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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....

Portsmouth 1 Exeter City 2: Match report

For the second time this season, Exeter City handed the League 2 leaders their first defeat of the season.

Goals from David Wheeler and Arron Davies earned Exeter City a win at Fratton Park, and their second success over Portsmouth in September.

Three changes were made to the starting eleven that were beaten by Wycombe at St James Park at the weekend, with Jordan Tillson and Manny Oyeleke returning to the first eleven and Arron Davies completing his return from an injury lay-off with a place from the off.

The hosts almost had City rocking right from the off, with...

Digital specialist extends work with film and television industry

A local digital marketing specialist has extended his work in the film and television industry having worked with Paul Zanders, a leading sound recordist in the UK.

MiHi Digital, which offers assistance on all aspects of online marketing including website design, has teamed up with Paul, who has worked on leading television programmes including Masterchef and Top Gear, to help promote his product, Dedleg.

Dedleg was designed to help recordists around the world. It takes the weight of their sound bags from around their shoulders, as they spend long periods of time carrying...

Powered Now raises £575k on Crowdcube

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2015 - 4:00pm

Award-winning app developer, Powered Now has closed its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, raising £574,770.

Powered Now surpassed its initial target of £350,000 by 64% and this amount ensured Crowdcube was the first equity crowdfunding platform to smash the £100 million investment milestone. A total of 353 people invested for a 16.5% equity share of the company with stakes ranging from £10 up to the largest single investment of £50,000. The ratio of male to female investors is 7:1 (13% female).

The capital will be used for raising awareness of the business...

Heart of the South West LEP Board welcomes new members

The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP) has formally welcomed its two newly appointed non-executive directors at its Board meeting on Wednesday 16 September: Martha Wilkinson and Martin Brown.

The two new members were recruited as part of a HotSW wide advertisement asking for a strong entrepreneurial background, with the skills to help take forward the LEP’s Strategic Economic Plan.

The calibre of the responses was high, and the chosen candidates match the ideal aims of the recruitment criteria, with a breadth of experience, including business...

New exec recruitment company for Exeter

Authored by KingRecruit
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2015 - 2:04pm

Introducing a brand new independent South West Management & Executive recruitment company.

Based in Exeter, King Recruit pro-actively sources strategic career moves for experienced professionals.

For professionals, actively or passively job seeking, the company takes a rigorous and highly targeted approaching to sourcing your next career move.

For businesses, our ultimate outcome is to secure the best talent. We believe in investing the time upfront, meeting face-to-face and understanding on-going recruitment strategies.

About King Recruit owner, Helen...

PR firm announces Chiefs sponsorship deal

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2015 - 11:43am

An award-winning Devon PR and marketing firm has announced it is to sponsor the Exeter Chiefs.

Astley Media, based in Exeter, is sponsoring the Premiership Rugby side’s European Cup shirts, alongside other regional sponsors including Flybe, Centrax, SW Comms, Watson Fuels and Car Supermarket.

It is Astley Media’s first major sponsorship, and builds on work the company is already doing in sports marketing for several of its clients.

The announcement comes as the Rugby World Cup 2015 arrives in the West Country, with Tonga playing Namibia today (Tuesday September 29...

Tickled pink: Exeter families to move into colourful new homes

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2015 - 11:22am

Six new brightly coloured council homes set to providing sustainable and low energy housing for some of Exeter’s most vulnerable families.

New eco-friendly homes at Reed Walk, Newport Road will house six local families who have been waiting for a suitable place to live on Exeter’s Housing Register. The new three-bedroom homes, including one fully wheelchair accessible property, were completed in September.

The houses are noticeable due to their bright colouring, which were carefully developed to reflect typical natural building materials of the Exeter area like Devon...

Ageing population key to unlocking 2.6m homes

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2015 - 10:39am

Almost three million homes could be released into the housing market if better incentives and information were offered to older home-owners, encouraging them to downsize into smaller properties, according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The RICS Residential Policy Review published last week, sets out a number of recommendations on how Government could do more to tackle the UK’s housing crisis, including incentivising home owners to sell or rent out under-occupied family homes.

Jeremy Blackburn, Head of Policy at RICS said: “Britain’s older home-...

Botha ‘excited’ to be back

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Tue, 09/29/2015 - 10:31am

Chrysander Botha says he’s “excited” to be back at Sandy Park as prepares to line-up for Namibia in their latest Rugby World Cup encounter against Tonga today (4.45pm).

Not since October last year – when London Irish were the visitors in the Aviva Premiership – has the 27-year-old featured in a competitive fixture at the Exeter stadium.

A sickening broken leg and dislocated ankle, sustained whilst on international duty against Canada last November, cut short Botha’s maiden campaign with the Exeter Chiefs following a promising start.

Months of hard work in the club...

“Plan your journey” warning to rugby fans and commuters

“Plan your journey” is the message to rugby fans and commuters in Exeter, ahead of this Tuesday’s Rugby World Cup 2015 match at Sandy Park.

Tonga will be playing Namibia on Tuesday 29 September in the first of three matches to be hosted at the Exeter Chiefs’ stadium.

With the kick-off at 4:45pm on Tuesday, transport links in and around Exeter are likely to be congested, so match ticket holders are being urged to get to the ground in plenty of time. Commuters are also being reminded to be aware that public transport to Sandy Park is expected to be busier than usual at this...

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