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London Marathon wheel chair campion Sarah Piercy, trained by Fit20

Former London Marathon Champion from Exeter Prepares for Comeback, Supported by Local Strength Studio fit20 Exeter

A former London Marathon champion from Exeter is preparing for an emotional return to the iconic race this Sunday, more than a decade after her last appearance.

Sarah Piercy, who won the wheelchair race at her very first London Marathon in 2000 at just 19 years old, will take on her eleventh marathon on 26th April. Now, after an 11-year break, she has decided to return for “one more time”.

“I’ve always loved taking part,” Sarah said. “The atmosphere, the crowds, going over Tower Bridge, it’s just incredible. I’ve really missed it.”

Sarah has been preparing for...

The best PR agency in the South and South West of England

Devon-based public relations agency Briscoe PR has been named the Most Outstanding PR Consultancy for the South of England and Channel Islands by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.

The firm, which has an office at Plymouth Science Park, picked up the biggest award of the night at the annual CIPR regional PR awards held in Bristol, being chosen ahead of five other shortlisted agencies from across the south and south west.

Agency head Kevin Briscoe said that although they were shortlisted for the top award of the evening it still came as a shock when Briscoe PR was...

structureHaus appoints new principal engineer

Award-winning consulting, civil and structural engineers, surveyors and designers, structureHaus with offices in Exeter, London and Stuttgart, announces the appointment of Gemma Thornhill as new principal engineer.

Following her graduation from the University of Bath, Gemma has worked on a number of prestigious projects including the Palace of Westminster, Halley V1 Antarctic Research Station and BBC EastEnders Film Set Redevelopment. She has also worked in a variety of sectors such as commercial, retail and health as well as a series of secondary schools and further education...

Carers provide a lifeline to the vulnerable in winter.

Carers provide a lifeline to the vulnerable in winter

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 11/11/2019 - 9:54am

A SOUTH Devon home care provider says its carers offer a vital lifeline to those who can’t get out as much as they would like during the colder winter months (November 2019).

Guardian Homecare says now the clocks have changed, elderly and vulnerable people are more inclined to stay inside, and its carers are sometimes their only link to the outside world.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which delivers personalised home care in the Exeter area, said: “The days are now getting darker and much colder, and this can often limit the amount of time our service...

Sarah Routley receiving her award from Amy Gilbert-Jeans, Housing Service Lead

East Devon tenants conference 2019 focuses on caring for our community theme

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/10/2019 - 5:46pm

Caring for our community was the theme chosen by East Devon District Council tenants for their 2019 tenants’ conference, which they also arrange and run.

This popular annual event, which took place on 21 October 2019 at Westpoint Conference Centre, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, was attended by 59 East Devon tenants, as well as 18 young persons, 12 members of staff from East Devon District Council, Ian Williams (East Devon’s housing repairs contractors), two councillors and several guests.

Peter Sullivan, a tenant from Sidmouth, who is also a Tenant Housing Review Board member,...

Natalie Peacock - Harrogate Spring Water, Mark Godfrey - Deer Park Country House and Matthew Allen

Top award for Deer Park Country House

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sun, 11/10/2019 - 5:38pm

The magnificent Deer Park Country House has been crowned ‘Best for Weddings, Parties or Special Occasions’ in the UK and Ireland in Condé Nast Johansens Awards for Excellence 2020. Hotly anticipated, the winners of the 37th annual Awards for Excellence 2020 were revealed on Monday (4th November) during a glamourous black tie ceremony held at The May Fair Hotel, London.

An elegant Georgian manor house set in 80 acres of glorious East Devon countryside, triumph at the awards cements Deer Park Country House’s position as the favourite wedding and events venue not only in the region...

Ali Amin, CEO & Co-Founder UBI Global; Ibrahim Mannai, Executive Director of Advisory and Incubation Qatar Development Bank; Khalid M. Al-Ali, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman SENSETA Qatar; Karen Brooks, Programme Director at SETsquared Partnership; Monika Radclyffe, Centre Director at SETsquared Bristol

SETsquared ranked global #1 university business incubator for third time

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 11/10/2019 - 11:56am

The SETsquared Partnership, a unique enterprise partnership between five leading, research-led UK universities, including the University of Exeter, has been ranked the global number one university business incubator for the third consecutive time by leading research and advisory firm, UBI Global.

The title, which was awarded at last night’s World Incubation Summit in Qatar, continues SETsquared’s ongoing success, having maintained its world-leading position since 2015. This year, the Partnership was commended for demonstrating exceptional value for tech start-ups and the local...

Carbon Neutral Festival to engage city in developing a roadmap for change

A major festival will take place next year to engage the whole city in developing a shared roadmap for a carbon neutral Exeter.

Exeter City Futures is working alongside Exeter City Council to develop a programme of activities for the Carbon Neutral Festival.

Achieving a carbon neutral city will require the involvement of individuals, communities, businesses and organisations all working together.

The City Council has given Exeter City Futures the responsibility of coordinating a city-wide plan (roadmap) to how the city can work towards achieving the ambitious...

New director appointed to deliver Liveable Exeter Garden City project

Exeter City Council has appopinted a new Programme Director to deliver the Liveable Exeter Garden City project.

Richard Marsh joins Exeter City Council from Bristol City Council where he was the Head of Regeneration with oversight of key regeneration projects, including the Bristol Temple Quarter, and economic development. He will start in January.

Liveable Exeter Garden City is an ambitious plan for building 11,000 new homes for people in a unique way to improve quality of lives and reduce inequalities.

It will focus on at least eight key sites over the next 20...

Superfast broadband public consultation launched

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 11/07/2019 - 8:04am

A public consultation has been launched by Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) ahead of undertaking a fresh procurement to find contractors to provide superfast broadband. CDS, which is responsible for rolling out broadband across the two counties, is establishing the remaining area where there are no current or credible future plans to deliver Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband infrastructure capable of download speeds of at least 30Mbps. To establish the existing coverage of broadband infrastructure in the programme area as well as that planned for the next three years, CDS carried...

Matt Woolnough

Smithers Purslow acquires Byrom Clark Roberts

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 11/06/2019 - 10:12pm

Exeter-based consulting engineering and surveying firm, Smithers Purslow (SP), has acquired its northern and Wales-based counterpart, Byrom Clark Roberts (BCR), increasing staff numbers to over 100 working from 10 locations across the UK.

Five employees based at SP’s office in the Basepoint Business Centre, Yeoford Way, will now work alongside colleagues in Chester, Glaston, Leeds, Llandudno, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Reading.

The buy-out, completed at the end of October, follows a period of phenomenal growth for SP. In five years turnover has grown by...

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