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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Exeter City Council has today announced it will be submitting an expression of interest (EOI) for the prestigious UK City of Culture title. 

The City of Culture bid follows the culmination of five months extensive engagement and consultation with artists, creatives, cultural organisations and residents to shape the council’s commissioned new five-year Cultural Strategy for Exeter.

This will set out a clear ambition to become a leading city of culture. The new Exeter Culture Strategy is ambitious and will be delivered in partnership with the city’s cultural organisations...

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Devon wildlife consultancy firm scoops award

EAD Ecology, a firm of ecological consultants based in Exeter, has been named ‘Consultant of the Year’ by Redrow Homes (West Country) in the annual awards ceremony for suppliers and subcontractors to Redrow’s West Country division.

EAD Ecology’s Director Matt Cowley said: “We are delighted to have won this award. We have very high standards and it is important for our team of ecological specialists that their good work is recognised. Equally, the award reflects the importance that Redrow Homes attach to conserving and enhancing wildlife within their residential developments.”...

New funding available for Dartmoor communities

Dartmoor National Park has just launched its Communities Fund for 2015/16. The Fund, supported by the New Homes Bonus from West Devon Borough, Teignbridge and South Hams District Councils, will support capital projects that ensure the long term viability of valued existing community facilities and services, or create new community infrastructure to meet identified community needs.

This year there is just over £48,000 in the pot, so if you have plans for your village hall, are thinking of setting up a new community shop or want to make the most of a valued local heritage asset the...

Businesses put Devon on the map

Representatives from companies across Devon travelled to London on Thursday to promote the county as a conference destination.

A total of 25 firms travelled to London for the Destination Devon showcase held at the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall, including Bovey Castle, Dartington Hall, First Great Western, Land Rover Experience, Sandy Park and the National Marine Aquarium

The event aimed to promote Devon as a great place to host a conference, meeting or an occasion, targeting corporate buyers.

Bev Gratton, Conference and Events Manager at Sandy Park, said: “The...

Green Energy Awards Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the coveted Green Energy Awards has been announced.

And Exeter City Council, Devon County Council, Devon and Cornwall Housing and Exeter's SunGift Energy all make an appearance.

The awards, now in their 12th year, are organised by Regen SW to celebrate the innovation and creative ingenuity that has put the south west at the forefront of the green energy revolution.

The shortlisted nominees (listed below) will now go through to the final stage of judging, where an expert panel of judges, headed by Lord Robin Teverson, will select this year’s winners...

DanSci Dance studio shortlisted for three Venus Awards

DanSci Dance Studio in Exeter is celebrating after it was announced they were semi-finalists in three categories of the prestigious Venus Awards, Devon.

The Venus awards dubbed the ‘Working Women’s Oscars’, were formed in 2009 to recognise, reward and celebrate local working women in business.

The Venus Awards began in Dorset and has since exploded into other regions across the country. Culminating with an annual National Final that truly represents the inspirational women who balance and juggle their lives relentlessly and unconditionally, who inject their communities with...

How businesses can get the most out of mentoring

With 2015 proving to be another successful year for British SMEs, Jackie Jenks, senior manager, enterprise mentoring at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, gives her views on how small businesses in Exeter can get the most out of enterprise mentoring.

This follows the successful Meet a Mentor event held in Exeter Castle aimed at helping local SMEs earlier this month.

Expert guidance and mentoring is crucial to the ongoing success and growth of SMEs. We know that start-ups have a one in four better chance of surviving and thriving over three years if they have a mentor. Studies...

HotSW LEP Business Conference attracts 250 cross sector delegates

The Heart of the South West (HotSW) Local Enterprise Partnership held its first business conference this week, 21st September, which is set to become an annual feature in the HotSW calendar.

The event was a resounding success, with of 250 delegates from the HotSW business and partnership community.

Productivity was the theme of the conference, which opened with a welcome speech from HotSW LEP Chair Steve Hindley, outlining some of the distinctive assets of the area, followed by presentations on HotSW LEP achievements.

Delegates took part in a series of break-out...

Barbering training transforms lives of Exeter’s long-term unemployed

A group of long-term unemployed people from Exeter, who recently qualified as barbers and are setting out on their new careers, have described how the training enabled them to develop confidence and transform their lives.

The 19-week course is funded by Learn Devon – Devon County Council’s adult education service – and delivered by Hair @ the Academy, a salon at the Exeter Deaf Academy that offers hair and beauty training to disengaged adults and young people. The course is free to unemployed adults who are drawing benefits in their own right.

Natalie Hirst, who has started...

Visitors to People Fair impresses employers

Twenty-nine people are a step closer to entering the workplace thanks to a People Fair held by Prospects, the education, employment and skills company, and Westward Pathfinder on 17 September in Torquay.

The People Fair concept was developed by Prospects to bring together employers with jobseekers on the Work Programme. Prospects is a prime contractor for the Work Programme in the South West supporting people who are furthest from the job market and have been long term unemployed. At the People Fair, unlike at a traditional job fair, employers directly approach invited jobseekers...

Devon print company joins Paris fashion phenomenon

Devon’s very own creative print company, Inspirwood, has been handpicked by global fashion sensation Jessica Minh Anh to create exclusive VIP invitations for the highly anticipated J Autumn Fashion Show, which will take place on 29 October 2015 in Paris.

The show is part of Jessica Minh Anh’s series of history making catwalks at the world’s most iconic venues. After the phenomenal success of the Eiffel Tower’s first ever catwalk, the model and entrepreneur will transform the Seine’s giant glass boat into a 100 meter floating catwalk.

The wooden boat-wheel invitations...

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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Devon wildlife consultancy firm scoops award

New funding available for Dartmoor communities

Businesses put Devon on the map

Green Energy Awards Shortlist Announced

DanSci Dance studio shortlisted for three Venus Awards

How businesses can get the most out of mentoring

HotSW LEP Business Conference attracts 250 cross sector delegates

Barbering training transforms lives of Exeter’s long-term unemployed

Visitors to People Fair impresses employers

Devon print company joins Paris fashion phenomenon

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