Exeter Green Party has slammed the Labour controlled Council for 'distorted priorities' by proposing an amendment to Devon County Council’s budget seeking an additional £250,000 for weed control in Exeter.
The move comes amid worries about how the city will look to visitors during the Rugby World Cup.
However, the Greens say the focus on weeds at a time when the Conservative led County Council is about to embark on extensive cuts to bus services, as well as deep cuts to other public services, is misguided.
blur Group, which operates the world’s largest online marketplace for business services, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the new national cycling team for Wales to help raise the £11.2 million needed to launch the team onto the international circuit.
It is the first time Wales has fielded a professional team in international cycling and builds on the success of Welsh cycling stars including Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe and the Olympic gold medallist and women’s road race world champion Nicole Cooke.
Neil Parish, Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton, has secured a debate in Westminster Hall on the management and delivery of broadband for Wednesday 4th March. Supporting Neil is this debate will be Tessa Munt MP and Richard Bacon MP.
The debate will focus on the Government’s £1.7 billion nationwide rollout to extend superfast broadband to 95 per cent of UK homes and businesses by 2017 and the work of Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), which is part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and is responsible for delivering superfast broadband and better mobile...
Come and enjoy a VIP experience at John Lewis Exeter in conjunction with Rainbow Living.
See the new Men and Women's Summer collections on the catwalk and enjoy a relaxed evening with fashion and beauty tips from John Lewis experts.
Tickets £10 to include a glass of fizz and canapes. There will also be a raffle during the evening with some exciting prizes, all proceeds to go to Rainbow Living.
For more information or to book tickets visit www.rainbowliving.org.uk
New data released by leading property consultancy JLL shows that direct real estate investment in the South West hit £1.5bn in 2014, up 23 per cent on the previous year, and accounted for 5.3 per cent of all direct real estate investment into the UK regions in 2014. This figure included TIAA Henderson Real Estate's acquisition of Land Securities’ 50 per cent stake in Princesshay Shopping Centre in a deal worth £127.9 million, the single largest transaction in the region in 2014. Looking ahead, there are many big investment projects already in the pipeline in Exeter, including Princesshay...
A leading local law firm has been named one of the top 100 firms to work for in the UK, according to the influential Sunday Times list.
At a glittering awards ceremony in London on Thursday, 26 February 2015 Stephens Scown LLP, which took part in the Sunday Times Best Companies survey for the first time this year, was placed at number 39 in the top 100 mid-sized companies list. The announcement was made by screenwriter and producer Richard Curtis at an event at Battersea Evolution in central London.
The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work for is an annual survey and 2015...
Modern slavery is the topic of discussion at a conference to be held in Cornwall at the iconic Eden Project on Tuesday 3 March.
A number of speakers from across the UK will be delivering keynote speeches addressing the complexity of this issue.
The event is being co-hosted by Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, National Policing Lead for Modern Slavery; Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Tim Thornton, and Chief Executive of Cornwall Council, Andrew Kerr.
The conference aims to raise awareness of the issue in Cornwall in the hope that it will increase reporting of this...
The results are in! A voting event was held by Bishops Clyst Parish Council for residents of Bishops Clyst to choose their new £7,000 free to use outdoor gym.
The turnout was impressive, with 40 residents from all age-groups coming along to vote at the event in January.
Residents got to vote on which one of three designs they wanted installed, the winner with all 40 votes was a design from a company called HAGS SMP. The result has been ratified by Bishops Clyst Parish Council EDDC will now look to ratify the result to release the available money.
The acrobatic gymnastics season is well and truly under way for Honiton Gymnastics Club men’s pair Devon Roe-Lavery and Jack Britten, who have taken two silvers in two competitions.
But it’s their performance at the Bristol International that really made the pair stand out, as they were competing against gymnasts from the top clubs in Great Britain. Nine-year-old Devon, a pupil at Honiton Primary, and 14-year-old Jack, a student at Westfield Academy in Yeovil, were competing in the Grade 4 men’s pair discipline.
“The first competitions of the season are often an anxious...
A ground-breaking project is being rolled out across Devon to eliminate the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the county – supported by the region’s key health chiefs. National drug charity Addaction has joined forces with the Hepatitis C Trust to pilot the scheme, which was announced at a meeting of the region’s top health professionals and decision makers in Exeter earlier this week. The project includes hugely increasing rates of HCV testing by training many more drug service staff in awareness and how to test, along with a peer educator system which will see people who...
