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As 2016 gets underway, a local fundraiser is sending out a message of thanks to all who raised funds for Macmillan Cancer Support last year.

Bridget Hill, Macmillan Fundraising Manager for South, Mid and East Devon said: "Because of all your support, in 2015 Macmillan was able to commit £310,686 in Devon, helping to support over 35,000 people living with or beyond cancer locally. That means there are now over 50 Macmillan professionals working in the county.

"I want to say a personal thank you to everyone who hosted or attended coffee mornings, volunteered their time, took...

The University of Exeter will be better able to support business growth thanks to a new partnership with the UK Space Agency.

Experts at the University will help run a new Centre of Excellence using satellite data. This will allow academics to work with industry, particularly small businesses, to ensure new products and services become commercially available.

The Satellite Applications Catapult’s South West Centre of Excellence, which is co-funded by the UK Space Agency, will use data obtained through satellites to generate global trade opportunities for the South West. It...

Local businesses are being invited to play a part in a groundbreaking Exeter motoring trial that could make driving in the city, the South West and, eventually the globe, cheaper, greener and safer.

The citywide trial of Lightfoot®, which helps drivers save fuel, cut emissions and reduce accidents by driving more efficiently, is due to start in March having received hundreds of applications for the 100 trial places.

Now Exeter-based Lightfoot®, which originally developed the driver behaviour technology for the commercial sector and is using the trial to see if similarly...

Results from the latest annual NHS Staff Survey show once again that high numbers of RD&E staff would recommend the hospital as a place to work or receive treatment.

The 2015 survey results, released this week, also show that the level of staff satisfaction with the quality of work and patient care they deliver is above the national average for acute trusts. And the RD&E’s overall staff engagement score has also risen above the national average after the Trust began a detailed programme of engagement activities two years ago designed to improve staff involvement in change...