The University of Exeter injects more than £1.17bn into the economy and generates almost 11,000 jobs in the South West, a major new study has revealed. An analysis of the economic impact of Exeter University found that in 2015-16 it injected £540 million (output) into the economy of the city of Exeter alone, helping to create more than 5,300 jobs in the city. In total, 10,757 jobs were generated across the South West by the University. The report the Economic Impact of the University of Exeter was commissioned by the University and carried out by Viewforth Consulting, which provides...
Lidl UK has officially started operations from its new Regional Distribution Centre in Exeter. This £55 million investment has created approximately 500 jobs and will service 40 stores across the region during the busy Christmas period, rising to 51 from February 2018. The new, 50,000 m² hub in the Exeter Gateway business park comes as part of Lidl’s wider investment and modernisation programme across the South West. The Regional Distribution Centre will serve stores from Penzance to as far as Burnham-on-Sea and across to Weymouth, with 1,700 pallets of products projected to go through its...
A local digital marketing agency has celebrated its fourth birthday after another year of record breaking growth.
MiHi Digital, which was created from a one-bedroom flat on the Exeter Quayside by online marketing specialist Mark Worden in 2013, has grown by more than 30% over the past twelve months, winning 62 new clients and launching 42 websites.
Director of MiHi Digital, Mark Worden said “They say that the first two years in business are the hardest, so it’s an incredibly proud moment for us to pass our fourth anniversary and still be growing at an exponential rate. We’...
The sexual health teams at The Centre in Exeter and Barnstaple, part of Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust, are taking part in National HIV Testing Week, which runs from 18-25 November 2017. The theme for this year’s National HIV Testing Week is ‘Give HIV the finger’, which promotes the quick and easy finger-prick HIV test. From 20–24 November, The Centre’s sexual health clinics in Exeter and Barnstaple are offering a free, confidential, no-questions-asked finger-prick HIV test. Abbey Eboigbe, nurse adviser for The Centre in Exeter, said: “National HIV Testing Week gives us the...
A Diabetes expert is recruiting hundreds of people with a recent diagnosis of the disease to an ongoing clinical trial.
This World Diabetes Day, Dr Angus Jones is looking for people who were diagnosed with diabetes in the last year to participate in a clinical trial, with the long-term aim of improving diagnostic accuracy.
World Diabetes Day is organised by the International Diabetes Federation, and aims to bring attention to important issues in the Diabetes community. An estimated 4.5 million people are living with Diabetes in the UK alone.
YMCA Exeter’s 8th annual Santa Abseil from Princesshay car park returns once again on Saturday 9th December.
Dressed in Santa suits, local people of Exeter, from amateurs to abseiling veterans, will be challenged to take on the 100ft abseil down Princesshay car park to raise funds and awareness for youth homelessness over the festive season.
With the aim for each volunteer to raise £150, these essential funds will help to support those transitioning from vulnerable accommodation into their new home at YMCA Exeter. Every year the charity provide Support Accommodation for...
Swimming spots in Teignbridge have all reached ‘excellent’ bathing water quality standards.
Visitors to Teignbridge will be able to enjoy swimming in cleaner water than ever before thanks to huge strides made to improve water quality.
Teignbridge has welcomed the 2017 results of water testing at more than 400 outdoor swimming spots in England – called bathing waters - published today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
This is great news for beach-goers and a major success for Teignmouth Town Beach which has improved from ‘sufficient’...
For the second year running Stagecoach is sponsoring Exeter’s Christmas lights switch-on event, taking place on 16 November.
A significant contribution has been made by the bus operator to support the family event, organised by Exeter Business Improvement District (BID).
Last year, over 11,000 people attended the lights switch on. This year, numbers are expected to exceed this as the Cathedral Christmas Market opens on the same night.
The switch-on officially kicks off late night shopping Thursdays and the start of the holiday season, backed by Stagecoach’s...
Extra bed spaces have been made available for rough sleepers in Exeter over the winter period, the City Council has announced. The 15 extra emergency beds will be provided at Gabriel House in the city centre as part the City Council’s response to providing emergency accommodation and bringing rough sleepers inside during the harshest winter weather. Bournemouth Churches Housing Association (BCHA), who run Gabriel House, will be running the service from 1 December through to the end of March. This year the initiative has been extended by an extra month. Cllr Emma Morse, Lead Councillor for...
Following last year’s ‘Issues and Options’ consultation, residents of Cranbrook and neighbouring parishes are being encouraged by East Devon District Council to comment on the ‘Preferred Approach’ to how Devon’s newest town will grow and develop, as part of an 8 week community consultation.
Anyone living or working in and around Cranbrook can have their say on ‘The Cranbrook Plan: Preferred Approach’ from Friday 10 November 2017 – Monday 8 January 2018.
East Devon District Council sifted through all the comments and suggestions from the previous round of consultation to...
