Employee-owned law firm, Stephens Scown LLP, is leading the charge against climate change by setting an ambitious target of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2025 – well ahead of the Government’s target for businesses to reach net zero by 2050 and indeed ahead of most UK organisations.
The announcement comes ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, which will bring parties together from across the world to accelerate action against climate change. It also comes hot on the heels of the Stephens Scown publishing its third annual Giving Back report, which can be viewed here ....
Echoes Childcare will be opening at Exeter’s stunning new Winslade Park in early 2022.
Families in the local community as well as parents working at Winslade Park now have the chance to secure places at the brand new nursery facilities set in beautiful parkland.
Echoes will be located in an impressive 2892 sq ft premises in Winslade House which has been taken on a long-term lease. The building is ready to be transformed into a purpose-designed light-filled nursery and will include onsite kitchen facilities for the preparation of nutritious meals, individual playrooms, a...
Paul Nicholls is hopeful that Greaneteen can warm up for next month’s Grade One Betfair Tingle Creek at Sandown Park with a good run in the Grade Two Betway Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter tomorrow ( Tuesday 2nd November ).
The seven year old really came of age as a chaser last season, winning the Haldon Gold Cup on his reappearance and signing off with a magnificent victory in the Grade One bet365 Celebration Chase at Sandown in April, when taking the scalp of the two-time Champion Chase winner Altior.
Nicholls revealed today that he views the Betway Haldon Gold Cup as a...
A caring manager at Francis Clark Financial Planning (FCFP) has been shortlisted at the Women in Investment Awards after going the extra mile to support colleagues during the pandemic.
Charlotte Taylor-St Ruth is a finalist in the Team Leader of the Year category for small to medium firms at the prestigious event, organised by Investment Week in association with HSBC Asset Management.
Exeter-based Charlotte joined FCFP as head of client care in 2019 and is responsible for leading a team of 15 people based across seven offices, from Poole to Truro. Judges were impressed...
A former Exeter student is set to chair a UK-wide virtual debate that will give young environmentalists a chance to discuss the big issues being raised by world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
Bek Trehern (27), who graduated with a degree and masters in Zoology from the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campus, will host the COP26 Youth Debate on November 3 on behalf of environmental education charity the Field Studies Council (FSC).
The event, which will coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference (October 31 to November 12) is expected to...
Aldi is embracing the time for giving by encouraging local charities, community groups and food banks in Devon to register now to receive surplus food donations this Christmas.
As part of Aldi’s pledge to donate 10 million meals this year to families across the UK facing hunger, the supermarket has committed to donate more meals than ever to good causes over the festive period.
Christmas provides an opportunity for even more organisations to benefit from Aldi’s successful partnership with Neighbourly. The community engagement platform links businesses to food banks and...
More heavy rain is forecast for Devon this evening and throughout the weekend, and road users are being urged to take extra care on the county’s roads.
Yellow Severe Weather Warnings have been issued by the Met Office for further persistent downpours tonight and over the weekend.
Heavy rain is forecast from 9pm tonight until 9am tomorrow morning with the possibility of up to 35mm in some places before it clears. The same is expected from 9pm on Saturday evening until 3pm on Sunday afternoon.
It follows last night’s rain which caused surface water flooding on the...
Two University of Exeter scientists are cycling to Glasgow for the COP26 UN climate change conference.
Professors Angela Gallego-Sala and Stephen Sitch set off from Bristol on Tuesday and aim to arrive in Glasgow the following week on Tuesday morning (2 November).
The conference, which begins on Monday, will be attended by many world leaders and is seen as a key moment in tackling the climate crisis.
Professor Gallego-Sala, whose expertise includes the importance of peatlands in storing carbon, said: “A climate emergency and a global pandemic are asking us to re...
Twenty-three-year-old James Tetlow, a Mechanical Engineering student from the University of Exeter, has been awarded a top prize in the annual Engineers in Business Competition which pits teams of university engineering student innovators against each other to win seed funding to progress their business idea.
James won £1,500 for his venture, Zama Digital, a machine monitoring solution for the manufacturing. James pitched against nine other teams of student and graduate innovators in the national final to win runner-up prize in the ‘Start Up’ category.
WANNABE witches, warlocks, black cats and devils in Devon are being urged to avoid using spooky novelty contact lenses that could harm their eyes this Halloween.
An increasingly popular trend at this time of year is for people to wear coloured novelty contact lenses – but not knowing how to wear or care for them can also result in numerous eye conditions.
This includes red eye, infections and scratches, as well as more serious complications that can, in severe cases, lead to sight loss.
