Stagecoach South West have partnered with local councils to introduce specific school and college buses from the start of term across their South West network.
With students returning to schools and colleges from early September, many parents will be anxious to ensure their children can continue to travel to school and college safely. As well as upping cleaning measures and introducing social distancing on board buses, the bus operator has added extra dedicated school buses and drivers, to ensure the back to school rush is safe for all.
A consortium of leading night-time industry operators, including Unit 1 in Exeter, has raised an urgent plea to the government to save the late night leisure sector from collapse and allow venues to reopen with Covid-secure measures in place.
With the Chancellor's furlough scheme coming to an end in October, venues are under threat of going under with thousands of jobs lost as the sector remains the only one without a clear reopening date.
Survey results released by the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) show that 58% of businesses within the night-time economy...
ViraxCare, the PPE distribution platform of Global Care Capital (CSE:HLTH), has provided over 80,000 disposable 3-ply masks and over 10,000 pairs of gloves to Big Issue vendors across the country. The masks and gloves were specifically modified for delivery in boxes of 20 so individual vendors have their own supply of PPE for a six-week period, taking them into the winter months.
This latest order of PPE from The Big Issue was discounted by 20%, a discount that ViraxCare is now offering to all UK registered charities until the end of 2020*. ViraxCare initially donated a smaller...
Adult learners are among those celebrating well-earned GCSE results, having completed their maths and English qualifications with Learn Devon, Devon County Council's adult learning service. Since March, Learn Devon has changed the way it delivers adult learning courses to ensure that learners continue with their learning safely. Their results mark the end of the intensive ten month GCSE courses. Under normal circumstances, adult learners receive their results in person from their tutors, but due to coronavirus, this year they had their results emailed to them. The video (attached) records...
Join the Prosecco DOC’s UK Ambassador Neil Phillips , The Wine Tipster, for ‘What’s All The Fizz About?’, an informative and fun virtual tasting on Friday 11th September from 7 – 8pm to explore and taste the UK’s favourite bubbles.
Tickets for the evening wine and food tasting, which is taking place in association with South West Wine School on Larks.live, are £30.00 per screen booked. For the ticket price each guest will receive a delivery of the three Prosecco DOC wines that will feature in the tasting together with the Prosecco DOC brochure leaflet. The wines can be delivered...
Less than 20% of UK workers are in jobs that use and develop all of their ability to learn, solve problems, innovate and adapt. Here, Dr Peter Totterdill, of Workplace Innovation Europe CLG argues that we’re squandering the most important resource that we have to survive and thrive in the post-COVID world – human potential.
Globalisation, climate change, technological innovation, Brexit and COVID-19 have all prompted forward-looking business begin to re-think how they work and what changes they can make to confront such a raft of serious challenges.
Manufacturers of CBD cosmetics and supplements are reporting huge margins thanks to booming sales and regulatory ambiguities. The demands are so powerful that manufacturers are not able to meet them. This has resulted in the expansion of the grey market. Since demand is so high, authorities are not able to follow all the companies including those in the grey zone. There are simply too many manufacturers and there is a serious problem of quality. Some manufacturers are more committed to quality while others prefer a higher profit. Amid quality concerns, innovative cannabis products such as...
Experts from the University of Exeter’s Centre for Water Systems (CWS) , have received a prestigious award for their exceptional engineering acheivements in tackling COVID-19.
Professor Dragan Savic FREng , Dr Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia , Professor Albert Chen , Dr Mehdi Khoury and Mr Gareth Lewis , from Exeter’s College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, have received the Royal Academy of Engineering President’s Special Award for Pandemic Service , announced today (Monday 17th August)
The awards have been made to teams, organisations, individuals,...
With Covid-19 still very much in the consciousness of the general population around the UK, one industry reeling are coworking industries.
Even as some coworking spaces reopen, with many in imminent danger of being forced to close.
One proposed solution? Join forces to negotiate better rates and government assistance.
The New Campaign by Independent Coworking Operators
Coworking companies are in a precarious position. To ensure the safety of their own employees during the pandemic, services to tenants were substantially reduced as their shared spaces started to...
A brand-new McDonald’s restaurant will open adjacent to Exeter Racecourse, following significant investment from local franchisee David Shawyer. With the addition of this restaurant, David will now own four restaurants across Devon including the McDonald’s restaurants at Marsh Barton and on Exeter High Street. The restaurant will open on 26th August and create over 120 new jobs for the local community.
To help create a safe experience for everyone, the restaurant will be opening with several measures in place to help keep employees and customers safe. These measures include:...
