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West Country Hawks Wheelchair Rugby Club set to soar with Enable Law sponsorship

The West Country Hawks Wheelchair Rugby Club is ready to soar after entering an exciting new chapter of growth and athletic excellence.

This momentum is fuelled by a significant new sponsorship agreement with Enable Law, a leading personal injury and medical negligence firm headquartered in the South West.

By securing this vital support, the club is now better positioned than ever to enhance their presence in the sport, providing players with vital resources to excel on the court and also further solidifying the club's impact within the regional sporting community....

Essential maintenance to traffic signals in Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 11/25/2015 - 10:40am

Essential maintenance work is planned at the set of traffic signals on the junction of Fore Street, East Wonford Hill, Butts Rd and Whipton Lane in Exeter.

The work starts today (Wednesday 25 November 2015) and is expected to be completed on Friday 4 December 2015.

The traffic signals, poles and electrics, which are at the end of their serviceable lives, will be replaced in addition to repairs to cable ducting, where required.

Temporary traffic signals will be in place while the work is carried out and for its duration.

Major digital radio retune for Plymouth

This morning all digital radio listeners in the Plymouth area were urged to retune their DAB digital radios - at a special retune event at the Lord Mayor’s Dining Room, the Council House, Plymouth - in order to expand and improve DAB digital radio coverage for over a hundred thousand listeners in the area.

Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Dr John Mahony, pressed the big green retune switch at 8.30am, marking the moment for listeners to retune their DAB digital radios and starting the process of turning on the new digital transmitters, which will bring local BBC and commercial...

Housebuilder marks National Tree Week in Exeter

Barratt Homes in Exeter has celebrated National Tree Week with the planting of an oak tree to mark 7,300 trees planted by the division in the last 12 months.

“We have planted or retained more than 7,300 trees or shrubs at our developments throughout the south west and wanted to mark our ongoing commitment to the environment,’’ said managing director Paul Moran. “National Tree Week is a great reminder to everyone about the value of trees and at Barratt we take great care of the local environment.”

In addition to its tree planting programme the housebuilder incorporate...

Exeter law firm launches secretarial services

A leading Devon law firm has launched a new range of company secretarial services, saying: “You look after your business, we’ll take care of the admin.” Stephens Scown LLP, based in Exeter, has launched its new services to help companies manage the often onerous burden of complying with regulations and red tape. The secretarial services are available on a sliding scale, from handling Companies House filings and regulatory admin through to a full secretarial service which also includes: · Organising board meetings and preparing agendas · Enabling AGMs to be properly held · Ensuring voting...

Early Christmas present for Exeter shoppers

Shoppers are being given an early Christmas present by the City Council – a great parking offer!

Customers will be able to double the length of their stay in the Council’s Pay & Display car parks when arriving after 10.00am on Wednesdays in December.

The length of stay indicated on the purchased ticket will be doubled by officers undertaking enforcement patrols.

Councillor Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy & Culture said: “The aim is to encourage people to spend longer enjoying what Exeter has to offer and to encourage people to come into the city on...

Renewed appeal for witnesses to A30 crash

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 11/24/2015 - 3:35pm

Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses to a collision on the A30 at Okehampton in which two elderly people were seriously injured.

Emergency services were called around 6.05pm on Thursday 12 November after the collision between and a DAF large goods vehicle and a Volvo S80 on the westbound carriageway at Sourton.

The Volvo was reported to have broken down in lane one at the time of the collision and officers are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed the stationary car.

The occupants of the Volvo, an 84-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman from Launceston,...

Exeter lawyers get knitting for Age UK

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 11/24/2015 - 12:30pm

A 15-strong team of knitters from law firm Stephens Scown LLP have been brandishing their needles in aid of the Exeter office’s chosen charity, Age UK Exeter. Stephens Scown’s knitting club has knitted as many little woolly hats as possible for the Exeter branch of Age UK, in support of the charity’s nationwide campaign “the Big Knit”. The club, comprised of 15 knitters of mixed experience, have knitted 375 hats in total. The hats will be put on Innocent Smoothies bottles, which will be sold from February 2016. 25p from each bottle sold will go directly to Age UK. Many of the members had...

Interested in a career within Security Systems?

DCET Training specialises in Electrical Training qualifications specialising in high quality Apprenticeships and Traineeships as well as offering a wide range of commercial courses.

We are running a free 6 week Security Systems Traineeship from Monday 4th January 2016 based at our centre in Marsh Barton, Exeter.

The Traineeship is designed to prepare the candidate for a career in the security industry giving them the best possible chance of securing an apprenticeship and employment.

The candidate will gain theoretical knowledge and practical experience in a security...

Pioneering research boosts graphene revolution

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 11/24/2015 - 12:13pm

Pioneering new research by the University of Exeter could pave the way for miniaturised optical circuits and increased internet speeds, by helping accelerate the ‘graphene revolution’.

Physicists from the University of Exeter in collaboration with the ICFO Institute in Barcelona have used a ground-breaking new technique to trap light at the surface of the wonder material graphene using only pulses of laser light.

Crucially, the team of scientists have also been able to steer this trapped light across the surface of the graphene, without the need for any nanoscale devices....

Francis Clark strengthens its team in Exeter and the SW

Authored by Proteus
Posted: Tue, 11/24/2015 - 10:29am

Francis Clark Financial Planning has recruited five new personnel to strengthen the Financial Services team, providing superior advice and support to private clients and firms throughout the South West.

Paul Greet joined FCFP as an Auto-Enrolment Consultant from JLT (Jardine Lloyd Thompson) in Exeter, where he worked for ten years in various client facing roles from developing occupational pension schemes through to administrative services.

Paul said “I’m delighted to be offered the opportunity to work for a leading local Financial Planning company who offer the highest...

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