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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...

AnTech celebrates achievements

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/10/2015 - 12:10pm

For the first time, AnTech Ltd has held a day of celebration to recognise successes throughout the company.

Last week, over 50 staff and guests gathered to celebrate over 115 years of long service, international patents and internal departmental achievements at the company’s head office in Exeter.

AnTech’s in-house team organised and designed awards to commemorate individuals that have in particular helped bring the company to its success. A marquee was constructed and decorated with marketing materials ranging back over the 23 years the company has been in business....

TEDxExeter talks go live online

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 06/10/2015 - 11:32am

Prepare to be moved, inspired, challenged and amused as talks from this year’s TEDxExeter conference go live online today for anyone to enjoy. Viewing figures from past talks indicate that they have the potential to be watched by millions of people in hundreds of countries around the world.

“Brilliant”, “thought-provoking”, “a feast of learning”, “you can hear people thinking”. These are some of the comments that were flying around Twitter during April’s conference. With a line-up that was arguably the best yet, the day was full of ideas worth sharing.

Speakers ranged from...

Flybe annual results announced

Flybe today announced its results for the year ended 31st March 2015.

This year represented the first full financial year of Flybe’s three year transformation plan and the focus has been on resolving legacy issues and laying foundations for profitable growth, with significant progress on both fronts.

Flybe is now returning to revenue and capacity growth as it enters the next chapter of its transformation. Financial highlights: · 3.3% increase in Passenger Revenue per Seat to £51.35 (2013/14: £49.70) · 5.7percentage points increase in Load Factor to 75.2% (2013/14: 69.5%),...

Calling all enterprising women!

The Women Led Enterprise programme, funded by RGN and Heart of the South West, are once again holding an event that gets entrepreneurial women together under one roof.

To be held on the 30th June, 12.00 to 17.30, Cullompton Community Centre, traders and service providers are invited to take a stand as we mingle, share, exchange and buy products and services.

This is a great opportunity for women who are starting and growing their business to get together, share ideas and get additional advice and support.

Our event partners Get up to Speed (also known as Cosmic)...

NHS hearing clinic to open in Exeter

Authored by Stacy Hill
Posted: Wed, 06/10/2015 - 7:05am

Exeter residents are set to benefit from easier access to free hearing services as of July, with the launch of the first ever Chime Health city centre NHS audiology service.

Due to open in Exeter’s Harlequins Shopping Centre, Chime’s new clinic led by branch manager Sam Humphries will be open six days a week from 8.45am to 5.30pm Monday to Saturday.

With more than 10 million people in the UK diagnosed with hearing loss, a figure which is set to rise to 14.5 million by 2031, Chime is hoping to answer an increasing demand for the right audiology expertise with an...

Ambulance service to recruit paramedics from Czech Republic and Slovakia

South Western Ambulance Service has started a recruitment campaign to attract around twenty qualified paramedics from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

A national shortage of qualified paramedics in England means that previous recruitment campaigns have not produced the number of paramedics required across the South West.

Paramedics in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have comparable qualifications and clinical practice to paramedics in England. Each of the candidates will undergo a rigorous assessment process, including English language tests, to ensure that all recruits...

Vision of Exeter’s future unveiled

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 06/09/2015 - 12:52pm

Computer screens built into contact lenses and electronics in our skin will be commonplace in a few years, according to futurologist Dr Ian Pearson.

Dr Pearson, the inventor of the text message, was speaking at a conference organised by Invest in Exeter at the city’s new Science Park Centre, which was showcasing the area as a location for inward investment.

He predicted active contact lenses will mean: “You will be able to watch TV with your eyes closed or read emails first thing in the morning without reaching for a gadget.”

Miniaturisation will be key to the...

Contract for city dining quarter awarded

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Tue, 06/09/2015 - 8:54am

Aviva Investors have awarded ISG the contract to create a unique dining destination in the heart of Exeter. The £12 million project sees the redevelopment of the neo-classical Guildhall in the city’s cultural quarter into a series of high-specification restaurants, as well as the reconfiguration and improvement of public realm space. Further strengthening ISG’s existing relationship with Aviva Investors, this latest scheme involves the transformation of the 36,500 sq ft site, which encompasses the iconic 19th century Queen Street façade of the Guildhall, the 13th century St Pancras Church...

Apple Pay coming to the UK

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 06/09/2015 - 8:05am

Apple has announced that starting next month, Apple Pay will be available to customers in the UK, bringing them the easy, secure and private way to pay.

Whether buying groceries, grabbing coffee, picking up lunch or taking the Tube, UK shoppers will soon be able to make many of their daily purchases with Apple Pay. At launch, over 250,000 locations will accept Apple Pay, with support from eight of the UK’s most established banks, across all of the major credit and debit card networks.

“Apple Pay has quickly become a big part of millions of users’ everyday shopping routines...

Tourism awards deadline extended

Deadlines for this year’s official tourism awards for Visit Devon and other counties Cornwall, Dorset and the South West, have been extended after websites receive record 13,475 views. With judging of this year’s tourism awards due to start in July, tourism businesses across the region are being offered a short extension until Friday 19th June for submitting entries, with Friday 26th June the last submission date for those who register on or before Friday 19th June. For the Unsung Hero & Tourism Event and Festival categories there is a later deadline of Friday 28th August. The awards...

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