GDPR And Data Security seminar

Event Date: 
28/02/2018 - 8:30am to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

A free one-day seminar, sponsored by Stephens Scown, where you will learn how to prepare your business for the imminent changes to data protection legislation and data security requirements.

Presentations include:

  • “Introduction to GDPR”
  • “Practical steps towards GDPR readiness”
  • “GDPR: Getting processes and people data ready”
  • “Communicating a data breach or cyber attack”
  • “A day in the life of a GDPR breach”:
  • “Hour zero: What to do?”
  • "Threat detection and recovery”
  • "Live data recovery
  • ...

Cyber Security Awareness Week: Networking Event

Event Date: 
27/02/2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

Information and networking evening sponsored by South West Business Connections.

A session of short presentations and an opportunity to network with other Exeter business owners.

Presentations include:

  • Bluegrass: “Stolen data? It won’t happen to me, I’m a South West SME”
  • Stephens Scown: “Who knows more about you than your own mother? Google, that’s who!

View the full CSAW Programme here: CSAW Programme

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Cyber Security Awareness Week: Opening Event

Event Date: 
26/02/2018 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel

Join the opening event, sponsored by Chalk & Ward, to find out what’s in store for Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) 2018 and network with other like-minded business owners.

A buffet lunch will be provided.

View the full CSAW Programme here: CSAW programme

Feast of Fiddles 25th Annual Tour at Exeter Corn Exchange

Event Date: 
11/04/2018 - 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street, Exeter, EX1 1BW

Little did the band think it would be setting off on its 25th annual spring tour in 2018 but what started as an idea in a folk club has become a national folk-rock institution.

Feast of Fiddles has been variously likened to a “group of geography teachers” or “Bellowhead with bus passes!” but doesn’t seem to be slowing down any.

A band of friends that puts on a show of huge dynamic range performed with passion, joy and a liberal dose of fun. Typically, fiddlers Peter Knight (Gigspanner, Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian...

Next phase for on-schedule Stadium redevelopment

The £3.4 million stadium redevelopment at St James Park, the home of Exeter City FC, is entering the next phase in the programme of works. The Old Stagecoach stand, which dated back to 1927, has been demolished and a new stand is being built in its place, along with other improvements, including the ground’s away end. The most recent activity has been the piling operation, which saw 160 piles sunk to an average depth of 12 metres to provide the foundations for the new Grandstand. A spokesman for the club, said: ‘We are pleased to be able to report that the piling operation was completed on...

Chiefs side to face Saracens

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Fri, 02/02/2018 - 12:41pm

Although Exeter’s Anglo-Welsh Cup hopes remain in the balance, Chiefs skills coach Ricky Pellow insists his side will be going ‘all-out’ for victory when they play host to Saracens at Sandy Park tomorrow (3pm).

Last weekend’s 31-21 defeat at Worcester Warriors saw the Devonians surrender top spot in their pool to Harlequins, who tonight travel to Northampton Saints knowing they need just a point to advance into the last four at the expense of the Chiefs.

That said, the Saints themselves need a victory to thrust them into the last four and Pellow is hopeful the Midlanders...

How to achieve your goals in five steps

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:10am

When you have goals, you have a purpose in life that drives you. It gives you something to strive for every day. When you have goals, you want to succeed. You want to be better than who you were yesterday. If you have goals, but you don’t know how you’ll achieve them, don’t fret. Having goals alone is enough to get you started on the track to greatness. Succeed in accomplishing your goals, and you’ll have lived a fulfilled life. To help you start achieving those goals, follow these steps:

1. Get Healthy

Before you can start achieving your goals, you first must be well...

A377 stabilisation scheme on schedule

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 02/02/2018 - 6:44am

Work is progressing well on a major stabilisation scheme on the A377 at Chapel Downs in Crediton.

Essential repairs and reconstruction work started earlier this month on a 30 metre stretch, between Queen Elizabeth Drive and Higher Road, where the edge of the road is cracking due to an unstable embankment. The scheme is on schedule to be completed by 12 February.

Highway drainage is being replaced and a retaining wall is being constructed. The road will also be resurfaced.

Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management, said: “...

Chiefs stars' bake off raises cash for Macmillan

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Thu, 02/01/2018 - 7:26pm

Multi-talented Exeter Chiefs stars proved fundraising was a piece of cake when they baked for a charity coffee morning.

More than 150 people tucked into creations including a Guinness gateau and chocolate brownies provided by members of the club’s Cookie Club – a group of players who meet weekly to show off their prowess in the kitchen.

The event, part of Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, took place at Exeter’s historic Guildhall and was hosted by Chiefs legend Gareth Steenson and his wife Karen

Guests donated generously throughout the day...

Body found in search for missing Devon teenager

Police have found the body of a deceased boy in Cullompton this morning, Thursday 1 February.

The family of Patrick Henwood, a 14-year-old boy who was reported missing from the Cullompton area last night (Wednesday 31 January) and was part of an earlier missing person appeal, have been informed of this development.

Formal identification has yet to have taken place and police are not currently treating this death as suspicious.

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