Coming to Westpoint Exeter on Sunday 27th April is one of the region’s best-known collectors’ events; the Toy Train and Collectors Fair.
With over 200 stalls, the show brings together a wide range of traders and collectors; all coming together to share their expertise and wares, with an incredible amount to offer both novices and fanatics.
Browse stalls, talk with collection experts and seek out those elusive collectors items you’ve been after for years - there’s plenty to see at 2013’s Exeter Toy Train and...
Newton Abbot based Centek has been placed seventh in the 2014 Sunday Times BDO ‘Profit Track 100’, the influential survey which identifies UK private companies with the fastest growing profits.
It is the only company from Devon & Cornwall to feature in the Top 100 and one of only 26 manufacturing businesses to appear in this year’s survey which was published this week.
Centek are world leaders in designing and manufacturing bow spring centralisers which are used by the oil and gas industries in the drilling process to keep casing centred in holes before they are...
Stagecoach South West has today announced plans to introduce a new route replacing the 50, 51, 315 and 377 services.
The new route, the 5, will be introduced on Easter Monday and will see the frequency of buses between Exeter and Crediton increase to once every 15mins.
Beyond Crediton there will be an hourly service to Copplestone. At Copplestone the service splits, with regular onwards connections to Hatherleigh and Okehampton (5A, up to every 2 hours); North Tawton, Winkleigh, Great Torrington and Barnstaple (5B, up to every 2 hours) and Chulmleigh (5C, up to every hour...
A public forum with world-leading IPCC Fifth Assessment Report authors
Did you know that the South West is home to one the largest concentrations of climate science researchers in the world? Exeter as a city contributes more to the UN’s iconic Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report than any other city in the world.
During this interactive event you will be able to speak directly to world-leading climate change researchers. Climate scientists will talk about how their research contributes to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), and you will be able to...
IPCC Report is Good News for South West Jobs, Say Greens
South West Green Party has responded enthusiastically to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body responsible for climate change policy. They are calling on UK politicians at all levels to endorse the call for a rapid transition to a renewable energy future.
The IPCC says that clean energy will have to increase threefold by 2050 if the earth is to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, with an emphasis on wind and solar power. [1] Like the Greens, the IPCC is...
Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) will be taking over a ground floor office complex in the Civic Centre – giving it a more prominent location in the city centre.
The bureau, which provides free advice to the people of Exeter, has signed a lease on the building with Exeter City Council.
Dennis Mardon, chair of Exeter CAB, said: ‘We are delighted to be moving into new premises. We will be able to offer a more modern environment for our clients, staff and volunteers.
‘In many ways we will be sorry to be leaving our current offices in Wat Tyler House as they have...
Specsavers in Exeter is encouraging young designers to get creative with an Easter-themed colouring competition.
Specsavers Exeter, located at 247 High Street, has called on primary school children to get crafty and create a bespoke Easter egg, with the winner receiving an art kit and a free Easter Egg.
Jonathan Baumber, store director of Specsavers Exeter, says: ‘We are really looking forward to seeing the children’s creations and we hope to uncover the next generation of budding artists!
‘It’s also a great opportunity for children to visit us in store and learn...
Police have launched a public appeal after an 86-year-old woman was injured in a mugging near St Thomas Pleasure Ground in Exeter on Sunday morning.
The woman suffered arm and shoulder injuries and was treated at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. She was also very shaken by the incident.
The incident took place sometime between 8:00am and 9:00am on Sunday (13 April) when a man stole the elderly vicitm’s handbag on a footpath running between the St Thomas pleasure ground and Buller road.
The male offender is described as white, 6ft tall of a medium build and...
Leading proposal and tender writing company, Winning Tenders, is launching its unique Successful Tendering seminar series, with the first event being held in Exeter on Monday 19 May , 4pm – 7pm at Sandy Park Conference & Banqueting Centre.
Aimed at business owners and representatives of small and medium size companies who are interested in business growth, seminar attendees will gain an understanding of the tendering process and insight into the exciting opportunities that tendering can offer.
Leading local procurement professionals and tender specialists will demystify...
