Seven people in Exeter are celebrating today after winning £1,000 each thanks to their lucky postcodes.
EX2 5AR and EX4 1PA were both announced as winners with People’s Postcode Lottery on Tuesday 23rd June 2020.
There were four winners in EX2 5AR with a further three players winning with EX4 1PA.
People’s Postcode Lottery ambassador Danyl Johnson sent his well-wishes to the winners. He said: “Congratulations to our winners! I'm thrilled for them and I hope they treat themselves to something nice with their winnings."
Restrictions at Devon’s Recycling Centres are to be eased further this week, with personal vans allowed to bring household waste from Wednesday 24 June. Vans will need to pre-book their visit at three of the county's busiest sites.
To ensure the recycling centres have enough capacity to serve as many people as possible, and to keep unloading times to a minimum, vans will only be able to bring the same amount of waste that would fit in a normal sized family car or trailer.
For example, standard vans such as a Ford Transits, VW Transporters or Vauxhall Vivaros should be no...
Fore Street in Topsham could be temporarily turned into a pedestrian zone, under new plans being put forward for consultation.
Officers from Exeter City Council and Devon County Council are looking at ways of getting Topsham back to business following the coronavirus pandemic, keeping businesses, shoppers and visitors to the town safe.
A number of the town’s streets, have very narrow pavements, and in Fore Street the shops open up onto the pavements, making social distancing very difficult. A number of options to create a safe shopping environment have been assessed in...
Innovative and award-winning self-catheterisation specialists Hunter Urology based in Exeter, has ‘Rocked the World’ of medicine with its ground-breaking development of EmtevaPure®. The new product designed for women which has taken years to bring to market is the world’s first catheter to dissolve entirely in water in just 30-60 minutes!
Established in 2001, Hunter Urology is based on the Exeter Airport Business Park with six employees and a T/O of just under £1m with an overall 20% growth last year. Revenue is split 50% internally within the UK and 50% export – Hunter Urology is...
The UK’s first and only manufacturer of aluminium composite panels (ACPs) has secured a £9 million finance facility from HSBC UK to diversify its product range, move into new markets and safeguard the future of the business amid the coronavirus crisis.
Multipanel UK, which is based in Exeter and typically makes ACPs for industries such as sign making, exhibition stand design and architecture, has used the funding to make changes to its core product to meet demand from other industries for screen materials that can be used in shops, offices and leisure facilities. The funding was...
Estate agents will be telling all with ears to hear that the Exeter housing market is open for business, but their words may well turn out to be a false dawn
House prices are meaningless without meaningful levels of housing transactions
We believe that now is a dangerous time to either be buying or selling a home, because there is currently no reliable indicator of house prices. The proof point for house prices is the level of housing transactions, without a firm foundation of housing transactions house prices are as secure as houses built on sand.
If you’ve been lighting up your lockdown with candles, The Recycled Candle Company urgently needs your help!
As lockdown measures ease, owners Richard Hills-Ingyon and Sargon Latchin are asking anyone with a stockpile of used candles to either drop them off at the shop or pop them in the post so they can start production again.
Richard said: “Lockdown meant donations pretty much stopped, and without the wax, we can’t make our recycled candles.
“But we know the wax is out there as we’ve had loads of enquiries from people desperate to give us their old candles.”...
Local man Mark R Wilson has released his first book, IRMA: Life Lessons from the Worst Storm in Atlantic History and is already receiving 5 star reviews. A memoir which takes a hard look at how life, the ups and downs, lead him to the fateful day when hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, raging 200mph winds ripping apart the building around him and facing certain death. Mark tackles the big questions of life head on, to ultimately find his peace. An inspiring book which does not shy away from the good or the bad of life. IRMA: Life Lessons from the Worst Storm in...
By Peter Totterdill, Director of Workplace Innovation Europe CLG
Comparative data published by the Centre for Cities reveals Exeter as a city of contrasts. It’s a fast-growing city both in terms of population and in housing stock. In fact, a growth table of 63 urban areas places the city third in the UK.
At first glance, the labour market seems healthy too. Exeter has full employment with 76.7% of working age adults in employment and only 1.5% registered as unemployed. Some 40% of working people have high level qualifications and only 4.3% have no formal qualifications at...
Parents in South West are being offered an online ‘sports day at home’ pack thanks to a leading housebuilder’s partnership with Team GB.
With the current Covid-19 crisis still unfolding, many parents have had to get used to home schooling amid the uncertainty of when their children will return to school.
Now Persimmon Homes South West, thanks to its ongoing partnership with The British Olympic Association, is offering parents the chance to download special sports packs for free and start planning their own sports day at home.
