More than 8,800 school pupils across Devon will be able to receive Bikeability cycle training this year after a successful funding bid by Devon County Council.
Just over £283,000 has been secured from the Department for Transport in order to deliver Bikeability and adult cycle training.
Bikeability provides children with important skills to help them cycle more safely and more often. Devon County Council has now helped over 70,000 children take part in the free training since 2006. Secondary schools are also being reminded that they are able to host free Bikeability Level 3...
Exeter based Packexe is celebrating 30 years as an industry leader, by rewarding their customers.
Since founding in 1989, the Exeter-based company has introduced game-changing technologies and developed a comprehensive range of market-leading self-adhesive protection film products and rescue products.
In celebration of its 30 year anniversary, Packexe has launched a UK-wide ‘Golden Ticket’ competition, giving customers the opportunity to win £30,000 of holiday vouchers and £30,000 of Packexe products.
Golden Tickets have been hidden in hundreds of rolls of Packexe,...
Michelmores law firm has today announced the promotion of two new partners. Chloe-Howard Smith, based at the firm's head office in Exeter has been promoted to Partner within the Real Estate team and Karen Williams to Partner within the Business team.
Chloe Howard-Smith joined Michelmores in 2006 and is part of the transactional real estate team. Chloe has a broad experience in commercial property work but her key focus is on residential development.
Karen Williams has been working with the Firm since 2008 and has a client base extending across the South West. She has...
Tails are wagging in excitement over this coming Sunday’s Dog-Friendly screening of Pick of the Litter, where hounds big and small (and hopefully well-behaved!) can join their humans for a trip to the cinema.
Pick of the Litter follows a litter of puppies from the moment they’re born and begin their quest to become guide dogs for the blind. Cameras follow these pups through an intense two-year odyssey as they train to become dogs whose ultimate responsibility is to protect their blind partners from harm. Along the way, these remarkable animals rely on a community of dedicated...
Investec Wealth & Investment (IW&I) has strengthened its Exeter team with the appointment of Richard Wright as Financial Planning Director. In this role, Richard will lead IW&I’s financial planning offering in the Exeter office. He will report to Chris Aitken, the firm’s UK Head of Financial Planning.
Richard joins IW&I from the prominent South West-based accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark, where he managed the financial planning team based at its Plymouth office.
A Chartered Financial Planner and Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Richard also...
Local mum-trepreneur Laura Skilton celebrates her baby swim school business going national having already helped more than 5,000 children in Devon and Hampshire learn to swim since launching seven years ago.
Laura Skilton, who runs swim sessions in Exeter and Crediton, has rebranded her successful Baby Paddlers swim school this month launching as a national franchise programme which is already gaining interest from all over the country.
Baby Paddlers – now known as Baby Squids – is a well-established, highly successful swim school for 0-4-year olds focusing on building...
National initiative returned for its 4thyear, as new survey confirms the best breastfeeding support comes from fellow breastfeeders
Thousands of mums took part in The Big Breastfeeding Café this week. The nationwide campaign, led by breastfeeding brand Medela,connected families via a network of mini events on 1stMay.
Now in its 4th year, the 2019 celebration followed a recent survey that revealed 75% of mums believe that guidance from breastfeeding mothers positively impacted their feeding experience.One breastfeeding mum commented that she was “still breastfeeding thanks...
An array of Big Screen Events including children’s favourites, live theatre and live dance will come to Vue Exeter this May.
The National Theatre will be bringing one of its popular live screenings with All My Sons broadcast live from the Old Vic in London on Tuesday 14th May. Academy Award winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) lead an impressive cast in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama. Set in 1947, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story, having built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business...
A musical score, written by Baron Andrew Lloyd Webber, is to make its debut at this year’s Devon County Show (16-18 May), in celebration of the Pony Club’s 90th year.
Over 60 Pony Club jockeys and their four-legged friends will take part in a Pageant in the main arena at 4.15pm on Saturday 18th May, the final day of the Devon County Show. It will conclude with a spectacular ride to this piece of music composed exclusively in celebration of the Pony Club’s milestone anniversary by the musical legend himself.
The Pony Club celebrates its 90th year in 2019 and the Pageant at...
AS the bank holiday approaches, organisers of Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life are calling on the people of Exeter to put their time off to good use by picking a date and event to help beat cancer.
This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone – women, men and children – to join the Race for Life.
There are five Race for Life events to choose from in Exeter - including the much-loved 5k and 10k events, as well as Pretty Muddy 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy Kids.
Every day, 90 people are diagnosed with cancer in the South West. That’s why the...
