£1 million in the room. Pitch Fest presents Golden Opportunity for Startups at Exeter’s Innovation & Ideas Festival
The Like Minds Innovation and Ideas Festival is set to return again to Exeter this September. Having hosted high profile global events in locations such as New York and Helsinki, there is a particular excitement regarding the Festival’s return to Exeter, the city in which it was initially established. One thing surrounded by an additional buzz of anticipation is Pitch Fest, which will be returning to the festival for the third time this year, taking place over...
Wales & West Utilities is set to start a £1 million gas pipe investment scheme in the Newton St Cyres and Cowley areas of Exeter which will make sure that local homes and businesses continue to receive a safe and reliable gas supply for years to come.
Starting this week, the work will involve upgrading nearly 8 km of old metal pipes to new plastic ones on the A377 Cowley Bridge Road and adjacent roads. It will take approximately a year to complete.
Ahead of the scheme Wales & West Utilities has worked closely with Devon County Council to plan the work and it has...
Vospers have released the first interior images of their new 61,215 square foot state of the art facility in Exeter, destined to open late 2018.
The supersite at Matford will include five state of the art showrooms for Ford, Mazda, Fiat, Jeep, Alfa Romeo, all with the latest corporate identity and futuristic technology to aid customers in making a purchasing decision.
There will also be a dedicated Transit Centre and Business Centre, catering for business and retail customers, and a Used Car Centre with an all makes on display, totalling more than 250 used cars.
When Stella Ford’s husband, Alfred, was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an illness which leaves a patient increasingly breathless, Stella was adamant she wanted to care for Alfred at home. Stella, 78 from Honiton, didn’t realise that help was available from local charity Hospiscare, who support people in Exeter, Mid and East Devon. Stella thought hospices were only for cancer patients and places where you went to die. However, Hospiscare supports patients from the onset of a life-limiting condition, providing support at home at the end of life and caring for...
Young residents living at YMCA Exeter have launched a crowdfunding campaign to support their pop-up café initiative this August in Princesshay.
The crowdfunding campaign, which includes incentives Exeter Cookery School, is aiming to raise £6,000 for a one week, pop-up community café on Paris Street.
The new enterprise programme from YMCA Exeter, CONNECT, takes young residents on a six-week course where they can unlock their entrepreneurial potential and build experience for their CVs. They will learn about financial planning, marketing, team building, customer experience...
Households in East Devon will soon be receiving a form asking residents to check whether the information that appears on the electoral register for those living at their address is correct as part of East Devon’s annual voter registration canvass.
The aim of the form is to ensure that the electoral register is up to date and to identify any residents who are not registered so that they can be encouraged to do so.
With District and Town/Parish Council elections taking place across East Devon in May 2019, this is an opportunity for residents to make sure that when the...
The new Universal Credit benefit is being rolled out in the Honiton area and an East Devon District Council team is helping the town’s Jobcentre Plus to advise and assist applicants.
The district council is committed to supporting working age residents in the move to Universal Credit and working with Jobcentre Plus to deliver this important welfare change.
Universal Credit, which has been introduced by central Government, replaces six working age benefits:
FUN for all the family is assured at the 41st Dartmoor Folk Festival, all at modest prices or free-of-charge.
The festival, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 10, 11 and 12, will take place in the foothills of Dartmoor at South Zeal, near Okehampton.
It will include a packed programme of events and activities suitable for all ages, including a hugely-successful dedicated children's festival which will run alongside the main event.
There will be concerts, a ceilidh, craft displays, dances, a Dartmoor Fayre, music hall, pub sessions and music, song and dance...
Students at Newton Abbot’s pioneering technical college were put through their paces when a Royal Marine Chef visited to lead an energetic cooking masterclass.
Year 10 and Year 12 students of South Devon University Technical College (UTC) received a lesson in healthy cooking from Colour Sergeant Mike Beaton. Founder of the popular Marine in 15 videos which have received over 13,000 views on YouTube, Mike put the students through their paces in a blood-pumping cooking masterclass in the college’s Challenge Arena.
Known as the ‘Mary Berry’ of the Royal Marine Commandos, Mike...
Roly Palmer, an experienced Dawlish coarse fishing expert and angling coach at Cofton Holidays, has been recognised for his work to encourage young people into angling with a prestigious Volunteering Excellence Award from the Angling Trust.
Nominated for his commitment to protecting fisheries and promoting fishing to new anglers, the award recognises Roly’s work over the past 15 years as a volunteer for the Exeter & District Angling Association.
In addition to his work for the association, Roly teaches hundreds of juniors and adults each year at Cofton Holidays,...
