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Bumper year for Trowers' Corporate team in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/09/2023 - 7:42pm

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has enjoyed a bumper year of deal activity, advising many of the best food, drink and leisure businesses in the South West of England.

Stuart Mathews, corporate partner, said: "It is a pleasure for everyone here at Trowers to advise our clients at every stage of the business life cycle and we are delighted to play our part supporting each and every one of these exciting and successful South West businesses."

Most recently in December 2022, Trowers & Hamlins advised the shareholders of Westcountry Food Holdings Limited ("...

Drivers advised to plan ahead as repair work starts on M5 Exe Viaduct

National Highways is advising drivers travelling southbound on the M5 near Exeter to allow extra time for their journeys as overnight repairs start tonight on the Exe Viaduct.

A half-mile section of lane 1 of the southbound carriageway between junctions 30 and 31 has been closed for safety reasons over the Christmas and New Year holiday period due to a bridge defect.

The fractured bridge expansion joint plate was detected by a monitoring system in operation on the Exe viaduct, which carries the M5 over the River Exe, and specialist repair work will start tonight under...

Exeter Northcott Theatre and Le Navet Bete to collaborate again on Dick Whittington for Christmas 2023

Following the record-breaking smash-hit Robin Hood, Exeter Northcott and Le Navet Bete are teaming up once again to bring you an unmissable family panto for Christmas 2023 – Dick Whittington!

Expect plenty of laughs, great music, amazing special effects and full-on-fun for every generation with this fabulous rags-to-riches tale.

Kelly Johnson, Interim Co-CEO at Exeter Northcott, said: "The Northcott pantomime is a Christmas tradition for so many families in Devon and we've been bowled over by the glowing reviews and the sheer joy we are seeing from the thousands of...

OBE for University of Exeter expert helping to develop the UK’s Russia policy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/06/2023 - 9:29pm

A University of Exeter expert has been awarded O.B.E for his work to help develop UK Government policy towards Eastern Europe and Russia.

Professor David Lewis, from the Department of Politics, is also a Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. He was recently on secondment as an ESRC-AHRC Fellow at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, contributing to analysis and research on Russian foreign policy and UK policy towards Russia.

Professor Lewis teaches and researches international relations and peace and conflict...

New brand identity for IMP Software as company steps up mission to support smarter MAT finance

Authored by Phil Smith
Posted: Thu, 01/05/2023 - 7:26pm

Education sector leader IMP Software, which supports over 220 multi-academy trusts (MATs) with its budgeting, forecasting and reporting software, has unveiled an exciting new brand identity as it approaches its fourth anniversary.

The company, which was co-founded by Will Jordan and Dave Hall in February 2019, has revealed a new logo, brand colour scheme and fonts, and website to reflect its transition from “a plucky start-up” to a fully established systems provider now serving one in three large Trusts and around 20% of the overall MAT market.

Having doubled its customer...

Race for Life in Devon: Sign up and help save lives

PEOPLE are being invited to kick start the New Year by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Devon.   

The charity’s much-loved events are returning to the town and anyone who joins this January can claim 50 per cent off the entry fee as part of the half-price sale by using the code RFL23NY.* This is the 30th year of Race for Life and participants will receive a special medal to mark the milestone.

Every year around 36,300 people are diagnosed with cancer in the South West**. Money raised at Race for Life enables scientists to find new ways to prevent,...

Join in Fun A Day Exeter this February

Blow away the winter blues with Fun A Day Exeter

Authored by Old Hack
Posted: Thu, 01/05/2023 - 11:09am

Fed up with dark mornings and wet weather? A launch project in Exeter could be just what you need to brighten your day.

Fun A Day was started in 2004 in Philadelphia, USA by a group of friends wanting to stay creative through the winter. It has since been adopted across the USA and has ventured as far as Dundee, Scotland. This year it hits Exeter. Exeter residents and recent imports Stephen Fisher and Ali Lucas are launching Fun A Day in Exeter, to be conducted through February with an exhibition at Positive Light Projects on 18-19th March, 2023.

The challenge is to create...

Catax, a Ryan Company, Acquires Leading Grant Funding Firm, Granted Consultancy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2023 - 6:25pm

Ryan , a leading global tax services and software provider, today announced that innovation funding specialist Catax , a Ryan Company, has acquired a leading grant funding and consultancy firm, Granted Consultancy (Granted).

Based in Exeter, United Kingdom, Granted helps clients secure funding opportunities to further innovation through end-to-end services, including grant writing consultancy, grant project management, research and development (R&D) tax credits, and grant training. Since its founding in 2010, Granted has secured more than £200 million and serves nearly 200...

The Big Exeter Sleep Out 2023

Local charity Julian House is thrilled to announce that their annual Big Exeter Sleep-Out event will be returning yet again, following incredible support from the community in previous years.

Julian House is a charity organisation that supports the most vulnerable people in society, including those who are homeless. The charity operates more than 40 different projects, accommodation sites and social enterprises across South-West England, supporting more than 1600 individuals a year.

The event will take place at St James Park Football Stadium, Exeter, on the 17th of March...

Still time to register for charity Christmas tree collection in Exeter

Residents in Exeter still have time to book a charity collection of their real Christmas tree – and raise money for a great cause at the same time.

The service is being offered by Hospiscare in return for a donation to the charity. The suggested donation is £10 per tree.

People must register for the service by 11.59pm on Sunday 8 January.

Anyone who would like to join Hospiscare’s happy band of volunteer tree collectors can find out more and apply by visiting https://www.hospiscare.co.uk/christmas-tree-recycling-volunteer/

To find out more and to...

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