A national charity which aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK through its work with arts, environmental and community welfare organisations has given a major boost to one of Devon’s most important wildlife projects.
The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust has provided £150,000 of funding to the River Otter Beaver Trial – an East Devon project which is measuring the impact of England’s only breeding population of wild beavers. The funding will be used to support the next three years of the project.
Leading local law firm Stephens Scown LLP has recruited a new partner to its thriving private client team in Exeter which advises individuals on tax and personal financial issues. Malcolm Emery joins the firm from Thrings LLP, where he led the firm’s wealth and succession team in Bristol and London. Malcolm is dual qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser and Solicitor. In an extensive career spanning more than 20 years, he has advised individuals and private trustees on a range of issues including exit and succession planning, preparing Wills and Trusts, and offshore tax matters. Much of his...
Now five months old, Eversfield Organic’s puppy Rusty is to star in episode two of Channel 5’s ‘The Secret Life of Puppies and Kittens’ on Thursday 5th May at 9pm.
Rusty’s proud owners are Eversfield Organic’s marketing director, Anna Bury, and her partner Jon Elliot.
Rusty, who is the puppy of Anna’s family Labrador, Heidi, was filmed from 10 weeks old at one of the most important stages of his life as he leaves his mother to live with Anna and Jon.
The show will follow lively pup Rusty as he grows up, through secret cameras placed around the house, and on...
Okehampton-based wood fuel distributor Forest Fuels has been shortlisted for Small Business of the Year (fewer than 100 employees) in the national Business Green Leaders Awards.
Organised by Business Green Magazine – the UK's leading source of information for the green economy – the awards celebrate the industry’s most exciting and innovative achievements from the past 12 months.
Peter Solly, managing director of Forest Fuels, said: “The past year has been another exceptional year for Forest Fuels and launched a number new initiatives to make our customers’ lives easier....
An advance party of entrepreneurs from Portugal have visited Exeter to research opportunities to accelerate the growth of their companies in the UK in collaboration with Exeter Science Park.
At the same time, British businessman Piers Corfield from the Science Park based tech business Dashboard is in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, to establish new business links there.
The exchange has been organised through Exeter Science Park’s fast-growth business support partner Fabrica de Startups ( www.fabricadestartups.com ), in an initiative designed to build international...
In December 2015, East Devon District Council and Seaton Town Council confirmed the intention to secure the long term future of Seaton Town Hall, through the transfer of the ownership from East Devon District Council to Seaton Town Council.
The transfer of the freehold interest of Seaton Town Hall, from East Devon District Council to Seaton Town Council, is now complete.
Seaton Town Hall is a prominent building Seaton can be proud of and, with new tenants, The Seaton Gateway Theatre Company and Seaton Museum, Seaton Town Council is looking forward to an exciting future...
Wyevale Garden Centres is warning the gardeners of Britain to prepare for an increase of supersized slugs this spring, thanks to our unseasonably mild winter.
Due to a change in recent weather patterns and a lack of hard frost, our slug population is booming. Unlike snails, slugs are active above 5°c and Britain’s mild winter means they’ve been awake for a longer season than usual and therefore able to reproduce all winter – at a much faster rate than usual – the result of which is a population explosion. As these sleepless slugs are laying between 20 and 100 eggs a time, one cubic...
Exeter Pride is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ communities and diversity within Exeter and the surrounding area. We are delighted that Exeter Pride is returning for its 8th year and this year will be bigger and brighter than ever before!
The parade starts at 12noon from St Sidwell’s Centre, Sidwell Street and will feature favourites and new acts for this year, such as; Street Heat, a fire engine, a pink double decker bus, circus performers and many more! We will of course, see the return of our infamous 50m rainbow flag. Gather from 11:30am at St Sidwell’s Centre to be a part of it...
Two Exeter City Council solar carports have been recognized by independent industry experts this month, who have shortlisted them for a national Business Green Leaders Award.
Designed and installed by Exeter company SunGift Solar in September last year, the solar carports – on the top decks of John Lewis and Mary Arches carparks – have been recognized as an example to other local authorities across the country.
“Being shortlisted for a Business Green Leaders Award is a tremendous honour, because it covers companies in all environmental industries,” said Gabriel Wondrausch,...
A pioneering Bioscience spin-out company founded by experts from the University of Exeter has secured a major investment to help develop the business.
The ground-breaking company, BioSystems Technology, received £200,000 from private backers, who in addition to the finance, will also provide support and guidance to help the Company realise its full potential across the UK and Europe.
The innovative spin-out was co-founded by Dr Olivia Champion, an infectious diseases expert and Professor Richard Titball, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis. Together they have pioneered a...
