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Fashion and Beauty Week InExeter - 17-21 September

Fashion and Beauty Week InExeter

Authored by Paula_D
Posted: Thu, 09/12/2019 - 8:46am

Taking place from 17-21 September, the week-long programme of events will be hosted across the city centre, celebrating Exeter’s diverse retail offering with many independent shops and High Street brands showcasing their favourite looks for autumn.

For the first time, InExeter will support The Vintage Fashion Show, a catwalk and pop-up celebration of styles from the 1920s’ onwards. With elegant and interesting one of a kind vintage pieces, colourful and classic vintage inspired styles, beautiful bespoke tailoring, and more, from Exeter based independent stores including Frocks in...

Come racing at Exeter this Christmas

Event Date: 
19/12/2019 - 12:00pm to 5:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Racecourse

Exeter Racecourse knows how to put the sparkle into festive celebrations and its two December race dates are perfect for treating colleagues to a day out of the office. On Friday, December 6 and Thursday, December 19 spirits will be high as friends of the racecourse break free from their desks and head to the top of the hill for an afternoon of fun. Feeling shy? The racecard is the perfect ice-breaker as you ponder the participants and strike up conversations about the horses you fancy and an exhilarating afternoon is guaranteed when you’re sure to bond with your colleagues while you...

Come racing at Exeter this Christmas

Event Date: 
06/12/2019 - 12:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Racecourse

Exeter Racecourse knows how to put the sparkle into festive celebrations and its two December race dates are perfect for treating colleagues to a day out of the office. On Friday, December 6 and Thursday, December 19 spirits will be high as friends of the racecourse break free from their desks and head to the top of the hill for an afternoon of fun. Feeling shy? The racecard is the perfect ice-breaker as you ponder the participants and strike up conversations about the horses you fancy and an exhilarating afternoon is guaranteed when you’re sure to bond with your colleagues while you...

Creative Craft Show returns to Exeter

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Wed, 09/11/2019 - 3:27pm

TheCreative Craft show returns to Exeter this September bringing the hottest new supplies and latest trends to crafters. An unmissable date in any crafter’s calendar in the South West, the Creative Craft Show will be at Westpoint from Thursday 26thto Sunday 29thSeptember 2019.

A crafter for the last 20 years, The Creative Craft Show’s Head of Features, Jane Bolsover, shares five highlights of this year’s show:

The Creation Station.New to the Exeter show, younger visitors can have the chance to take part in a Creation Station workshop. The Creation Station is a multi-award-...

Devon’s greatest raceday and a Question of Racing on Haldon Gold Cup Day, Tuesday November 5

Event Date: 
05/11/2019 - 12:15pm to 5:45pm
Venue: 
Exeter Racecourse

Love Devon? Then remember, remember the fifth of November because that’s when the Haldon Gold Cup Day takes place and Exeter will be welcoming those spring-heeled two-mile chasers who will be vying for their place in history of the Grade Two race on Devon’s richest, and most important, raceday.

Working with LOVE Devon, which was officially launched as the new trading arm of the independent community development charity Devon Communities, Exeter Racecourse has created a raceday to remember, before you head out to enjoy local bonfire night celebrations, with its first ever A Question...

Time travel to medieval Dartmoor during Heritage Open Days 2019. Photo: Dartmoor National Park authority

Time travel to medieval Dartmoor during Heritage Open Days 2019

Authored by Paula_D
Posted: Sat, 09/07/2019 - 9:07am

Dartmoor National Park is pleased to once again take part in England’s largest festival of history and culture and will be shedding a light on how people lived in the 14th Century.

From 13-22 September 2019 the Heritage Open Days festival returns to Dartmoor with a packed programme of medieval-themed activities. Every September places across the country throw open their doors to celebrate their heritage, community and history.

This is your chance to try out new experiences - and they're free!

Get involved

Join Dartmoor National Park for a rare opportunity...

5 features to visit at The Creative Craft Show this September

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 09/06/2019 - 12:40pm

The Creative Craft show returns to Exeter this September bringing the hottest new supplies and latest trends to crafters. An unmissable date in any crafter’s calendar in the South West, the Creative Craft Show will be at Westpoint from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th September 2019.

A crafter for the last 20 years, The Creative Craft Show’s Head of Features, Jane Bolsover, shares five highlights of this year’s show:

The Creation Station. New to the Exeter show, younger visitors can have the chance to take part in a Creation Station workshop. The Creation Station is a multi-...

Teacher and student using Sparx in the classroom

Oxygen House announces further investment in learning technology company Sparx, totalling £50 million

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 09/06/2019 - 10:54am

Sparx, a socially focused learning technology company based in Exeter, is to receive a £20 million investment from Oxygen House, an ethical and impact-centric group of companies also based in Exeter. The investment follows an initial £30 million investment from Oxygen House which helped to establish Sparx and to develop and trial the technology.

Together, the £50 million investment is thought to be the largest by a UK investor into the UK edtech sector*.

Sparx was founded in 2010 and is an in-class and homework solution which uses machine learning, personalised content and...

Greater Exeter comes together for Tribe launch

150 people gathered at Hotel du Vin to learn about a new initiative from Exeter Chamber, Exeter City Council and Air Marketing, Tribe. The local buying initiative will encourage businesses within Greater Exeter to choose local suppliers where possible. Speaking at the event, were Owen Richards, Air Marketing, Ben Bradshaw MP and Ann Hunter, InExeter.

Owen Richards, managing director of Air Marketing and founder of Tribe said: “We aim to survey 5,000 companies within the area: if each of them changed just one of their services from a national supplier to a local one, we could...

Heritage open days

Event Date: 
14/09/2019 - 11:00am to 21/09/2019 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Dissenters Graveyard, Magdalen Street, Exeter

The Dissenters Graveyard will be open to visitors between 11am and 4pm on two weekends - 14th/15th September and 21st/22nd September.

From about 12.30 on the afternoon of Sunday 15th we are exploring a high-tech method of reading worn and lichen covered monument inscriptions. Reflectance Transformation Imaging is a method for revealing surface detail being used and explored in the Imaging Suite at Exeter University. Dr Jacqueline Christmas from the University will be demonstrating the technique and teaching volunteers to use it. The equipment is simple, the computer programme is...

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