With less than a month to go until the return of Exeter Carnival, InExeter the Business Improvement District, the organisation behind Exeter Carnival’s return have released more information on the Carnival Procession.
Ann Hunter, BID Manager at InExeter says “ The return of Exeter Carnival following 24 years is a historic day for the city and is one we should all celebrate. We are incredibly proud that the new Exeter Carnival will include the Jubilation Cart that took part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant parade in London this summer. Exeter is the only carnival outside...
Plans previously agreed to make the one-way layout of Exeter’s Queen Street permanent are being scaled back due to “significant increases” in costs.
In January, councillors agreed to spend £250,000 constructing a layout similar to the current ‘pop-up’ one, which was installed early in 2021 to help with social distancing and to encourage more walking and cycling.
As part of the agreed scheme, approved by the Exeter highways and traffic orders committee (HATOC), the southern pavement opposite the Royal Albert...
An organisation that supports people in poverty in Exeter and Torquay has won a community award from leading builders merchant Selco.
Punk Against Poverty CIC has secured £500 worth of building materials through its Community Heroes campaign.
The organisation provides free school uniforms to children in need and will use the materials to help fix the roof at one of its two fundraising shops in Torbay.
Stefanie Curran, who helps to run the community interest company (CIC), said: “We are absolutely delighted to have this support from Selco. Being able to obtain...
Exeter will come together on Sunday 13 November to remember all those who have served and lost their lives as part of the British and Commonwealth Armed Forces as a result of conflict or terrorism.
A Service of Remembrance will take place on Remembrance Sunday at the War Memorial in Northernhay Gardens. Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Lord Mayor's Chaplain will conduct the service which will start at 10.50 am, with the Exeter Salvation Army Band accompanied by the University of Exeter’s Chapel Choir who will perform before the service and during the hymns.
One of Westcotts’ chartered financial planners has been recognised for his skills in working with clients in later life.
Simon Valentine-Marsh (pictured with Westcotts partner Iain Andrews) is now a member of the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) – the gold standard when it comes to advising people through some of the most crucial phases of life.
Simon joins the ranks of only a select few financial advisers that can offer tailored, specialist knowledge to clients looking for help with pensions, power of attorney, care fees and other major financial milestones....
Pet lovers in Exeter have raised over £55,000 by taking part in Battersea’s Muddy Dog Challenge - one of the UK’s biggest obstacle courses where members of the public can take part with their dog.
520 participants came together at Escot House, Devon on Saturday (29 October) in a fun-packed day full of mud, sweat and cheers. The event has so far raised a total of £58,024 which will go towards the vital care of the thousands of dogs and cats everywhere that the charity helps every year.
After a starting line warm-up, participants of all ages tackled obstacles with their...
On Tuesday 4th October, the second annual Boutique Hotelier Awards, took place on the first night of the Independent Hotel Show at The Chelsea Harbour Hotel in London. The glittering awards ceremony, which celebrated the country’s best hotels and spas, was attended by over 300 prominent hoteliers and restauranteurs and saw Michael Caines’ MBE luxury manor house hotel in Devon, Lympstone Manor pick up the ultimate accolade, Boutique Hotel of the Year 2022.
The award, which saw five finalists battle it out, celebrates Lympstone Manor’s innovation and resilience across the last 12...
Work to introduce road safety improvements at a roundabout in Exeter is due to get underway next week.
Two raised pedestrian crossings are to be installed on the Sweetbrier Lane approaches to the roundabout which connects with Whipton Lane.
Work is scheduled to start on Monday 7 November and is expected to last two weeks.
The raised crossings were proposed as part of the Exeter Streets consultation to create safer and quieter residential streets in Heavitree and Whipton and were approved by Exeter HATOC earlier this year. They are designed to reduce traffic...
Following the publication of a report indicating that four out of five people working in the trades sector have experienced tool theft at an average cost of £4,470 per tradesperson, RGB Building Supplies is giving advice on what can be done to help protect expensive equipment.
The report was commissioned by insurance company Simply Business and On The Tools. Simply Business has been petitioning the government for tighter regulation on the selling of second-hand tools. A Bill proposing a requirement for those selling used tools online to show serial numbers was presented to the...
The Exeter branch of Dunelm, the UK’s leading homeware retailer, has donated gardening supplies to a local Beavers group, helping them to earn their gardening badge.
The Beavers received the gardening equipment after winning a competition that was hosted by the Exeter store’s Community Facebook Group.
Nominated by the local community, the Beavers have now worked onimproving a local garden after receiving a small greenhouse, seven bags of compost and a large bag of bark chips from Dunelm. Readying the garden for spring, the Beavers have also enjoyed planting sunflowers,...
