One of the larger GP surgeries in Exeter has installed a new automated telephone service which enables patients to order their repeat prescriptions 24/7, even when the surgery is closed.
Mount Pleasant Health Centre in Mount Pleasant has introduced the system to help reduce call congestion and to make it easier for patients to order their repeat prescriptions. To access the service, patients need to contact reception for a six digit PIN which can be changed to a more memorable number once they have logged on for the first time. Patients can then call the surgery’s usual number (...
Rob Baxter has spoken of his delight after this week confirming he and his Exeter Chiefs coaching team have all signed new contracts tying them to the club until 2018.
With their current deals due to expire at the end of the current campaign, the Chiefs board have wasted little time in ensuring they have the futures of Baxter and his team of trusty lieutenants in place for the foreseeable future.
Baxter - who took over the running of the Chiefs in 2009 following the departure of former Director of Rugby, Pete Drewett - has been the lead figure in Exeter’s recent rise out of...
A leading South West law firm has expanded its renewable energy team to meet client demand. Stephens Scown LLP now has the largest dedicated renewables team in the South West, with seven specialist lawyers focussing solely on renewable energy work.
Peter Cooper has joined Stephens Scown as a solicitor and will advise clients on onshore wind, solar, anaerobic digestion and biomass projects. He will work with both landowners and renewable energy developers, as well as focussing on Ofgem accreditations and grid connections.
Peter studied at Exeter University and trained as a...
Tiger Bills, the authentic Thai Bar Wok Grill chain, has announced yet another international franchise agreement, which will see the brand heading Down Under.
The Torquay-based restaurant group have exchanged heads of terms with an experienced operator for the master franchise rights for Australia and New Zealand, meaning that the brand could soon be operating across four continents.
The six-figure deal will help to strengthen the groups’ international presence over the coming years and promises to deliver eight new Tiger Bills sites over the next five years across both...
Exeter’s White Stuff store is moving to new premises on Exeter High Street.
The fashion and lifestyle retailer has announced today that it is relocating from Gandy Street to the 3,000 sq ft shop formerly occupied by Millets.
The new shop will open on Wednesday 3 December.
A spokesperson for the company said “We are excited to be moving to a new site in Exeter and offering our unique range of clothing, footwear, accessories and homeware to the local community.
“We also look forward to making a difference by supporting a local charity through our annual...
Devon and Cornwall Police has today, Wednesday, November 26, 2014, signed a landmark contract with BT for the provision of IT infrastructure and support services to the Force.
Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer today signed the agreement with BT Global Services president of Global Government and Health, Ian Dalton. The contract will see BT provide both support for and development of IT services for the next five years – with the option to extend to nine years.
The service will begin April 1, 2015, and will mean a change in service provider for the Force, currently Capita Group...
Staff and pupils at All Saints Primary School in Axminster are celebrating another outstanding inspection report just days after they had been named one of the top 200 primary schools in the country.
A new inspection of the Church of England school by diocesan inspectors has pronounced it outstanding.
And to celebrate, the Bishop of Crediton, the Right Revd Nick McKinnel, will visit the school on Wednesday 3 December.
The new inspection follows All Saints being identified in the Sunday Times’ influential Parent Power annual survey as one of the top 200 state primary...
ESSENCE, an active network for social enterprises and co-operatives and part of Exeter Chamber of Commerce, held an event on 20 November to launch a campaign to see Exeter apply for Social Enterprise City status. The event, held on Social Enterprise Day at Foot Anstey’s offices, saw over 60 delegates from the local business community come together to discuss the new bid.
The group, run by social enterprise companies in the city, plans to apply to Social Enterprise UK for Exeter to be granted with Social Enterprise City status. ESSENCE asked the 60 delegates in attendance to break...
Police in Exeter are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was assaulted in Exeter at the weekend.
A 33-year-old local man was walking home with his wife along Sidwell Street when he became involved in a verbal altercation with a woman and two men outside the Odeon cinema.
One member of the group punched the victim to the face causing him to fall to the floor.
He suffered a minor facial injury as a result of the incident, which happened on Sunday 23 November between 12.20am and 12.30am.
The suspects are described as white and in their early 20s...
People who live in or near Moretonhampstead are being invited to the first of a series of wellbeing drop-in sessions at the town’s hospital.
The sessions will give the public an opportunity to meet the local NHS community nursing and therapy team and find out how the staff support people to live healthily and independently at home.
Local people can discuss any health, wellbeing or fitness concerns they may have, relating to themselves or someone else.
The first event takes place on Thursday 4 December, from 10am to 1pm.
