Exeter-based IT specialists Nexus Open Systems have gained a prestigious business accreditation – and one of their team has been named a ‘legend’ for his technical expertise.
The accolade has come from Veeam, the industry leader in data protection, who provide global back-up and recovery software.
Nexus is one of only four companies in the UK to be certified by Veeam as an Accredited Service Partner (VASP). Having been assessed by Veeam, Nexus have been recognised as having duly experienced and trained Veeam engineers along with the business capability to deliver Veeam...
FoodCycle , the charity that fights food poverty and loneliness will be serving up free meals to the community through their Project, FoodCycle Exeter which will transition into a Cook & Collect service on 27th April.
Serving up free takeaway meals every Tuesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm this vital service aims to provide food and conversation to local communities across the country. With the additional aim of reducing food waste, FoodCycle volunteers create nutritious meals from surplus food. The meals are open to all, and guests range from low-income families, people affected...
Parents can breathe a sigh of relief next week as baby and children’s classes finally reopen after the most recent lockdown.
But as well as having to adapt to the new Covid social distancing restrictions Exeter and Exmouth’s Phonics with Robot Reg classes will also look a bit different.
Instead of just focussing on the children the classes will also be supporting the parents.
Local class leader Jessica Jenner explained: “So much has changed in the last 13 months and we have realised that our classes do more than teach the foundations of reading and writing....
I have worked as an environmental journalist and climate communicator for many years. Climate change concerns me greatly, as I care deeply for all life on this planet and I have two young daughters who will one day inherit the world we have created. Effective climate action is imperative, and it begins at a local level.
Although I have worked on a national and even global scale advocating for climate action, local community has always been at the heart of what I do -it’s where I started out and I am on the committee of a local community group and have been a school governor for...
Having postponed their annual concert in Exeter Cathedral last July due to Covid, the Amadeus Orchestra is delighted to announce that it will now take place in July 2021.
Principal conductor Philip Mackenzie says: “As an orchestra, we have been silent since February 2020 when we performed in the House of Commons and we are very excited by the prospect of performing once again. It is very fitting that our first post-Covid concert will be held in Exeter Cathedral as this is the city where the orchestra was founded in 1990.”
Gallagher today announces the appointment of two new managing directors in the insurance broker’s Exeter and Torquay offices.
Cheryl Phillips has been appointed Managing Director for Gallagher’s Exeter office. In her new role, Cheryl will be responsible for heading up Gallagher’s 50-strong team, which looks after insurance and risk management for businesses of all sizes across the region, from SMEs through to large corporate organisations, as well as operating a dedicated regional claims hub. Gallagher’s Exeter office has been based at Milford House on Pynes Hill since 2020, when...
Having postponed their annual concert in Exeter Cathedral last July due to Covid, the Amadeus Orchestra is delighted to announce that it will now take place in July 2021.
Principal conductor Philip Mackenzie says: “As an orchestra, we have been silent since February 2020 when we performed in the House of Commons and we are very excited by the prospect of performing once again. It is very fitting that our first post-Covid concert will be held in Exeter Cathedral as this is the city where the orchestra was founded in 1990.”
Work has started on the construction of a new railway station at Marsh Barton in Exeter.
The station, which will feature two platforms, will be located near the Energy from Waste plant on the eastern edge of Marsh Barton.
Devon County Council has designed the station working closely with Network Rail and GWR. It will provide sustainable transport access to Marsh Barton, one of the key employment areas of the city where more than 7,000 people work.
From the end of May, Clapperbrook Lane East will be closed to vehicular traffic for around 16 months, but it will...
The UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, CLIC Sargent , is calling on Exeter’s residents to come out and support its shop as they open their doors again on Wednesday 14 April , following the national lockdown.
The charity shop in Exeter (Unit 11, St Thomas Centre Cowick Street EX4 1DG ) has been closed since the end of last year and shop managers are now looking forward to welcoming back Exeter’s bargain hunters.
They have put in place a range of safety measures to protect their customers, volunteers and staff from Covid-19 including: limiting the...
University of Exeter academics and business leaders will explore how the finance sector can save the planet in a special documentary screening and panel event for Earth Day on 22 April.
The panel discussion will be chaired by Professor Gail Whiteman , Professor of Sustainable Business at the University of Exeter Business School and founder of Arctic Basecamp , a unique science-communication platform that holds a flagship event at the World Economic Forum in Davos each year.
It will follow a screening of the WWF documentary Our Planet: Too Big To Fail , a film showing the...
