Broadband provider Jurassic Fibre has installed its first 10Gbps connection at Winslade Park on the outskirts of Exeter.
The business park, which is set to generate around 2,000 sustainable employment opportunities, was connected to Jurassic Fibre’s cutting-edge network earlier this month.
With a 10Gbps connection from Jurassic Fibre, businesses will benefit from faster and more reliable connectivity, with access to a local customer support team based in Exeter.
Winslade Park is being developed by property group Burrington Estates. Once completed, it will...
Exeter financial experts Old Mill has acquired Yeovil-based family accountancy firm Ivan Rendall & Co.
Established in 1956 by Mr Ivan Rendall, Rendalls is one of the longest-established accountancy firms in Yeovil and services businesses of all sizes and across a wide range of sectors including agriculture, construction, manufacturing and retail. It is currently run by Ivan’s youngest son Stephen, 61, who has been managing director since 2011.
Stephen needed to find a new home for the business if he was to be able to retire and chose Old Mill because of its people-...
Devon Air Ambulance has recently signed up to an initiative which is eagerly approaching a number of charities to encourage them to show the salary on their job vacancy advertisements.
Show The Salary is an initiative that was born out of frustration at the lack of action being taken to address pay gaps and inequity in the charity sector. At the heart of the campaign is a commitment to fairness and equity, and to the people with lived experience of the impact of salary secrecy.
Where advertisers are seen to be keeping particular salaries a secret in their job ads, the...
The inaugural celebration of NHS, Social Care and Frontline Workers’ Day is set to take place on 5 July 2021, with Freemasons leading the event. The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), the governing body for Freemasons, is inviting its 200,000 members to fly specially designed flags at 10am on 5 July, to celebrate this unique day dedicated to the NHS, social care and all those that work on the front line, who have saved so many lives during the pandemic. The celebration will also remember those workers we sadly lost. The UGLE is one of the core supporters of the event alongside the...
Double Elephant Print Workshop in Exeter has received a grant of £24080 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen.
More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country including Double Elephant in the latest round of support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced today.
Double Elephant provides an open-access printmaking studio, support and resources for emerging and professionals artists, and for our local community, to enable people to...
Travel may not be possible - but people can learn more about the incredible cultures and languages around the world at the University of Exeter’s evening classes.
The online courses, open to all, include beginners modern Greek, Swedish, Polish, Arabic, Russian and Korean.
This term people can also attend beginner, intermediate and advanced courses in French, Spanish, German, and Italian. There are advanced conversation courses on offer in French and Spanish. People can also take courses on German culture, travelling and short stories in Italian.
The South West MS Therapy Centre in Clyst Heath, Exeter, has unveiled its brand new oxygen generation equipment after a generous grant from the Exeter Chiefs Foundation. It will help hundreds of people across the South West continue to manage their symptoms not only relating to MS, but also chronic fatigue syndrome, stroke, cancer treatments, broken bones, and post-viral syndrome such as long Covid/post-Covid, to name a few.
The charity started providing oxygen therapy in Exeter in 1982 and since then has helped thousands of people throughout the South West, and moved to a larger...
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service is asking the public to think twice about using disposable BBQs this holiday.
Wayne Rawlins, area manager for risk at Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue says:
“Every year we see so many preventable fires caused by disposable BBQs. They are a not only a fire risk when they’re being used, but also pose a risk when being disposed of, causing bin fires, and further damage to the environment to vegetation that has caught alight. They’re not really disposable at all.
“Last spring we attended an incident in Kingswear, Devon,...
A leading fungal research centre has received a further five years' funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC).
The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology , based at the University of Exeter, secured the funding through the renewal of its status as an MRC Centre.
The MRC grant, with significant matched funding from the University of Exeter, will enable the Centre to continue working to address the key challenges of fungal diseases worldwide.
The award includes two new posts that will provide expertise to strengthen work on antifungal drug resistance and the...
Cats Protection is celebrating the first anniversary of a pioneering online adoption process which has rehomed over 20,000 cats around the UK.
The milestone figure coincides with National Pet Month (April) and the one-year anniversary of the launch of Hands Free Homing, a new way of homing cats and kittens which was created in response to the coronavirus restrictions. It has been more popular than the charity could have predicted.
David and Daniel Barratt adopted Neptune from Cats Protection Exeter Axhayes Adoption Centre.
