Nominations for the prestigious Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards are now open.
Active Devon and Exeter Foundation, who jointly stage and promote the event, are expecting this year’s event to be more popular than ever.
The awards celebrate, not just the participants, but the clubs and teams, the coaches, the officials and the volunteers who help performers to succeed.
For 2015 the organisers are keen that an even wider cross section of sport in Devon, both at community and elite level, is recognised.
Chartered Accountants Francis Clark have announced that Declan Curry, the distinguished business and economics journalist and broadcaster, is to be the keynote speaker at the firm’s annual Finance in the South West seminar.
Declan Curry was the business presenter on the BBC’s breakfast TV for almost a decade. He presented his own regular programmes on BBC Two and Radio 5 Live, wrote documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and reported for programmes as diverse as “Panorama” and “The One Show”. The Finance in the South West seminar brings together people representing the funding and support...
Exeter based security firm Marsh Barton Security Services (MBSS) has been awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Bronze Award for its support and commitment towards UK Defence and members of the Armed Forces Community including Reservists.
The Employer Recognition Scheme, set up in 2014, rewards UK employer organisations which pledge, demonstrate and advocate support to the Defence community and align their values and activities with the Armed Forces Covenant, a public, voluntary pledge to help organisations express the ways in which they can provide support to Defence....
Visitors to Rugby World Cup 2015 will be greeted with world class customer service from businesses in Exeter and the Heart of Devon.
Exeter is hosting three rugby matches at Sandy Park in September and October, attracting international and VIP visitors to Exeter and the Heart of Devon.
Customer service training courses entitled Welcome to Exeter are being run from January to May by Purple Cloud Consultancy and Exeter City Council.
The courses will help businesses maximise the opportunities for rugby- related business, understand how to manage super-happy or unhappy...
Classpeople, the leading education recruitment specialists in the South West, have unveiled their fleet of four brightly branded Citroen DS3’s delivered by business vehicle specialists Fleetdrive.
With rapid growth and further planned expansion across the South-West, The education recruitment company which already has offices in Cheltenham, Bristol, Swindon, Worcester and Exeter is looking to further its reach and the new cars are part of a plan to ensure the brand gets full exposure and recognition in both existing and new areas of business.
An 87-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being in collision with a lorry in Exeter yesterday (19 January).
Police and emergency services were called to Topsham Road around 1.15pm after the elderly pedestrian was in collision with the HGV.
The woman, from Exeter, sustained a serious leg injury and was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The driver of the 18-tonne truck, a 43-year-old man, was interviewed by police and has been released while police enquiries continue into the circumstances of the incident.
The Exeter team of leading property consultants JLL is expanding with the appointment of a new graduate surveyor.
Adelle Moore, who is originally from the South West, joins the hotels and hospitality team following a year at Knight Frank in London. She has recently moved back to the region to further her career with JLL.
Adelle has a keen interest in the leisure property market having obtained a degree in property and business from the University of the West of England. She will be supporting the senior team on a day-to-day basis with hotel agency, leisure and development...
Journalist, author and political commentator Andrew Marr is supporting a nationwide search for stroke survivors to enter the Life After Stroke Awards (LASA) 2015.
The awards, hosted by the Stroke Association, recognise the achievements of everyone affected by stroke, from survivors to carers, volunteers and health professionals. Andrew, who had a stroke himself in 2013, explained why he was supporting the event:
“These awards pay tribute to the character, guts and determination of extraordinary people who have come through the devastating consequences of a stroke The Life...
Exeter Golf and Country Club has secured funding from Charles Church, part of the Persimmon Group, towards the redesign of its golf course. The deal comes after two years of negotiations between the Club and housebuilder over how to ensure the safety of residents of Great Woodcote Park, a new housing development being built next to the golf course. The Club had been advised by two separate specialist golf architects that the houses were sited too close to the boundary, increasing the risk of golf balls leaving the course and causing injury or damage. The redesign of the golf course will...
The shortlist for the Food Reader Awards 2015 has been announced and Exeter is harbouring a wealth of foodie finalists.
Darts Farm, Boston Tea Party, Chandos Deli and Michael Caines have all been nominated and voted for by Food Magazine readers in their hundreds, and luckily there’ll be no neighbourly competition as all of Exeter’s finalists will be representing the city in different categories.
Exeter’s own Michael Caines will be up against stiff competition from other popular South West chefs including Mitch Tonks and Nathan Outlaw in the Local Food Hero category....
