The Perfume Shop has had a scent-sational new addition as it opens the doors to another new and improved experiential store at the Guildhall Shopping Centre, Exeter on Friday 1st March 2024.
Opening in just a few days, the iconic retailer, who this year celebrates its 32nd Birthday, will be continuing to offer the hottest perfume launches, celebrity fragrances and classic designer scents, alongside its passionate in-store team, offering expert advice.
The stylish new store is set to feature a brand-new layout and upgraded services including a digital screen, a...
The expanding pre-school within Westbank’s centre at Exminster has recently developed its facilities with a view to providing high quality, individually tailored education to more 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds in the area.
The ‘Kidzone’ at Farmhouse Rise in Exminster offers a large, bright room with an amazing view over the Exminster marshes towards Woodbury. The outdoor space has recently been extended to give the children plenty of room to ride bikes and scooters and run around and will have free-flow play inside and out.
An OFSTED registered pre-school, Kidzone encourages 2...
Brightside Exeter has just had its first birthday. To celebrate this milestone, the Brightside team threw a party at the site (on Saturday 24th February), located on the A38 at Haldon Hill, to thank the local community for all the support they have shown them over the past 12 months and to launch a new and exciting charity initiative – Brightside Local Heroes.
Each month, the teams at Brightside Exeter, Honiton and Saltash will nominate a local charity or community group to receive a £250 Brightside voucher to use as they wish. Suggestions and recommendations for recipients will...
Dr John Martin has been appointed as the Chief Executive at the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.
John joined the Trust at the end of December last year as interim Chief Executive on secondment from the London Ambulance Service where he held the positions of Chief Paramedic Officer and Deputy Chief Executive.
John began working for the NHS at the age of 18, where his first job was testing infectious diseases in a microbiology lab. He has since been a consultant Paramedic and continues to practice clinically as well as teach as a visiting Professor of...
Students at Exeter College are celebrating their university offers to world-renowned institutions, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Exeter College is proud to announce that 24 students hold offers to the most prestigious universities in the UK, commonly referred to as Oxbridge.
This year saw 60 students apply. Nine hold offers for the University of Cambridge and an incredible 15 for the University of Oxford. The College’s new record success rate (40%) of applications to offers studying at Oxbridge puts Exeter College among the best in the country, even...
Local homebuilder with developments across Devon, Barratt David Wilson Homes Exeter, donated over £56,000 and volunteered a total of 61 days to charities in the South West last year.
Each year, Barratt David Wilson Homes Exeter provides funding for charities and organisations across the region as part of its commitment to creating positive legacies in the communities where it builds.
Balloons received financial help after donations dried up during the cost-of-living crisis and the demand for their services increased. Balloons has a dedicated network of volunteers and...
The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows divorces plummeted in 2022, following the introduction of ‘no fault divorce’ in April that year. The data, which covers January – December 2022, shows that divorces dropped by 30% compared with the previous year – the lowest number since 1971.
In conjunction with these statistics, the latest figures from the 2021 Census have unveiled the regional divorce landscape. Torbay has the highest divorce rate (11.5%) in the South West and the eighth highest in the UK.
Aldi is looking to hire 110 colleagues in Devon this year as the company looks to open new stores and update others.
Britain’s fourth largest supermarket is on the lookout for people of all levels of experience to fill roles across the region, with salaries of up to £43,440.
The roles include full and part-time positions such as Stock Assistants and Store Assistants, all the way up to Assistant Store Managers.
The recruitment push is part of a nationwide expansion drive, with Aldi pledging to create a total of more than 5,500 new jobs up and down the country in...
Businesses across the UK are being encouraged to celebrate their business achievements at the prestigious SME National Business Awards. The awards are now in their 8th year and have become a well-established platform to celebrate the remarkable achievements of SME's and their contributions to the UK's growing economy.
The SME National Business Awards are made up of 23 categories that allow any successful business from the UK to enter. Entries are judged by a panel of expert judges and the pinnacle of the awards is the Grand Celebration, a black-tie evening taking place at the...
Exeter-based digital marketing agency, KW Marketing, is celebrating a record-breaking twelve months, with an unprecedented 70% rise in revenue, new business wins and team members, award nominations, and a new London office alongside its Devon HQ.
The powerhouse agency, founded by digital marketing expert Kate Williams in Exeter in 2017, has fast become the ‘go to’ digital marketing agency in the South West for food and drink businesses, with award nominations such as ‘Small Business of the Year’ and ‘Fearless Leader Award’ flooding in.
