A Devon NHS organisation has won an award for its work in promoting the recruitment of apprentices.
The Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning group (NEW Devon CCG) scooped the Education Training Skills (ETS) Large Employer of the Year Award at a ceremony at the Buckerell Lodge in Exeter on 4 March.
It was a double success for the NHS organisation on the night after Howard Stamp, acting safety systems officer with the nursing directorate, also won the ETS Apprentice of the Year for Outstanding Contribution Award.
Rob Baxter believes Sam Hill underlines the "success story" of the Exeter Chiefs Academy after the young back today agreed a new two-year contract extension with the Aviva Premiership club.
The 20-year-old centre, whose new deal will take him through until the summer of 2017, becomes the latest member of Baxter's squad to pledge their future to the Chiefs in recent weeks.
Hill's rise through the Exeter ranks - particularly this season - has certainly been impressive and Baxter feels the Exeter-born starlet has all the right attributes to make to the summit of the...
Exeter College students and staff are celebrating after being rated as outstanding by education inspectors. The college, which was also rated outstanding by Ofsted less than two years ago, has become the first college in Devon and Cornwall to reach the standard under a new ratings framework. It makes it the only education provider to gain this highest accolade in two different inspections in less than two years. The team of 14 Ofsted inspectors, who visited the college in early January, have published their report this week which awards the highest outstanding grade for overall...
Blue Fizz Events return to the stunning Deer Park Country House Hotel in Honiton on Thursday 13 March for a wedding treat – the season is Spring and the inspiration is Vintage… a beautiful combination.
From 6pm-8.30pm the Spring Vintage Wedding Fair will delight and inspire. Think elegance, style and glamour... The carefully selected vintage-inspired suppliers will showcase their gorgeous products and services and with hint of Spring in the air, this fair will be visual, fragrant and fabulous.
From styling to accessories, gowns to garlands, vintage china to cakes and with...
Crealy Great Adventure Park is thrilled to announce its annual recruitment campaign. Over 150 positions will be available across Devon and Cornwall’s Crealy Great Adventure Park for the 2014 season. The dedicated Recruitment Weekends will take place on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 March in Devon and Friday 21 and Saturday 22 March in Cornwall. Positions will be available in a variety of departments including, Rides & Attractions, Zoo & Animals, Food & Beverage, Entertainment, On-park Services and Crealy Meadows Caravan & Camping Park.
The Office for National Statistics latest reports showed that there were 118,140 divorces in total in 2012, which is the equivalent to 13 divorces every hour of every day of the year.
The question for every one of these couples and society at large is; How is each couple managing their separation and what effect is all this having on the children.
Most separating couples want to protect their children, avoid court and save costs but struggle to work out their best options, ending up bewildered by all the apparent choices they have and, far too often ending up in court. In a...
Staff at Exeter’s John Lewis and Waitrose stores were delighted today after receiving an annual bonus worth 15% of their salaries - the equivalent to nearly 8 weeks of pay. John Lewis Staff crowded in to the store’s top floor cafe before the final amount was met by cheers to in a synchronised unveiling across all the Partnership’s stores. For many of the staff at the Exeter store this will be the first time they have received a bonus for their whole year’s salary as the store only opened in October 2012. Exeter Branch Manager Kate Connock, said: “A bonus is always a bonus isn’t it, If we...
With only a week and a half to go until Sleep Easy, Exeter YMCA is delighted to announce that Radio Exe will be the official media sponsor of this year's event.
Sleep Easy is a sponsored Sleep Out event which takes place each year in the Guildhall Shopping Centre. Last year Exeter YMCA held the biggest Sleep Easy event in the country. The event offers participants the chance to experience, in a very small way, what life can be like for the thousands of people who sleep rough on Britain’s streets each night. However, it is also an opportunity to raise media awareness about the...
Local people must say ‘Yes to Homes’ to repair the South West housing market according to a report by the National Housing Federation (NHF). The report by the NHF, an industry body which represents the providers of affordable housing in the UK, claims that a shortage of affordable homes resulting in rising house prices means that the South West housing market is now at ‘breaking point’. The NHF now ask that people lobby their local councillors to say ‘Yes to Homes’ as the South West’s new build rate is failing to keep up with demand in the region with less than two thirds (62%) of the new...
Devon’s wild beauty is one of the county’s greatest assets. Its environment provides us not just with amazing landscapes and wildlife but with food, fuel, pollination, flood control and great recreational and business opportunities. It is therefore important that we know how our environment is faring.
These are some of the major conclusions of a newly released ‘stock-check’ on the county’s priority species and the habitats in which they live.
The report called The State of Devon’s Nature, is being launched this Friday (7 March 2014) at a special one-day conference in...
