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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...

RMT confirms new strike dates

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 05/29/2015 - 8:42am

The largest rail union, RMT, has confirmed that members will be taking 24 hours of strike action from 5pm Thursday 4th June through to 4.59pm on Friday 5th June in the current dispute over pay and jobs at Network Rail with a further 48 hours of action from 5pm on Tuesday 9th June to 4.59pm on Thursday 11th June. In addition there will be action short of a strike from 00.01 Saturday 6th June to 23.59 on Friday 12th June.

The RMT executive decision is:

We note that a meeting with our Area Council Representatives has been held and as part of a rolling campaign we instruct our...

Collegiate AC expand student accommodation in Exeter

The Guardian UK University League Tables 2016 are just out and Exeter University has been ranked at number nine, having risen three places since last year when it was ranked at Number 12 in the UK (league table here ). With an overall Guardian score of 83.8 out of 100, Exeter University ranks especially highly for those ‘Satisfied with Course’ (91.5 out of 100) and ‘Satisfied with Feedback’ (76.7 out of 100). As home to one of the UK’s very best universities, and rising in ratings and popularity, the student accommodation offering for those visiting Exeter University is also flourishing....

'People Fair' a great success

Fifteen people are a step closer to entering the work place thanks to a ‘People Fair’ held by Prospects, the education, employment and skills company, and Westward Pathfinder in Exeter.

People Fairs – a careers fair spun around - matches employers who have job vacancies with Work Programme customers seeking employment. The companies involved at the recent People Fair included Prestige Nursing, Toys R Us, Carillion, Nurse Plus, Devon Cliffs, Bourne Leisure, Modus Care and British Ceramic Tile. Prospects is a prime contractor for the Work Programme in the south west of England and is...

Hard work pays off for apprentices

A Devon company is proving its Cullompton recruited through leading national apprenticeship and training provider Positive Outcomes are a credit to a business – rewarding them with themed fun days and exotic holiday breaks as part of the firm’s work hard, play hard mantra. Adopstar, an advertising company based in Cullompton in Devon, recently recruited two new apprentices through Positive Outcomes, and has since rewarded them with fun activities including holidays, day trips and even dress up days in the office. Mark Warren, 21, an IT apprentice at Adopstar, started working for the...

RICS to launch Inclusive Employer Quality Mark

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/28/2015 - 5:17pm

RICS to launch ‘Quality’ scheme to encourage diversity & best practice amongst South West firms

The RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is launching a new initiative to help property firms across the South West create a more inclusive and competitive workforce.

The land, property and construction sector is not known for its diversity but RICS have been working across the industry and learning from other professions to find out what is not working and what can be done differently. Findings from the organisation’s research have led to it launching a scheme...

High flying lawyers promoted at Exeter firm

A leading Exeter law firm has promoted four high flying lawyers into associate, senior associate and partner roles. The promotions have been made in a number of the firm’s specialist teams including commercial property, holiday and residential parks and private client.

Stephens Scown LLP has promoted two of its Exeter-based lawyers to partners, bringing the total number of partners at the firm to 53. Kirstie Apps, a specialist in holiday and residential parks law, has been promoted to partner. Nigel Coveney, who is part of the commercial property team, also becomes a partner....

Chandos Deli celebrates Sandwich Designer of the Year award

Asher Simpson of Chandos Deli, Princesshay has won the ‘Roast Sesame & Chilli Sauce’ category at the grand final of the Sandwich Designer of the Year awards.

The best sandwich designers in the UK battled it out in the finals to be crowned British Sandwich Designer of the Year 2015. 29 of the UK’s finest sandwich designers had won through from five regional heats in the British Sandwich Association’s flagship competition.

The Sandwich Designer of the Year is a quest to find the UK’s most innovative sandwich designers. There were six categories, all of whom produced a...

Best English cheese is from Devon!

Quicke’s Hard Goats’ Cheese collected the coveted Best English Cheese prize at the British Cheese Awards 2015 that took placed at the Royal Bath and West Show on 26th May.

Created at Home Farm in Newton St Cyres, Devon, Quicke’s Goats’ Cheese uses locally sourced goats’ milk and the same traditional cheesemaking methods that Quicke’s has perfected over the years. Matured for six months, the result is a pale cheese that has a wonderfully smooth, creamy texture and an almond finish.

In addition to being announced as Best English Cheese, Quicke’s also collected gold, silver...

Boardroom biscuit etiquette revealed

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 05/28/2015 - 10:11am

If you want to strike success in a business meeting- offer a plate of shortbread, new research reveals.

A study of 2,000 business workers found one in four say they’re more inclined to close a deal in a meeting because of the biscuits provided, with shortbread, chocolate bourbons and flapjacks all likely to win a favourable reaction.

In fact, having the right selection of snacks was deemed more crucial to meeting success than making good small talk beforehand, the study found.

And while it's easy to take the biscuit, there are unwritten rules- waiting for the...

Nepal yomp raises £45,000

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Thu, 05/28/2015 - 8:07am

A 'knee-jerk' fund-raising Yomp to raise money for victims of the Nepal earthquake looks to have raised £45,000.

In a blog post, Paul Mattin, who completed the 170-mile yomp from Devon to the Nepal Embassy with fellow businessman Nick Sprague, thanked those who had contributed to the appeal

In his post he said:

"Many of you will have followed the effort on Twitter and Facebook, but this little flyer will I hope round off what we all achieved.

"The 170 mile stroll, over 5 days (that's @ 35 miles per day) was undoubtedly an ill-thought-through idea! But...

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