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WESC Foundation is inviting staff at businesses around Exeter to gather their cleverest colleagues together for a charity pub quiz to help raise funds for blind and partially-sighted children and young adults.

Sponsored by LV=, the Exeter-based charity is hosting another fundraising quiz at its Topsham Road campus on Thursday 17th October 2019 at 7pm. WESC Foundation supports children and young adults with visual impairment. All the young people also contend with other additional needs such as autism, cerebral palsy and, sadly, life limiting illnesses too.

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A team of eleven, wader clad volunteers from Simpkins Edwards, Exeter, recently swapped a day in the office for a day on the banks of the beautiful River Tale in East Devon to support the work of The Tale Valley Trust.

Building on last year’s volunteering success with the charity, Simpkins Edwards’ team of volunteers spent two days helping to clear non-indigenous invasive Himalayan Balsam, a tall attractive pink flowering plant, which has been an issue for the Trust for the past 13 years, from the banks of the River Tale.

In addition to clearing historic field irrigation...

Acorn Mobility Services Ltd, the world's leading independent company specialising solely in the manufacture and installation of stairlifts, has announced that it has rolled-out Chudleigh-based Lightfoot’s award-winning in-cab technology and rewards platform across its fleet of 136 commercial vehicles and company cars.

Introduced to reduce the company’s carbon footprint, fuel use and claims incidence, Lightfoot’s driver behaviour technology has already resulted in a miles per gallon saving of 12.3% and a 100% reduction in over speeding among its drivers.

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A LEADING care provider in south Devon is asking companies to think about employing people with early onset dementia or to keep those on who may have received a diagnosis (October 2019).

With some not unreasonable adjustments, Guardian Homecare says it’s possible for people with the condition to work and they shouldn’t leave employment immediately if they aren’t ready to do so.

Catherine Porter, who is a Manager at Guardian Homecare, which provides care in the Exeter area, said: “Following the recent Channel 4 programme ‘The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes’, it’s clear those...