By Peter Totterdill, Director of Workplace Innovation Europe CLG
Comparative data published by the Centre for Cities reveals Exeter as a city of contrasts. It’s a fast-growing city both in terms of population and in housing stock. In fact, a growth table of 63 urban areas places the city third in the UK.
At first glance, the labour market seems healthy too. Exeter has full employment with 76.7% of working age adults in employment and only 1.5% registered as unemployed. Some 40% of working people have high level qualifications and only 4.3% have no formal qualifications at...
Taste of the West, the South West’s prestigious food, drink and hospitality awards, has announced its winners of 2020. With over 700 products to judge across the West Country, Good Game has been awarded five gold awards; Organic Culatello, Organic Lomo, Organic Coppa, Salami and Pepperoni.
Judged by the most astute palates of chefs, restauranteurs, buyers, retailers and food writers, Taste of the West is renowned for being the most respected accreditation for artisan producers, cafés and restaurants. The unmistakable logo is a clear signal for an outstanding product that has met...
It is very common to find people searching the Internet for CBD oil and where they can buy it. Although the sale of CBD oils is limited in the UK to places where cannabis is legal for medicinal or recreational use, there are several providers of cannabidiol oil in Europe, including of course.
The biggest difference between points of sale around the world is based on the old legislation of the UK that makes all commercial hemp cultivation illegal in the country. Thanks to this, producers of American CBD products have to import their CBD hemp oil from European growers, despite the...
Parents in South West are being offered an online ‘sports day at home’ pack thanks to a leading housebuilder’s partnership with Team GB.
With the current Covid-19 crisis still unfolding, many parents have had to get used to home schooling amid the uncertainty of when their children will return to school.
Now Persimmon Homes South West, thanks to its ongoing partnership with The British Olympic Association, is offering parents the chance to download special sports packs for free and start planning their own sports day at home.
The freelance lifestyle comes with a lot of independence. Creating a schedule that works for you is just the half of it.
It is this autonomy that makes freelancing very attractive to many people. You not only have the freedom to make crucial decisions, but you can also pick the clients you want to work with and your dress code (hello pyjamas).
However, like anything else, freelancing life comes with several drawbacks. For starters, you have to keep track of your money and bills and ensure your taxes and mortgages are paid on time. The most significant of these downsides...
One of Devon's largest holiday park operators, Park Holidays UK, says bookings have "avalanched" in the run-up to the re-opening of its six major parks in the county.
The group says it is having to deal with holiday requests on a "first come, first served" basis as families get ready to enjoy their first taste of real freedom in months.
Its Devon parks – which in high season can together accommodate up to 2,000 people every night - are located in Brixham where there are two, Barnstable, Dawlish, Dawlish Warren and Paignton.
Following the cancellation of Devon Air Ambulance’s (DAA) annual Motorcycle Ride Out, which sees in the region of 1000 bikers rally together every July to support their Air Ambulance, DAA took the opportunity to launch its first ever Virtual Bike Show fundraiser, supported by Bridge Motorcycles.
There are four categories from which participants can select to enter their bike, including Best Classic, Best Custom, Best Trike and My Pride & Joy. The My pride & joy category is DAA’s all-encompassing category, so if your bike does not fit into any of the others you can still...
New temporary traffic calming measures to support social distancing and provide a safer environment to encourage walking and cycling in Exeter are now in place. The changes are the first set of traffic calming measures along the E3 cycle route linking Heavitree and Whipton to the City Centre. The route also passes close to four primary schools, a secondary school as well as local parks.
The changes also include temporary traffic order preventing through traffic in several roads.
These include Vaughan Road, from the junction with Clifford Close to the junction with Bodley...
It can take time and resources to communicate effectively with your clients and, while communication is key to a successful business, sometimes you might feel like you’re getting held up by all those messages you’re sending, notifications you’re writing and payments you’re authorising.
In the internet age, businesses are taking more and more of their services online. The rise of social media has seen an increase in customer engagement, and the very current Covid-19 crisis has accelerated a trend of making purchases online.
Siddharth broke his eyeglasses a day before his semester exams. The Manchester University student did exactly what anyone else would have done. He went over to the nearest optical store, and what happened there changed his life. It was the memory of that day that helped Siddharth create Specscart - the changemaker in the eyewear industry of this era.
What is Specscart?
A two-year-old eyewear startup born in Britain, Specscart is an initiative to change the way people perceive eyeglasses. Specscart’s mission is to transform eyeglasses from being a mere instrument for...
