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Leading property consultancy JLL has appointed Nicola Cochrane as an associate director in its hotels and hospitality group, based in the Exeter office.

Nicola will be looking to grow the regional advisory/valuation business working alongside and supporting the existing successful agency business team which includes John Kinsey, Mike Easton, Adelle Moore, Lynne Biswell and David Slee, who works within project and development services, specialising in the leisure sector.

The collective team now represents the largest single, specialist hospitality team in the south-west of...

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Department of Health (DH) are encouraging organisations in the South West to help make their communities safer as they launch a £1 million partnership to make public access defibrillators and CPR training more widely available across England.

The announcement comes as new figures from the BHF show few people in the South West are even aware they can use a public access defibrillator in an emergency (47%), and only three in ten (31%) say they would have the confidence to do so. The charity warns this lack of awareness and availability could...

Exeter's Rugby World Cup 2015 Fanzone is proving so popular, extra provisions are being brought in to cope with a high demand from thirsty fans.

The extra facilities will be in place for Saturday's crunch match - England versus Australia, which is being shown on a large screen in the Exeter Fanzone (kick-off at 8pm) along with two other matches earlier in the day.

Sandy Park is providing the extra bars in the Fanzone after queues developed in the bar area during the England v Wales screening.

Council Leader Pete Edwards said the atmosphere in Exeter was like a "wave...

The Exeter Foundation’s annual Big Walk has raised over £2,000 for the charity.

On September 20th, nearly 100 participants walked 10 miles from Sandy Park, through Exeter’s Riverside Valley Park and back to the Rugby World Cup venue.

Building on the success of previous events, walkers enjoyed a Sandy Park pasty and drink on their return and the New Zealand v Argentina World Cup game was screened.

Exeter Rugby Club Deputy Chief Executive and Exeter Foundation Trustee, Keiron Northcott, said: “On behalf of the Exeter Foundation, I’d like to congratulate all the...