Oracle database certifications: Quick guide from PrepAway

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 03/14/2019 - 8:33am

Working on database programs has always been the most interesting job in the IT world. A database could be determined as the collection of data like text, numbers, video etc. If you want to prove the world that you have solid skills related to the database, there is no better option for you than pursue Oracle Database certification.

Oracle is a big vendor that offers database credentials on different proficiency levels. In this PrepAway Quick Guide, we will consider certifications that will no doubt come in handy for working with Oracle Database, Oracle Spatial, SQL & PL/SQL...

Miss Devon becomes the youngest RSPCA trustee in the UK

The current Miss Devon, 23 year old Clara George, has become the UK’s youngest RSPCA trustee after having been co-opted to the board of the local branch, Little Valley Shelter in Exeter.

The Devon shelter has been seeking trustees and volunteers with social media and marketing experience and knowledge of current trends. Clara, who runs her own social media and digital marketing business, has exactly the skills and experience the RSPCA were looking for, and also happens to have a great love for animals and animal welfare. Her role as a trustee means that she will join with other...

Examining the role of personal loans in the Fintech industry

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 03/14/2019 - 6:08am

The market for digital, app-based financial services continues to grow at an incredible pace, and that growth rate will continue to soar in 2019. There are already hundreds of new fintech start-ups entering the marketing with their own solutions, including digital banks, personal loans, and other financial services.

When reviewed from a more detailed perspective, it is evident that loan-related services are what has been – and will continue – fuelling the rapid growth of the industry. The demand for better and cheaper loans as well as greater access to them remains the highest on...

Fresh New Country Garden Style Homeware

Authored by Hayley431
Posted: Wed, 03/13/2019 - 11:53pm

SPRING INTO THE NEW SEASON WITH HOMEWARE FROM THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHOP

This spring, The Original Factory Shop is the savvy shopper’s one stop shop to spruce up the home with great looking products that won’t break the bank.

From a new range of affordable, functional and stylish homeware to top quality household brands the discount retailer will enable shoppers to transform their homes with great products at great value prices.

The Original Factory Shop is working on a number of different ranges of great value homeware for 2019, with their Countryside Blush range...

Exeter recognised for ambition and vision to create a great place for the future

The Greater Exeter area has been recognised as one of five places in England that has the vision and ambition to create great places for the future.

Greater Exeter was today (Wednesday 13 March) named as part of the Future Place programme. This initiative is intended to unlock placemaking potential through quality in design, future thinking and knowledge sharing.

The area will receive training and expert advice in helping to develop the Liveable Exeter Vision, which will see 12,000 new homes built within the city between 2020 and 2040, as well as supporting the wider...

Mi-space team take to the road for Football to Amsterdam charity challenge

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/13/2019 - 10:43pm

Intrepid Mi-space staff will be donning the lycra and getting on their bikes to take on the Football to Amsterdam challenge for the second year in a row to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer.

Team Mi-space will undertake the two-day, 145-mile bike ride from London to the Dutch capital from 7 to 9 June.

Last year the team raised an impressive £15,000 and for 2019 have set themselves the huge challenge of raising a whopping £50,000 for Prostate Cancer UK. They are well on their way to this target with more than £17,000 already pledged.

Team Mi-space...

Vintage Sports Car Club Speed Championships

Event Date: 
12/05/2019 - 10:00am
Venue: 
Wiscombe Park, Near Honiton

Experience the thrill of vintage cars competing in Round 2 of the Vintage Sports-Car Club Speed Championships, travelling at speed up the hill at the picturesque grounds of Wiscombe Park, Near Honiton on 12th May. The demanding hill set against Bluebell woods makes it a great spectator venue (especially if the sun is shining) and a challenge for even the best drivers.

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Bed Habits: Sleep Loss Epidemic Hits Brits

One in ten Brits get less than four hours sleep per night.

The nation is suffering from a ‘sleep-loss epidemic’ according to alarming new research* released to coincide with World Sleep Day (Friday 15th March).

According to the study, only four in ten (40 percent) of people get the recommended eight hours of sleep per night, with one in ten regularly getting less than four hours’ rest every time they go to bed. Stress keeps more than a third of us (40 percent) up at night, whilst a quarter (25 percent) think that discomfort is what leaves them needing to count sheep. 16...

Cllr Hannon steps down from City Council for family reasons

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/13/2019 - 1:52pm

Kate Hannan has today (Wednesday 13 March) resigned from her role as an Exeter City Councillor, with immediate effect, due to family reasons.

Cllr Hannan represented the Priory Ward.

A by-election will be held in the Priory Ward on 2 May, alongside the planned City Council elections.

Exeter School pupils' work selected for the National Gallery Take One Picture Exhibition 2019

Pupils at Exeter Junior School are delighted to announce that a piece of their collaborative artwork will on display in The National Gallery's 'Take One Picture' Exhibition. Year 6 pupils worked with glass artist Michelle Keay to create a beautiful double helix glass structure of DNA. The pupils were participating in a project run by The National Gallery, based upon the artwork by Joseph Wright of Derby, 'An Experiment on a Bird with an Air Pump'. The idea behind the scheme is to use a picture as a stimulus and link art to other subjects, this one being Science. Schools can submit their...

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