Looking for an event that's out of the ordinary? Exeter Corn Exchange welcomes back the fabulous Kinky & Quirky with their ‘Spring Fling’ event on Saturday 13 April.
There are no set rules at a Kinky & Quirky event, on previous occasions there have been dancing girls, chanson singers, comedians, circus performers, mime artistes and striptease artistes selected for their quality work and entertainment.
The event is billed as 'a great way to shake off those winter blues with some hot rockin’ music, and a great excuse to dress up (if you ever needed one!), ‘Spring...
From today (Monday 8 April), Exeter Community Transport Association (ECTA) will be known as ExeAccess. This title will better describe the work the charity does of providing disabled people with access to Exeter. ExeAccess will be the new umbrella name for all the services provided by the charity: Shopmobility, Taxicard, Ring & Ride, The Greater Exeter Access Project and The Accessible Transport Hub. A new equipment recycling project, The Four Rs Project (Recover, Restore, Re-use and Re-cycle) will also be launched. The Leader of Exeter City Council, Councillor Pete Edwards will rename...
The Lord’s Taverners charity is delighted to be hosting a rugby sporting dinner on 17 April at the Great Hall, Exeter University in order to raise money to give young people a sporting chance.
The evening has a wonderful line-up of speakers taking part, including Warren Gatland (pictured), Will Greenwood, Scott Quinnell and Paul Ackford and the audience will have a chance to ask questions in a unique Q&A.
Due to a late cancellation, the last two tables are now available at a cost of £500 for a table of 10. Dress code is lounge suit and start time is 7-7.30pm.
Most of our fears are magnified by our imagination, in the dentist waiting room, fear of flying even dreading doing those jobs you do not wish to do such as your tax return. Mostly, fortunately, the reality is not as bad as our imagination had made us expect. Another factor is fear of the unknown, and this is particularly relevant it appears from the responses I have had to recent articles, on the subject of funding care costs and who to ask for advice. As a result of these enquires I thought it may be useful to give some answers to the most common questions asked.
Exeter’s most entrepreneurial independent mortgage and insurance services firm, Cooper Associates, is delivering its Spring house price forecast, with warnings that the Government’s latest schemes are fraught with dangers. Cooper Associates predicts the housing market in the South West will not get much easier in 2013 and consumer confidence is likely to remain subdued. Samantha Cooper, Managing Director, comments, “We believe the long-term recovery of the housing market will not be achieved by the Chancellor’s recent announcement of the ‘Help to Buy’ scheme. It will potentially lead to...
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The Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s April Networking lunch will be held at The Rougemont Hotel By Thistle, taking place on Wednesday 17 April 2013. The theme of this lunch is ‘Exeter: the South West’s most sustainable city’.
The lunch will bring together the intellect behind Exeter Chamber’s most sustainable businesses to one place. The event will give 100+ businesses the opportunity to ask John Rigby (Chairman of the Low Carbon Task Force), Adam Fox-Edwards (MD of the illustrious Arundell Arms and winner of the 2012 DEBI sustainable business award) and Ewan McClymont (Director of...
Local singers and bands can win the opportunity to perform at the After Dark Party at Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink in a competition being run by festival music partners, Mama Stones.
This year’s Festival runs from Friday 26 April - Sunday 28 April, with three fantastic Festival After Dark Party nights on 25, 26 and 27 April and marks the 10th anniversary of the event.
The winning acts will have the opportunity to support the Mama Stones House band at the Festival After Dark Party on the Saturday night, 27 April.
Sky News has revealed that HMV, Britain's last remaining independent music retail chain, is on the verge of being rescued in a £50m deal that will preserve 2,500 jobs.
Hilco UK, which has been operating in Europe for over 10 years, was founded out of a partnership between UK Management and the Hilco Group in the US, the global leader in distressed retail investment and advisory services. Hilco also already runs HMV in Canada and has worked with music labels to secure new releases for HMV’s UK stores.
Sky News' City Editor, Mark Kleinman, reveales "Hilco, the specialist...
Exeter College hosted its tenth annual Oxford and Cambridge Information Day this week, bringing admissions tutors and undergraduates from both universities to Devon so that local students can hear direct from the experts.
Downing College, Cambridge and Exeter College, Oxford have been working with the further education college in Exeter to organise this event every year since 2003.
Free to attend, the Information Day offered up-to-date information, advice and encouragement to local students about aiming high in their HE choices. The day is part of both collegiate...
