reports of anti-social behaviour.
Refurbishments amounting to £900,000 have included the relocation of on-...
Work has begun on the installation of solar panels on Exeter City Council's buildings.
The 800 panels, which are currently being put up on two roofs of the Civic Centre and three other sites across Exeter, will have a capacity of about 200 kilowatts – that’s the equivalent of 50 standard domestic solar photovoltaic systems!
The panels, which are being installed by Exeter renewable energy specialist SunGift Solar, will deliver an on-going reduction in the Council's energy costs as well as reducing its carbon footprint. The other buildings benefitting from the 'green'...
School children from Pinhoe Primary School, Exeter, will be visiting their local recycling centre on Monday 11th February to find out what happens to our waste.
The group of 8 to 11 year olds will be at the award-winning Pinbrook Road Recycling Centre to learn what happens to paper, glass, cans, plastic and other recycling when it is brought into the site, where it goes and how it is made into new items.
The Centre opened in June 2011 to provide a second recycling centre in Exeter as the existing one in Marsh Barton was reaching capacity. The Pinbrook centre provides a site...
Senior Exeter City Council housing officers will be at St Steven’s Church, High Street from 10.30am to 3.00pm on Thursday 7th February 2013 for an informal discussion on what the housing priorities for the city should be and how these can be achieved.
Housing is one of the top priorities for Exeter City Council and they want to make sure that they are meeting the housing needs of the people in the community today and use housing as a driver for the economic growth and prosperity of the City.
Traditionally setting one of the lowest council tax levels in the country, Exeter City Council is proposing to put up its council tax for next year by £5, or just under 10p per week.
Council Leader Pete Edwards, said the £5 increase, which would see the City Council's part of the council tax bill rise from £124.84 to £129.84 for an average Band D property, still represented excellent value for money. Last year the authority set the fifth lowest district council tax in the country, more than £180 less than Ipswich - a similar size community - and apart from East Devon District...
Exeter Shilhay Community are the winners of Exeter Housing Charity of the Year 2013.
This award has been created to recognise the contribution made by the many not for profit organisations in the City who help people on a daily basis with their housing-related support needs.
Cllr Rob Hannaford, Lead Councillor for Housing and Community Involvement said: “Exeter City Council's Housing Service recognises that much of the work we do would not be as effective without the help and advice available through the many organisations in the City helping people with their housing-...
Twenty people have been evacuated by emergency services in Stoke Canon near Exeter, after the River Exe burst its banks.
Devon County Council has opened a rest centre at County Hall which is being managed by Exeter City Council Housing officers with City Council volunteers and the St John Ambulance.
Children have extra reason to celebrate this Christmas with the re-opening of a children's play area.
The play space is tucked away off Quarry Park Road in the Broadfields area, and is heavily used by many pupils from Walter Daw Primary School which is located immediately adjacent to the site.
Although well used, the site was in need of some attention as most of the play equipment was either showing its age, or had already reached the end of its useful life and been removed.
The refurbishment has seen the installation of a new multi-play unit providing opportunities...
Exeter is gearing up for a strong performance in the delivery of new housing over the next few years, despite the increasingly challenging economic conditions, the City Council has said.
A total of 26,411 new homes were registered in the UK in the three months to the end of October 2012, roughly the same level as the same period last year.
But homes registered in the public sector were down 2% compared to the same period last year.
Though there are challenging times ahead in the housing market, and especially for the delivery of much needed affordable housing,...
