Exeter

Free Twitter masterclass event

Authored by MiHi Digital
Posted: Wed, 01/11/2017 - 12:46pm

A local digital marketing agency is aiming to help businesses hit the ground running in 2017 with a series of free events.

The first masterclass, to be held on Wednesday 15th February, will focus on how businesses can tweak their current Twitter activity in order to increase the amount of leads and enquiries they are gaining.

MiHi Digital, which has quoted for more than £150,000 of work from Twitter over the past three years, has used the social network to grow their own business and is now looking to share some of the key principles behind their success.

Director...

Princesshay to host Spring Spree event

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/11/2017 - 4:52am

Shoppers across Exeter are invited to indulge in an exclusive evening of shopping, discounts and treats being held on Thursday 30th March from 6pm – 9pm.

Princesshay will be hosting its second Spring Spree event, packed with offers, that will give shoppers a fabulous shopping experience and the chance to upgrade their spring style for the new season.

Over thirty top retailers and restaurants are expected to take part in the exclusive shopping evening. As well as the fantastic deals, shoppers will be treated to style consultations and beauty treatments, live music, models...

The Witches

Event Date: 
13/01/2017 - 7:30pm to 21/01/2017 - 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth

Adapted for the stage by David Wood taken from the book written by Roald Dahl.

First presented by Clarion Productions at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield in 1992 and on tour including a Christmas West End season, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London.

Clarion toured the play again a few years later, including a West End season at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Since then there have been many productions abroad, notably in Belgium and Scandinavian countries, as well as a repertory production at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, and many amateur productions.

This is a...

Tour of Britain boosts Devon's economy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/10/2017 - 4:13pm

More than 250,000 people lined the county’s streets and roads to watch the Devon Stage of the Tour of Britain last September according to an independent report.

It reveals that despite the wet weather the Devon Stage on Friday 9 September 2016, hosted by Devon County Council and supported by Teignbridge District Council, East Devon District Council and Dartmoor National Park, attracted more spectators than the previous 2014 stage and generated more than £4.26 million for Devon’s economy.

Crowds lined the 150km (93miles) route starting in Sidmouth and taking in town's...

Libraries Unlimited chief exec awarded OBE

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/10/2017 - 3:49pm

Ciara Eastell, Chief Executive of Libraries Unlimited has been named in the Queen’s New Year Honour list for her services to public libraries.

Ciara, who heads up the new charity that is responsible for all of Devon’s library services, was awarded the honour for her national contribution to public libraries as the President of the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL), a voluntary role she held for two years until June 2016.

Ciara said: “It is an honour and a privilege to be awarded an OBE. It is also a recognition of the hard work and commitment of the people I have worked...

Charity Fashion Show

Event Date: 
09/02/2017 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Reed Hall, University of Exeter, Streatham Drive, Exeter EX4 4QR

Life Education Wessex invite you to a Charity Fashion Show to support health, well-being and drug prevention education for local children

Clothes for all ages and sizes from high street stores.

Tickets £15 per person to include complimentary cheese and wine

availalbe from Julie via email Julie@lifeeducationwessex.org.uk or by calling 07956 574493

http://lifeeducationwessex.org.uk

Bogus workmen steal precious jewellery

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/10/2017 - 9:20am

Police are investigating a distraction burglary in Exeter where two men posed as council workmen to steal precious jewellery from an elderly woman.

The two men, who were wearing green jackets and white hard hats, called at the woman’s home in Laburnum Road, shortly after 11am on Friday [6 January].

They claimed they were from the council and asked to go into the house to look at areas of the property. One of the bogus workmen distracted the woman by asking for a drink while the other man went upstairs.

After conducting a tidy search one man left through an upstairs...

Stagecoach celebrates SW Falcon carrying 150,000th passenger

Stagecoach has announced that the South West Falcon carried its 150,000th passenger - less than a year since the launch of the 24/7 coach service.

Bob Dennison, Managing Director of Stagecoach South West, commented: “Reaching this milestone so soon after launch is absolutely fantastic and goes to show how successful Falcon has become in a short space of time. I’d like to thank all of our staff who keep our coaches running 24/7, and all of our customers who choose to travel with us both now and in the future.”

Launched on 14 February 2016 at a cost of £2.5m, the South West...

Parishes Together Fund lights up Exmouth and Honiton

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/10/2017 - 6:13am

Did you enjoy Exmouth and Honiton’s exciting new Christmas lights?

These were thanks to a joint project from Exmouth and Honiton Town Councils and mainly funded by East Devon District Council and Devon County Council through their Parishes Together Fund.

The money has been used to purchase, test and put up the festive street lights and decorate and put up the town’s Christmas trees. It will also fund the storage of the lights for a year. The lights will be swapped between the towns to provide a fresh display each year.

£36,700 of the funding needed for the £43,600...

£100,000 appeal to plug Killerton's leaking roof

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/09/2017 - 5:24pm

Killerton House near Exeter, looked after by the National Trust, has launched a major fundraising campaign to plug the holes in its leaking roof.

£100,000 is needed to help pay for work due to start in late February which will prevent the threat of water damage to the much loved house and collection, which includes a unique Trust fashion collection. The money raised will also go towards carrying out vital work to conserve the roof over the house, exterior walls, windows, chimneys and parapets, as part the Trust’s ongoing commitment to care for Killerton. Thanks to a very generous...

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