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Exeter based Browne Jacobson first law firm to back national volunteering effort

UK and Ireland law firm, Browne Jacobson is backing a national effort to mobilise millions of volunteers while strengthening its employee volunteering offer, as a Founder Member of GoVo , the digital volunteering platform developed by Royal Voluntary Service.

Built in partnership with hundreds of charities, GoVo and GoVo for Business – the platform’s corporate interface - aim to expand the reach and impact of volunteering nationwide.

As a Founder Member, Browne Jacobson will work alongside Royal Voluntary Service, one of the largest volunteering organisations in Britain...

Former footballer brings mental health campaign to the city

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 09/16/2016 - 8:36pm

Former professional footballer turned campaigner Clarke Carlisle met experts who help to keep people in the South West safe and well at an event held to discuss how they can tackle male suicide and mental health problems.

It is hoped that the event will lead to better mental health support for men in the future.

The meeting, organised by University of Exeter historian Dr Ali Haggett, Active Devon and Exeter City Football in the Community, was designed to encourage charities and others who currently help men to work more closely together and discuss what works. They hope...

LHC team go the extra miles for charity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 09/16/2016 - 1:54pm

In a true test of team endurance, a group of cyclists from LHC Architecture + Urbanism have clocked up over 2,000 miles in order to raise more than £2,500 for Balloons bereavement charity.

The team of twenty-one tackled the Devon Coast to Coast cycling challenge on September 10th and 11th, climbing over 4,000 feet and each cycling 100 miles across the two days.

Setting off from Ilfracombe on Saturday, the team was led by Directors Rob Bramhall, Graham Devine, Mark Daley and Urban Design Director Paul Osborne, completing the challenge on Sunday in Plymouth.

Several...

Chiefs side to face Harlequins

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Fri, 09/16/2016 - 12:16pm

Rob Baxter acknowledges the pressure is on his Exeter Chiefs side, but insists it’s the same every week in the Aviva Premiership.

After back-to-back losses against Wasps and Saracens, Baxter’s men find themselves rooted to the foot of the table with just a solitary point to their name.

Tomorrow, however, they have the chance to get their season finally up and running when they welcome Harlequins to Sandy Park (3pm).

Head coach Baxter knows the Londoners will pose another creditable threat to his team, but he wants his troops to rise in battle and replicate the kind...

Exeter's new leisure complex will be UK's greenest

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 09/16/2016 - 11:51am

Exeter’s planned new state-of-the-art leisure complex in the city centre will be the greenest development of its kind anywhere in the country, the City Council has revealed.

St Sidwell’s Point, which will be at the heart of the redeveloped bus station site, will be Britain’s first Passivhaus leisure centre.

That means it will be an ultra low energy building, saving at least 70 per cent on its energy costs – around £185,000 a year.

The centre’s three pools will also have exceptional water quality, with minimal chemical content.

Emma Osmundsen, Exeter City...

Dollman absence will open the door for others

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has confirmed Phil Dollman will be sidelined for a number of weeks after it was revealed he broke his hand in last weekend’s Aviva Premiership clash with Saracens.

The 31-year-old full-back sustained the injury during the opening quarter of the game played at Sandy Park.

“The initial prognosis is that he’s going to be out for a little while – he may well require an operation,” said Baxter. “If he does he’ll have that very shortly, and then you’re talking about a six to eight week recovery period.”

Signed in 2009 from the Newport-...

Top 50 spot for Thomas Westcott

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 09/15/2016 - 7:38pm

For the first time ever Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants has taken its place among the accountancy sector's elite after being named in the UK profession's Top 50.

Every year accounting bible Accountancy Age surveys 100 of the UK's leading accountancy practices, taking into consideration factors including fee income and number of partners, before compiling and publishing its list of the Top 50 firms.

Considered an essential research tool for decision makers seeking professional financial advice and services, entry into the Top 50 is recognition of excellence within a...

Deliveroo creates 125 jobs in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 09/15/2016 - 7:24pm

Deliveroo, the on-demand delivery service for high-quality restaurant meals, is celebrating its first birthday in Exeter.

Since its launch last year, more than 25 restaurants have signed up to Deliveroo and more than 125 jobs have been created for local people in Exeter, with the majority of these being the Deliveroo riders that aim to deliver your food which will be cooked fresh to order and delivered to your door within 30 minutes.

The riders, who deliver to homes, offices and addresses across Exeter via a fleet of delivery mopeds and bicycles, cover more than 200km a...

Double shortlisting for The Family Law Company

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Thu, 09/15/2016 - 10:53am

The Family Law Company has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s national Family Law Awards.

In the individual categories, Donna Hart has been shortlisted for Family Law Chartered Legal Executive or Paralegal of the Year, with the company as a whole up for a gong in the Family Law Regional Firm of the Year – South category.

The team at The Family Law Company, which has offices in Exeter and Plymouth, was over the moon when it received the news. Business Development Director, Rachel Buckley said: “This is our twenty-fifth year as a specialist family law provider...

Another gong for Exeter College

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 09/15/2016 - 10:53am

Exeter College has been named as the number one further education college in the South West for its Apprenticeship programme for 2016.

The Skills Funding Agency also placed the college within the top ten of Further Education College’s in the UK, with record breaking success rates of 86% propelling them to the top of the regional table. It comes as the college recently welcomed the next generation of Apprentices who have started on the college’s award-winning Apprenticeship programme.

And the college has recently worked with a number of Apprentices to spearhead a city-wide...

Plan now for a comfortable retirement

Today is Pension Awareness Day and Citizens Advice Exeter is encouraging people to plan earlier for a comfortable retirement.

The leading local advice charity says that many people find pensions confusing and can be put off by complex language and paperwork, leaving their retirement plans to the last minute.

Previous research from national Citizens Advice shows that one in four people with a defined contribution pension feel they don’t understand their pension plan.

The research also finds people aren’t checking their pension, with just under a quarter of people not...

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