On Thursday 5 February, commercial vehicle accessories manufacturer Van Guard held a VIP event at its Exeter Headquarters to celebrate being awarded the prestigious Made in Britain accreditation – the only business in its industry to hold this marque.
The recognition follows Van Guard’s decision to reshore a large element of its manufacturing process to the UK, backing British Manufacturing while creating jobs and future-proofing their business.
In attendance were the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Percy Prowse, and the Lady Mayoress, members of ExIST and representatives from Exeter...
A cutting-edge Ambulance Special Operations Centre in Exeter (ASOC West) will be officially opened on Monday 16th February 2015 by a very special visitor. HRH The Princess Royal will be in attendance and welcomed by a host of dignitaries.
The innovative new ASOC is part of the impressive £210 million SkyPark scheme, and is the base for the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). There are two well established HART teams across the area served by SWASFT; one in Bristol and one in Exeter. This base for the Exeter team was chosen owing to its location, its proximity to the M5 and...
Recent results from a national survey have shown that at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter, there is a high level of customer satisfaction, with an impressive 90% of residents saying they are happy with the care and support they receive.
Now in its third year, the Your Care Rating survey is the country’s largest and most authoritative survey of care home residents. The nationwide survey gives residents, and their relatives, a voice and enables care home providers to continue to improve the service they offer.
The term ‘care home’ can often attract negativity due to past...
The head and governors of an Exmouth primary school are making an official complaint to Ofsted after inspectors changed their mind on the grade of their early years stage.
Inspectors originally rated the Early Years Foundation Stage at Brixington Primary School as good in their initial draft report.
Then – following a lengthy quality assurance process – Ofsted told the school that it would be classed as requiring improvement in the final published report.
Despite that, the final report still said: “Children in the EYFS thoroughly enjoy school, are well looked after...
More properties are coming on to the South West housing market, and stamp duty reform is continuing to provide a boost to sales volumes, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
In the South West, 28% more chartered surveyors have seen a rise in new instructions in January and 24% more respondents have reported a rise in new buyer enquiries. Price momentum, whilst positive, continues to moderate and surveyors expecting a relatively flat price picture over the next three months.
Despite a month in which mortgage approvals fell to their one of their lowest...
Exeter law firm Michelmores is calling for runners to get involved in its annual charity run, taking place on Thursday 11 June 2015 at 7pm and fundraising in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Now in its 16th year, the Michelmores Charity Run attracts over 1,000 runners, covering a 5km city course starting in the heart of Exeter at the Cathedral Green and finishing at Exeter Castle.
From experienced runners to fun runners in fancy dress, all are welcome. Last year, first place went to Gwylym Gibson, who covered the course in 16 minutes 2 seconds.
Brit-Award winners Blake are back and better than ever, with a refined new sound, new songs and their biggest UK tour yet that is coming to Exmouth Pavilion on 7 November 2015.
Re-inspired by the enduring trio harmonies of The Three Tenors, The Bee Gees, The Lettermen & Boyz-II-Men, Blake’s latest concert show entitled ‘In Harmony’ sees them combining classic songs from their first four albums, with exclusive new songs from their critically acclaimed fifth album ‘In Harmony’ which was released earlier this year.
Musicals, pop and classical songs collide in the group’s...
Small businesses across the South West are being advised to prepare themselves for pensions auto-enrolment says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Figures show that there are 513,000 companies across the region that are classed as being a small or medium sized business.
The government reaffirmed their commitment to auto-enrolment (AE) in the June 2010 budget. The rollout has been phased so that larger companies were required to bring the scheme earlier, this started in 2012. Throughout 2015 the scheme will be extended to cover smaller businesses. Official...
Three quarters of Exeter professionals (75%) are required to work outside of their regular office hours more than they were five years ago, according to a recent research from Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workspace. The survey canvassed the opinions of over 3,000 business people in the UK on their attitudes and approaches to work.
A similar proportion of the Exeter workers surveyed (72%) say that fixed hours are no longer suited to their duties; perhaps offering some explanation as to why so much extra time is spent at the office. 57% also reported a rise in...
Whether you’re in love with music or need some romance, the Locked Horns Jazz Orchestra are inviting you to kick off the Valentine’s weekend with them on Friday 13 February at the Buccaneer’s Bar.
Boasting more than 20 musicians, the band will be belting out a mix of songs from the sixties to the naughties. The band play a mix of classic and new arrangements and are led by local musician Alfie Pugh. The Locked Horns formed just over a year ago and have already wowed audiences with their rich sounds.
Everyone is welcome to attend this fantastic evening – bring your friends,...
