Exeter BID’s Welcome Team is celebrating its first year in the city with a host of impressive statistics.
The Welcome Team was introduced in December last year to offer assistance to visitors, residents and BID levy payers in Exeter. The Welcome Team members, Myra, Darren and Paul provide the city with a ‘seven days a week’ service and work throughout the year except Christmas Day.
Craig Bulley, CEO of Exeter BID said: “The Welcome Team has been successful and I am really pleased the BID has been able to introduce this service to the city. Myra, Paul and Darren ensure that...
Had you been in Exeter at 2.30pm on Saturday 10 December, you would have been witness to a congregation of over 700 Freemasons with their families in the Cathedral.
They were led by their Provincial Grand Master Rt. W. Bro. Ian Kingsbury JP in a celebration of the coming of Christmas.
They sang carols in the company of 8 voices arranged by Mathew Cann, a gentleman of the Cathedral Choir, led by the superb Cathedral organ played by Tim Noon, Cathedral Director of Music. They also gave nine readings including one titled “The Christmas Cake and the Mouse” in a service led by...
There was a sight to see around Exeter on Sunday 4 December for those doing some Christmas shopping as motorbikers dressed as Santas, Mrs Santa, elves and a christmas tree went through the city in convoy, taking part in a festive ride with a difference!
The riders were on their way from their meeting place at Exeter Services to deliver Christmas toys and donations to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the Little Bridge South West Children’s Hospice in North Devon.
The motorbikers, who each donated £5 to take part, came from all over Devon to the start of the ride in...
A walking and cycling trail is being launched in Cranbrook next month (January) to help local residents explore the area.
The “Discover Cranbrook: The Long Orchard Trail” is being established by Devon County Council, East Devon District Council, Cranbrook Town Council and Cranbrook New Community Partners Consortium to encourage people to get active and find out what’s on their doorstep.
Starting at the entrance of the Country Park at Long Orchard, the trail includes five posts which feature different rubbings – four around the park and a fifth at Cranbrook Train Station....
Devon County Council’s Cabinet (Wednesday 14 December) agreed to propose a preferred route to government for a £180 million improvement scheme for the A30.
Councillors approved recommendations to put the “Orange Route”, as modified through consultation, to the Secretary of State as the preferred route, for his view and potential implementation.
It follows a public consultation throughout August and September during which the County Council presented three route options (Orange Route, Blue North and Blue South), to improve the A30 between Honiton and Devonshire Inn. More...
Entries are now open for the 15th annual Michelmores Property Awards, which showcase and celebrate the very best of the South West's property and construction industry.
Michelmores is calling upon property developers, building contractors, architects and other industry professionals to nominate buildings, projects and businesses from across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Bristol and Dorset across ten categories.
For the 2017 awards, there are five new categories, including Commercial Project of the Year, Public Project of the Year, Education Project of the Year, and Leisure...
Julian Quick, 28, lives with a rare form of bone cancer and has helped create a suite of memes that show people how (not) to ‘speak cancer’, after finding that people are sometimes unsure of how to speak frankly to him about his condition. Julian, a keen sportsman from Weymouth, was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma when he was 26. A University of Exeter sports science graduate and captain of his local rugby team, his cancer was diagnosed in 2014 after having an MRI scan for shoulder pain he suspected was due to a rugby injury. But it turned out to be a tumour. Julian has since been...
Your essential guide to what’s on in and around Exeter this weekend (16-18 December 2016)
THEATRE
Peter Pan Friday, Saturday & Sunday, Exeter Northcott Theatre Escape to Neverland this Christmas with Exeter Northcott Theatre and the boy who never grew up… Join Wendy, John and Michael as they soar into the night sky with Peter, to a magical land of mermaids and fairy dust, where children can fly and all sorts of exciting adventures happen every day. But beware – danger is just around the corner. Captain Hook and the pirates are looking for revenge and Peter Pan is top...
A charity run community café in Exeter will open its doors to the elderly and lonely on Christmas Day.
Café 55, run by national disability charity Sense, will offer a free Christmas lunch, with all the trimmings, for up to 30 people who would otherwise be spending the day alone. Guests will also be treated to some festive entertainment including carols sung by The Rediscover Church choir, and presents and food donated by the Pinhoe and Guildhall Sainsbury’s stores. Café 55’s Manager, Jane Tucker, was inspired to host the event after speaking to a member of the charity’s social...
RGB Building Supplies has been named on Real Business magazine’s Hot 100 list which reveals the fastest growing private businesses in the UK.
Based on turnover and profit growth over a four-year period, to make the list a company had to achieve sales of more than £10m and post an EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) of more than £1m. With a turnover of £54.3m and EBITDA of £2.1m, RGB is the only Devon based company to make it on the Hot 100 list.
The builders merchant completed a family and management buyout deal at the end of 2015 to secure...
