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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Exeter City Council has today announced it will be submitting an expression of interest (EOI) for the prestigious UK City of Culture title. 

The City of Culture bid follows the culmination of five months extensive engagement and consultation with artists, creatives, cultural organisations and residents to shape the council’s commissioned new five-year Cultural Strategy for Exeter.

This will set out a clear ambition to become a leading city of culture. The new Exeter Culture Strategy is ambitious and will be delivered in partnership with the city’s cultural organisations...

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Let's Walk - Devon's biggest workplace walking challenge

If you are hoping to become more active in 2020, while enjoying some friendly competition at the same time, you can team up with work colleagues and enter a Devon wide walking challenge.

This February’s ‘Let’s Walk’ challenge will encourage employees to get out of the office and raise heart rates a little. If becoming healthier isn’t incentive enough, there are also prizes on offer for those workplaces leading the way in striding out across the county. Individuals can sign up alongside work colleagues and start ‘collecting’ steps! Those who achieve the highest average numbers will...

Northern Event Transport Company Rock ‘n’ Rolls Into Southwest

An award-winning Northern event transport company is expanding its business with the opening of a new facility at Exeter's Hill Barton Business Park. Operating out of its Leeds headquarters, Stagefreight assists clients across the UK and Europe with event transport services. With its business going from strength to strength, the opening of Stagefreight South is a big milestone for the company and a key part of its business plans for 2020.

The Exeter facility will have its own fleet of trucks dedicated to clients based in the south of England, including the southwest, Wales and the...

A Guide for Better Health and Safety in the Workplace

As an employer, it’s your responsibility to provide adequate health and safety within your business. Employees need to be provided with a safe working environment, with workplace safety tailored very specifically for individual roles and the manner of your business.

Proper health and safety can be an intimidating prospect for any new business owner or manager, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming - as long as the legal measures are implemented and safety encouraged at all times, you can ensure that your workplace remains as compliant as can be.

Here is a guide to help you...

Print on demand Wix - How drop shipping is associated?

Print on Demand, also known as on-demand printing is mainly an eCommerce model, which allows people to sell different customized products printed just after the orders are placed. With this service, there is no need to hold on to the physical inventory. Rather, here one needs to sign up with any print on demand platform, which looks after both the printing and fulfillment process for you.

Selling merchandise is quite simple here. Once a customer places an order, the order is directly routed to the print facility. After printing, the order is packaged and dispatched from there. All...

Hendy shortlisted for prestigious industry award

Hendy Group has been shortlisted for a key automotive award for its commitment to supporting the communities in which it operates.

It has been shortlisted for the Community Hero Award in the AM Awards for its work in setting up the Hendy Foundation which provides grants to charities and organisations.

Hendy commercial director and Hendy Foundation trustee Mark Busby said he was thrilled that the initiative has been shortlisted for such a prestigious award less than a year after being set up.

“Throughout Hendy’s 161 years in business the company has always had an...

Engineering design boost for offshore wind from top PSP firm

A revolutionary design for the future of renewable energy is being developed by a firm based at Plymouth Science Park.

Frontier Technical is designing a new way of deploying the structural components needed to build an offshore windfarm – its aim is to use controllable ‘float modules’ to construct a floating turbine base underwater with less cost and less hassle.

The company says its approach means the existing methods, which require expensive deep-water construction yards, huge floating cranes and several tugs, will no longer be required.

Instead, offshore wind...

Giving to those who need it most – a talk from Exeter Foodbank to Stephens Scown

A Devon charity that provides critically important food and essential supplies to Exeter’s hungry has visited Stephens Scown LLP’s Exeter office, to cement a charity partnership.

Employees at Stephens Scown voted for Exeter Foodbank to become one of the firm’s chosen charities, and Mark Richardson from the charity outlined how it supports the city on his recent visit.

Mark explained: “Exeter Foodbank is part of the Trussell Trust and was formed in 2008 in response to the late 2000’s financial crisis. We have the core goal of providing emergency food to users (clients) who...

Katie Jewell, Regional Manager for Guardian Homecare in Devon.

More cash for care in Devon could be on its way soon

BREAKING news that Devon could receive a much-needed multi-million-pound cash boost for its vital services has been welcomed by one of the county’s leading home care providers (January 2020).

Guardian Homecare, which operates services in the Exeter area, says it supports the new spending boost being proposed for essential Devon County Council services.

Regional Manager for the domiciliary care agency, Katie Jewell explained: “Devon’s ruling Cabinet agreed a draft budget, which included a rise of almost £32 million in spending on children’s services, adult care and roads...

How to organise your warehouse more efficiently

Organising your warehouse is vital in order to reduce the risk of inventory loss, to ensure that tasks can be completed efficiently, and to boost the productivity of your employees. Whether you are looking to set up a warehouse or to improve your organisation after an audit, here are some of the best ways that you can keep your inventory and equipment in order.

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Storage solutions are vital for your warehouse as they allow you to keep inventory in retrievable places to prevent the potential loss of both your stock and your time. One of the best...

New Arrivals at Rundlewalker

Exeter Solicitors Rundlewalker are delighted to announce the appointment of new director Jenna Hamilton-Pursglove who is heading up their Conveyancing Department. And to extend a warm welcome back to two members of the team who missed the friendly atmosphere so much, they couldn’t wait to return.

Jenna originally studied English and Public Relations at Sheffield Hallam University, but it was a summer job in an Exmouth Solicitors that gave her a taste for law. She then went on to study law via distance learning with CILEx, qualifying as a Chartered Legal Executive.

‘CILEx is...

Business Daily

Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Let's Walk - Devon's biggest workplace walking challenge

Northern Event Transport Company Rock ‘n’ Rolls Into Southwest

A Guide for Better Health and Safety in the Workplace

Print on demand Wix - How drop shipping is associated?

Hendy shortlisted for prestigious industry award

Engineering design boost for offshore wind from top PSP firm

Giving to those who need it most – a talk from Exeter Foodbank to Stephens Scown

More cash for care in Devon could be on its way soon

How to organise your warehouse more efficiently

New Arrivals at Rundlewalker

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