This September Devon’s leading Contemporary Arts centre, Exeter Phoenix, will present a significant showcase exhibition of emerging and established contemporary visual artists from across the UK and beyond. Exeter Contemporary Open is an annual, open submission exhibition, which over the last eleven years has built national and international reputation as a prime opportunity for artists to showcase their work, drawing audiences and attention from across the country. This year’s exhibition includes a shortlist of eight artists, selected from several hundred submissions by Cheryl Jones (...
Come rain or shine, The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth has plenty of fun-filled events for all the family.
With free admission, free parking, daily activities throughout the holidays and a free Hopper Bus from Sidmouth, The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth is a great value option this summer. Open from 9am every day, enjoy face painting and animal-themed crafts, such as making a donkey out of modelling clay, and take the whole family on a holiday hunt around the farm.
Get outdoors and meet some of the 500 donkeys who are cared for at the Sidmouth site, including giant Poitou...
Northcott Beaton, one of Devon’s top insurance companies, has launched a new affinity scheme designed to raise funds for charities and community groups across Devon.
The Exeter Leukaemia Fund is the first charity to sign up to the Free Tenners scheme which will enable charity supporters to raise funds through the purchase of day-to-day insurance products.
The scheme, the first of its kind, will assist charities and community groups with their fundraising efforts when they sign up as a Free Tenners Partner. When supporters of the registered charities and groups purchase...
Teignbridge has introduced new on-the-spot fines of £400 to reduce fly-tipping offences in the district.
The new get-tough powers to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale fly-tipping offences by an individual or companies came into force following a delegated decision by Teignbridge’s Portfolio Holder for Health and Wellbeing Cllr Sylvia Russell.
Teignbridge has seized the opportunity to take advantage of the law changes that make it easier to take action against offenders. It means that anyone caught fly-tipping may be issued with a fixed penalty notice of £400....
A leading South West renewable energy lawyer has been shortlisted for a national award for her work promoting the renewables industry. Sonya Bedford who is head of renewable energy at Stephens Scown LLP has been shortlisted in the Community Energy Champion category of the Community Energy Awards 2016. The Awards will be announced at an event in Oxford in September. Sonya has built Stephens Scown’s renewable energy team into the biggest in Devon and Cornwall. Her work in the community energy field has included ground-breaking progress on grid sharing agreements for solar schemes, which has...
A new £8 million student housing development in Exeter is gearing up for the next intake of students after local contractors Midas Construction finished the 159 room residence this month ahead of the new academic year starting in September. As part of the project, Midas also took down the former cricket pavilion at the Prince of Wales Road venue, replacing it with a new, state-of-the art, two-storey pavilion complete with changing rooms, kitchen, bar and office space which was all built in conjunction with the student accommodation site nearby. The site was built on behalf of developers...
Thirteen of the best South West food entrepreneurs have been chosen, by a panel of regional food experts, to go through to the next stage of Exeter’s Find a Foodie search.
Launched by the team behind Exeter’s Queen St. Dining, ‘Find a Foodie’ is set to discover the next big thing in the region’s thriving food and drink sector.
The winning enterprise will have the opportunity to join the West Country’s most exciting culinary hub and receive an impressive support package, including a 3-month free occupancy of a kiosk in Queen St. The winner will also receive expert business,...
Exeter Business Improvement District (Exeter BID) has launched a brand new website: www.inexeter.com . Designed for both residents of and visitors to the city, the website provides a wealth of information and news on businesses, shops, attractions and events in Exeter.
Exeter BID was introduced in March 2015 and will result in £2.4million being invested into the city centre to make it more attractive and user friendly for visitors, residents and business owners. Activities managed by the Exeter BID include boosted marketing for the businesses and events within the city centre,...
The consultation on options for improving the North Devon Link Road is being extended by two weeks.
Devon County Council has decided to keep the consultation open until Friday 12 August.
The consultation puts forward two preferred options, both of which improve traffic flow to reduce journey times between the M5 and Northern Devon, as well as tackling congestion at peak-times between Barnstaple and Bideford, and improving safety on the Link Road.
The first option, estimated at £35 million, is to upgrade junctions which are currently pinch points. The second option,...
Exeter City Council leader Pete Edwards is urging the government to listen to local government and reduce the stakes on fixed odd betting terminals from £100 to £2.
Two years ago Exeter City Council, alongside 91 other local authorities from across the political spectrum, supported a Sustainable Communities Act to try to improve the situation.
The proposal called on the government to slash the maximum stakes on gaming machines found in high street betting shops from £100 a spin to £2, bringing them in line with other machines available in arcades, pubs and bingo halls....
