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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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Sentinel Healthcare lands at PSP and boosts health training in Devon

A training centre specifically aimed at honing the skills of Doctors, Pharmacists, Optometrists, Dentists and staff from across Devon is being given an extra shot in the arm following its recent expansion at Plymouth Science Park.

The Devon Training Hub allows health professionals and support staff to undertake training, education and development which will include their regular mandatory training in a centre specifically equipped for the task.

Delivering latest thinking and methodology, the team moved onto the site in June and the popularity of their courses continues to...

Devon site manager awarded Seal of Excellence

A Devon-based Redrow site manager has received the Seal of Excellence Award at the NHBC’s annual Pride in the Job Awards 2019.

Rob Walker currently oversees Redrow’s The Copse development, located in Dawlish – a collection of high quality three and four-bedroom homes built for family living.

The NHBC Pride in the Job Awards saw 16,000 site managers competing for the Quality award and this year’s 450 Quality Award winners were hand-picked for their excellent standards on site. After 12 months of rigorous judging, the award winners celebrated with industry peers and guests at...

Teignmouth’s Ship Inn crowned the most dog-friendly pub in the SW

The Ship Inn, Teignmouth has been declared the regional winner of Rover’s coveted Dog-friendly Pub Awards, after receiving the most votes from the public in the area.

The Dog-friendly Pub Awards, run by Rover.com, the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, celebrates pubs with dog-friendly initiatives and encourages pubs across the country to welcome four legs as well as two.

The Ship Inn fought off fierce competition this year from over 335 dog-friendly watering holes across the South West, but held on to the top spot after accumulating the most votes....

Easy to use technology helps local contractors to work with national developers such as McCarthy and Stone

McCarthy and Stone are calling for construction firms in the area to join its supply chain, opening up the prospect of future work with the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities to new contractors and sub-contractors in throughout the South.

This opportunity is brought to the south of the UK through the innovative partnership between McCarthy and Stone’s Southern region and Copronet- a new online portal that brings the UK’s leading developers and new sub-contractors together.

Contractors can register with Copronet for free by going to mccarthyandstone...

Local firm Software Solved embodies South West innovation with the launch of its Insurance Practice

Exeter-based Software Solved, the data and software specialist, is delighted to announce the launch of its Insurance Practice which is dedicated to serving clients in the Insurance sector. The practice launch builds upon the company’s 20 years’ experience creating innovative solutions for the leading national and global Insurance firms.

In the competitive insurance industry, insurers are increasingly having to modernise legacy processes to remain agile and meet customers rising expectations.

With Software Solved’s understanding of these challenges, the team excels in ground...

Samantha Meaden receiving her award from Dave Jenkinson, CEO of Persimmon Homes

National award success for South West sales trainee

A Taunton woman has scooped a national award, just two years after starting her career in house sales.

Samantha Meaden was named as the Persimmon Homes Sales Trainee of the Year, beating off competition from the leading national house builder’s 30 other regional teams.

The 21-year-old was described as a “true asset to the team” by her manager Stacey Harris.

Stacey, who is head of sales at Persimmon Homes South West based in Exeter, said: “Samantha started with Persimmon Homes as a trainee sales advisor in 2017. She had been planning a career as a make-up artist with...

Elizabeth McCallum, who is a family barrister and co-founder of Children in the Middle.

Barristers warn parents not to fall into the parental alienation trap

A UNIQUE legal service giving separating or divorcing parents direct access to barristers says it wishes to raise awareness of parental alienation before cases reach the courtroom (November 2019).

Children in the Middle says it wants to highlight the issue to ensure parents are aware of it and catch it in its early stages, so children aren’t fully alienated.

Elizabeth McCallum, who is a family barrister and co-founder of Children in the Middle, along with fellow Exeter barrister Sarah Evans, explained: “Parental alienation is when, following divorce or separation, a child,...

Holiday Home, holiday Letting, Winter Property Tips, Frozen Pipes

Holiday homeowners encouraged to be proactive before wintry weather takes hold

Holiday home insurance specialists Boshers are encouraging holiday let owners to take precautions to prevent water damage by burst pipes.

The advice comes as the Met Office recorded freezing temperatures across much of the UK. On Tuesday 19th November Braemar in Scotland saw the lowest temperature recorded so far this autumn, a chilly -9.9°C and parts of the UK have already seen significant snowfall. These weather conditions can cause pipes to freeze and burst causing serious damage and vacant holiday homes are particularly vulnerable if basic precautions are not taken.

Whilst most...

There’s ‘naan’ denying that Denley’s Essence of India is the best in the West Country

Denley's Essence of India in Topsham has been crowned the winner of the Asian Restaurant of The Year (West Country) at the 2019 Asian Curry Awards. Jay Miah and Islam Khan, owners of the popular East Devon restaurant attended the awards ceremony on Sunday 17th November at Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London. The owners, together with their families accepted the prestigious award.

The Asian Curry Awards, now in its 9th year was attended by 700 VIP guests, including guest of honour, Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. The awards were set up in order to recognise the huge successes by business...

Recruitment drive creates 7 new staff for leading agency

Following a major recruitment drive Bigwave media, one of the largest creative growth agencies in the South West, recruits seven new full-time staff, including three apprentices.

Bigwave media established in 2007 with a turnover of £3m, employs 45 staff working from three Devon offices based in Exeter, Torquay and Plymouth. The leading creative growth agency provides innovative and cost-effective marketing, design and digital services as well as in-house PR and event management for companies both large and small throughout the UK, with a focus on achieving great and measurable...

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

Sentinel Healthcare lands at PSP and boosts health training in Devon

Devon site manager awarded Seal of Excellence

Teignmouth’s Ship Inn crowned the most dog-friendly pub in the SW

Easy to use technology helps local contractors to work with national developers such as McCarthy and Stone

Local firm Software Solved embodies South West innovation with the launch of its Insurance Practice

National award success for South West sales trainee

Barristers warn parents not to fall into the parental alienation trap

Holiday homeowners encouraged to be proactive before wintry weather takes hold

There’s ‘naan’ denying that Denley’s Essence of India is the best in the West Country

Recruitment drive creates 7 new staff for leading agency

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