Software Solved is proud to announce that it has hit its £3m turnover target under the leadership of Managing Director and STEMM ambassador, Lindsay Lucas, who celebrates one year in the position.
Software Solved is an Exeter business with a UK-wide reach and in the last year Lindsay and the Software Solved team have implemented major changes across the business in order to hit the £3m turnover target.
This included, working to establish the values and purpose of the organisation, re-evaluating services to ensure they remain current, expanding the team and skills across...
Local arrangements to keep a sharp look out for any potential new outbreaks of coronavirus in Devon, and take swift and decisive action to tackle and contain them when necessary, are now up and running. Devon’s Local Outbreak Engagement Board, known as Team Devon, and the local COVID-19 Health Protection Board met for the first time this week. Chaired by Devon County Council’s Leader, Cllr John Hart, the Outbreak Engagement Board’s make-up is expansive, including representatives from across Devon’s local business, tourism, schools and further education, communities and the voluntary...
The Inbetweeners star James Buckley has revived his lovable character Jay Cartwright especially for RGB Building Supplies by voicing the builders merchant’s latest series of radio adverts.
In the adverts Jay is trying his hand as a tradesman and, in typical Jay fashion, there’s plenty of embellished bragging during conversations with his builder ‘fwends’. According to Jay, he got a bargain when he bought a left handed hammer and polystyrene nails from a man on the street, has been asked by the Vatican to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, is taking on the renovation of Big...
‘Lockdown Legends’ – the people of Devon who went that extra mile to help out during COVID-19 – are still being sought for a photographic exhibition in Exeter.
Nominations for the exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery close this Sunday (19 July), so don’t miss the chance to feature in this historic event.
Organisers have stressed that teams can be nominated. However because of the subject matter and social distancing, people are being asked to use just one person to represent the team in the nomination.
Due to ‘you know what’ Donavon Frankenreiter will now be touring in 2021 and will headline the Phoenix in Exeter on Monday 1st November.
Donavon has been writing, recording and touring his music for 20 years. With over a dozen full-length record releases and hundreds of songs written, the traveling troubadour has become beacon for funkified jams, stylish stomps and feel-good grooves. From his surf-inspired serenades to classic blues-rooted funk, the Donavon is always evolving. It would seem he’s just getting started…
Donavon first came to the South West back in 2004 when...
This summer marks the arrival of HeyChesto - a beautiful, vintage-inspired suitcase with in-built shelving that becomes a pret-a-porter wardrobe solution while on the move. Inspired by the old fashion chests and trunks of the golden age of travel, the HeyChesto makes a unique travel companion for the modern traveller with its chic style. The HeyChesto becomes an essential extension of the wardrobe and reflection of its owner’s personal style, while providing a practical solution to make life on the move easier – no need to unpack, more time for adventure.
A new initiative designed to find solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges has been announced.
On Wednesday (July 15th), the University of Exeter and the Met Office will enter a partnership to create a Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence.
Environmental Intelligence is an exciting new field of research that sits at the interface of environmental and sustainability research, data science, artificial intelligence and digital technologies.
It will be crucial in ensuring that we have the information required to...
Increasing numbers of people have turned to walking for exercise, escapism, stress-busting and enjoyment during the COVID-19 ‘lockdown’. So, Devon Ramblers are helping to support walkers old and new across the county to carry on enjoying walking, safely and responsibly, and make it a permanent habit as restrictions are slowly eased.
Joining the Ramblers, Great Britain’s largest walking community, gives walk lovers access to all-year-round support, advice and inspiration – online, via social media, and through a quarterly magazine. This is great news for the 74% of Britons who said...
The latest section of one of Devon County Council’s main cross-city walking and cycling routes has been completed.
The stretch of the E4 route from Pinhoe Road to Exhibition Way is now open, connecting it to the first phase of the route on Cumberland Way and onto Redhayes Bridge over the M5 to connect with the east of Exeter.
These most recent improvements have widened existing shared paths along Pinhoe Road and include priority crossings. A two-way cycle route, with a ‘buffer’ zone segregating cyclists from the road, has also been developed along part of Exhibition Way...
A new community is growing at Taylor Wimpey's new Mayfield Gardens development in Monkerton, Exeter, with a number of residents now settled into their homes and construction back underway.
A collection of properties in the growing suburb of Monkerton, Mayfield Gardens includes a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes with options for first time buyers, downsizers and growing families. The first residents began to move into their homes in November 2019 and are already making the most of life on a new-build development.
Sales Manager Jackie Ireland said: “We’ve had some...
