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Adam Sweet playing at Hanlons Brewery

Event Date: 
23/09/2016 - 5:00pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Hanlons Brewery, Half Moon Village, Exeter EX5 5AE

Join us at Hanlons Brewery on Friday 23rd September 2016 for food, drinks and music by Adam Sweet.

Bar opens at 5.00pm, food is served from 6.30pm and Adam is playing from 8.00pm.

Tables can only be reserved if you are eating on the evening.

Call 01392 851160 or email enquiries@hanlonsbrewery.com for more information.

RSPCA Big Walkies

Event Date: 
18/09/2016 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Ludwell Valley Park, Exeter EX2 5LA

Doggies and dog lovers, are you ready to forget the everyday walk? Walkies just got BIGGER, and you’re invited! Join us at BIG Walkies 2016 to sniff out more trees, have more fun, and find more reasons to slobber.

On your BIG day, choose your walkies distance, have a fun filled day and help provide a better life for animals in need.

Sign up today for a great day out!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYW03ofXrAs

Exeter College raises over £13,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 08/04/2016 - 11:12am

Exeter College raises a record breaking £13,470.71 in support of Teenage Cancer Trust – the most ever raised by a college for the charity in the South West.

Over the past year, students and staff have come together to raise funds for the college’s Charity of the Year Teenage Cancer Trust – the only UK charity supporting 13-24 year olds with cancer through their specialist nursing staff and units. In March 2014 Teenage Cancer Trust raised £2.5million to open the first specialist Teenage Cancer Trust unit in the South West for local young people from across the region with cancer....

Retired holidaymakers asked to share stories

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 08/04/2016 - 10:41am

Retired holidaymakers are needed to take part in new research which aims to discover how giving up work has affected their tourism choices.

Academics from the University of Exeter Business School want to collect data on how people holidayed before and after retirement. They hope this will allow experts to better understand how tourism affects the wellbeing of older people, and how retirement leads to changes in the choice of location and holiday type.

The researchers are working with the charity Age UK Exeter to carry out the survey, which can also be completed online ....

Samosa Lady at Hanlons Brewery

Event Date: 
13/08/2016 - 6:30pm to 11:00pm
Venue: 
Hanlons Brewery, Half Moon Village, Exeter EX5 5AE

Hanlons Brewery are very excited to announce that the Samosa Lady from Ottery St Mary will be hosting an evening at Hanlons Brewery on Saturday 13th August 2016.

The Samosa Lady will be cooking 4 courses and the price will be £30 per person. Hanlons fully stocked bar will be open- Yellow Hammer is great with a curry!

Booking is essential for this event please call 01392 851160 or email enquiries@hanlonsbrewery.com to book your space.

Doors open at 6.30pm and food is served from 7pm.

Ashfords LLP ranked most active legal advisers in UK

Independent research by Experian MarketIQ has identified Ashfords LLP as one of the most active, by volume, legal advisers in the UK and the South West.

Ashfords has been ranked top 20 in the UK and first in the South West, putting the firm in first position within the region consecutively for 18 months.

Ashfords is delighted to be recognised consistently for its strong and growing national corporate practice.

To view the full report, please click here.

The Experian MarketIQ is a market intelligence platform which reveals the market insights of organisations...

St Thomas residents' anger as newly planted trees destroyed

St Thomas residents responded with shock, disappointment and anger after recently planted fruit trees in Cowick Barton Playing Fields were destroyed over night. Many residents were very upset by the senselessness of the actions.

The majority of the new trees we broken and some dragged in to roads neighbouring the fields; one was even left pushed through the railings in the gate.

St Thomas Councillors, Rob Hannaford, Hannah Packham and Paul Bull condemned the actions of the vandals in the strongest terms.

Rob Hannaford said "The trees were bought with money from the...

Study sheds light on link between cholesterol and diabetes

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/03/2016 - 4:49pm

The slight increase in risk of developing type 2 diabetes during statin treatment may actually be a consequence of having lowered cholesterol, rather than a direct effect of the drug, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation.

The genetic study found that people with genes predisposing them to having lower levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, had a decreased risk of heart disease and an increased risk of diabetes.

The researchers, from UCL and the University of Oxford, used large data sets of genetic information to investigate the possible...

Free Business advice with Cartridges Business Hub

Event Date: 
09/08/2016 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Library

Looking for business advice with the personal touch? Come and drop into Exeter Library on the second Tuesday of each month 4-6pm to network, get advice on starting or growing your business or developing your business idea from our range of expert business advisors.Cartridges Business Hub in collaboration with Exeter Library is providing a regular drop-in business advice service to businesses starting up or growing on the 2nd Tuesday every month from 4pm to 6pm.

You can book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-business-advice-cartridges-business-...

Cartridges Business...

‘Day of Action’ on rogue doorstep traders

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 08/03/2016 - 3:22pm

Legitimate businesses in East Devon are giving Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service a helping hand in its fight against rogue traders.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service, Devon & Cornwall Police, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and HMRC all took part in a day-long operation.

Trading Standards officers and Police Community Support Officers talked to legitimate traders and builder merchants in Kilmington, Axminster, Honiton, Sidmouth, Seaton and Colyton asking them to help trading standards officers protect the vulnerable from doorstep crime....

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