How many times do we go to networking events, exchange business cards with several individuals and then… not follow up! We are all guilty of this to a lesser or greater degree and yet we have made the initial investment in the design, print and exchange of cards, attending the function and introducing ourselves, so what goes wrong?
Is it our typical British reserve? Why do we feel so awkward about making follow up contact? Could it be that our expectations are so high that it stops us from thinking about the most appropriate approach? Is it that we feel that it’s obvious these...
A series of special events for anyone interested in fostering continue next month, as Devon County Council continues its drive to recruit carers.
The Council is hosting a mixture of information events and stalls in a bid to encourage more people to consider becoming foster families and give those interested the chance to find out whether fostering would be suitable for them.
Devon has over 700 children in care, and just over 300 fostering households. However many current foster carers are approaching retirement age so the County Council needs to recruit new carers.
Earlier: One lane is closed with slow traffic on the A38 at Haldon Hill northbound in Kennford near the A380 Telegraph Hill junction due to an earlier lorry fire. The A380 Telegraph Hill in Kennford exit slip road is also closed and there are reports of queueing traffic northbound at Splatford Split, with congestion to the B3192 junction.
Two fire engines from Teignmouth station and water bowser from Exeter attended following reports of a lorry on fire at around 5am this morning.
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, met with Dairy Crest and Dairy Crest Direct (DCD) at an event on 23 April in the House of Commons to launch the new milk price formula to parliamentarians. They were joined by David Heath MP, Minister for Agriculture. Mark Allen, Dairy Crest’s Chief Executive went along with David Herdman, the Chairman of DCD and Stephen Bradley, the consultant who was jointly commissioned by Dairy Crest and DCD to construct the formula, to explain how the ground-breaking formula works and answer any questions from MPs and peers. Speaking after the event, Mark...
The Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s April Networking lunch held on 17 April was a sell-out success. The theme of this lunch - ‘Exeter - the South West’s most sustainable city’ - brought together a huge variety of over 110 businesses.
The event included a panel consisting of 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), Ewan McClymont, Director of Corporate Development for Bishop Fleming) and Keith Budden (Strategic Partnership Manager of E.On, a key supporter of the...
The search is on to find the best design in Exeter.
People are being asked to nominate their favourite building, structure, piece of art, landscaping project or public realm improvements that has been completed during the past year.
Exeter City Council has launched the Browne Jacobson Exeter Design Award, which will be held once a year, to find the best design that 'Makes a positive contribution to the visual appearance of Exeter'. The award is being sponsored by law firm, Browne Jacobson.
Anyone can make a nomination and only a minimum of details will be required...
Exeter Central Library will welcome local author and BBC reporter Simon Hall next week.
Simon has written several novels in which a Plymouth-based television reporter and detective work together to solve a series of extraordinary crimes.
He will be at the library on Tuesday 7 May at 7pm to discuss his new book ‘Shadows of Justice’ in which a television reporter is drawn into a case and forced to fight a desperate battle to stop ever more victims falling into the shadows of justice – himself and his friends amongst them.
Devon Waste Management, the county’s leading independent waste management business, has secured a £5.5million finance package from the Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking team in Plymouth to support its continued expansion.
Steve Hadley who was previously Commercial Director, has also taken over ownership and management of the business from Collin Hickling, who has left to pursue other interests. Steve will continue to be supported at board level by Devon Waste Management’s Chairman, Allan Vodden, and Non-Executive Director, Stuart Crebo.
The University of Exeter moves up from 13th to 10th place in The Complete University Guide ’s ranking of 124 UK universities for 2014, which was published today (Monday 29 April). It is the first time that Exeter has entered The Complete University Guide’s (CUG) national top ten of UK universities. Apart from Exeter’s entry into the top ten, the composition of this grouping has remained unchanged compared with last year. Cambridge again heads The CUG ranking of 124 UK universities, with Oxford back in second place ahead of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Professor Sir...
Post Office staff in the country's network of 373 Crown Post Offices, including Exeter and Exmouth, will take a third round of strike action on Monday April 29 in a dispute over closures, franchising, jobs and pay. The CWU says that the management continues to refuse to negotiate, despite their financial arguments being proved wrong.
Strike action will start at 1pm on Monday April 29 and will affect up to 4,000 staff working in 373 Crown (main) post offices. Post Office staff voted by nine to one (88%) in favour of strike action and have already taken strike action on Easter...
