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Sales and support staff at south coast based Hendy Group in Exeter have been honoured for their contribution to a record year at the company’s annual sales awards which was hosted by TV presenter Natasha Kaplinsky.
Hendy chief executive Paul Hendy paid tribute to all the award winners in a year which has seen the company grow with the acquisition of the south east based Lifestyle group.
“It’s a great night for us to come together and these awards recognise the high quality of staff we have working throughout our operations,’’ he said.
The Post Office will open a brand new branch at WS Retail, 1 Sylvania Drive, Exeter, EX4 5DT on Monday 30 January at 1pm.
The branch will be the first Post Office in this part of Exeter. Post Office services will be offered from a low-screened, open-plan Post Office counter that is integrated into the retail counter, enabling customers to carry out a wide range of Post Office transactions alongside retail purchases.
Post Office services will be available seven days a week throughout the store’s opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 6.30am to 9pm. This will offer customers an...
For clubs, coaches and community sports people alike, the Devon Sports Awards is a prestigious annual event which celebrates their hard work and achievement across a number of different categories.
This year marks a special landmark for the Devon Sports Awards which are 20 years old. To celebrate, there will be a glittering ceremony on June 30th 2017 with a sporting hero as guest speaker.. Nominations are now open and the organisers of the Devon Sports Awards, Active Devon, The Exeter Foundation and Exeter College are urging people to make sure that they use the opportunity to see...
A new East Devon visitor attraction is celebrating a successful 2016 – its first year of opening.
Owned by East Devon District Council and operated by the charity Devon Wildlife Trust, Seaton Jurassic first opened its doors to the paying public in April. Since then it has welcomed more than 40,000 visitors to its unique visitor experience, café and shop.
The success of Seaton Jurassic hasn’t gone unnoticed. The attraction, which takes visitors on a journey back through time to a Jurassic World of lost creatures and ancient ancestors, gained second place in the ‘Best UK Day-...
With a brand new location for 2017, the Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) Rainbow Run at Westpoint Arena, looks set to be the charity’s best ever.
With a full event village planned with music and entertainment, this year’s run is definitely a family day out with a difference. Jayne Jarrett, events fundraiser at CHSW said: ‘We simply love our Rainbow Run as it is such a fun event, children from five are able to take part making it a really great family experience. We are thrilled to be able to bring this event to Westpoint and with so much planned for our event village, this is...
The South West will be one of the first places in the country to offer a new and joyful cardio fitness workout from a BBC Dragons’ Den success.
SwingTrain is an elating exercise experience accompanied by the vintage vibes of swing, gospel, rhythm & blues and jazz – a marked difference to the electronic music that dominates the majority of cardio exercise classes. The fitness regime has been developed by Scott Cupit, the award winning dance teacher and entrepreneur whose pitch for Swing Patrol – the dance school and events company – secured investment on BBC Dragons’ Den. Duncan...
People in Exeter, and the surrounding area, are being given the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of local people with dementia by becoming Dementia Friends Champions. People can book now to attend a touring induction day that is coming to the city on Tuesday 7 February.
The day-long session, that will take place at Sidwell’s Community Centre, is part of Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friends programme, which is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It aims to transform the way the nation acts, thinks and talks about the condition....
Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and Never Mind the Buzzcocks star Sara Pascoe will be on stage in Exeter later this month.
Sara will open Exeter Comedy Grove's show in Exeter at The Barnfield Theatre on Friday 20th January.
Sara Pascoe is a British writer, stand-up comedian and actress. She has appeared in a number of television programmes - Campus, Live At The Apollo, QI, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week among others - as well as an all-female sketch show and her own Edinburgh show, and runs comedy club The House Of Mirth.
A pupil at Exeter Cathedral School has been awarded a place in the prestigious National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain.
Rufus Hetherington, who is in Year 7 at ECS and a Chorister at Exeter Cathedral, has earned himself a spot in the French Horn section of the elite GB orchestra.
Rufus, who has been a pupil at the School since he was 8 and who studies French Horn at the School, said he was ‘really pleased’ to have made the grade and that he was looking forward to the challenge of working alongside some ‘amazing players’.
