The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association needs volunteers to help improve the confidence and independence of people with a visual impairment. Some of those hoping for a volunteer have been waiting for several months, so getting involved could really help change someone’s life.
My Guide is a service that Guide Dogs offers whereby a trained, sighted guide, is partnered with someone with sight loss. My Guides accompany service users to facilitate tasks such as running errands, practicing everyday routes, using public transport, or going to the gym to build confidence in these areas...
To further the growth of Exeter and its business community, Air Marketing Group in partnership with Exeter City Council, Exeter Live Better and Exeter Chamber have teamed up to launch a new business initiative to reduce the amount of B2B trade that leaves the city. The initiative, called Tribe, is a first for Exeter and will focus on increasing local collaboration to retain business in the city.
Where businesses do outsource business services beyond the city, Tribe will help local businesses look closer to home to find cost-effective services, driving forward economic growth in...
Local colleagues at Tesco in Exeter will be inviting customers to don their dancing shoes and show off their moves as part of a UK-wide fundraiser this weekend for the supermarket’s three national health charity partners - Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK.
Visitors to the Exeter Vale Extra store this weekend will be treated to some epic dance performances, or they can show everyone their own moves on a specially created dance floor, providing plenty of selfie opportunities! Customers will also be able to join Tesco colleagues and charity...
From the 31st July – 23rd August, Princesshay Square will be transformed into Princesshay Green with a series of free family fun pop up events every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. From climbing walls to mini golf and dinosaurs, a different activity will pop up each week to keep families and shoppers entertained during the upcoming school holidays.
As well as summer menus from Princesshay’s eateries, visitors will be able to take part in the following line up of free events from 11am-3pm on each day:
Wednesday 31st July – Friday 2nd August – Golf fans can have a go at...
The universal adoption of the term ‘cloud’ still bemuses many people. Rather than being a storage system in the sky, the reality is that photos, documents, contacts, etc. are securely stored on a server in large data centre made from bricks and mortar not wisps of water-filled air.
A data centre is like a massive filing cabinet, but rather than opening it with a key, an internet connection, passwords and encryption protection are the way in and businesses are using these to store their data and run their IT applications, such as telephony, security, CRMs, etc.
The Gin To My Tonic are delighted to be bringing their festival to the Exeter Corn Exchange this Summer on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th August.
The Gin To My Tonic is a brand based in Faringdon, Oxford that holds gin festivals across the country.
Co-Founder Emira Shepherd said “We are delighted to be able to hold a Gin Festival for the people of Exeter and beyond. We are also delighted to showcase various gin brands that will be in attendance and showcasing their products.”
The Gin To My Tonic Festival brings together over 100 different gins from across the UK and...
Tech South West has launched new awards to celebrate and showcase the best of the region’s technology sector.
The Tech South West Awards 2019 cover the whole Tech South West region of Bath, Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire, recognising and celebrating talent, creativity, business success, education, leadership, diversity and more across the whole technology sector.
The groundbreaking event will comprise 23 award categories covering South West’s fastest growing sector, honouring the profusion of innovative...
The Gin To My Tonic are delighted to be bringing their festival to the Exeter Corn Exchange this Summer on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th August.
The Gin To My Tonic is a brand based in Faringdon, Oxford that holds gin festivals across the country.
Co-Founder Emira Shepherd said “We are delighted to be able to hold a Gin Festival for the people of Exeter and beyond. We are also delighted to showcase various gin brands that will be in attendance and showcasing their products.”
The Gin To My Tonic Festivalbrings together over 100 different gins from across the UK and...
Riverside users in Exeter are enjoying a new cycle and foot bridge on a popular route into the city.
The new King’s Arms swing bridge linking Haven Banks to the Kings Arms Isthmus – land that includes footpaths and cycle paths beside the Trews Weir Flood Relief Channel – has been installed and is now open to use.
The old bridge, which was first installed in 1972, had deteriorated over time and become rotten in places.
It was lifted out last summer and replaced with a temporary structure. The new bridge is almost identical but made of steel. Metalwork from the old...
