The Exeter Chamber of Commerce held their first Networking Lunch of 2013 at the Mercure Southgate hotel on Wednesday 16th January.
The speaker at this event was Bill Martin. Bill began his career in 1989 as a reporter on the Express & Echo in Exeter, his career has taken him to Norwich as news editor, a freelance reporter for The Daily Telegraph , Daily Mail , Daily Mirror and The Sunday Telegraph . Bill returned to the South West as news editor of The Evening Herald in 1997.
Bill was appointed editor of the Evening Herald , Plymouth in September 2005 and is now...
A lucky couple is being given the chance to get married in an historic city centre venue for free!
That's the fantastic once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that is being given away at a wedding fayre and fashion show in March.
Over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd March, The Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Rob Newby, will be hosting the event in aid of his chosen charity, Socops, at the Guildhall in Exeter.
The Fashion Show, which will be aimed at brides and grooms, will take place on Friday 1 March at 7pm. Tickets will cost £10 and will include a welcome drink on arrival...
An array of designer wedding dresses, with up to 70pc off, as well as outfits for the mother of the bride and bridesmaids are just part of the attraction at Exeter Racecourse’s Wedding Fayre, on Sunday, February 17.
The event, which is free to attend, promises to be a one-stop shop for anyone planning a wedding, with advice available from professionals involved in making a wedding day a memorable occasion.
Specially trained staff from a variety of bridal and occasion wear boutiques across the south-west will also be on hand to give help and advice on the dresses.
Families of residents at a Devon care home have welcomed new plans to tranform the home into a new dementia care Centre of Excellence.
Plans for the first two of Devon County Council's Centres of Excellence, at Mapleton in Newton Abbot and Woodland Vale in Torrington, go on show this week.
Open days at the homes are giving residents, their families, as well as staff and others, the first opportunity to see the plans.
They are the first of up to ten Council homes to be redeveloped over three years in their £11.2 million improvement programme.
Outlining its plans to cope with population growth, climate change and new environmental legislation, South West Water has published its proposed business strategy for 2015-2040.
The 25-year 'What's in the Pipeline' outlook has been published ahead of the 2014 Price Review, which will establish investment and water charges in England and Wales between 2015 and 2020. South West Water is inviting feedback on its long-term proposals to inform its coming Business Plan submitted to industry regulator, Ofwat, in 2014.
How can local communities take positive action in the face of big issues on climate change? Find out how local active citizens are tackling global issues in their communities.
This year's Exeter CVS Social Action project concludes with a free showcase event highlighting the work of our Active Citizens, alongside local community displays from other social action groups and enterprises.
This event features guest speakers from key local institutions on what is being done in Exeter to lessen the impact of climate change, with a global perspective from the British Council, and...
After the roaring success of last year’s event, the Exeter & East Devon branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) are once again hosting their Festival of Winter Ales at St James Park this weekend.
The 24th edition of the festival is taking place on the evenings of Friday 18th and Saturday 19th January, open from 11am–11pm on both days. Admission is £2, or CAMRA members can enter for free. Students can also enter for free with a valid NUS after 5pm on Saturday.
Like previous festivals, CAMRA is providing over 60 beers that are produced solely in the winter months....
The NHS in Devon is urging people who are in ‘at risk’ groups to visit their GP to get a free flu vaccination if they have not already done so this winter.
People who are in the clinical at risk groups are 11 times more likely to die if they get flu than a “healthy” person – for some groups, like those with chronic degenerative neurological diseases, that risk rises to 40 times.
Clinical at risk groups include those with:
a heart problem;
a chest complaint or breathing difficulties including, bronchitis, emphysema;
Peninsula Renal Network Leads Dr Wai Tse and Rachel Gair have secured nearly £300,000 of national funding from NHS Kidney Care to support patients with renal disease on behalf of the Peninsula Renal Network to improve the experience and outcomes for kidney patients at Derriford Hospital and throughout the Peninsula.
Plymouth Dialysis Unit will be one of the first in the UK to use the national Patient Decision Aid (PDA) in the care pathway for patients with Established Renal Failure (ESRF) as a result of £50,000 of funding awarded by NHS Kidney Care. The PDA is...
