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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...

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Pipity bags a hat trick of awards

Pipity is a fledgling range of ‘portable packable play-pals’, to inspire and encourage imagina;ve and crea;ve play, on-the-go and at home.

It is the brainchild of Kate a Mum of 3, who launched Pipity in 2015, aHer designing all the products at her kitchen table in Topsham, Devon.

The liKle range has come along way in the last year, today winning a Junior Design Award, Loved by Parents award on top of a Right Start Best Toy award received just a few weeks ago.

Kate says, "The ideas behind Pipity sprang from a desire to find things for my own children that would spark...

GBK marks Exeter opening with big burger giveaway

Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) is celebrating the opening of its new Exeter restaurant with a big burger giveaway.

Spreading the burger joy from its brand new location at Queen St Dining, in the Guildhall Shopping Centre, GBK Exeter will be giving away 100 cheeseburgers from midday on opening day – 12th September. Be sure to arrive early so you don’t miss out.

Proud of serving gourmet burgers since 2001, GBK kick-started the premium burger trend and was the first to introduce gourmet burgers to the London market. Setting itself apart from the rest with a huge range of...

Police investigate Newton Abbot burglary

Police are investigating a burglary which took place at a property on Lonsdale Road, Newton Abbot on Sunday 28th August 2016 at around 2am.

The offender or offenders appear to have been disturbed while inside the dwelling. The items stolen were a black handbag with dark blue Aspinal wallet and a purse inside.

Detective Constable Rich Jones said: “We wish to speak to anyone who may have seen or heard anyone acting suspiciously in the area at this time.

“We want to hear from you if you have any information about this incident.”

If you have any information that...

Sidmouth gears up for Tour of Britain

East Devon District Council moves into top gear next week as meticulous plans are put in place for the Sidmouth start of the premier Tour of Britain cycle race on Friday 9 September.

Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of the town to watch the sporting spectacle with Rio Olympic medallists Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish among the world class riders taking part.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) is supporting Devon County Council in hosting Stage Six of the Tour which sets off from Sidmouth’s Esplanade at 11.30am, and winds along 150 km (93 miles) of...

Labour group challenges decision to close Exeter crèche

Compass House crèche in St Leonard’s in Exeter, which offers on-site child care for those attending the Depression and Anxiety Service sessions, is in renewed danger of being closed.

A public campaign has saved it before, in November 2015, but after a further consultation exercise Devon County Council has again proposed its closure.

However, the Labour Group of county councillors has ‘called in’ the decision on the grounds that it fails to take sufficient account of the fact that women suffering from post-natal depression, the main users of the crèche, are often in need of...

Tickets on sale for Exeter's Tech Conference

Tickets have been released for the TechExeter one-day conference, Exeter's first multi-disciplinary, grassroots tech conference.

You can get hold of tickets directly from the conference site at conference.techexeter.uk .

Tech Exeter is hosting its inaugural annual conference at the University of Exeter on Saturday 8th October , with a line-up of 14 speakers from organisations such as the Met Office, Microsoft, Just Eat and more. With a retro games area (provided by JoypadBar.co.uk) and talks on a wide variety of topics covering web technologies, databases, agile and the...

Charity donates £10,000 to support Exeter medical students’ training

A charity has made a generous donation of £10,000 to support Medicine students at the University of Exeter Medical School in essential specialised training.

The Hospital Saturday Fund’s donation will benefit 20 students in their fifth and final year as they go on placements known as electives. The six to eight week placements are mandatory and self-funded. Students work in specialised areas, often overseas, to get an insight into an area of medicine that interests them and may shape their career.

The Hospital Saturday Fund supports health charities in the form of grants for...

Stark variations in youth unemployment levels across SW could impact local economic growth

There is a huge disparity in the numbers of young people being employed across the UK’s cities and regions, including in the South West, which has one of the lowest rates of youth unemployment in the country (11.7%). This compares to the region’s cities which have higher youth unemployment rates: Plymouth (16.2%), Bournemouth (15.8%) and Bristol (14.2%) According to a new report by EY in association with the EY Foundation (an independent UK charity), this could have an impact on both the region and the wider UK’s aspiration to achieve ‘inclusive growth’, particularly at a time when the UK’...

The Bard meets Brexit!

Untold Theatre and Yellowbelly Theatre are producing a version of ‘The Tempest’, touring theatres and community venues in the UK this Autumn.

This radical revamp of Shakespeare’s classic will combine News Footage, digital projections and live action. The show imagines the world during the year 2020: exploring the European Migration Crisis and asking ‘What happens next?’. Collections will be taken at each performance for the charity MSF (Doctors without Borders). MSF provide emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict.

As part of the tour, The Tempest will perform...

Social housing tenants face £1,000 a year average rent rise

The Local Government Association is urging new ministers to rethink the Pay to Stay policy which will require councils to charge some of their tenants higher rents from April 2017.

It comes as new analysis reveals today that more than 70,000 social housing tenants could face rent rise bills of an average £1,000 a year from next year under government plans to increase rents for those deemed to be earning high incomes. The LGA is warning the policy would create a bureaucracy causing stress to families, further costs to councils, and financial returns to the Government far lower than...

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

Pipity bags a hat trick of awards

GBK marks Exeter opening with big burger giveaway

Police investigate Newton Abbot burglary

Sidmouth gears up for Tour of Britain

Labour group challenges decision to close Exeter crèche

Tickets on sale for Exeter's Tech Conference

Charity donates £10,000 to support Exeter medical students’ training

Stark variations in youth unemployment levels across SW could impact local economic growth

The Bard meets Brexit!

Social housing tenants face £1,000 a year average rent rise

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