Visit South Devon and Heart of Devon have today announced that they will be merging to create a new super Area Tourism Partnership (ATP).
Economies of scale resulting from the merger will give the expanded Area Tourism Partnership a larger overall marketing budget, which will be used to increase the number of day visits, short breaks, longer holidays and business trips to Mid Devon, East Devon, Exeter and its city surrounds, Teignbridge and South Hams.
The formal legal merger will complete by the end of September 2016. Visit South Devon and Heart of Devon will retain their...
Hate crime has no place in Exeter, Exeter City Council said today, following reports of migrant communities being abused in the city.
Hate crime has risen by 57% across the country since the result of the EU Referendum, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
Cllr Paul Bull, Lead Councillor for Communities and Neighbourhoods, said there had already been reports that migrant communities were being verbal abused and physically attacked in Exeter since last Thursday.
17 million people vote against an establishment position. A younger generation blames an older one for giving away their futures. And there’s a 57% increase in reported hate crime.
In these turbulent times it is hard to find equilibrium. With emotions running so high, tolerance often falls by the wayside.
Culture offers an opportunity for us to celebrate our heritage, diverse and specific. It enables us to hear contrary views given equal weight, exploring complexity. And our spaces allow us to extend a welcome to all.
Business is booming at Exeter's resurgent Quayside with local traders reporting good times at the tills, as more and more events are held at the city attraction.
With only six months of the year gone , the popular location has already hosted 77 events. In 2015, 81 events were held at the Quay and in 2014 the figure was 50, meaning 2016 is set smash previous records.
Among the events taking place this summer are regattas, raft and dragon boat races on the water, Jazz on the Quay, Exeter Street Food Markets and many more.
Exciting new images have been released, showing how Exeter’s new bus station could look.
The images will go on display at an exhibition on Tuesday (14 June) at Exeter Guildhall from 8am until 8pm.
The new, modern bus station will replace the tired and dated bus station in Paris Street and will be built alongside the new St Sidwell’s Point leisure complex.
Cllr Phil Bialyk, Lead Councillor for Sport and Health & Wellbeing, urged people to get along to Tuesday’s exhibition and see the new designs.
“We’ve listened to everyone’s comments and feedback and...
Residents living near the Triangle Car Park, just off Heavitree Road, are being asked to give their views on the possible use of the car park as a temporary bus station.
A temporary solution will be needed during the redevelopment of the existing Paris Street bus station. Cllr Phil Bialyk, Lead Councillor for Sport and Health and Wellbeing, said: "It's still early days and nothing has been decided yet, so we're really keen to talk to nearby residents and businesses about how The Triangle might work as a temporary solution whilst the current bus station is being redeveloped. We will...
An Exeter-based motor vehicle firm is launching pioneering new technology to the consumer market which could reduce road traffic accidents by up to 60%.
Lightfoot is a driver improvement system originally developed to help businesses cut fuel costs and CO2 emissions but is already helping fleets cut their accident rates.
The Lightfoot team have now held talks with Exeter City Council, and the Exeter City Futures team is considering how to use the technology in some of the Council’s fleet vehicles.
The technology was developed by Lightfoot Managing Director Mark...
A decision by an independent planning inspector to allow development to go ahead in the Topsham Gap has been described as "extremely disappointing" by Exeter City Council.
Officers have strongly criticised the decision for failing to recognise local sentiment and called the government's formula for calculating housing supply as "illogical” and “fundamentally flawed".
The City Council originally refused the application for a 60 bed residential care home, 47 assisted living apartments and 55 homes for older people on a site north of Exeter Road, Topsham.
Motorists parking in Exeter City Council pay and display car parks are being advised that facilities to pay by credit card are not currently working.
The City Council apologised for any inconvenience caused and is doing everything possible to rectify the problem. A spokesman said that a company working on behalf of the Council was trying to fix the problem, which was related to telecommunications, but it could take a number of days to resolve.
“In the meantime we would ask people to either pay by cash or the Pay by Phone system, which can be set up in advance by going to...
