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L-R, Nick Ames, Dr Sally Basker and Dr Eulian Roberts are pictured at a celebration to thank Nick fo

Exeter Science Park pays tribute to outgoing Chair Nick Ames

Exeter Science Park has paid tribute to its outgoing Chair of the Board, Nick Ames, who has stepped down from his role following the successful completion of his five-year tenure.

Nick has overseen a significant period of transformation and growth for the Science Park, playing an important role in shaping the organisation’s strategic direction and laying the foundations for its next phase of development. His leadership has been instrumental in helping the Science Park strengthen its reputation as a hub for innovation, collaboration and high-growth STEMM (science, technology,...

Winners of Devon Air Ambulance's Grand Summer Draw announced

Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this year’s Grand Summer Draw (GSD); you have helped to raise an incredible £39,000 and we are delighted to announce the winners of the 2017 Grand Summer Draw prizes:

Carol Timms of Okehampton is our 1st prize winner and is now the proud owner of a Mazda2, kindly donated by Vospers Exeter. Carol bought the winning ticket from our volunteer David Weeks.

2nd prize was presented to Grace Rowe of Barnstaple who won a break for 2 at the Pad Apartment in South Devon, kindly donated by Mr David Quick. A long-standing supporter of Devon...

Step out in spooky Exeter this Halloween!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 11:31am

On Tuesday (31 October), Exeter’s Red Coat Guides will be running their annual Spooks & Broomsticks tour of the city.

Discover more about the most haunted parts of Exeter, with fascinating, spooky tales suitable for all the family.

Tours start from 6.15pm and will be running regularly until 7pm. They are completely free of charge with no need to book, just turn up at the Richard Hooker statue on Cathedral Green and join a tour. Fancy dress is very welcome!

Normally an annual tradition, these popular Halloween tours were unable to run in 2016 due to the...

NPS South West celebrates 10 years

Authored by Glen King PR
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:39am

Property design and management consultants, NPS South West Ltd., held an event at Exeter Castle to celebrate 10 years of working in the South West. Part of the NPS Group, the South West Office based in Exeter, employs over 70 staff and offers a multi-discipline property consultancy service, tailored to meet the needs of both public and private sector clients. Services include; architecture, design and maintenance, engineering, surveying and asset management.

Over 150 members of the construction industry and NPS staff, came together to recognise this milestone anniversary with fizz...

Sponsorship deal is just the ticket for Exeter letting agents

Authored by Philippa2
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 10:37am

Exeter City Football Club has begun the season brightly, with success both on and off the pitch.

They’ve achieved some great results in their early matches, and are also benefiting from the new branding and sponsorship of their ticket booth with the Exeter Lettings and Property Management agents Kirkham Gould.

Marketing and football are all about formation and positioning. When Saturday comes, the Grecians’ fans can’t miss the logo and corporate branding of the Exeter Lettings and Property Management agents: it’s placed on the busy ticket office near the main entrance to...

Yarcombe Young Farmers support Exeter’s Neonatal Unit

The Yarcombe and District Young Farmers Club (YFC) have donated £1,000 to the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to help support their work caring for poorly babies and their families.

The club selected the unit as one of their chosen charities for the year because of the specialist support it provides for people from their local community. They also chose to support the Neonatal Unit at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and children’s charity Over the Wall - raising £3,000 in total for their three charities, to be divided equally between them.

Throughout...

The best of Devon: Green awards finalists announced

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Fri, 10/20/2017 - 6:07am

The shortlist for the Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) 25th Anniversary Awards has been announced.

Over 50 entries were received for the awards, which celebrate green initiatives taking place across the county.

DEBI Chair, John Smith from Brightsea Print Group said: “We were pleased to have such a wide range of Devon businesses and organisations enter this year.

“The first awards took place in 1992, and we have been able to celebrate a huge variety of achievements in Devon over the past 25 years.”

Awards judges have begun visiting each of the...

Yeandle calls on Chiefs to rise to the challenge

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Thu, 10/19/2017 - 11:40am

Jack Yeandle says he and his Exeter Chiefs team-mates will need to “rise to the challenge” when they tackle Montpellier in Sunday’s European Champions Cup fixture.

Having kicked off their campaign with a 24-15 victory over Glasgow Warriors last Saturday, the Chiefs will now make their way across the English Channel for an equally testing assignment against the star-studded French outfit at the Altrad Stadium (2pm).

Unlike the Chiefs, Montpellier suffered defeat in their opening fixture, going down 24-17 at Leinster, but they did manage to claim an all-important losing bonus...

Number of divorces highest since 2009

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Thu, 10/19/2017 - 7:37am

The number of divorces in 2016 was the highest seen since 2009 with an increase of 5.8% from the previous year according to official figures just released.

Director, Rachel Buckley from The Family Law Company said: “The figures tell us there were 106,959 divorces within opposite-sex couples, and another 112 for same-sex couples.

“Although there is no clear steer on the reasons behind this, it could well be attributed to additional stress of households during an uncertain economic period and stagnating wages. It would be interesting to know what income brackets the majority...

Top acoustic firm locates to Plymouth Science Park

Noise can be a major blight in modern society and one Plymouth Science Park based company is helping to ensure housebuilders, developers, industrial sites and local businesses stay on the right side of the law.

HA Acoustics is an environmental consultancy firm which provides noise monitoring and acoustic assessments for councils, planners and architects to reduce the impact of unwanted sound.

Their specialist equipment helps ensure building façades are constructed to reduce noise, that construction sites meet local authority requirements and that musical concerts operate...

Web threats exposed by top UK cyber security team based at Plymouth Science Park

Plymouth based cyber security specialists have identified potentially serious attacks and vulnerabilities in commercial computer networks across the south west.

Protected by state of the art firewalls, and based at one of the most technologically advanced civilian technological hubs in the UK, the team has been able to monitor more than 1000 devices for more than a month.

BIT Security, with its HQ at Plymouth Science Park, will release its findings on Thursday (19 October) at the Derriford site. They trialled the state of the art security monitoring system with a number of...

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