Exeter-born Olympics swimmer Liam Tancock took time out from the fast lane recently to help an East Devon holiday park make a big splash with its guests. Gold-medallist Liam was at Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Budleigh Salterton where he declared open the new Splash Zone, aimed especially at energetic youngsters. The 160-square metres of wonderfully wet activities and challenges is already proving a hit with grown-ups as well. Set alongside the park's main swimming pool, the zone includes interactive water features, spray guns, and even a sea serpent that sprays water. In front of a large...
An exciting opportunity to experience the island paradise of Madeira is being offered to holidaymakers flying from Exeter Airport.
Super Break has announced the launch of a brand-new route to the region, on a break that includes Madeira: Funchal and the Islands.
The new chartered service by Super Break will offer a direct flight from Exeter Airport to Madeira, helping more people access the popular Portuguese island destination than ever before.
This is the third chartered flight service to launch from Exeter Airport by Super Break, following the success of its...
A wildlife charity is inviting the local people of Exeter to go wild and celebrate nature at a family fun day in one of Exeter’s best-known Valley Parks: Mincinglake.
The event marks day 16 in Devon Wildlife Trusts’ month long 30 Days Wild challenge; in which members of the public pledge to complete a ‘random act of wildness’ each day, during the month of June.
With guided wildlife walks, wild crafts, bug hunting, and other wild activities on offer, the charity hopes to re-energise participants and inspire more people to take part.
Learning the jargon for betting on horse racing is something that must be done before you get involved yourself. If you fail to do this successfully, you could end up getting behind bets you don’t necessarily understand, making it far less enjoyable and a lot more dangerous than it ever needs to be; Betting on the horses is massively enjoyable but that’s only true when it’s done responsibly.
One of the most confusing terms for inexperienced horse racing punters is the concept of a ‘NAP’ and it can scare them off even considering having a bet on it. The Winners Enclosure are one...
Exeter Chamber of Commerce & Industry has announced that Mark Pellow, a current Vice Chair, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Chamber. Mark is the Managing Director of Vickery Holman and specialises in strategic advice on commercial property matters and is an experienced negotiator and valuer.
Mark will succeed David Savill, who is retiring from the chamber council after 9 years of valuable service.
Mark Pellow, who has over 10 years’ experience as a Chamber board member, chairs Exeter Chamber’s property initiative subgroup, ECPIC.
Communication is key in modern business. Regardless of your industry or business size, you must attempt to improve communications to your customers and between your company’s departments, which will help to generate a more productive and profitable business. Read the five potential business communication problems to avoid.
1. A Communication Overload
As there are now multiple ways for people to communicate with one another, it is easy for people to utilise too many of these ways, overwhelming people with messages, be it via email or text, which could lead to people missing...
Up to the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the skills of herbal usage were often the province of the religious houses.
Our Herbal Wives ancestors might have worked as lay-persons - perhaps in the instances of Mistresses Elinor and Christina - at the 12th century Polsloe Priory also known as St Katherine’s Priory in Pinhoe Exeter, their knowledge and expertise being passed through the generations.
Using a variety of plants from their own physic garden in the wild places of the former Polsloe Priory, the hedgebanks and verges of the country lanes, Mistresses...
Dartmoor National Park has now installed pay and conserve parking metres at its car parks at Haytor (upper and lower car parks) Postbridge and Meldon Reservoir.
The context for introducing the new pay and conserve scheme follows a 40% reduction in National Park funding since 2011, making the maintenance of car parks and other visitor facilities in the National Park a significant financial challenge. A voluntary parking donation scheme set up in these carparks, which it was hoped would raise income, proved unsustainable as donations were as low as 15 pence per vehicle.
The Microsoft Technology Associate is a new type of certification exams offered by Microsoft that helps IT professionals to start building a career based on technologies by Microsoft. The 98-364 test deals with database administration fundamentals. This certification exam helps validate a developer’s expertise in the insight of the major concepts of data administration and management. Most IT professionals who wish to build a career in IT management and administration widely choose to train for this certification exam.
A trio of Directors have been promoted to Partner at Top 30 advisory firm, Bishop Fleming, as the firm continues to keep pace with the growing demand for its award-winning services.
The firm, which delivers accounting, tax, corporate restructuring and advisory services to businesses and not-for-profit organisations, and private wealth advice to individuals, has appointed Isobel Savage, Nathan Coughlin and John Talbot to the partnership in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the firm, together with their strong focus on delivering client service. As a former Tax...
