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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...

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Top ranking for Exeter University

The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 has placed the University of Exeter sixth in the UK, eighth in Europe and top 40 in the world. The University also rose 24 places since 2014 in the overall rankings.

The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 offers key insights into the scientific performance of 750 major universities worldwide. A sophisticated set of indicators provides statistics on the scientific impact of universities and on their involvement in scientific collaboration.

Professor Sir Steve Smith Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter said: “These international rankings are...

Chiefs trio in England training squad

England today announced their extended training squad for the Rugby World Cup 2015.

The 50-man group, which includes Exeter Chiefs trio Luke Cowan-Dickie (above), Jack Nowell and Henry Slade, will meet up at Pennyhill Park on Monday, June 22 to begin preparing for the tournament which starts against Fiji at Twickenham Stadium on Friday, September 18.

England will also face France home and away and Ireland at Twickenham as part of the QBE Internationals as they build towards RWC 2015.

England Head Coach Stuart Lancaster said: “We are excited to name this extended...

Rugby World Cup role for Maynard girls

The Maynard School choir is one of 20 schools in England and Wales to have been selected to be part of the ceremonies that will officially welcome the teams to Rugby World Cup 2015.

The ceremonies will also include the formal presentation of official Tournament caps and Rugby World Cup 2015 participation medals.

The school was chosen following an application process, led by independent charity Youth Sport Trust, which was open to all schools in England and Wales. With over 100 applications, the standard was very high resulting in a competitive judging process which was...

Former Attorney General to speak in Exeter

The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP is coming to Exeter during the Magna Carta celebrations to speak on the theme “Magna Carta – do we need a new Charter?”

The former Attorney-General is known for his support of reform of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) but he is critical of the measures announced by the last Coalition Government, and in the recent Conservative manifesto, for the United Kingdom’s potential withdrawal. He argues withdrawal would undermine adherence to international law and would “call into question the devolution settlements for Wales, Scotland and...

House prices rise

UK house prices increased by 9.6% in the year to March 2015, up from 7.4% in the year to February 2015, according to the Office For National Statistics.

House price annual inflation was 9.4% in England, 5.7% in Wales, 14.6% in Scotland and 7.5% in Northern Ireland. This is the highest annual increase in Scotland since July 2007.

The pace of annual house price growth increased across the majority of the UK.

Annual house price increases in England were driven by an annual increase in the East (11.4%), London (11.2%) and the South East (11.2%).

Excluding London...

Search on for 'punniest' name

The search is on for the funniest and most creative business name in Exeter with the launch of the Small Business Pun of the Year 2015.

The awards, launched by build-your-own-app service Appsme.com, aims to find the shop or small business with the most side-splitting name. Business owners and members of the public can nominate their best small business pun by sharing a photo of the shop sign on the Appsme blog. They can also tweet or Instagram a photo along with the business’s details using the #SmallBizPun hashtag.

Nick Barnett, CEO at Appsme, says: “We help small...

Mumm says his final goodbyes

It was with a heavy heart that Dean Mumm trudged down the players’ tunnel at Sandy Park for the final time on Saturday afternoon.

After three hugely successful years in Devon, two of which he has spent as skipper of the Exeter Chiefs, the 31-year-old is heading home to Australia to pursue a dream he thought had seemingly evaporated.

Set to return to former club the Waratahs, the vastly-experienced forward is hoping his return to Super Rugby will offer him the lifeline he needs to re-ignite a Wallabies career that to date has yielded 33 caps.

In what is...

Everys brokers deal for Thai firm

Everys Solicitors’ new commercial team has brokered a deal that will see Thailand Carpet Manufacturing become joint owners of a leading quality UK upholstery manufacturer.

Colchester-based Alstons has announced the sale of the business to a joint venture comprising the existing management team and Thailand Carpet Manufacturing, an affiliate company of the Srivikorn Group.

The move into upholstery by Thailand Carpet Manufacturing Plc reflects the company’s strategy of diversification. An announcement has already been made to the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the deal is due...

Free Broadband Connection Voucher webinar

South West Communications Group has set up a second free webinar to enable businesses to find out more about the SuperConnected Cities scheme.

swcomms has already informed many businesses they are now eligible for a SuperConnected Cities voucher worth up to £3,000, but has organised this second super-quick free webinar – 15 minutes plus questions – to give them the details they will need without disturbing their days' work too much. There will be an opportunity for businesses to ask questions via a live chat facility.

The first webinar was held last week and was over-...

Apprentices - You're hired!

With exciting expansion plans ahead, Energy Hair Design has been investing in the development of home grown talent to expand their team.

The Darts Farm based salon has recently been celebrating the graduation of four of their apprentices in NVQ Level 2 and NVQ Level 3 Hairdressing – working closely with The Learning & Skills Group.

Graduate stylists; Sophie Tregale 18, Ellie Phillips 17, Grace Mangeng 20 have all recently passed their NVQ Level 2 in hairdressing which has involved all aspects of basic hairdressing. They have now started their NVQ Level 3 which involves...

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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Top ranking for Exeter University

Chiefs trio in England training squad

Rugby World Cup role for Maynard girls

Former Attorney General to speak in Exeter

House prices rise

Search on for 'punniest' name

Mumm says his final goodbyes

Everys brokers deal for Thai firm

Free Broadband Connection Voucher webinar

Apprentices - You're hired!

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