A popular Exeter hotel has donated television sets to a charity fundraising body, after undergoing a major re-furbishment.
The Mercure Exeter Southgate underwent a £2.5m re-furbishment earlier this year. The hotel donated 20 television sets, which were previously in rooms, to the Exeter Foundation.
As a fundraising body, the Exeter Foundation offered the televisions to its member charities on a first come first served basis. The televisions were snapped up within 2 hours by a number of different charities.
Headway, Exeter Youth Section, Age UK, Exeter Leukaemia Fund...
Gregory Distribution Limited will be displaying one of its 44–tonne articulated vehicles at Exeter City Centre’s Bedford Square on Princesshay inviting the public to “get up close and personal” with a lorry.
The event is part of the Road Haulage Association’s National Lorry Week, a UK-wide awareness campaign developed to demonstrate to the public and politicians the vital role that lorries and road freight play in moving the economy and daily life. The theme of the week is ‘Love the Lorry’!
Paul Willis, Gregory’s Head of Business Support and Compliance and Chairman of the...
Devon County Council is encouraging more people to start car sharing this autumn by launching its popular ‘Win a Tank of fuel’ competition once again.
Everyone who registers a journey on the CarShareDevon website, sending a request to share, between now and 30 November 2015 will be entered in the draw to win a tank of fuel, up to the value of £100.
CarShareDevon is a well established website which matches drivers and passengers from across the county who are doing the same or similar journeys. The website allows you to search for others travelling in the same direction as...
Join us at the climate cycling parade of Exeter! We will cycle from the University, through the city center, down to the Quay. If you want to show that we are numerous to take care of the climate, environmental and social crisis you are warmly welcome! Come with your bike, bring your friends and wear something green. Everybody is welcome, so join us and share to make it massive! :)
Alternatiba is a citizens festival that presents individual, collective, local and practical solutions to climate change and the energy crisis. Alternatiba’s goals are : - Spread the message of climate emergency, raise awareness amongst the general public and elected politicians about the necessity to rapidly and radically cut our greenhouse gas emissions in the scope of the UN international negotiations in Paris this december (COP21). - Fight the probable feeling of resignation, helplessness and therefore the demobilisation which could be triggered by the seriousness and importance of the...
Devon’s leading tourism businesses have been chosen for the finals of the Devon Tourism Awards which will be presented at a prestigious ceremony on 26th November 2015.
This year sees an increase to 22 categories in the competition which is now in its 6th year following its launch in 2010 in association with Visit Devon. The year also saw an increase by 34% to 174 entries from the cream of the Devon tourism industry, with 65 businesses selected as finalists who will be in suspense until 26th November when they will learn whether they have won Gold, Silver or Bronze awards.
River Cottage HQ, on the Devon-Dorset border, was yesterday proud to welcome HRH The Princess Royal as an honoured guest. The Princess Royal, as President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, visited River Cottage HQ to meet the apprentices being trained by Lead Chef Tutor Gary Richmond. Gary was awarded the City and Guilds of London Institute’s Prince Philip Medal, presented by The Princess Royal at St James’s Palace in May 2015 for his outstanding professional achievements. The Prince Philip Medal is the highest recognition that the City and Guilds of London Institute offers. This...
The Government has announced today that from 1 February 2016, all private landlords in England will have to check new tenants have the right to be in the UK before renting out their property.
Under the new rules, landlords who fail to check a potential tenant’s ‘Right to Rent’ will face penalties of up to £3,000 per tenant.
The new law will mean that private landlords, including those who sub-let or take in lodgers, must check the right of prospective tenants to be in the country to avoid being hit with a penalty.
Right to Rent was introduced in the Immigration Act...
We invite members from your camera groups to attend our 125 Exhibition, in the Guildhall, Exeter on 24th October 2015. The Exhibition is open to the public from 10am and finishes at 4pm. Free Entry! Parking in Mary Arches or the Guildhall car park is convenient. Also Park and Ride https://new.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/parking/park-and-ride/
Exeter Camera Club was established in 1890 and through the years has seen photography develop and flourish, from glass plates, dangerous chemicals, pinhole cameras to digital imaging...
Darren Henley, the Chief Executive of Arts Council England, will be in Exeter on 21 October visiting some of the City’s outstanding arts and cultural organisations.
During his trip Darren will visit Exeter Phoenix, The Bike Shed Theatre, Devon Library and Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
All of the organisations receive funding through Arts Council England.
Last year (2014/15) the Arts Council invested over £2.4million in Exeter, recognising the excellent work done in the city.
In his first major speech as Chief Executive in May, Darren Henley made a commitment...
