With spring finally pushing through the last remnants of winter, St Paul’s Church in Honiton is set to play host to a Spring Violin Recital on Wednesday 19 March at 7.30pm.
The event, sponsored by Gilbert Stephens Solicitors, will feature Devon violinist Marie Langrishe. Marie is 19 and lives near Honiton. She started learning the violin aged 7, and continued musical studies whilst studying at Maynard School in Exeter, where she led both the school orchestras and the school quartet for a number of years.
During this time she gained Distinction in her Grade 8 violin, played...
Primary school pupils across Devon have been bravely examining the rubbish produced by their packed lunches over the past few weeks in readiness of the County-wide “Waste Free Lunch” week campaign from 10th – 14th March.
Donning gloves, and with strong stomachs, children have been weighing waste, sorting snacks and picking out packaging from the mountain of rubbish generated every day after lunch time.
The aim of the campaign is to reduce the amount of waste produced by packed lunches in schools, and to share innovative ideas for packing “waste free” lunches with pupils,...
Marks & Spencer (M&S) Exeter employees are descending on Exmouth beach to free it from litter as part of this year’s Big Beach Clean-up. Taking place on Friday 25 April from 10am, the Big Beach Clean-up is hosted in partnership with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and invites local residents to join in the litter picking activities. Customers that register for the event in advance at www.mcsuk.org/foreverfish will also receive a money-off M&S voucher on the day of their beach clean. 95 UK beaches and 45 canals across the UK will be targeted between 24 and 30 April with...
Businesses in Exeter are gearing up to welcome thousands of rugby fans at the weekend for the LV Cup Final at Sandy Park.
With Exeter Chiefs beating Bath 19-22 in yesterday’s hotly contested semi-final, the city is set for a rugby invasion, with over 10,000 supporters of the Chiefs and Northampton Saints expected for Sunday’s cup final clash. The Saints eased past Saracens 26-7 in the competition’s other semi-final.
Derek Phillips, Chairman of the Heart of Devon Tourism Partnership, is looking forward to welcoming Northampton fans, and is confident that the event, the first...
Chagfarm, a new not-for-profit Community Interest Company located in Chagford has reached the half-way point of it's crowdfunding campaign.
The eight week campaign will see the Farm Directors, Sylvan and Davon Friend, seek £15,000 for more farming equipment and facilities to expand their raw goats’ milk dairy and ensure the continued resilience of the local community’s food supply.
After successfully achieving its first year targets of turning over £12,000, the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) enterprise, is on a mission to show that their business model is financially...
The second quarter of 2014 has seen a boost of confidence within the jobs market in the South West with hiring intentions of plus 9% according to Manpower, the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. This is a jump of five percentage points from the first quarter.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,112 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking employment survey of its kind and...
Popular Exeter charity, Football in the Communty (FITC) may be set to be receive a considerable grant from Exeter City Council. The Council is proposing to give the charity, that uses sports to promote education, participation, health and wellbeing and social inclusion a grant of £19,800 that could secure its long-term plans for expansion. The money has been earmarked from the City Council's New Homes Bonus Local Infrastructure Fund and if granted would be used to pay for a feasibility study looking at the redevelopment of the Fountain Centre at St James Park, where FITC is based. Jamie...
Dean Clarke Lofts are at the vanguard of bringing residential living back to the heart of Southernhay
With its imposing Georgian townhouses and fine gardens, Southernhay once provided the most prestigious residential addresses in Exeter. Impressively proportioned, with high ceilings and tall windows, the houses – many created by local master builders Matthew Nosworthy and William Hooper – were perfect for local gentry and affluent middle classes and their staff. Following the huge societal shifts driven by both world wars, however, the dynamic of the area changed and Southernhay...
British SMEs own £770 billion in assets – equivalent to 48 per cent of the UK’s GDP – and are owed £291 billion in outstanding invoices that they could use to fund future growth, according to new research published today by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Although businesses are becoming more confident about investing in future growth, and although many are aware of invoice financing as a possible form of lending, very few businesses have used it to drive growth in the past 12 months.
Invoice finance can help businesses release cash quickly, giving them access to up to 90...
