An exciting new fitness trail is set to be installed in an Exeter park.
The trail, which will incorporate outdoor fitness equipment as well as standard exercise challenges, will be installed at Cowick Barton playing fields. The project has been made possible thanks to a £41,620 grant from Alcoa Foundation, and local company Alcoa Howmet.
Active Exeter in partnership with Exeter City Council will work with local communities in designing and installing the trail, which is scheduled to be ready for action early next Summer. A key part of the community involvement will be with...
Young people in Exeter are being given the chance to apply for Wolseley UK’s customer service apprenticeship scheme via a vacancy at its Plumb Center branch on Sowton Industrial Estate in Exeter.
Wolseley UK provides construction products and materials through a nationwide branch network, including Plumb and Parts Center, Pipe Center, Climate Center, Drain Center and William Wilson. The company employs 6,000 people, has a network of 919 branches and boasts a commercial fleet of more than 800 vehicles, making it one of the biggest in the UK.
The UK’s major energy suppliers have launched a nationwide campaign to help reunite customers with cash owed to them by their former energy supplier.
'My Energy Credit' enables energy consumers to claim credit repayments through a new 'My Energy Credit' helpline 0370 737 7770 and freepost address (see below) in addition to www.myenergycredit.com website which launched in September. The public awareness campaign is being accompanied by a UK advertising campaign that targets energy consumers across the country.
The campaign is supported by the six largest energy companies –...
Stagecoach Group is one of the top 20 most admired businesses in the UK, according to an authoritative annual survey of corporate reputation.
The transport group, which operates bus and rail services in the UK and North America, was rated 20th out of nearly 240 businesses across 24 sectors in the Britain’s Most Admired Companies (BMAC) 2014 Awards.
Stagecoach was ranked above well-known businesses including Marks and Spencer, Alliance Boots, BT Group, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and Rolls-Royce.
It was voted the top public transport operator in the survey and was second...
Social Scientists at the University of Exeter have called for a greater comparative analysis of the impact of TASERs used in law enforcement. The next generation of the electric-shock weapon used by police forces in England and Wales is currently under review. The research published in the Oxford Journal of Policing / Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice suggests that in order to evaluate the impact of TASERs, better data collection on other force, such as batons and irritant spray, used by the police would assist in providing a clearer understanding of the impact on officer safety...
Exeter Airport’s 2015 Flybe summer routes have been announced by the airline and they include the return of its sun routes to Alicante, Faro, Malaga and Palma Mallorca for another season, with choice of up to 14 outbound flights a week operated by 118-seat E195 jet aircraft.
Flybe will operate 16 routes and up to 110 flights a week across its extensive UK and Europe network from Exeter. Flybe tickets are on sale from £29.99 one way including taxes and charges and currently available for travel between 29 March and 3 September 2015.
There was a sight to see around Exeter on Sunday for those doing some Christmas shopping as over a hundred motorbikers dressed as Santas, elves, reindeer and even a festive banana went through the city in convoy, taking part in a festive ride with a difference. The riders were on their way from their meeting place at Exeter Services to deliver piles of Christmas toys they were donating to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the Little Bridge Children’s Hospice South West in North Devon.
They were accompanied by a truck being driven by one of Santa’s elves and Mrs Christmas....
F&C REIT, on behalf of Friends Life, has submitted a series of planning applications to deliver a major residential-led, mixed-use redevelopment of a vacant and obsolete office complex at Clyst St Mary, near Exeter.
The site, which was previously partly occupied by Friend's Life, will provide over 300 family homes, a 50 acre community park, vastly improved community sports facilities, new offices, a nature reserve and the refurbishment of the Grade II* listed Manor House if the proposals are accepted by East Devon District Council.
The BBC is to double the amount of time for the regional news across England in the flagship BBC One 10pm news hour.
The extension will run from January until after the UK General Election in May 2015.
The increase in time devoted to news from the regions is intended to ensure that BBC audiences receive the most comprehensive coverage of the issues facing the country, both nationally and locally, ahead of the 2015 Election.
The bulletin which follows the UK BBC News at Ten will be extended to 15 minutes, Monday to Thursday, from January 2015 until the beginning of...
