Exeter

Latest bus timetables available online

Bus passengers are able to access the latest timetable information on “e-booklets” published online.

The timetables, covering all of the districts across the county and all service operators, have been published online on Devon County Council’s Travel Devon website .

The information is the most up-to-date available, but service times can change.

The website has information on changes to services. However, passengers are asked to please check with bus and train operators before travel, or visit Traveline for more information on bus services which are currently...

McCarthy and Stone earmarks Exeter in search for land

Authored by LaurenBluck
Posted: Mon, 07/20/2020 - 11:50am

The UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, McCarthy & Stone, has responded to Boris Johnson’s appeal for developers to “build, build, build” by actively searching for land in Exeter, as it looks set to make an investment of around £5million in older people’s housing in the city.

McCarthy and Stone is predicting a strong increase in the demand for retirement living in Exeter, given that the UK’s 65+ population is set to grow by 43 percent in the next 20 years[1], and it is seeking appropriate sites for the development of a new multi-tenure retirement...

Welsh fabricator to support construction of Exeter Bus Station

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 07/20/2020 - 7:51am

CARDIFF-based aluminium fabricator, Dudley’s Aluminium, has started work on a new project to benefit communities in the south west of England.

Dudley’s Aluminium is currently working with Kier on the development of a new bus station in Exeter. The project, valued at £360,000, is part of a much larger regeneration scheme in the city. The wider development scheme, called St Sidwells Point, also includes the construction of a low-carbon, state of the art leisure centre.

The new bus station will replace the current station which opened in 1964 and will include covered...

Residents and visitors urged to continue to follow coronavirus guidelines as holiday peak hits Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 07/17/2020 - 1:30pm

As schools close for the summer and the holiday season gets fully underway, the South West is calling on residents and visitors alike to play their part in keeping the region COVID-safe this summer.

Following the opening up of the hospitality and tourist sector two weeks ago, levels of infection and new cases in the South West have continued to remain among the lowest in the country – and South West leaders paid tribute to the businesses which have opened up for playing their part in keeping the area COVID-safe.

We are now entering the crucial time at the start of the...

Software Solved

Exeter-based Software Solved hits £3m turnover

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 07/17/2020 - 12:44pm

Software Solved is proud to announce that it has hit its £3m turnover target under the leadership of Managing Director and STEMM ambassador, Lindsay Lucas, who celebrates one year in the position.

Software Solved is an Exeter business with a UK-wide reach and in the last year Lindsay and the Software Solved team have implemented major changes across the business in order to hit the £3m turnover target.

This included, working to establish the values and purpose of the organisation, re-evaluating services to ensure they remain current, expanding the team and skills across...

Team Devon meets for first time

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 07/17/2020 - 10:13am

Local arrangements to keep a sharp look out for any potential new outbreaks of coronavirus in Devon, and take swift and decisive action to tackle and contain them when necessary, are now up and running. Devon’s Local Outbreak Engagement Board, known as Team Devon, and the local COVID-19 Health Protection Board met for the first time this week. Chaired by Devon County Council’s Leader, Cllr John Hart, the Outbreak Engagement Board’s make-up is expansive, including representatives from across Devon’s local business, tourism, schools and further education, communities and the voluntary...

James Buckley, RGB, Exeter

Inbetweeners star brings back character for Exeter builders merchant

The Inbetweeners star James Buckley has revived his lovable character Jay Cartwright especially for RGB Building Supplies by voicing the builders merchant’s latest series of radio adverts.

In the adverts Jay is trying his hand as a tradesman and, in typical Jay fashion, there’s plenty of embellished bragging during conversations with his builder ‘fwends’. According to Jay, he got a bargain when he bought a left handed hammer and polystyrene nails from a man on the street, has been asked by the Vatican to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, is taking on the renovation of Big...

Teams can be nominated for ‘Lockdown Legends’

‘Lockdown Legends’ – the people of Devon who went that extra mile to help out during COVID-19 – are still being sought for a photographic exhibition in Exeter.

Nominations for the exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery close this Sunday (19 July), so don’t miss the chance to feature in this historic event.

Organisers have stressed that teams can be nominated. However because of the subject matter and social distancing, people are being asked to use just one person to represent the team in the nomination.

Helen Hartstein, Audience...

Donavon Frankenreiter

Donavon Frankenreiter: New date announced for Exeter 2021

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 07/16/2020 - 6:42am

Due to ‘you know what’ Donavon Frankenreiter will now be touring in 2021 and will headline the Phoenix in Exeter on Monday 1st November.

Donavon has been writing, recording and touring his music for 20 years. With over a dozen full-length record releases and hundreds of songs written, the traveling troubadour has become beacon for funkified jams, stylish stomps and feel-good grooves. From his surf-inspired serenades to classic blues-rooted funk, the Donavon is always evolving. It would seem he’s just getting started…

Donavon first came to the South West back in 2004 when...

HeyChesto

Introducing HeyChesto: The suitcase bringing old school glamour to modern travel

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 07/15/2020 - 10:51am

This summer marks the arrival of HeyChesto - a beautiful, vintage-inspired suitcase with in-built shelving that becomes a pret-a-porter wardrobe solution while on the move. Inspired by the old fashion chests and trunks of the golden age of travel, the HeyChesto makes a unique travel companion for the modern traveller with its chic style. The HeyChesto becomes an essential extension of the wardrobe and reflection of its owner’s personal style, while providing a practical solution to make life on the move easier – no need to unpack, more time for adventure.

Perfect for weekends...

Pages