Exeter City Council's Customer Service Centre (CSC) celebrates its 10th Birthday on Saturday.
The 'one-stop shop' in Paris Street first opened its doors to the public on 11 July 2005.
Previously there were a number of departmental reception desks throughout the Civic Centre. The CSC brought those together and since opening, has seen more than 500,000 people come through its doors and dealt with over 1 million calls.
The customer service team deal with a wide range of enquiries, from complex financial and housing issues to parking, environmental health and many other...
This Christmas, families can embark on a thrilling adventure around 1940’s Exeter with Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk.
Set in the bombed ruins of an Exeter restaurant, the story follows a daring young girl who discovers a magical golden whisk and unleashes its ancient curse. As she scurries into the underworld in an attempt to find a cure, Eloise undertakes extraordinary feats whilst being chased by a rabble of gold-hungry gangsters. Served up with lashings of laughs and scrumptious live music, Eloise and the Curse of the Golden Whisk is also a touching story about hope,...
Exeter Cost Consultants, Haldons Ltd, handed-over a new purpose built, three-storey Doctors Surgery with a construction value of around £1.4m.
The new 826 sq. metres, purpose-built, state-of-the-art surgery located in Plymouth which meets the NHS’ latest clinical guidelines, was built by Design & Build contractor Dawnus Construction Holdings Limited of Topsham.
The new St Neots Surgery was provided by developer Bay Hill Investments Ltd supported by Chartered Surveyor Banks Long & Co. Other consultants in the team included Mitchell Architects and Ward Williams...
Leading local advice charity Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau has announced the launch of a new ‘Click or Call’ advice and information service.
The charity is suggesting that clients with access to the internet first click the on-line advice and information resources and factsheets available at www.citizensadvice.org.uk
The website is available 24 hours a day. A pilot webchat service has also been launched as part of the new service, with plans for an email service also being developed.
Clients who do not have access to the internet, or are unable to find what they are...
Pickets are out in force again today as a strike over jobs, services and safety on First Great Western enters it's second full day.
General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The solidarity, unity and fighting spirit of RMT members the length and breadth of the FGW franchise has been a fantastic example for the whole trade union movement as we face up to attacks on our jobs and conditions and the safe delivery of services to the travelling public. "Our pickets have reported strong public support for this action as the people who use these routes know only too well what profiteering and...
House price growth increased again in the South West in June, pointing to renewed acceleration in house price inflation during the second half of the year, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
In the region, 50% more surveyors expect house prices to rise over the next three months, which is the highest proportion since April 2014. As new instructions continue to fall in the region, 25% more surveyors saw a fall rather than rise in the last month, demand
continued to edge upwards despite the more cautious attitude of lenders. 26% more surveyors saw a...
Research by Community CallBLOCKER, a new service which allows victims of nuisance calls to block unwanted numbers, record and share them with the CallBLOCKING Community, reveals that Exeter is one of the UK’s top nuisance call hotpots.
Community CallBLOCKER, commissioned YouGov to find out the extent of the nuisance call epidemic across the nation. Highlights for Exeter include:
64% of people in Exeter are receiving up to 15 nuisance calls a week
2% of people receiving over 20 calls a week!
38%of those polled are at breaking point, stating that
Life expectancy in the developed world is increasing, but for those with chronic pain, living longer could be seen as more of a curse than a blessing.
A University of Exeter academic will be exploring ground-breaking research into relieving chronic pain in a BBC Radio 4 documentary on 15 July at 9pm.
As we live longer more of us will begin to suffer chronic pain, but conventional medicine cannot offer a complete cure and usually only provides limited relief.
It is estimated the NHS will need an additional £5 billion by 2018 to deal with chronic conditions, leading...
A consultation will be held on proposals for a new Park and Ride on the south west outskirts of Exeter.
Devon County Council is developing plans for the site adjacent to the A30/A377 interchange, between the westbound A30 slip road and the road that leads out towards Ide.
Consultation events will be held at West Exe School on Tuesday 21 July, from 4pm to 8pm, and at Ide Village Hall on Thursday 23 July, from 4pm to 8pm.
Visitors to the exhibitions will be able to view the site options and indicative layout plan for the preferred option and comment on them, and staff...
