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Exeter law firm expands services with collaboration

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 10/19/2019 - 12:15pm

Exeter based Solicitors Title have today announced a collaboration with Harris Law South West which will bring a significant expansion of services offered to local businesses.

Solicitors Title LLP already has offices in Exeter and Yeovil, covering areas such as online data management, franchising, licensing, retail and manufacturing, commercial property and leases, litigation, wills, probate and intellectual property.

Wendy Harris, founder of Harris Law South West has been a practicing lawyer in Devon for over 13 years. Solicitors Title’s collaboration with Harris Law will...

L-R: James Dart, Roger Whiffin, Susie Healey and Jennifer Whiffin

Darts Farm continues to raise funds for local charities

During the summer months Darts Farm is renowned for its vibrant yellow fields of pick-your-own sunflowers and it’s superb ‘Maize Maze’. The beautiful flowers have raised a total of £5,034 this year for Darts Farm chosen charity, Hospiscare and the ‘Maize Maze’; a maze that’s constructed entirely out of the maize crop grown in the Darts Farm field, has raised a total of £3,061 for local charity ELF (Exeter Leukaemia Fund).

These are popular attractions with visitors in the area, and with a donation to Hospiscare or ELF, customers enjoy wandering around the field to choose their...

Skittles fundraiser for FORCE Charity

The Family Law Company raised over £1300 at their annual skittles event for FORCE Cancer Charity – and the total is still rising.

The event was held in memory of Helen Finch who worked at the firm for over 21 years and was lost to cancer earlier this year.

There was a great atmosphere at the event, organised by TFLC Director Jane Chanot. Businesses taking part on the evening were Thomas Westcott, ITEC and Foresight Financial Planning, joining lawyers and support staff from TFLC for the skittles challenge.

A raffle was also held to raise money; a variety of amazing...

Why Choose a Catnapper Recliner for Your Home

Choosing furniture for your home is never an easy task. With the variety of options available, it can get confusing, especially when there are many excellent products available. Sometimes when you find the design you like, you end up getting disappointed because it is not comfortable enough. But what if you can get both comfort and style in one package?

Indeed, when you buy furniture, you want something that you can lounge on at the end of a long day. But a frumpy couch or chair won’t do if you value your home’s aesthetic as well. You can find the perfect combination of exceptional...

Why students consider to hire online writers for academic assignments

There is not a specific group of students who hire online writers. Randomly students invest in academic writers who can help them improve their final year grades.

Student’s final year results depend on their academic assignments and essays they submitted. Those who score good marks in their weekly assignments they end up with good grades. On the other side, some students, due to their poor writing skills, fail to achieve their targets. They complain that their teachers overburdened them they don’t get enough time to write more than three to four assignments weekly.

Some...

Year 6 classroom

Headteacher reveals truth behind ‘super-size’ classroom story

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 10/18/2019 - 2:23pm

Parents have hit back at what they claim were significant inaccuracies in a news story.

These were also addressed by Jonathan Bishop, Executive Headteacher of the Cornerstone Academy Trust (TCAT) in Devon after the Ofsted-outstanding Broadclyst Community Primary School (BCPS) was portrayed in media reports as being ‘cash-strapped’ and ‘cramming’ children into a classroom.

Parents of children at BCPS were quick to leap to the defence of the school when the story appeared on social media, with many citing the Ofsted outstanding status, as well as criticising what they say was...

Secretary of State Visits Exeter College to Talk T Levels

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Fri, 10/18/2019 - 11:23am

The Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson MP visited Exeter College to learn more about the impact new T Level qualifications will have on the region’s learners.

As a government-selected ‘early adopter’ of the new technical-based qualification, Exeter College is the only provider in Devon offering T Levels for 2020 delivery, with courses initially available in Construction, Digital and Education and Childcare. Further T Level courses will launch from 2021 as part of a national roll out.

T Levels mark a revolution in technical education in the UK as the...

QE Student Reaches Final of Betjeman Poetry Prize

Year 8 student Vlad Mototolea reached the finals of the Betjeman Poetry Prize. Vlad was one of only six finalists in the country, shortlisted from thousands of entries, and received ‘Highly Commended’, for his poem My Place.

Founded in 2006, on the centenary of former poet laureate Sir John Betjeman’s birth, the Betjeman Poetry Prize is a writing competition that invites entries from 10 -13 year olds across the British Isles, who must write on the theme of ‘place’​.

Vlad travelled to London, with his family and teacher Amanda Middlemost, to receive his certificate from...

Youngsters taken to ‘infinity and beyond’ at Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college

Primary school students celebrated World Space Week (4-10 Oct) in style as the youngsters explored galaxies, and even viewed real samples from the moon, at South Devon University Technical College (UTC).

The pioneering college on Kingsteignton Road invited students from Hennock Primary School, Newton Abbot, to take part in a range of interactive space themed activities ahead of South Devon UTC’s Open Evening.

Year 5 got the chance to go inside a 7.5m dome provided by Space Odyssey. The multi-sensory, 360-degree experience whisked the pupils away to another galaxy with the...

L-R: John Drewett, Andy Fraser, Ryan Joint, Ruth Burrows, Tarryn Lowth & Rosan Petrov at the event

Housebuilder colleagues smash charity target in memory of Dean - one year on from race tragedy

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 10/18/2019 - 9:53am

Colleagues at a national housebuilder have smashed their charity target after running the Cardiff Half Marathon this month, in memory of 32-year-old Dean Fletcher, who tragically died last year at the event.

The husband and father - a management accountant at Bovis Homes’ South West region - suffered a cardiac arrest after completing the course last October.

In his honour, six Bovis Homes’ colleagues ran the 2019 event to raise funds for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young), a charity that aims to reduce the risk of cardiac arrest in those aged under 35. The team aimed to raise...

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