Exeter

Devon-based specialists launch world's first dissolvable catheter for women

Innovative and award-winning self-catheterisation specialists Hunter Urology based in Exeter, has ‘Rocked the World’ of medicine with its ground-breaking development of EmtevaPure®. The new product designed for women which has taken years to bring to market is the world’s first catheter to dissolve entirely in water in just 30-60 minutes!

Established in 2001, Hunter Urology is based on the Exeter Airport Business Park with six employees and a T/O of just under £1m with an overall 20% growth last year. Revenue is split 50% internally within the UK and 50% export – Hunter Urology is...

Exeter manufacturer secures £9 million from HSBC UK to diversify during Covid-19

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 06/22/2020 - 11:18am

The UK’s first and only manufacturer of aluminium composite panels (ACPs) has secured a £9 million finance facility from HSBC UK to diversify its product range, move into new markets and safeguard the future of the business amid the coronavirus crisis.

Multipanel UK, which is based in Exeter and typically makes ACPs for industries such as sign making, exhibition stand design and architecture, has used the funding to make changes to its core product to meet demand from other industries for screen materials that can be used in shops, offices and leisure facilities. The funding was...

A false dawn for the Exeter housing market?

Estate agents will be telling all with ears to hear that the Exeter housing market is open for business, but their words may well turn out to be a false dawn

House prices are meaningless without meaningful levels of housing transactions

We believe that now is a dangerous time to either be buying or selling a home, because there is currently no reliable indicator of house prices. The proof point for house prices is the level of housing transactions, without a firm foundation of housing transactions house prices are as secure as houses built on sand.

The Land...

Call for used candles to help relight candle recycling business

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Mon, 06/22/2020 - 8:49am

If you’ve been lighting up your lockdown with candles, The Recycled Candle Company urgently needs your help!

As lockdown measures ease, owners Richard Hills-Ingyon and Sargon Latchin are asking anyone with a stockpile of used candles to either drop them off at the shop or pop them in the post so they can start production again.

Richard said: “Lockdown meant donations pretty much stopped, and without the wax, we can’t make our recycled candles.

“But we know the wax is out there as we’ve had loads of enquiries from people desperate to give us their old candles.”...

IRMA: Lessons from the Worst Storm in Atlantic History by Mark R Wilson

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 06/21/2020 - 12:41pm

Local man Mark R Wilson has released his first book, IRMA: Life Lessons from the Worst Storm in Atlantic History and is already receiving 5 star reviews. A memoir which takes a hard look at how life, the ups and downs, lead him to the fateful day when hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, raging 200mph winds ripping apart the building around him and facing certain death. Mark tackles the big questions of life head on, to ultimately find his peace. An inspiring book which does not shy away from the good or the bad of life. IRMA: Life Lessons from the Worst Storm in...

The future of work in Exeter - which way will it go?

Authored by Proteus
Posted: Sat, 06/20/2020 - 12:05pm

By Peter Totterdill, Director of Workplace Innovation Europe CLG

Comparative data published by the Centre for Cities reveals Exeter as a city of contrasts. It’s a fast-growing city both in terms of population and in housing stock. In fact, a growth table of 63 urban areas places the city third in the UK.

At first glance, the labour market seems healthy too. Exeter has full employment with 76.7% of working age adults in employment and only 1.5% registered as unemployed. Some 40% of working people have high level qualifications and only 4.3% have no formal qualifications at...

Housebuilder gives parents a sporting boost to keep children active

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/19/2020 - 10:07pm

Parents in South West are being offered an online ‘sports day at home’ pack thanks to a leading housebuilder’s partnership with Team GB.

With the current Covid-19 crisis still unfolding, many parents have had to get used to home schooling amid the uncertainty of when their children will return to school.

Now Persimmon Homes South West, thanks to its ongoing partnership with The British Olympic Association, is offering parents the chance to download special sports packs for free and start planning their own sports day at home.

World Championship silver medallist...

Measures to support cyclists social distancing in place

New temporary traffic calming measures to support social distancing and provide a safer environment to encourage walking and cycling in Exeter are now in place. The changes are the first set of traffic calming measures along the E3 cycle route linking Heavitree and Whipton to the City Centre. The route also passes close to four primary schools, a secondary school as well as local parks.

The changes also include temporary traffic order preventing through traffic in several roads.

These include Vaughan Road, from the junction with Clifford Close to the junction with Bodley...

Adventure Drive-In announce UK's biggest drive-in cinema tour

Adventure Drive-In, the UK's biggest drive-in tour, will be visiting over 20 towns and cities this summer, including Exeter and Newton Abbot!

Friends and family are invited to enjoy outdoor screenings of their favourite films, new and old, from the safety and comfort of their cars. With 80s classics including Dirty Dancing, Back to the Future, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Labyrinth, The Goonies and The Blues Brothers, to family favourites such as Grease, The Lion King, Cool Runnings and The Greatest Showman, to critically acclaimed 90s films like Pulp Fiction and Jurassic Park, and...

Heir follow their heroes and record at world's most famous studio

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/18/2020 - 9:45pm

Groove pop band Heir have followed in the footsteps of their music heroes – all the way to Abbey Road!

The five-piece – whose keyboard player Sam Perry hails from Exeter – have just released their eagerly-awaited new single Fear of Falling .

The brilliant slice of throwback pop was not only recorded at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios but was produced by the great Ken Scott who has famously worked with such icons as The Beatles, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Elton John .

The magical experience at Abbey Road was new territory for Heir whose previous singles...

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