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Exeter Green fleet-tech company hands out £1.3m of prizes to enhance better driving and behaviours among workers

Exeter headquartered Lightfoot, the pioneering developer of rewards for better driving, has passed the £1.3m mark of prizes handed out to date to encourage better driving and working habits among workers in the UK and mainland Europe. Now, the green fleet tech leader is on target to give away up to £1m of rewards throughout 2024, and each year after, to enhance positive behaviours in fleets, and across its customers’ wider operations.

Since combining its real-time driver feedback technology with its smartphone rewards platform, Lightfoot has handed out thousands of prizes to...

Exeter recognised for ambition and vision to create a great place for the future

The Greater Exeter area has been recognised as one of five places in England that has the vision and ambition to create great places for the future.

Greater Exeter was today (Wednesday 13 March) named as part of the Future Place programme. This initiative is intended to unlock placemaking potential through quality in design, future thinking and knowledge sharing.

The area will receive training and expert advice in helping to develop the Liveable Exeter Vision, which will see 12,000 new homes built within the city between 2020 and 2040, as well as supporting the wider...

Property Search Group launches charity campaign for Vision Aid Overseas

Property Search Group is pleased to announce that, as part of its 20th birthday celebrations, the three South West offices have nominated Vision Aid Overseas to be their charity partner in 2017.

More than 640 million people worldwide cannot see properly simply because they need glasses. Ninety percent of the people affected live in developing countries. Vision Aid Overseas works with professional UK volunteers in five African countries to provide training to local eye care workers, to establish Vision Centres and to deliver outreach services in rural and isolated communities....

Drive to make Exeter an active city

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/27/2015 - 7:15am

An exciting campaign to make Exeter the most active city in the South West stepped into gear.

Get Active Exeter is a growing partnership of public and private sector organisations, including local media, large employers and councils, who have joined together in a bid to make the city the most active in the South West by 2018.

A programme of activity will run over three years, and will include 90 different get active projects across the city.

For the first phase of activity, large local employers like EDF Energy and Exeter City Council will be targeted for workplace...

Vision of Exeter’s future unveiled

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 06/09/2015 - 12:52pm

Computer screens built into contact lenses and electronics in our skin will be commonplace in a few years, according to futurologist Dr Ian Pearson.

Dr Pearson, the inventor of the text message, was speaking at a conference organised by Invest in Exeter at the city’s new Science Park Centre, which was showcasing the area as a location for inward investment.

He predicted active contact lenses will mean: “You will be able to watch TV with your eyes closed or read emails first thing in the morning without reaching for a gadget.”

Miniaturisation will be key to the...

Expert Business Planning Workshops for Success

Event Date: 
12/02/2014 - 9:00am to 13/02/2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
The Innovation Centre, Exeter University, EX4 4RN

Let's make 2014 a Success!

Take just two days out and spend essential time working on the business not in the business. It will be some of the most valuable time you have spent in a long while!

Day 1 – Understanding your business purpose and leading your business forward through aligning goals, people and systems for sustainable success

Learn the Sampson Hall seven step process to business success. You will take this process back into your business to increase:

* Performance * Productivity * Profitability

As a result you and your teams will work...

Sidmouth Science Festival 2012 (16-21 October)

Event Date: 
16/10/2012 - 10:00am to 21/10/2012 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Kennaway House Coburg Road, Sidmouth,

Sidmouth Science Festival aims to raise awareness of how science affects our everyday lives by integrating art, music and drama with serious scientific and technological talks. There will be events and activities for schools, individuals and families as well as those looking for stimulating debate on scientific subjects.

The festival is organised by the Vision Group for Sidmouth (VGS) and the Norman Lockyer Observatory.

The festival programme is available at www.sidmouthsciencefestival.org