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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....

Free 'big data' event

Entrepreneurs, start-ups and businesses from the South West are being urged to learn about opportunities in ‘big data’ at a free networking event in Exeter next month.

The event, called Next Tech Wave, is being jointly held by SETsquared, Europe’s top university business incubator, and the UK Space Agency and will bring together some of the country’s leading space related big data SMEs to explore opportunities for start-ups developing new infrastructure, software and services.

Big data has a £10billion global market, including next generation opportunities within the...

Devon’s JSA Claimants rise

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/15/2015 - 7:26am

Devon’s Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants increased by 56 claimants between August and September 2015 to 3,297 claimants in total.

However, the overall claimant rate for Devon - the proportion of the county’s working age population - remains the same at 0.8 per cent, still far below the UK average of 1.7 per cent.

At a district level, Exeter and East Devon have experienced falls of 20 and 24 claimants each, while the remaining districts, with the exception of North Devon, experienced increases no higher than 15 claimants

In North Devon, JSA claimants rose by 53...

Interview practice for Exeter School sixth formers

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:41pm

Exeter School Sixth Formers got a taste of the working world when they experienced two weekends of practice interviews.

The Upper Sixth Formers were interviewed by local and national professionals, including Exeter School alumni, at Gilbert Stephens LLP Solicitors and the Research, Innovation, Learning and Development (RILD) building in Exeter.

Every year, during late September and early October, Exeter School’s Upper Sixth pupils are given the chance to experience a general interview away from school.

Every effort is made to match the pupil to an interviewer with...

From burger flipper to TV star

Local business woman Sarah Wilde, 42 from Exminster, is excited for her highly anticipated TV debut since making the decision to swap her spatula for mascara.

Sarah, who once worked at a roadside café satisfying hungry tourists, now runs her own successful Avon business and is the star of a new Avon Cosmetics TV advertising campaign.

A self-confessed ‘workaholic’, Sarah lives and breathes Avon and wants to share her story to empower women everywhere.

The entrepreneur started her Avon business as a way to earn extra money alongside her job at the Transport Café. She...

Exeter Monopoly board launches

The city dubbed too posh to have an Old Kent Road on its own official Monopoly board, launched today (Wednesday 14 October), is to be honoured with TWO "Mayfairs".

Exeter hit the national headlines earlier in the year, as social media went into overdrive, after it was claimed Devon’s ancient capital city was just too well-heeled to have its’ own equivalent of Old Kent Road. This square is the most moderately priced location on the world’s favourite family board game.

The Monopoly: Exeter Edition will be launched in spectacular style today, as a gigantic replica of the board...

A local taste of Christmas in Exeter

The Christmas season starts with the delicious sights, smells and tastes of Exeter Street Food’s Christmas Markets.

The first market is being held at the Guildhall Shopping Centre every day from 1st December – 23rd December, with late night shopping every Thursday in December until 9pm. The ever-popular Christmas Night Markets will be held at Exeter Quay on Thursday 3rd December under the transit shed and on Wednesday 23rd December at Piazza Terracina. There will be live music from local musicians and jazz band The Locked horns. If you haven’t already joined the Street Food...

Conservatives enjoy Exmouth RNLI station tour

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 10/14/2015 - 1:34pm

Members of the East Devon District Council Conservative Group were treated to a guided tour of Exmouth’s RNLI station on Saturday (10 October), including an in-depth look at the South West’s first Shannon class lifeboat – the R and J Welburn. They were shown around the lifeboat station by Coxswain Steve Hockings-Thompson and members of his volunteer crew. They started their visit by admiring the exterior of the building, which is an iconic modern landmark on Exmouth’s seafront, currently the subject of an ambitious regeneration programme. The group – pictured outside the main boathouse –...

Exeter seeks Culture Director for the city

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 10/14/2015 - 12:36pm

A director is being sought to lead the development of culture in the city.

The new role, created by Exeter Cultural Partnership and hosted by the University of Exeter, offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to implement a strategy that will fulfil the city’s long term ambition of becoming a leading cultural destination.

The post holder will be tasked with achieving the goals set out within the Cultural Action Plan for Exeter, drawing on the shared sense of vision, enthusiasm and commitment from the city’s cultural organisations.

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Dartmoor business people invited to Broadband meeting

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 10/14/2015 - 11:36am

Dartmoor businessmen and women are invited to join Dartmoor National Park at a meeting on 28 October to hear how Superfast Broadband is being brought to Dartmoor through the ‘Connecting Dartmoor and Exmoor’ superfast project.

Good internet access is important for many people, whether to do business, to learn or to shop. Dartmoor National Park is committed to supporting its communities access superfast broadband, and to achieve this we are working closely with the Connecting Devon and Somerset programme team.

The ‘Connecting Dartmoor and Exmoor’ Superfast Broadband Project,...

£6m funding boost for local sport

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 10/14/2015 - 10:31am

A rowing club for 80-year-olds, a sailing project based in a canal in central London and a boxing club that has cut village crime are just a few of the 91 local schemes that are looking forward to making the most of a £6,039,499 million National Lottery funding boost.

Projects in Devon which are to receive funding include:

Exeter Cricket Club is to receive £50,312 to purchase new nets. The club’s existing net facilities will be lost as a result of redevelopment. The new nets will help to keep current members from leaving and attract new players.

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