Aviva, title sponsor of Aviva Premiership Rugby, has today launched the Aviva Community Fund, a nationwide initiative that offers support and funding for inspirational local causes. Exeter Chiefs is one of the Aviva Premiership Rugby clubs showing their support for the new initiative by encouraging fans to enter a cause close to their hearts for the chance to secure up to £25,000 in funding. Exeter Chiefs captain Dean Mumm, representing the club, said: “Local charities and groups are an important part of community life and need all the support and funding they can get to continue doing...
Exeter-based independent retailer Queenstreet Carpets and Furnishings, based in Alphington, announces it has signed the lease on a second store in Topsham which is to open on the 1st May.
The expanding family-owned business was founded by the late Malcolm Dixie and his wife Nikki in 1968 and was originally based in Queen Street, Exeter. Today the independent company is run by brothers, Gary & Mark Dixie who signed the new lease for a second shop located on The Strand in Topsham. The ‘Old Gaol’, a listed building located opposite Topsham’s quay area, was formerly known as ‘...
East Devon District Council WILL be moving out of its ageing offices at Sidmouth for purpose-built and modernised accommodation at Honiton and Exmouth respectively. After a lengthy debate last night (Wednesday 25 March) Full Council voted by a significant majority that the authority should sell its Knowle headquarters in Sidmouth and move to the dual-site solution at Honiton and Exmouth. This vote formally gives the green light for officers to proceed towards concluding the council’s long-standing Moving and Improving project, with an estimated delivery date of mid 2017. The decision by...
SWH, a local contractor providing civil engineering, highway maintenance and build solutions throughout the south west, has recently been awarded two Considerate Constructor’s Awards.
SWH will attend the highly anticipated awards ceremony in London alongside leading industry figures including Nick Baveystock, Director General of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Paul Everall, Chief Executive of the LABC (Local Authority Building Control). At the ceremony they will find out how their awards have been ranked; bronze, silver or gold.
Celebrate James Scaysbrook’s long career in professional rugby, hosted by the former Bath & International prop David Flatman.
Also attending are international rugby players such as Lee Mears, Jack Nowell and more plus many big name Exeter Chiefs.
This is an evening full of entertainment including a drinks reception where you can rub shoulders with these great players followed by a 3 course sumptuous meal, excellent comedian, charity auction and raffle.
Rugby's greatest prize, the Webb Ellis Cup, will visit Exeter on 10 and 11 July during the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour.
Launching on June 10, 100 days to go to the opening match, the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour will travel through Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Wales and England before arriving at Twickenham Stadium on September 18 ahead of the Opening Ceremony.
Exeter will welcome the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour with a visit to Sandy Park and the historic Guildhall to celebrate Rugby World Cup 2015 coming to the city. Further details of the visit to...
The owner of a tyre waste business has been given a 15 month custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and a two year supervision order after illegally storing almost 84,659 waste tyres at several sites in Devon. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. Andrew Mayhew pleaded guilty to five offences at Plymouth Crown Court of running a waste operation without the necessary permits, which involved dumping large numbers of tyres at several different sites including Hill Barton Business Park, Exeter; Moor Barton Farm in Tiverton, as well as Dawlish, North Tawton, and Hayedown...
Wayne Hemingway MBE, co-founder of fashion business, Red or Dead, and affordable and social design agency HemingwayDesign has been announced as the keynote speaker at Plymouth Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming Annual Business Dinner.
Taking place on 15th May at St Mellion International Resort, Plymouth Chamber’s Annual Business Dinner will bring together business leaders from across Plymouth and the South West region for an evening of black tie networking, including a three course dinner and a motivational key note speech from Mr Hemingway, a well-known and well respected name in the...
Got a new gadget but not sure how to make the most of it?
Exeter Library’s free ‘Gadget Club’ offers help to anyone wanting to learn about how to use their smart phone, laptop or tablet, or those thinking of getting one and who want to find out more about them.
The drop in sessions, which are being delivered in partnership with John Lewis, will take place on the first working Monday of every month between 9am and 12 noon. There’s no need to book, just turn up.
Library staff and John Lewis Partners will be on hand to demonstrate how to use a range of electronic...
Staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have raised £700 for Comic Relief by holding a Great Inter-Divisional Bake Off on Red Nose Day. Competition was fierce as staff from each division in the Trust – Specialist Services, Medicine and Surgery - put their culinary skills to the test and came up with all manner of baked confections for their divisional cake sales. Total proceeds from the cake sales have reached a fantastic £703. The teams were also asked to select their best looking and best tasting cakes to be presented to the executive tasting panel judges. The panel consisted of...
