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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...

South West communities receive funding boost to improve mobile connectivity

Authored by Program
Posted: Tue, 10/17/2023 - 4:47pm

The Connecting Devon & Somerset Mobile Boost scheme has secured over £430,000 from the Heart of the South West LEP, to provide vital mobile connectivity to rural communities.

The Mobile Boost scheme ran from February 2021 to March 2023, and funded over 1,700 installations across the region, helping small businesses and homeworkers with poor indoor mobile coverage.

Data from Ofcom states that 23,000 premises across the Devon and Somerset area are 4G ‘not-spots’, meaning they lack adequate coverage.

Following the success of the project, and continued interest from...

Exeter marketing firm takes gold for campaign tackling harassment against women

Authored by Program
Posted: Mon, 10/16/2023 - 11:27pm

Bystander Intervention Campaign wins at South West CIPR Awards

A campaign to help tackle harassment against women and girls in Exeter has won a major award.

Exeter-based marketing agency Program saw off competition from around the country at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards for their Bystander Intervention campaign for the Safer Exeter Partnership .

The campaign, run in partnership with the Safer Exeter Partnership, encouraged safe and skillful intervention in harassment situations. It included eye-catching ads across Exeter, along...

Law firm employees provided with lifetime allowance for fertility treatment

Foot Anstey LLP has partnered with Europe’s most comprehensive reproductive health benefits provider, Fertifa, to introduce an enhanced fertility and family-forming and gender-based health benefit.

Starting in October 2023, all employees at the law firm will have access to unlimited 1-2-1 wellbeing support and navigational advice for their fertility challenges and fertility journeys. As part of the partnership the firm will offer employees' financial reimbursement for clinical treatment up to £15,000.

With Fertifa as its partner, the firm will have expert resources...

Exeter-based energy technology specialist AnTech celebrates employee long-service awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/10/2023 - 11:40pm

Exeter-based energy technology specialist AnTech celebrates its employee long-service awards. AnTech’s impressive staff retention reflects the company’s employee-centric culture and dedication of its staff.

AnTech is always striving to understand and develop its team by finding new ways to help them grow and thrive. This is demonstrated in the years of service from the team. The sector as a whole is experiencing dramatic change so ensuring your team is stable and knowledgeable means that as a business AnTech can better prepare and help customers in their journey toward a net-zero...

Ixora Energy Ltd is excited to announce its acquisition by ENGIE

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/05/2023 - 10:12pm

Ixora Energy Ltd (Ixora) is excited to announce its acquisition by ENGIE, a global leader in renewable energy, from Downing LLP. The deal adds three anaerobic digestion (AD) sites in the UK to ENGIE’s already extensive portfolio.

ENGIE has a strong position in renewable gas production in France and, with the acquisition of Ixora, aims to strengthen its presence in the UK and become a key player in this fast-growing green energy market.

ENGIE was particularly impressed with the positive working culture of Ixora, its excellent health-and-safety track record, award-winning...

Exeter property consultancy makes promotion after success

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 10/04/2023 - 10:02pm

A leading property consultancy in Exeter has made a promotion following a strong period of success for the firm.

Fisher German has promoted Stephanie Christensen, who joined the firm in 2017, to associate.

Stephanie is based at the firm’s Exeter office and works within the valuation and professional practice department.

Fisher German has promoted 39 colleagues across all areas of its business following another six months of success for the firm.

The news comes after Fisher German announced it is opening a new office at 15 Colmore Row – a prominent...

Devon’s culinary talent honoured at annual Food Drink Devon Awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/03/2023 - 11:24pm

Devon’s talented food and drink scene was alive at Monday (2nd October) night’s 12th Food Drink Devon Awards. Over 444 individuals from the county’s finest food and drink producers, hospitality and catering businesses and speciality retailers celebrated in style at the esteemed awards’ ceremony, held at Sandy Park the home to Gallagher Premiership Rugby team, the Exeter Chiefs. During the evening Mike Palmer, Executive Chef at Two Bridges Hotel, Dartmoor was awarded the coveted title of ‘Chef of the Year’. The award acknowledges the explosion of talented chefs in the region who have been...

UK’s leading EV rapid charging network opens hub in Kennford

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/03/2023 - 10:39pm

InstaVolt, the UK’s largest and most reliable public EV (Electric vehicle) rapid charging network, has opened a new hub in Kennford.

Eight rapid charging stations are located at the Gissons Hotel, Kennford which offers a range of food and drinks, for EV drivers to relax while charging. These latest additions bring the first InstaVolt EV charging hub in the Kennford area.

With plans to install 10,000 rapid chargers by 2030, InstaVolt currently has more than 1,200 chargers across the country and is installing at a faster rate than any other charge point operator.

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Plymouth Science Park secures £500k for state-of-the-art DREAM project

Authored by Program
Posted: Tue, 10/03/2023 - 11:24am
Cutting-edge additive manufacturing facility ba South West LEP

Plymouth Science Park has been awarded £507,000 for a new digital engineering test facility, to complement their Advanced Digital Manufacturing Innovation Centre . The funding has been allocated by the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) , from the £8m Digital Investment Programme.

The DREAM (Digital Reverse Engineering And Metallurgy) project will offer businesses a digital engineering test facility for reverse engineering, design, manufacturing and validation of additive manufactured prototypes...

New name for your local insurance broker: A-Plan is now Howden Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/02/2023 - 10:25pm

Howden Exeter is now the new name for A-Plan, as the local insurance brokerage officially reveals its new name.

The rebrand marks the next chapter for the branch - and over 100 of its counterparts on high streets across the country - after joining the Howden Group two years ago. Dedicated to a people-first ethos, the new name reflects the local branch’s part in the Howden family, while maintaining the same great people and service the community has come to enjoy from the branch.

Founded in 1994, David Howden set out on a mission to build an insurance business that had...

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