E.ON, the energy supplier behind the Cranbrook and Skypark developments, has been chosen as the district heating provider for the new Monkerton residential and commercial development on the outskirts of Exeter, it was announced today.
As part of landmark agreement with Devon County Council, East Devon District Council, and Exeter City Council, as well as property developers Persimmon Homes, Barratt Homes, Linden Homes, Bloor Homes and landowners Eagle One and Pater Salter, E.ON will develop a £30 million, 10,000sq ft Energy Centre and district heating network which will provide a...
The Conservative Group on East Devon District Council has given its full backing to a proposed bid to establish a Heart Of The South West ‘powerhouse’.
If successful, the HOTSW bid would create a powerful partnership between local authorities in Devon and Somerset, building on benefits from recent collaboration, and working with Government to exploit economic opportunities of truly global significance.
Pushing ahead with the process to submit a joint bid to the Government before Christmas was approved unanimously by EDDC’s Cabinet last night (Wednesday 2 December).
Consumers are being urged to think before buying this year’s ‘must have’ for Christmas, a hoverboard, which could be at risk of catching fire or even exploding.
Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service is appealing to Christmas shoppers to follow a 12-point safety checklist (below) if they are thinking of buying a hoverboard or have already purchased one.
Since October 15 more than 17,000 self-balancing scooters – or ‘hoverboards’– have been tested at national entry points due to safety concerns.
Of these, over 15,000 (88 per cent) were found to have significant...
The Creation Station workshops will take place on Tuesday 8th December where children can make hand and footprint Rudolph cards, Wednesday 9th December with a focus on Crafty Christmas characters and Thursday 10th December children get to make Christmas tree decorations and super star snowflakes. Visitors can drop in between 10am – 12pm in Mamma Mia’s restaurant at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park, suitable for all ages to join in with the festive fun.
For more information on ticket prices, visit www.crealy.co.uk/Devon .
The Creation Station workshops will take place on Tuesday 8th December where children can make hand and footprint Rudolph cards, Wednesday 9th December with a focus on Crafty Christmas characters and Thursday 10th December children get to make Christmas tree decorations and super star snowflakes. Visitors can drop in between 10am – 12pm in Mamma Mia’s restaurant at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park, suitable for all ages to join in with the festive fun.
For more information on ticket prices, visit www.crealy.co.uk/Devon .
The Creation Station workshops will take place on Tuesday 8th December where children can make hand and footprint Rudolph cards, Wednesday 9th December with a focus on Crafty Christmas characters and Thursday 10th December children get to make Christmas tree decorations and super star snowflakes. Visitors can drop in between 10am – 12pm in Mamma Mia’s restaurant at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park, suitable for all ages to join in with the festive fun.
For more information visit www.crealy.co.uk/Devon.
Massive demand meant that tickets to TEDxExeter 2016 sold out faster than ever before on Tuesday.
Tickets for the live event at the Exeter Northcott Theatre sold out in 20 minutes, and tickets for the simultaneous livestream to the nearby Alumni Auditorium all went before the end of the day.
TEDxExeter is Exeter’s leading festival of ideas, and next year’s conference will be the fifth held in the city. It is also streamed online so that everyone who could not get tickets can still watch it live. Videos of all the talk will also be free to watch online after the event....
A major new visitor attraction is planning to begin the job of recruiting its staff at a special recruitment open day being held in Seaton on Saturday 5th December.
The final phases of work are currently being made at the Seaton Jurassic visitor centre before its opening in spring 2016. The new visitor attraction, which is on Seaton’s Underfleet, will include both indoor and outdoor interpretation spaces as well as a café and retail area.
In preparation for its grand opening Seaton Jurassic is now looking to recruit a range of posts in roles as varied as volunteer...
An international craft media company, with offices across America and its headquarters in New York, has relocated its UK team to Exeter.
Founded in Newton Abbot in 1961, F+W International, part of American company F+W Media, is a specialist publisher and distributer of art and craft books. The company also boasts a range of successful art and craft based ecommerce companies and distributes David & Charles and Dover Publications.
In its 54 years of operation, F+W Media has witnessed significant changes in the publishing industry. With the rise of eBook sales, increased...
Devon-based Hospicecare has been given a welcome boost thanks to a generous donation from David Wilson Homes.
The developer was on the lookout for a local charity which could make good use of the furniture from the show homes at Rougemont Park in Exeter ahead of the launch of a brand new phase at the development and the opening of new show homes.
Items that were donated included beds, sofas, dining tables and chairs, pictures, ornaments and lamps which are now on sale in the charity’s Fore Street store in Exeter.
“A massive thank you to all the team at David Wilson...
