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Teachers given the gift of Exeter’s independents

Exeter Supply Partnership switched from Amazon vouchers to the Exeter Independent Gift Card for its supply team reward and referral programs, funnelling support to the city’s independent sector.

An Exeter based not for profit organisation providing supply staff to over 180 schools in Devon is using a popular city gift card to reward its team, and has praised the initiative for its ability to support independent businesses.

Exeter Supply Partnership rewards its supply teachers who have gone above and beyond in their role each half term. After initially using Amazon...

Devon’s JSA claimants increase in December

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 01/20/2017 - 11:02am

Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon during December increased by 58, with the total count now standing at 2,918.

However despite last month’s JSA increase the claimant count is 19% lower than during the same period last year.

Three of Devon’s eight districts experienced small decreases in JSA – West Devon saw a fall of eight, South Hams’ count dropped by four and Torridge by one.

The remaining five districts all experienced increases in claimants - East Devon was the highest with an additional 24 claimants.

The claimant rate (the proportion of...

Successful Christmas sales for The Shops at Dartington

In line with leading national retailers, The Shops at Dartington experienced strong growth during the festive period with a four per cent sales increase across its shops in December compared with 2015 figures. Many retailers have reported growth in their non-food and drink divisions, however, The Shops at Dartington is delighted to announce noticeable growth across all their shops, particularly ‘The Food Shop’ and ‘Devon Drinks’. Their 15 per cent sales increase during December across both shops and during their annual Christmas Fair reflects the growing trend for buying local and...

Chiefs side to face ASM Clermont Auvergne

Whether history repeats itself for Exeter Chiefs in the European Champions Cup only time will tell, but head coach Rob Baxter says he and his team will not go down without a fight.

With just one qualification round remaining in Pool 5, Devon’s finest will head across the English Channel in buoyant mood for tomorrow’s encounter against ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Stade Marcel Michelin (2pm).

Back-to-back victories in Europe, the latest of which came last Sunday at home to Ulster Rugby, has seen the Chiefs move off the foot of the table, leapfrogging the Irish province and...

Internationally renowned speakers come to Exeter for TEDxExeter 2017

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/19/2017 - 8:15pm

Conflict, mental health, climate change and marine conservation are just some of the challenging issues facing us all today.

They are also all on the agenda for this year’s TEDxExeter conference, when experts from a wide range of fields will come to Exeter to share their ideas and hope for the future.

TEDxExeter is announcing its first group of speakers today, with more announcements coming soon.

Renowned TED speaker Andrew Solomon will come to Exeter to share his hope for internationalism in the face of growing isolationism. Andrew is Professor of Clinical...

House sales continue to rise in the SW

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 01/19/2017 - 8:30am

Despite growth in housing sales faltering across the UK as a whole, the South West reported continued improvement in sales, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveys (RICS) Residential Market Survey for December 2016.

While the majority of the UK saw a fall in sales in December, the South West saw 16% more chartered surveyors reporting a rise in sales last month; however figures for predicted sales over the next three months marked a noticeable slow down with 12% of respondents anticipating a fall. Whilst respondents anticipate a slower start to 2017, the survey...

Winning Ways

Authored by chrishcon
Posted: Wed, 01/18/2017 - 2:38pm

Devon WPA Healtchare Practice Partners Jacqui Shaw and Shaun Conner

were delighted to be asked to present prizes for the 2.05 race at Exeter Racecourse's January Jumps meeting on Tuesday.

The Owners Mrs Dibbie Hues and Alan King were thrilled with a win from their horse Martha McCandles.

Shaun and Jacquie went on to present the prize for the races' best turned out horse which went to proud

groom Phillipa for her hard work with grey, Flighty Filia.

Exeter aims to be Britain's first Cyber City

A group of Exeter businesses has banded together to raise awareness about tackling cyber attacks, currently the UK’s fastest rising crime.

The aim is to make Exeter Britain’s first Cyber City with a special week of events being held next month, to educate businesses as a matter of urgency on how to prevent being hacked and what steps to take after a cyber attack.

Cyber Security Awareness Week (Feb 6 – 10) will feature a series of workshops, talks and one-to-one sessions in venues around the city. Among the demonstrations will be a ‘live’ ransomware attack, showing just how...

Ashfords LLP named as South West's most active legal advisers for 2016

Ashfords LLP has once again retained its number one ranking in Experian MarketIQ, being named the most active legal advisers for 2016 across the South West. The national firm has completed an impressive 44 transactions.

Ashfords has seen a significant increase in its London and national rankings and is now listed in the top three law firms for the volume of deals in London and the top five in the UK, completing 113 deals in total. Ashfords is one of the only firms with a South West presence that has been listed in the top 10 national rankings, reinforcing the firm's position as a...

Entrepreneurs land deal to put enterprise books into all UK primary schools

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 01/17/2017 - 9:12am

A new series of children’s books that champion enterprise and innovation could help to create the next generation of entrepreneurs in the South West.

Clever Tykes children’s books introduce important life skills through positive, entrepreneurial role models for children aged six to nine. Ben and Jodie Cook, creators of the Clever Tykes children’s storybooks, have secured a deal with Lloyds Banking Group that will see a copy of the series delivered to each and every primary school in the UK. The storybooks inspire resourceful, innovative and enterprising behaviour and have generated...

South West economy sees strong end to 2016

The South West economy grew at one of the fastest rates in the UK during December, with business activity and the number of new orders rising sharply, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional PMI.

The South West PMI® rose to 58.7 in December, up from 56.6 in November. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.

Data for December also showed that employment rose for the sixth month running, supported by an increase in new business orders.

Despite this, input costs – including rent, raw materials and utilities - continued to rise, and firms...

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