A new campaign has been launched to encourage landowners with ash trees on their property to inspect them for Ash dieback.
Devon County Council’s “My tree, my responsibility” campaign, supported by the Devon Ash Dieback Resilience Forum, aims to inform owners of trees to look out for signs of the fungal tree disease and to take any appropriate action in order to maintain public safety.
More than 90% of Devon’s native ash trees are expected to be lost due to Ash dieback in the next five to 15 years.
Across the county there are around 448,000 ash trees within falling...
Wren Kitchens is pleased to announce the anticipated opening of its 80th state-of-the-art showroom next month at Stone Lane Retail Park in Exeter.
The UK’s number one kitchen retailer has invested around £1million in transforming the former Currys store, which now contains the county’s largest kitchen range on display from industrial style, to country and ultra-modern.
It’s created 27 local jobs from kitchen designers to showroom managers and this recent investment is part of Wrens wider expansion plans, opening 14 showrooms across the UK this year.
Exeter School Lower Sixth Former Eddy Lister featured on BBC Radio One's podcasts, Life Hacks, talking about his Young Enterprise (YE) team's Mindfulness card game. The YE team devised the game as a way of tackling anxiety and entrepreneurial Eddy contacted the radio station as a way of promoting his product. Lower Sixth Formers James Broderick and James Heard joined YE Advisor Ian McGregor on the trip to BBC Broadcasting House, London, where Eddy was interviewed by broadcaster Katie Thistleton. The YE team - FireDragons - came up with the mindfulness card game to help fellow pupils deal...
Seven-year-old Livie Yelland has scooped a top regional prize in a national gas safety competition for her eye-catching poster which warns of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and the signs to look out for.
Livie, who attends Pinhoe Primary School, won the Key Stage 1 South West of England entry of the ‘Get Creative, Be Safe’ competition picking up a prize of £150 for herself and £300 for her school at an event at the House of Commons.
The ‘Get Creative, Be Safe’ competition is run nationally by industry body, Energy Networks Association, and is supported locally by...
A lack of awareness about jobs in the recruitment industry means many people are missing out on a promising career path, a leading business has claimed.
Lee Gamble, managing director of Berry Recruitment which has branches in Truro and Exeter, said part of the reason is because there are no compulsory formal qualifications.
He also believes that the benefits of a career in the industry are not promoted enough and the result is something of a shortage of consultants.
Berry Recruitment, which works from nearly 40 locations across England and Wales, believes more...
Top 30 firm, Bishop Fleming have been highlighted for their work to remove single use and avoidable plastics across the business.
The firm, which delivers audit, accounting and tax services have been accredited as a ‘Plastic Free Champion’ by conservation charity, Surfers Against Sewage.
Over 8,000,000 pieces of plastic pollution find their way into the ocean every day, with the UK using a staggering 38.5 million single-use plastics every day, where fewer than 60% is recycled.
Committed to protecting the environment and operating as a sustainable business, Bishop...
A live broadcast of the award-winning Fleabag will be coming to the big screen in Vue Exeter this September courtesy of National Theatre.
The one-woman play, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, was the inspiration for the phenomenally successful BBC television show of the same name, and has now returned to the West End after a sold-out New York run.
As well as the successful play and series, Waller-Bridge has written the spy thrillerKilling Eve and is currently working on the next James Bond instalment.
National Theatre Live: Fleabag is a hilarious, rip-...
To further the growth of Exeter and its business community, Air Marketing Group in partnership with Exeter City Council, Exeter Live Better and Exeter Chamber have teamed up to launch a new business initiative to reduce the amount of B2B trade that leaves the city. The initiative, called Tribe, is a first for Exeter and will focus on increasing local collaboration to retain business in the city.
Where businesses do outsource business services beyond the city, Tribe will help local businesses look closer to home to find cost-effective services, driving forward economic growth in...
Then head to Princesshay Green where you can have a go on a mobile rock climbing wall. The wall will be manned by 2 qualified instructors who will talk you through the steps to make it to the top!
Open 11am – 3pm. Last entry 2:30pm.
All children must be accompanied by an adult (over 18).
For those who like to keep their feet firmly on the ground there will be Hula Hoop Spintacular workshops taking place at intervals during the day. Angie will be spinning into action at 11:00, 12:30 and 2:00pm.
Stagecoach South West and The Devon General Society commemorated 100 years of bus travel with two historic buses and a modern Stagecoach South West bus recreating the original Service 2 route from Exeter to Torquay.
The journey, on one of the county’s oldest bus routes, took place on Thursday 18 July as part of a year of events celebrating the centenary of bus travel in Devon.
Two preserved Devon General buses and a modern Stagecoach South West bus, with special livery to mark the centenary, took part in the spectacle. Passengers onboard included representatives from...
