Business owners and managers struggling to keep on top of the changes to employment law are being urged to attend a seminar being organised by a leading local law firm.
Stephens Scown LLP’s employment law seminar will cover topics including new family leave rights, flexible working, employees’ use of social media, the new ACAS conciliation regime and disciplinary hearings, as well as holiday and sick pay issues.
The event will take place on 25 April, at Stephens Scown’s office in Southernhay West, Exeter from 7.45am to 11am.
The finalists in this year’s Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards, in association with Active Devon have been revealed. They include sportsmen and women, clubs, coaches and volunteers from all four corners of the county. The event will once again be hosted at Sandy Park, the home of LV= Cup winning Premiership rugby team the Exeter Chiefs. The competition was open to those involved in sport throughout Devon and, unlike similar awards, all the profits will be donated to charity. This year’s host is BBC Spotlight's Jenny Walrond and the special guest will be medal winning British athlete...
Police in Exmouth are appealing for witnesses following an assault which took place in the town on Friday 11 April. At around 12.30pm in Normandy Close, a 35-year-old man was attacked while walking with a black ‘staffy’ dog. The local victim and suspect were known to each other. The victim suffered a broken nose and lacerations to his face in the assault. A 21-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of assault and released on police bail until 10 June. Police are now appealing for anyone who may have seen the incident to please contact them. The victim is described as about 5’9” tall...
......at Boots Exeter High Street. Celebrating the launch of our fabulous new Lash Impact Mascara we are offering Wizard of Oz themed fun for all including makeovers, refreshments and prizes all week! The mascara is available at an introductory price of only £10.00 and is also included in our 342 offer for a limited time. Go from No Impact to Lash Impact with just one stroke!! We are selling out fast so don't delay. Offers subject to availability.
Queen of Nordic cooking, Signe Johansen, is set to descend on The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter to treat guests to a one-off Scandinavian afternoon tea.
The Scandilicious food writer and chef is one of the UK’s top experts on Scandinavian food with her books Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking, Scandilicious and Scandilicious Baking all proving best- sellers.
Signe will be joining The Magdalen Chapter’s Head Chef Ben Bulger on Saturday 14 June to host The Chapter’s Scandinavian Afternoon Tea Party.
On the menu will be savoury delights including Gravadlaks (dill cured...
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collsion in Topsham after a 23-year-old from Exmouth died of his injuries
At around 3.40pm on Tuesday 15 April, police were called to a road traffic collision near to the Retreat Drive in Topsham to reports that a motorcyclist had been in collision with a car.
The vehicles involved were a Jeep and a Suzuki motorcycle.
On arrvial both the rider of the motorbike, a 46-yearold man and his pillion passenger were found to have received serious injuries in the collison . Tradgically, the 23-year-old pillion passenger, Stephen...
Chalk & Ward Advertising is celebrated a year in their new building on Southernhay last month. The move from the Quay in March 2013 has proven a very successful one, Managing Director Robert Chalk says;
“It’s hard to believe that we’ve been in Southernhay a year already. Time flies when you’re having fun, or at least when you’re busy! I’d like to think we’ve had a healthy mix of both.
It’s certainly been a crazy 12 months since we moved. We’ve taken on 5 new members of staff and won a staggering 17 new clients, including The Met Office, The Big Cake Show, Bradburys and...
Go along to Powderham Castle on Easter Sunday for the 10th Silly Mini Sunday.
Watch a convoy of minis drive through the courtyard in the afternoon - a great spectacle and something any mini enthusiast in particular will want to see.
The theme this year is 'Under the Sea' so expect to see wave of minis and their drivers dressed accordingly to raise money for Children's Hospice Southwest.
Expected time of arrival 2.30pm. (Included in Castle admission)
