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Devon & Somerset ‘Better Business for All’ Survey

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/05/2015 - 11:35am

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) are working with other local regulators across Devon and Somerset to develop a co-ordinated and consistent approach to assisting businesses in meeting their regulatory requirements.

For DSFRS this means helping businesses by giving advice and support in managing fire safety within their premises and ensuring that they are complying with the law. The Fire Service are fully committed to ensuring that people who work in and visit businesses are safe from fire and that business will receive consistent advice and information to ensure...

Stone row conservation day

Event Date: 
27/02/2015 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Near Glasscombe Corner, Corringdon Ball, South Brent

Help Dartmoor National Park Archaeologists and Rangers look after prehistoric stone rows in a day of conservation work on Friday 27 February 2015.

Dartmoor’s landscape is among the richest in western Europe in terms of its archaeological remains. Dartmoor contains the longest stone row in the world and has the greatest number of archaeological sites out of all the UK National Parks. In fact 60% of all stone rows to be found in England are on Dartmoor.

All of this takes some looking after and we hope that you will find the time to help us. The work will involve clearing...

Young at Heart Club - Exeter

Event Date: 
20/03/2015 - 1:30pm to 27/03/2015 - 1:30pm
Venue: 
St Sidwells Community Centre, Sidwell Street, Exeter

The Young at Heart Club is a for men and woman who are 50 years young or more.

You are welcome to go along if you like music, games, quizzes, fascinating talks, bingo or just meeting people and making new friends.

The club gives people the opportunity to have fun in a relaxed environment. Meetings are every Friday from 1.30pm-3.30pm at St Sidwell’s Community Centre, Sidwell Street, Exeter.

The programme for the next few weeks is as follows:

Friday 13 March: Stroke Association – Their work

Friday 20 March: From Sri Lanka to Exeter

Friday 27...

Streetscapes

Event Date: 
25/02/2015 - 10:00am to 01/03/2015 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Clyst House, Winslade Park, Clyst St. Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DS

Open 10am – 3pm Daily Cost Free Public Admission

All the images in this exhibition have been taken within cities and towns. They are contemporary records of urban life, but they are also testament to mankind’s ingenuity in adapting to new and challenging environments. These photographs capture the challenges we face on a daily basis, as well as the lifestyle choices and aesthetic stimulation arising from high population density and cultural diversity. Each of our photographers has emphasised beautiful elements to capture and hold our attention, particularly when the subject...

Exminster to vote on Neighbourhood Plan

Residents of Exminster have the opportunity to decide if a Neighbourhood Plan can be used to influence planning decisions in the area over the next 20 years by voting in a parish referendum.

A Neighbourhood Plan is a community-led process for guiding the future development, regeneration and conservation of an area.

It contains aims, planning policies and proposals for improving the area or providing new community, sport and leisure facilities. It can be used to help decide where things should take place and to identify and protect important local green spaces.

The...

Grecians take a stand against homophobia

Exeter City Football Club will be making clear its opposition to homophobia in football at its home game with Cambridge United next week. (Tuesday 10 February). The match has been designated as the Club’s annual ‘Football v Homophobia’ fixture – a move welcomed by the Exeter City Supporters’ Trust and its One Game One Community (OGOC) Group and the Club’s Football in the Community scheme. The OGOC Group is organising a series of initiatives at the match and is delighted to be welcoming guests from Exeter Pride,University of Exeter LGBTQ+ Society and the Devon Lions, the local gay friendly...

Pioneering Exeter primary goes global

An Exeter primary school is fostering pioneering international links with schools across Europe. Redhills primary school already has established links with Tanzania. Now it is fostering new links with Spain and Latvia.

Redhills has been linked with the Andres Garcia Soler School in Andalucía in Spain and Rigas Klasiska gimnazija in Latvia’s largest city, Riga.

The two-year project between the schools was set up through the European Commission’s Erasmus Plus programme, which aims to improve schools, training and youth work in Europe.

Each school has been awarded a...

£100m Met Office supercomputer to boost Exeter office market

The Met Office’s £100m supercomputer is set to shake up the Exeter office market as businesses look to relocate their operations to the region, according to leading property consultancy JLL.

Demand for space at the Exeter Science Park, adjoining Exeter Gateway and nearby Skypark is expected to soar as business owners seek to benefit from opportunities to collaborate and form partnerships with the Met Office.

These predictions, revealed today (February 4) at JLL’s South West Market Review, themed ‘smart future,’ come after a slow year for the Exeter office market, where...

Alliance aims to make city dementia friendly

The Exeter Dementia Action Alliance has now been established in Exeter with the aim to develop awareness of dementia and dementia support within businesses and other organisations across the city.

Over the next 10 years dementia will increase significantly from the existing 850,000 people nationwide currently with a diagnosis.

Community initiatives like these aspire to raise awareness across the city. Currently there are 26 alliances across the South West.

This work will be guided by needs based strategies which will involve the voices of those with dementia and...

Rural Enterprise Grants provide massive boost businesses

Thirty businesses in Devon and Somerset have received around £800,000 of grant money to help boost the region’s economy and create jobs.

Funds were secured in 2012 by Devon County Council from Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and the RDPE (Rural Development Programme for England) for the Heart of the South West Rural Enterprise Grant Scheme at the beginning of last year.

84 jobs will have been created by March 2015 and a further 33 by March 2017 totalling 117 giving a GVA (Gross Value Added) increase of £4.9m by March 2017

The programme was...

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