Browne Jacobson has been formally accredited as a Living Wage Employer by the Living Wage Foundation.
The accreditation confirms Browne Jacobson’s long term commitment to a real Living Wage as a minimum regardless of whether an individual is an employee of the law firm or third party contracted staff working across any of its five UK offices, including Birmingham, Exeter, London, Manchester and Nottingham .
The Living Wage is the only rate calculated according to the costs of living. It provides a voluntary benchmark for employers that wish to ensure their staff earn a...
Exeter’s popular destination street market, the Fore Street Flea, makes a welcome return to the city on Sunday 12th September.
The Fore Street Flea celebrates Exeter’s independent West Quarter and will be open to the public between 12pm – 4pm.
More than just a market, visitors can expect a unique mix of stalls at this free event, including local contemporary artists and makers, vintage fashion, collectables and furniture, plus street food and children’s activities. Many of Fore Street’s independent shops and cafes will also be open on the day with exclusive Fore Street...
The Devon County Agricultural Association is delighted to announce that the 2022 Devon County Show will take place on Thursday 30th June, Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd July.
The event traditionally runs during the third week of May, but along with other shows was cancelled in 2020.
In 2021, the Show was delayed to July and was one of the few three-day agricultural shows to go ahead.
As a Covid Safe outdoor event, the organisers were delighted at the confidence of the general public and welcomed over 60,000 visitors across the three days.
With a rise in the number of staycation holiday-makers, Airbnb is once again becoming a reliable source of income for many in the UK.
With this in mind, Crafted Beds have conducted a study to determine which UK locations will increase the value of an Airbnb listing per night.
The study by Crafted Beds found that Exeter was 4th on the list, with Newcastle taking the top spot for the most profitable location to own an Airbnb , earning £122 per night. They were closely followed by Leeds and York, whilst Edinburgh is charging the least at an average of £64.40 per night....
Six schools in the area have been nominated by the local community to be given a bee brick from RGB Building Supplies so they can encourage solitary bees to their outdoor areas.
For every sale over £150 during Solitary Bee Week, which took place between Monday 28th June and Sunday 4th July, RGB donated money to purchase bee bricks from Cornwall-based company Green&Blue. The builders merchant was able to buy 80 bricks, which will provide environments for bees to nest, and invited people to nominate schools, charities and community groups to receive one of the special bee...
Video and phone appointments held at hospitals across Devon saved patients an estimated 13.5 million miles of travelling; equivalent to circumnavigating the globe 550 times.
The NHS also estimates that, in the 12 months to 23 August 2021, the benefits of running virtual appointments also saved patients more than 277,679 hours in travel time and staying at home led to a reduction of over 2,500 tonnes of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Reducing air pollution through patients making fewer car journeys can also directly impact on people’s health.
New health and wellbeing initiative, Can Do Active, are launching a new 12-week Couch to 5k programme in Exeter this Autumn, starting in October.
There will be two running groups a week, a weekday group meeting every Tuesday morning (9:30am - 10:30am) from the 5th October, and a weekend group meeting every Saturday morning (10:30am - 11:30am) from the 9th October - both starting at Exwick Playing Fields.
All abilities are welcome and no experience is required, making it perfect for beginners or those aiming to get back into an active lifestyle. The groups are free to...
Hobbycraft, the UK’s largest arts and crafts retailer, celebrated the opening of its new store at Rydon Retail Park, Exeter on Saturday with a host of crafting activities, product offers and goody bags for the first 100 customers who walked through the doors.
The store officially opened on Wednesday 1st September, whilst the grand store opening event took place on Saturday 4th September at 9.00am, attended by the Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Trish Oliver.
The new Hobbycraft colleagues were on hand to provide their expertise and encourage locals to master a new craft or...
A group of students from the University of Exeter recently put their training into practice by helping to deliver first-rate medical care at Reading Festival.
Thirteen medical students and for the first time, one nursing student, based at the University's St Luke’s campus in Exeter and Truro campus in Cornwall, gained valuable experience of working in a fast-paced and busy environment by manning the first aid tent and responding to incidents at one of the biggest festivals in the UK.
Each of the students completed an intense emergency care four-day training course to...
The AJ Bell Tour of Britain was greeted with a welcome that was as warm as the temperatures in Devon today (Monday 6 September).
Devon hosted Stage Two of this year’s race, with the professional riders starting in Sherford under blue skies, matching the AJ Bell Leader’s jersey worn by Olympic silver medallist Wout Van Aert at the start of the day after his victory in the opening stage in Cornwall.
The race may have been delayed by a year but the atmosphere at the start and right along the route made it well worth the wait.
