Muddy Dog Challenge which raises vital funds for thousands of homeless dogs and cats at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is coming to Exeter for the first time this April.
On Saturday 13 April hundreds of participants and their dogs will jump, crawl and wade through an obstacle course like no other in the beautiful setting of Powderham Castle.
There is a choice of 2.5km or 5km dog-friendly obstacle runs and participants can choose to enter by themselves, or as a dog and human team. Or take on the challenge as a family with the kids and four-legged friends for a fun day out to...
Local Volvo retailer, Kastner Exeter, recently celebrated its relocation to a brand new Scandinavian style Volvo showroom.
Relocating from their old site on Sigford Road, Kastner Exeter’s new site at Waterbridge Court, Matford Park Road has undergone a complete renovation to meet Volvo’s new VPS (Volvo Personal Service) standards. Benefits include a luxurious Scandinavian-style lounge where you can relax, continue with your work or watch your Volvo's service through panoramic glass walls.
The new dealership also boasts a much larger showroom, including a new indoor handover...
Exe Bridges will undergo essential repairs and maintenance during overnight work in March and April. Work to reconstruct and resurface the two bridges will start on the evening of Monday 4 March and is expected to take around seven weeks. Most of the work will be carried out from 6:30pm to 7am, although some daytime work will be needed on occasions. The existing road surface is in need of reconstruction. The scheme will also involve re-waterproofing the North and South bridges and repairs will be carried out to defective manhole covers, kerbs and gullies. Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon...
The Duke of York visited Exeter College for Pitch@Palace 11.0 On Tour Devon to help Entrepreneurs make their dreams a reality.
20 Entrepreneurs Pitched their ideas to The Duke of York and an Audience of influential investors, mentors and business leaders, hosted by Exeter College.
The three winners, selected by a panel of judges, were Biosystems Technology, OTA Water, and KYMIRA . These Entrepreneurs will progress to Pitch@Palace 11.0 Boot Camp at Imperial College London in May and Pitch@Palace 11.0 at St James’s Palace in June.
A successful school leader has been appointed as the new Headteacher of ACE Special School Tiverton (ATSS) prior to their opening in September 2019.
Hannah Smart has worked in Somerset for 10 years as a Deputy Principal, firstly of a large comprehensive school and most recently in a special school for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH) needs. She began her career as an English teacher in Bristol, progressing to Head of Year before Assistant Principal with oversight of pastoral care, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and student...
Join us for our 12th annual beer festival - this year set to be bigger and better than ever.
There'll be 18+ ales ready for you to sample, plus a couple of ciders just in case beer's not your thing.
Arrive early if you want to try the festival winner though, it tends to fly out! We'll also have an amazing range of locally produced food and snacks to help soak up the beer, bar games and great live music all day long.
So why not come along and make a day of it? Yeoford is 20 mins up the Exeter-Barnstaple train line, with trains running roughly every hour so no need...
Do you live in a flood risk area? Has your home or business flooded? Have you had to make changes to your property to protect it against future flooding? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then Mary Dhonau OBE, chief executive of the Know Your Flood Risk Campaign wants to hear from you, for a new eBook that provides examples of real-life flood resilience case studies.
Mary is a champion for community-based flood resilience, and has become a prolific flood awareness and resilience campaigner. Known affectionately as ‘Mary Queen of Floods’ she currently sits as a leader...
Family business, Hanbury-Autogil Ltd is an engineering company based in the heart of Newton Abbot on the historical Bradley Lane Industrial Estate. Focusing on building special purpose machinery for the converting industry (whereby differing materials are processed to create a final product) the company takes a clients concept to completion. With its own design team and mechanical and electrical engineers for the build, it is a fast-paced and fascinating field to be involved in. Projects that the company have taken on and completed have ranged from developing fully automated assembly...
Tesco is marking its centenary by offering community projects in Exeter the chance to bag their share of a huge £100,000 funding pot.
As part of the supermarket’s anniversary celebrations, community organisations from across Exeter are being invited to share in the funding during two special Bags of Help voting rounds.
Bags of Help, run in partnership with the charity Groundwork, sees funding awarded to thousands of local community projects every year. So far in Exeter Bags of Help has awarded £110,408 to 32 local projects.
