Exeter financial experts Old Mill have welcomed 17 new starters this week as the business continues to expand, despite the impact of COVID-19.
Old Mill, which offers business, tax and wealth management advice to businesses and individuals, has worked hard during lockdown to ensure staff felt secure and happy in their roles and clients received the top quality service they are used to.
This has meant that the business has continued to thrive and recruit into all levels of the business, including school leavers, graduates, and more experienced positions.
The University of Exeter has agreed a partnership with Halo, the UK’s first commercial provider of saliva-based PCR tests for Covid-19. The agreement will ensure rapid testing of students and staff at campuses in Exeter and Cornwall, providing both same day and next day results.
The simple test and fast results will enable the University to both quickly reassure people with possible symptoms but who are not infected and also identify any positive cases who can then be isolated and supported to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The University has put in place a full suite...
Deliveroo, the on-demand food delivery service, is celebrating its fifth birthday in Exeter. New data from Deliveroo reveals Saturday at 7:44pm is the most popular time for Exeter locals to order Deliveroo. Further data has shown locals love American food the most, followed by British and Thai.
A former University of Exeter master’s student is celebrating after successfully launching their Two Brooks brand into the UK’s emerging Hard Seltzer market, establishing them as one of the youngest drinks brand owners in the country.
Fabio Bruni, aged 28, who attended the University from 2014-2015, has defied the odds and launched his business alongside his sister Francesca (aged 25) during an unprecedented pandemic – a big enough task in normal market conditions.
Two Brooks is a range of alcoholic sparkling waters that’s produced in Britain, made with 100% natural...
Summer begins to mellow, winds begin to change and that is the herald for the beginning of a spectacular time of year for wildlife on the internationally important Exe Estuary.
As breeding grounds in Siberia turn icy cold and food supplies there dwindle, this prompts an exhausting annual migration of thousands of water birds. The rich food resources found in the Exe provide a welcome home to these birds, many of which travel in family groups.
With these changes in mind, people are asked to avoid wildlife refuges on the Exe Estuary at Dawlish Warren National Nature...
Lucy Loveday is one of 22 bold and generous leaders selected to be part of Acumen’s inaugural UK-wide Fellowship. Fellows have been selected based on their commitment to bridging societal divides and tackling injustice across the UK.
Lucy Loveday’s heart lies in social justice. She is a qualified GP and experienced medical educationalist and currently works as a GP Training Programme Director. Loveday is relentlessly passionate about using education and training as vehicles for positive social change. She designs and develops creative programmes that translate research evidence...
An innovative University of Exeter spin-out company, which uses sophisticated mathematical modelling to help develop treatment plans for patients with epilepsy, has secured two prestigious government funding awards
Neuronostics has received two grants worth almost £900,000 in total, as part of a £50M package of support for artificial intelligence in health and care by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), announced today (September 8th 2020).
The awards will enable the Neuronostics team to develop their patented BioEP technology - a revolutionary biomarker...
The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies is offering excess wood to the local community and groups for free.
The branch has a number of damaged wooden pallets, that can be broken down, as well as off-cuts of wood which people are welcome to collect and use to complete projects.
Paul West, Branch Manager at RGB Exeter, commented:
“The wood is perfectly usable so instead of simply skipping it, we wanted to offer it out to those who wish to complete jobs in their own homes, or community groups and charities who are struggling to fund the purchase of wood to...
Some of the world’s leading thinkers for social and environmental change are to take part in an exclusive series of free online events launched by the University of Exeter Business School’s MBA programme.
The Leading Edge speaker series will see world-renowned leaders and entrepreneurs come together with students, faculty and alumni, chief executives and senior leaders to discuss the most pressing global challenges facing business – and consider how we can shape a better and more sustainable world.
The Leading Edge autumn series will feature world-renowned leaders who...
One of the UK’s biggest county competitions celebrating local food and drink has been forced to undergo changes this year for obvious reasons - but in the fertile and highly productive county of Devon, it remains the case that “the show must go on”.
The county’s producers, hospitality and catering businesses and speciality retailers have now been given the deadline of the end of this month to enter the prestigious Food Drink Devon Awards, which this year will be staged online for the first time.
“We have introduced an alternative awards scheme which aims to celebrate the...
