WiFi SPARK, the UK’s fastest growing managed WiFi provider has doubled its workforce in just over year since relocating to Exeter.
Previously based at Heathfield just outside of Newton Abbot, the firm moved to Matford Business Park with the help of Exeter City Council, to open larger offices and new workshop space, now filled with more than 40 full time staff.
WiFi SPARK, whose clients include the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, National Portrait Gallery in London and Plymouth University was launched in 2003 by Chief...
Exeter skipper Jack Yeandle says there must be a response of sorts from the Chiefs this weekend when they play host to Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership.
Rob Baxter’s side slipped to their fifth league defeat of the season on Sunday when they went down 31-27 against fellow play-off contenders Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.
The visitors fought back from a 31-6 deficit to grab a losing bonus point with the last play of the game, but Yeandle was far from what had occurred earlier in the match, particularly during the first half.
South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP has formally agreed a new shared ownership model with the regulators and tax authorities which could open the way for other partnerships and professional services firms to follow suit.
The scheme is a shared ownership and profit model similar to that operated by John Lewis. Stephens Scown, with over 300 staff and a turnover of £17m, is believed to be the biggest law firm to implement such a scheme.
Under the scheme, all profits over a certain minimum threshold will go into a pool, with half being retained by the firm and half being...
Award-winning South West based company, WITT Ltd, is to change the face of renewable energy forever with its ground-breaking new energy harvesting technology - launching with its Crowdcube raise on 7th March.
The WITT is the only device in the world that can capture energy from all movement and turn it into electricity. No other energy system can exploit the full spectrum of movement, enabling it to harvest power from water (sea, river or tidal), wind, human or animal motion.
"The WITT is the most exciting development in the renewable energy sector since the solar panel,"...
The Donkey Sanctuary is working with Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project to hold a hedge planting event on Wednesday 16 March at the Sanctuary’s Sidmouth site from 10am till 4pm.
As part of their Higher Level Stewardship scheme with Natural England, The Donkey Sanctuary actively manages hedgerows to improve conditions for farmland wildlife, enhance landscape character and protect the natural and historic environment.
Following on the success of their hedgelaying event in February, The Donkey Sanctuary is inviting people to help with hedge planting and fencing.
The popular International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition, now in its ninth year, will be at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) from 23 April 2016.
The winning photograph from each of nine categories from the 2016 competition, along with a wide selection of finalists, will be included in the exhibition at RAMM. The categories are: The Beauty of Plants, Beautiful Gardens, Wildlife in the Garden, Portfolios, Bountiful Earth, Trees, Woods & Forests, Wildflower Landscapes, Greening the City and Young Garden Photographer.
Folk Duo Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston released their new album in February 2016 and are touring the UK to support the release in 2016
Miranda and Rex are dazzling as ever on their respective instruments - double bass and mandolin/bouzouki catch their live show in Colebrooke at the Parish Hall £11 8pm tel. 01363 84309
Organic, an Exeter-based performance and content marketing agency and consultancy, recently celebrated their 10th anniversary, and commissioned Instagram social influencer Paperboyo to capture some of the city’s most unique sights.
Rich McCor, better known by his Instagram alias Paperboyo (Instagram.com/paperboyo), is a photographer and social media influencer who uses creativity and the power imbued in social platforms to tell stunning visual stories.
With over 125,000 Instagram followers, Paperboyo’s creations celebrate cities and their history through innovative, outside...
East Devon District Council is working with the Environment Agency to upgrade the sea and estuary defences in Exmouth. The proposed project will reduce the risk of flooding to over 1,000 homes in Exmouth.
Since Autumn 2015, the council’s Exeter based consultants WSP │ Parsons Brinkerhoff have reviewed information gathered from flood modelling, a topographic survey and geotechnical investigations and developed a number of options to upgrade Exmouth’s flood defences along the estuary side and sea front.
Following this, East Devon has held consultation events with local...
Firefighters up and down the country are preparing to roll up their sleeves to take part in the National Car Wash this Saturday, March 12 to raise vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity.
Bring your car along and have it washed in return for a donation to The Fire Fighters Charity, the UK’s leading provider of services that enhance quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families.
Lee Howell, Chief Fire Officer for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Servicer said: “Monies raised through national fundraising initiatives provide a real...
