Over 80 business leaders from across the city attended Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s recent monthly networking lunch with guest speaker, Exeter MP, Ben Bradshaw.
Ben was voted back in again in on 8th June for the 6th consecutive time with an increased majority vote and the lunch gave members the opportunity to raise issues and ask questions about what is affecting their businesses. Ben answered questions from members on topics including business rates, disability work initiatives in Exeter and education budget cuts.
The next Chamber lunch will take place at Reed Hall, Exeter...
Exeter MP, Ben Bradshaw, will officially open a new social enterprise project.
The innovative business will not only offer high quality refurbished bikes and servicing but also valuable training opportunities to some of the most marginalised members of society. This is a joint venture between two charities: Julian House and Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI).
The Exeter Bike Workshop will be closely modelled on similar Julian House social enterprises in Bath, Bristol and Trowbridge. ECI’s Bike Bank, which has been running in the city since 2013, will carry on its work...
Exeter's Ben Bradshaw has consolidated his majority for Labour polling 34,346 votes in the General Election.
His nearest rival James Taghdissian received around half that number with 18,219.
Mr Bradshaw tweeted afterwards: "Thanks so much to all our wonderful @exeterlabour volunteers & the people of Exeter for an amazing result. 16,000 majority. 62% of the vote."
He said shortly after the count: "Theresa has been exposed as being brittle and an empty vessel and nothing to offer the country and the public have delivered their verdict."
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw met the Recruit Princesshay team last Friday (2 December), to hear about the successes of the employment initiative launched back in March 2016.
Since it started in the spring Recruit Princesshay has:
Seen 193 local people hae register on the scheme
Held 6 employability workshops, attended by over 40 people in total
Successfully placed 18 local people into long term employment
Worked with 50 businesses, including, Reiss, Hotel Chocolat and Debenhams, to help them source appropriate candidates to their workforces
CITY MP Ben Bradshaw lent his weight to a series of energy advice sessions organised by Citizens Advice Exeter.
As part of their national Big Energy Saving Week, teams from the charity have been spreading the word about switching – helping some Exeter residents save more than £300 on their bills.
And more sessions will follow next week. The team of volunteers will be at Exeter Community Centre on November 15,16 and 17, between 10.30am-1.30pm and November 18 from 10.30am-12.30pm. Just take along a recent bill and they will help you see if you can save money by switching...
Ben Bradshaw MP spoke to a large crowd at the first Exeter School Medical Society meeting of the term.
Pupils gained a fascinating insight into the work of an MP who has represented Exeter since 1997 and held a number of significant positions in the Cabinet.
He spoke briefly on the different approaches to medical health care and discussed the pros and cons of a National Health Service before opening the floor to questions.
Pupils asked a wide range of questions on many aspects of current politics as well as the future of Medicine which will stand potential Upper...
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw visited Exeter-based Lightfoot earlier this week to get an update on the progress of its groundbreaking Exeter motoring trial, in which over 100 local residents are set to test its in-car driver coaching technology to see how Lightfoot® can help make driving in the city, and eventually the globe, cheaper, greener and safer. Due to go live later this April, the outcome of the trial is much anticipated.
Mr Bradshaw, who has long been a supporter of Lightfoot and its sister business Ashwoods, a leading manufacturer of innovative electric motors, met Mark Roberts...
Five local jobseekers have successfully completed an intensive employability training course with Prospects and received recognition from local MP, Ben Bradshaw. The course equipped them with the skills needed to get a job, as well improving their English and maths functional skills. Ben Bradshaw MP visited the training and presented the five successful participants with their completion certificates and a brand new 7” tablet computer.
Ben spent time getting to know all of the participants on the course and hearing about how they came to join the Work Programme. He also spoke to...
A Devon MP is appealing to local businesses to support the next phase of a project helping young people who are out of work to kick-start their future.
The Business Powering Employment Programme (BEEP) gives 16-24 year olds in Devon the confidence and skills to secure jobs and training opportunities.
BEEP helps young people learn through performance coaching techniques and then on-going support from a mentor. Over 95 per cent of those who have been on the programme have gone on to secure work and training opportunities.
Ben Bradshaw, MP for Exeter, visited an optical practice in his constituency on Friday 4th December to find out why regular eye tests are so important in preventing blindness.
The Labour MP for Exeter was joined by Nicki Pullen from Pullen and Symes Opticians and Jonathan Drew from Devon Local Optical Committee to see for himself the work carried out at the practice and found out what community eye care can be delivered in opticians beyond regular sight testing which delivers ‘care close to home’ and is easily accessed by local people.
