Get up close and personal with nature and pop along to the Binocular and Telescope Open Weekend at RSPB at Darts Farm on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December.
The event runs from 9.30am on the Saturday and 10.30am on the Sunday, when a variety of binoculars and telescopes will be on display for visitors to try out, as well as friendly, impartial advice from the knowledgeable team of staff and volunteers. This month’s event is the perfect opportunity for Christmas shopping.
A free guided walk will also be taking place between 2pm and 3pm – the perfect chance to test...
The lights are switched on at Princesshay’s Charity Christmas Tree Festival as part of its first late night shopping evening on Thursday 21st November.
The Lord Mayor officially opened the Festival of charity trees located on Roman Walk and announced that Multiple Sclerosis Society charity won best dressed tree.
The illuminated festival features 36 trees decorated by various local charities including Living Options, Princesshay’s charity of the year.
The trees will be on display for visitors to enjoy up until Christmas Eve.
Think of Dartmoor and you’ll probably conjure up an image of a pony, grazing peacefully among the granite rocks and tall Melina grasses. But these hardy Hill Ponies, a breed in their own right, are far more than perfect for pictures, and on Sunday eight of them who were bred out in the wilds will demonstrate their versatility at Exeter Racecourse when they kick off the eight race card with their very own race.
Among the runners are Moscow Mule, Chase Me Charlie and Rodney Trotter and they, together with five friends, will be galloping down the home straight. And their antics will...
Award-winning south west estate agents and chartered surveyors Whitton & Laing have generously donated £1,884 to Exeter-based ‘Balloons’, a charity who help support bereaved children and their families.
The sum represented the year the independent estate agency was established and their way of giving back to the local community as part of the firm’s 135th anniversary celebrations.
Balloons, an independently run charity, provides bespoke 1:1 pre and post-bereavement support to children and young people (C&YP) aged 5-25 living in Exeter, Mid and East Devon. It also...
Going into a new management position for the first time can seem daunting. Managers need lots of skills in order to be successful, including being curious, enthusiastic and being good at managing the bad times as well as the good. Below is some advice that will help you become an amazing boss:
Be Enthusiastic
Managers not only need to hold the correct skills and competencies in their job roles, but they also need to be enthusiastic about the role too. Enthusiasm , the ability to work in a team and a thirst for learning new things can get you a long way as a manager. An...
STC Expeditions, a leading ethical schools tour operator, has announced the launch of a tree planting project, pledging to plant one tree for every person that travels with the company.
Partnering with Scottish charity, Trees for Life http://treesforlife.org.uk, the Exeter based travel company wanted to build on its already strong commitment to sustainable travel which has been a driver of the business since it started out in 2006.
Adrian Ferraro from STC Expeditions says: “We already do a great deal to be a sustainable travel company and to educate our travellers on how to...
Sponsorship is hugely important in every top flight sport, with the biggest teams and athletes all wearing kit emblazoned with brand logos that are seen by millions around the world.
Of course this isn’t limited to Premier League sides and leading Olympians, as sponsorship deals help support clubs of all sizes as well.
But how does sponsorship from a company actually benefit the clubs that embrace it and what are the considerations involved in courting and accepting deals of this kind?
Practical perks
On a basic level, a sponsorship deal is designed to...
Barnstaple’s Really Big Quiz, which marked its 10th anniversary on 13 November, is celebrating a major milestone having raised over £30,000 for the Mayor of Barnstaple’s charities of choice since its launch in 2010.
This year’s event, which was once again organised and hosted by Exeter and Barnstaple-based accountancy firm Simpkins Edwards, raised over £2,900, tipping the total collected over the years to £30,316.96. Combined with Simpkins Edwards’ Exeter edition of the Really Big Quiz, which has been running since 2003, the firm has helped raise over £114,000 for local charities...
An enormous solid oak trestle refectory table reputed to have come from Battle Abbey in East Sussex is to be sold at Chilcotts Auctioneers Fine Art, Antiques and Collectors Items sale on November 30.
The 17th century table had been kept at a house on Exmoor and was part of a probate valuation; the family revealed that their grandparents had lived in Mayfield in East Sussex in the early 1950s, a stone’s throw from the Abbey, which is how it may have come into their possession.
The remarkable table, the top of which is formed of one solid piece of timber, measures 8ft 4...
You are about to start a new chapter in your life. Although the thought might be very daunting – it’s extremely exciting, too. No matter whether you are relocating due to your partner’s new job, fancied a change or been offered a promotion, moving to a different city can prompt a mixture of emotions.
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