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Get mortgage fit with Barratt in 2015

As 2015 gets underway attention moves to a new home for the new year, five star housebuilder Barratt, which has a number of developments in Exeter, is urging homebuyers to get mortgage fit now to secure the best mortgage deals available.

Changes brought in in 2014 under the Mortgage Market Review have caught some buyers unaware but by being proactive and following a series of simple practical steps, potential housebuyers can make themselves more attractive to mortgage providers and that means not only getting a mortgage but getting a cheaper rate as well.

Barratt managing...

Big Energy Saving Week

Event Date: 
31/01/2014 - 9:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Central Library

Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau will be running a number of events where people can get help: • Checking their energy bills. • Comparing their energy prices. • Learning where customers can get help with their energy bills. • Discussing energy efficiency methods. • How to access funded energy saving insulation and equipment.

The events will take place around the Big Energy Saving Week.

This event will be open unitl 3pm.

Check: Contact your energy supplier to check you are on the best tariff and payment method for your circumstances, or if they can offer you any...

Big Energy Saving Week

Event Date: 
29/01/2014 - 9:00am
Venue: 
St Thomas Library

Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau will be running a number of events where people can get help: • Checking their energy bills. • Comparing their energy prices. • Learning where customers can get help with their energy bills. • Discussing energy efficiency methods. • How to access funded energy saving insulation and equipment.

The events will take place around the Big Energy Saving Week:

This event will be held until 3pm.

Check: Contact your energy supplier to check you are on the best tariff and payment method for your circumstances, or if they can offer you any...

Big Energy Saving Week

Event Date: 
20/01/2014 - 9:00am
Venue: 
Wonford Community Centre

Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau will be running a number of events where people can get help:

• Checking their energy bills. • Comparing their energy prices. • Learning where customers can get help with their energy bills. • Discussing energy efficiency methods. • How to access funded energy saving insulation and equipment. The events will take place around the Big Energy Saving Week

This event will run until 2pm.

Check: Contact your energy supplier to check you are on the best tariff and payment method for your circumstances, or if they can offer you any discounts to...

The Power of Negative Thinking

From the beginning we are taught by our parents what NOT to do. Don’t cross the street without looking. Don’t go to bed without brushing your teeth. Don’t talk back. Don’t get in trouble. And on and on. Similarly, from an early age we are told by our moms, “Don’t worry, honey. Everything will be all right.” Or “Let me kiss it and make it well.” From infancy up we’re inundated with platitudes that may provide short-term diversion but don’t work in the long run. One of my favorite books, Norman Vincent Peale’s “The Power of Positive Thinking,” a classic bestseller, inspired an optimistic...

Motorists urged to drive safely through roadworks to cut death and injury toll

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 04/09/2013 - 11:20am

The Highways Agency is urging drivers to take extra care and obey speed limits at roadworks in Devon and Cornwall, to prevent deaths and injurie among both road users and road workers.

In the last three years, eight road workers have been killed while improving and maintaining the strategic road network in England. In addition there are many near misses, with members of the public driving through coned off areas or colliding with works vehicles.

During a major operation to recover an overturned petrol tanker on the A38 at Tideford, near Saltash, a number of motorists got...

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