Exeter

Digital marketing agency takes up new office space

Authored by MiHi Digital
Posted: Tue, 12/13/2016 - 11:24am

A local digital marketing agency has moved to larger premises as the company continues to go from strength-to-strength.

Having been set up by digital marketing specialist Mark Worden from the living room of a one-bedroom flat on the Exeter Quayside three years ago, the business will now service more than 150 clients from 900sq ft. of office space spread across two floors on the Devon / Cornwall border.

The company, which offers assistance on all aspects of online marketing including website design, social media, search engine optimisation and strategy, made the decision to...

Exeter Adoption Information Session

Event Date: 
05/01/2017 - 6:30pm
Venue: 
Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter, EX6 7UE

Have you considered adoption, but not certain? Could you consider adopting a child aged 3-plus? A disabled child? Or siblings? Could you consider Foster to Adopt? Then go along and talk to Families for Children at their Exeter information session.

6.30pm- 8.30pm

Further details: www.familiesforchildren.org.uk

New public sector energy company announced for Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 - 5:31pm

A pioneering new energy company, designed to deliver more efficient heat and power in Devon, has been announced.

The innovative company, called Dextco, will develop ground-breaking sustainable projects to provide environmentally-friendly energy to homes and businesses across the city and its surrounding area.

The company - whose founder members and shareholders comprise of The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (RD&E), the University of Exeter, Devon County Council, Exeter City Council and Teignbridge District Council – is the first specifically Exeter-based...

Carols on the Quay a success

Exmouth Quay’s annual concert of traditional Christmas carols held on Sunday 11 December was a huge success with well over a hundred people joining in the fun.

The Exmouth Town Band, Exmouth Shanty Men, and the Woodbury Community choir provided the music for the event which was hosted by Martin Nicholls and raised funds for Christian Aid.

Property developer Eagle One, who built most of the quayside homes and are just completing the last 14 apartments at The Point, is the main sponsor of the event. Other traders at the Quay provide help with the fund-raising and the event...

Shazia Mirza: The Kardashians Made Me Do It

Event Date: 
01/02/2017 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter, EX1 1BW.

'The Kardashians Made Me Do It' is a searing and urgent exploration of life, love and Jihadi brides.

The show is inspired by three girls who left Bethnal Green to join ISIS, and an unrelated radio piece Shazia contributed to the BBC which subsequently received a record number of complaints. The show tells of the confusion it caused, as she looks into the nature of offence, the dangers of politically correct liberalism versus the sinister and terrifying intrusion of ISIS into the lives of young British Asian women.

Tickets: £16 - 01392 665938

Mixed feelings for Maunder

Exeter Chiefs youngster Jack Maunder admitted to have mixed feelings in the aftermath of his side’s latest European Champions Cup defeat at the hands of Bordeaux Begles.

Scrum-half Maunder claimed his first-ever try in Exeter colours during the first half at Sandy Park, but it proved not enough as the French side hit back in the second period to record a 13-7 victory over Rob Baxter’s side.

The defeat – Exeter’s third in the competition this season – means they remain rooted to the foot of Pool 5 with their European aspirations all but over for another season, despite...

Manhunt after knife-point robbery at Exeter petrol station

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 - 3:12pm

At around 12.50am on Monday 12 December 2016, a man armed with a large knife, entered the Esso petrol station on Cowley Bridge Road in Exeter.

A man, thought to be in his late 30s, picked up a till which was located in the Subway concession of the store. He was unable to open the till and threatened a member of staff to hand over approximately £400 in notes.

The man left the shop and ran into an alleyway which leads through to Lower Argyll Mews. The police helicopter was called to assist in the search for this offender.

There was one member of staff in the shop at...

Old Herbaceous with Giles Shenton as ‘Herbert’

Event Date: 
11/02/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre, Exeter

by Alfred Shaughnessy from the novel by Reginald Arkell Directed by Simon Downing

Giles Shenton, as Old Herbaceous, keeps us engrossed, entertained, amused and emotionally engaged. Old Herbaceous is an acute and sometimes hilarious observation of relationships between the classes in a gentler, simpler age.

Sprinkled with witticisms and epithets. Giles Shenton truly lives the part and makes us feel it’s a private chat from a bygone and comforting age that leaves us with a feeling that, perhaps, all’s right with the world. The humorous love story of a single-minded yet gentle...

The Brexit Club

Event Date: 
03/02/2017 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Cygnet Theatre

Substance & Shadow Theatre bring you an original tale of intolerance, alienation and Findus crispy pancakes!!!

It’s the 23rd June - the day of the Euro Referendum and just another lunch time in the works canteen for cousins Len Silver and Melvyn Gould and their colleagues, but beneath their love of haute cuisine and jovial banter there’s trouble brewing. Sid Vishnu’s lentil Dahl and Don Beattie’s bangers and mash are emblems of a nation divided!

Substance and Shadow Theatre present a black comedy that will have you chewing over the remains of Brexit and deciding on a...

Commuter-led project to cut congestion set to move into second gear

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 12/12/2016 - 12:48pm

The first stage of a commuter-driven initiative designed to help reduce traffic congestion has revealed some fascinating results, organisers have said.

Experts from the University of Exeter launched the project earlier this year to determine what factors influence the time and routes chosen by people travelling to and from the city.

As part of the project, the team hosted an online survey - www.commute-exeter.com - aimed at anyone aged 17 and over who commutes for work or study.

Now, having collated the thousands of responses received, the team has revealed how...

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