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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...

Exeter attractions scoop top awards

Exeter’s visitor attractions have scooped a hat-trick of top awards from an online review site.

TripAdvisor, which is the world’s biggest online travel review website, has awarded its coveted Certificate of Excellence to the City’s Red Coat Guides, the Underground Passages and Exeter Guildhall.

Now in its fifth year, the TripAdvisor award celebrates excellence in hospitality and is given only to services that consistently achieve great reviews on TripAdvisor by continually delivering a high quality customer experience. 2015 is the third consecutive year that the Red Coat...

Stagecoach needs talent!

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/05/2015 - 12:22pm

Although the latest season of Britain’s Got Talent has drawn to a close, bus operator Stagecoach is continuing its own search for the very best in local driving talent with the launch of the latest installment of their reality TV inspired recruitment campaign.

‘Stagecoach Needs Talent’ features popular Exeter Park & Ride driver Neal Mills, who regularly receives compliments for his customer service skills and rapport with his passengers. Neal will be appearing as a larger than life advert on the rear of one of the operator’s city buses, on A4 posters and – in a first for the...

Sidaways celebrates 25 years in business

An Exeter-based firm of chartered accountants is celebrating 25 years in business by saying thank you to its clients.

Sidaways Chartered Accountants was founded by Jeremy and Sarah Sidaway in 1990 and has grown to become a team of nine employees, with more than 650 clients across the country.

Now the firm is saying thank you to its many clients, holding a celebration event at Exeter Cathedral this Thursday (June 11).

Director Jeremy Sidaway said: “We are delighted to be celebrating our 25th year in business and as part of our celebrations many of our clients are...

Property price rise on the cards in Exeter

With the general election now over, haart estate agents in Exeter is predicting demand for property in the area to increase, creating a potential sharp rise in prices. Latest figures from haart’s monthly Property Index show that there’s already demand for homes in the city, with an average of nine buyers for each property on the books of its Paris Street branch. In turn the average price of property sold by the branch has increased by 5.80% to £179,140 over the last quarter to the end of April. Exeter haart Branch Manager Kyra Daniel, said: “Demand is already high in the area and now the...

Gilbert Stephens say hello to the Nello

Authored by Stacy Hill
Posted: Thu, 06/04/2015 - 3:55pm

For the third year, Devon based Solicitors, Gilbert Stephens, is entering a team for the Nello, as well as sponsoring the event and supplying a band of volunteers to help on the day. On June 28th teams of cyclists will head off on the Nello 57 or 100 mile bike ride across the county, to raise much needed funds for FORCE cancer charity.

Around 1500 cyclists will start the ride at Topsham Rugby Club and will make their way up through Devon, to Tiverton Morchard Road, Crediton and all the way back to the finish line in Topsham. The aim of the day is to come together to raise money to...

First trains arrive at Newcourt Station

The first service to arrive at the station was from Exeter St David’s, pulling up at 05:56, followed by a train from Exmouth, which arrived at 06:29.

Devon County Council has worked closely with the Department for Transport, Network Rail and First Great Western on the £2.2 million scheme, which has developed a complete new station facility over the past eight months.

The station has been part-funded with £741,000 from the Department for Transport’s New Station Fund. It is one of five stations awarded funding nationally, following a successful bid by the County Council. The...

Favis of Salcombe win gold in Taste of the West Awards

Family firm Favis of Salcombe are celebrating winning a prestigious Gold Taste of the West Award for their acclaimed white crab meat in the fish category.

The Taste of the West Awards programme has been promoting and supporting the South West food and drink industry for two decades.

They celebrate and support the work of local producers and help to raise awareness about the work they do.

Favis of Salcombe have been fishing crab and lobster off the South Devon coast since 1972. Their crabber, The Emma Jane, is a familiar sight off Salcombe as it goes out up to 30...

Entries open for Green Energy Awards 2015

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 06/04/2015 - 10:05am

Entries are now open for the twelfth year of Regen SW’s Green Energy Awards.

The Awards celebrate the exciting projects, great companies and inspiring people behind the sustainable energy revolution in the south west of England. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Assembly Rooms in Bath on 25 November 2015. The awards are being judged by a panel of influential and respected experts, advocates and spokespeople in renewables and sustainability. More details will be published very soon. Businesses, community groups and individuals are invited to submit first stage...

Business show to feature taste of world cuisine at VIP lunch

This year’s Plymouth Business Show will feature a new VIP networking lunch, with a taste of world cuisine, courtesy of sponsors The Duke of Cornwall Hotel. The highlight of the very first Plymouth Business Week, Plymouth Business Show, now in its third year, is set to welcome over 120 exhibitors and 1,000 visitors through the doors of Plymouth Pavilions on Wednesday 17th June. This year the show will feature a brand new networking lunch, hosted by sponsors The Duke of Cornwall Hotel. Suzi Cumberland, Events Manager for Plymouth and Devon Chamber of Commerce said: “Plymouth Business Show is...

Exeter office rents need to rise to stimulate development

Exeter is experiencing an unprecedented demand for high quality office space that must be met to maximise growing interest from businesses looking to invest in the city, according to leading property consultancy JLL.

Speaking at Invest in Exeter’s launch tomorrow (June 4), the first event to be held at the new Exeter Science Park Centre, Andrew Pearce, director at JLL`s Exeter office agency team, will say that the city has good reason to be optimistic about the future.

However, he will say that with construction cost inflation at record levels rents need to rise to...

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