With a growing number of professionals working outside the main office at least some of the time, use of remote working tools has radically increased.
In fact, 73% of Exeter workers have used at least one tool enabling remote working in the previous month, according to a survey of over 4,000 senior business people across the UK by global workplace provider Regus.
Respondents also highlight that remote workers are strongly driving take up of ‘cloud’ applications that provide them with cost-effective access to office tools wherever they are (92%).
Devon and Cornwall Police Pipes and Drums will be performing in Exeter City Centre on Sat 9th May. The band will be playing for Hospiscare during their Annual Street Collection.
The band will be meeting in Mary Arches car park for a quick tune up before heading to St Pancras Church to meet volunteers from Hospiscare.
We'll all then be heading up into the High Street and playing by the monument outside Lloyds Bank.
We're down to play for 3 sessions. We're starting at 11am then on again at 1145 and our final performance at 1230. All times are...
Exeter’s end of life charity Hospiscare has complained to the BBC about an Eastenders’ storyline criticising a “grotty” hospice.
Hospiscare housekeeper Wendy Yelland, who works at Hospiscare’s hospice in Dryden Road, was appalled after watching the story develop.
“A character in the show was dying and they ran a very negative portrayal of the hospice he was in,” said Wendy. “When he died his daughter complained about her dad dying in a grotty hospice. I was so annoyed by that comment.
“The hospice they showed is not like any of the hospices I know – they showed a...
Your guide to the best music, events and activities taking place in and around Exeter this weekend.
THEATRE
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter The eve of one of the biggest games of his life Gareth Thomas recieved a warning from the Sun newspaper that they were going to ''out'' him as gay. This play tells the story of how he was not beaten by the media speculation. After getting 100 caps for Wales, he is now the world's best known gay sportsman. His hometown, Bridgend has fallen victim of intrusion following several deaths of...
Rob Baxter says his Exeter Chiefs team look in “fine fettle” ahead of today's (Sunday) crunch Aviva Premiership encounter with Saracens (2pm).
With just two rounds of the scheduled season remaining, the Devon club know a first-ever victory at Allianz Park is essential if they are to keep alive their hopes of being in the end of season play-offs for the first time.
Defeat at Wasps last time out saw Baxter’s side slip out of the top four, one point behind fourth-placed Leicester Tigers, but with Wasps and the Tigers set to meet this weekend, the Chiefs could well capitalise...
Local farmers are being encouraged to sign up to a new police scheme to help drive down rural crime across Teignbridge and south Dartmoor.
Teignbridge neighbourhood policing team has set up the new Farmwatch scheme to help prevent and detect rural thefts and burglaries.
As part of the initiative farmers will receive information and crime warnings for their local area through the Force Community Messaging system, and will be assisted by police to better secure their property and premises against crime.
The launch of Farmwatch comes in response to ongoing thefts of...
The Devon Tourism Partnership, which promotes Devon under the 'Visit Devon' brand, is currently determining the future direction of the county’s promotion, domestically and internationally, and looking for businesses to tell them where they’d like their efforts concentrated.
The Devon Tourism Partnership is funded by the various tourism partnerships around the county and has a small budget of £35,000 pa, following funding cuts over the last few years. The Tourism Partnership receives no additional income of its own.
Victoria Hatfield, Chair of Visit Devon, said: "Visit...
University of Exeter researchers are part of the biodiversity research team of a new EUR 17 million EU Horizon 2020 funded project that will test a new wave energy converter at Wave Hub, the wave power test centre located off the north coast of Cornwall.
The five-year Clean Energy From Ocean Waves (CEFOW) project is being coordinated by Nordic company Fortum and will involve a new design of convertor called the ‘Penguin’ designed by Finnish firm Wello.
The University of Exeter will coordinate biodiversity research at the Wello Penguin installation site at Wave Hub to...
A festival which pulls science out of the lab and into the pub is coming to Exeter for the first time.
Pint of Science is a national hit, and now a local event is being organised by scientists at the University of Exeter who want to ensure some of the institution’s world-class research is publically accessible in a fun and informal environment.
Everyone is welcome to attend the evening sessions, held in some of the city’s best-loved pubs between May 18 and 20. As well as hearing first-hand about a wide range of cutting-edge research over a drink, the events will offer...
