A student, hailing from Okehampton, Devon, will present his latest findings at the UK’s largest dementia research conference.
The Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference 2015 is the biggest meeting of dementia research experts in the country and takes place in London on 10-11 March. Alan Stepto will take to the stage to share his results with more than 400 other researchers in a bid to work together to find a cure.
Devon-bred Alan Stepto is a PhD student working at King’s College London and funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the world’s largest dedicated funder of dementia...
Leading global property consultants JLL opened the doors of their new office at The Senate this week.
The growing 30 plus-strong team announced its move last year as part of the firm’s ongoing success and the need to accommodate a number of its expanding teams in the region. The new space will accommodate up to circa 50 people.
The dynamic office space has been designed in-line with the company’s national workplace strategy, which follows the increasingly popular trend of transforming offices into fun, interactive workplaces to reflect the change in how people spend their...
A South West charity is set to get a boost of £10,000 thanks to a regional property developer.
Devon-based Devonshire Homes has adopted Hospiscare as its charity of the year, and has pledged to raise the cash through a range of initiatives.
Hospiscare provides care and support for patients and their families living with a terminal illness and has centres in Exeter, Mid Devon and East Devon. All of its services are free and the charity needs to raise over £5m each year to continue to care for the 2000 patients who use its services.
Charity champions at Mecca Exeter are celebrating after being invited to a celebration event, in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal, to celebrate their fundraising success for the charity Carers Trust.
The event being held at The Royal Horseguards Hotel on Wednesday 11thMarch, will celebrate the whopping £500,000 raised for the charity in the last year.
The partnership between the charity and The Rank Group Plc, which owns Mecca and Grosvenor Casinos, began in February 2014 and saw the North Street club take part in a host of different activities to raise much-needed...
East Devon District Council’s Leader has welcomed the opening of a new pharmacy for residents of Cranbrook.
The new facility is located within the Younghayes Centre, the community building that was completed soon after the first cluster of homes was built at Cranbrook, and is the latest in a series of firsts for the new town, which is rapidly taking shape.
Councillor Paul Diviani said: “I’m delighted that the long-awaited pharmacy is now open for business. It will be much more convenient for Cranbrook residents to get their prescriptions from a local pharmacy, as well as...
Two men were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday 10 March) for defrauding vulnerable people out of over £88,000.
Rahim Choudhury and Abdul Shafee, both 19, of Quaker Street, London, were sentenced to 38 months and 15 months in prison, respectively.
In early January 2015, Rahim Choudhury (pictured right) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud offences where 30 victims were defrauded of a total of £88,500.
On 29 January 2015 co-defendant Abdul Shafee (pictured left) entered a guilty plea for conspiracy to commit fraud offences. The prosecution...
A new Street Food Market is opening in April at Piazza Terracina (Exeter Canal Basin) with a 23 meter hair-raising drop, live music, salsa dancing, reflexology taster session, cannoning and much more from the same organisers that have brought you the Exeter Street Food at the Guildhall Shopping Centre and the Historic Exeter Quay, Exeter.
So what did you planed for the third Thursday Night in April? Well thanks to the new market at Piazza Terracina night market you could be eating some delicious street food, having a drink, getting a quick foot massage and then throwing yourself...
Devon author Derek Tait has published a new book which tells the story of the city of Exeter and its people during the First World War.
Exeter played a vital role during the First World War, supplying men for the army and raising funds to help troops overseas.
The mayoress and her team played a key role by collecting money to aid homeless Belgian refugees in the city while also supporting other worthy causes, both at home and overseas.
The city even had its own battalion, 'Exeter's Own', and thousands of servicemen passed through the city on their way to northern...
ES Group is a well-respected 260-strong consultancy-led business with a strong presence in many UK regions.
The firm is a market leader in providing valuation and corporate recovery advice to banks and accountancy firms and is also at the forefront of the fast-growing alternatives market, particularly in hotels, healthcare and education.
Ezra Nahome, CEO of Lambert Smith Hampton, said: “We are on a mission to build the nation's most progressive commercial property agency, and are investing selectively in areas where we believe we can add the most value for clients. Bringing...
Phil Dollman believes Exeter Chiefs have their seasonal destiny firmly in their own hands as they look to attack on three different fronts between now and the end of the campaign.
After four successive Aviva Premiership victories - the latest being a record-breaking 74-19 success over winless London Welsh - the Chiefs are not only sitting second in the league standings, but are nicely placed to also attack the latter stages of both the European Challenge and LV= Cups.
It was around this time a year ago that Rob Baxter's side collected their first-ever piece of major...