Princesshay will host its second jobs and skills fair this November, bringing local employers and jobseekers together, along with support and training services, to help local people into work.
From 10am – 4pm on Wednesday 1st November, a range of businesses will showcase vacancies on offer at Princesshay over the festive season. Over 30 stores and restaurants including Superdry, Starbucks, MAC, & Café Rouge in Princesshay are recruiting in advance of Christmas and the Recruit Princesshay team will be on hand to help match job seekers and available posts.
On the anniversary of the blaze that ripped through the historic Cathedral Yard area of Exeter last October, firefighters in the region are calling for an end to dangerous fire service cuts. The fire caused massive damage before being extinguished, and placed huge demands on the resources of the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service who sent 150 firefighters to put the fire out.
Last Friday (20 Oct) Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority endorsed a draft Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP), the purpose of which the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) believes is to pave the way...
More than 30,000 handcrafted red poppies made to mark the centenary of the First World War at the Devon County Show will go on display at Exeter Cathedral.
The exhibition opens on Monday (October 30) and runs until Tuesday, November 14.
Thousands of local people supported the ‘people’s tribute’ to the 11,500 Devon men and women who died in the Great War by creating 34,000 poppies.
The commemoration was the idea of Deborah Custance Baker, Chief Steward of the Crafts and Gardens Show feature.
“I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone, young and old, who...
Hundreds of people in Devon have surveyed their gardens for bats this summer as part of the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project.
The 2017 Devon Bat Survey has been the biggest yet with 600 unique locations surveyed, from Seaton to Plymouth and Salcombe to Combe Martin.
Participants in the survey - which this year runs until the end of October - collect their bat detector and ultrasonic microphone from one of 20 monitoring centres across Devon, including shops, garden centres and community hubs.
Each survey takes place over three nights - so there have been a total...
The Rotary Club of Exeter has teamed up with an international Simon and Garfunkel tribute act to donate much-needed funds to the RD&E’s children’s ward.
The club have donated £2700 to Bramble ward after Dan Haynes and Pete Richards, known as Bookends, pledged the proceeds of a concert they gave in June at the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth.
The donation has helped Bramble to buy extra pieces of essential equipment, including a set of multi-functional scales for babies and children and new otoscopes and opthalmascopes for examining children’s ears, noses and throats...
Forest Fuels has joined forces with Billington Bioenergy, under the ownership of AMP PLC, providing the UK with its most comprehensive wood fuel distribution network to date.
Both companies are well-respected in the industry and have built reputations for their high levels of expertise and customer service over more than a decade.
While the two brands will continue to operate independently, behind the scenes they will immediately combine their expertise and distribution resources. This will enable them to offer unbeatable quality wood fuel supply across the whole of the UK...
Carers and families of people living across Devon and Cornwall with dementia are being urged to participate in a new initiative which is being launched by Devon and Cornwall police in partnership with Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Dementia Alliance.
The Herbert Protocol is aimed at finding those who go missing quickly and safely.The Protocol encourages families, carers, friends or neighbours to hold information about the person with Dementia that can help the emergency services find them if they go missing.
By using an easily accessible form, carers can provide vital...
Visitors to the new Marshall Exeter Audi Centre on 1 Matford Way, will be dazzled by the state-of-the-art facilities of this £8.5m facility, showcasing the latest Audi Terminal concept.
Almost double the size of the former centre, there is extensive customer parking, a 15-car showroom, and the dealership has space to have 70 approved cars on display. Two private lounges are available for customers to configure their perfect Audi online, and a 15-bay high-tech workshop will help reduce the lead time for service requirements. When dropping off their vehicle, Audi customers will even...
Exeter-based accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark has joined forces with charities and regulators to combat fraud targeted against charities, as part of National Charity Fraud Awareness Week (23 – 27 October).
Charity Fraud Awareness Week aims to help charities limit their fraud risks and ensure that charity trustees, staff and volunteers, as well as their donors and supporters, can recognise the warning signs.
Charities face the same fraud risks as any other sector and fraud can occur at any point in the financial flow, from when the donation is made right through to the...
